The Naked Mole-Rat Letters by Mary Amato
Twelve year-old Frankie is not at all pleased when she discovers an e-mail sent to her widowed father by a woman he met at the National Zoo. Frankie decides to put an end to the possible romance by answering the e-mail herself, which leads not only to a continuing on-line conversation with the "Rat Lady", but increasing chaos in Frankie's home and school life. Told entirely through e-mails and diary entries, this story makes us laugh and cry with Frankie.

The Missing Manatee by Cynthia DeFelice
Skeet's parents have separated, and while he's still adjusting to that change in his life, he finds a manatee that has been killed. When Skeet returns with the sheriff, someone has taken the manatee away, and Skeet is determined to find the killer and see that justice is done. His search leads him to a suspect that causes Skeet to make some tough decisions about what is right and wrong. With the help of his cool and understanding grandma, Skeet learns that most circumstances and people have more than one side.

Leonardo the Terrible Monster by Mo Willems
Leonardo WANTS to be a terrible monster, like the other monsters he knows, but he can't frighten ANYONE. Finally Leonardo locates the perfect kid and he plans to scare the tuna salad out of him! But maybe Leonardo is meant to be something other than a terrible monster…

Slide, already! by Kit Allen
Do you remember the scared, excited, thrilled feeling of climbing up and sliding down the big slide for the first time? See what happens when a little kid is taking a nice relaxing rest on a metal chair, and a gang of kids arrives to tell him that metal thing is not a chair but a slide, and he is ordered to slide, already!

Cabin on Trouble Creek
by Jean Van Leeuwen
In a story set in the Ohio wilderness of 1803, two brothers face many dangers and challenges as they wait on their newly-claimed land for the rest of their family to
come from Pennsylvania. Will they have enough food to last the winter? Can they
stay safe from animals and other threats? Why is it taking so long for their family to arrive?

Through My Eyes: the autobiography of Ruby Bridges
by Ruby Bridges
Read the inspiring, true story of the 6 year old African American girl who was the first to integrate her school in New Orleans in 1960.

Leaf Man
by Lois Ehlert
Now is the time to gather all those beautiful fall leaves! This book will help you identify
many leaves and the clever illustrations will give you lots of ideas for designing your own leaf creatures.

That Crazy Eddie and the Science Project of Doom
by Judy Cox
Third Graders Matt and Eddie are best friends and planning a science fair project together. When Matt is sick and misses school, something happens that threatens both the friendship and the science project. Directions for making an exploding volcano
model are included.

All Their Names were Courage: a novel of the Civil War
by Sharon Phillips Denslow
A horse story, and more: a story about a brother and sister, letter-writing, and families, set in the time of the Civil War.

The Doll People
by Ann Martin
The Doll family has lived in their house for one hundred years, only talking or moving about when their "human family" is away or asleep. A missing member of the family, an adventurous doll, and the arrival of a new family of dolls bring lots of excitement and changes to the Doll family.

The Wright Brothers: how they invented the airplane
by Russell Freedman
Everyone who is interested in airplanes, inventing, history, or Ohio will enjoy this book about the famous brothers!

Sector 7
by David Wiesner
A wordless book with spectacular illustrations telling the story of a field trip to the Empire State Building, where a cloud befriends a boy and takes him to Sector 7, where clouds are shaped and sent on their way.