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New Items in the ARTS Center!

Spring, 2004

 Math in Picture Books

	Anno, Mitsumasa - Anno's Magic Seeds. The reader is asked to perform a series of mathematical operations integrated into the story of 'Jack' who plants magic seeds and reaps an increasingly abundant harvest. (Grades 1 to 7)
	Anno, Masaichiro and Mitsumasa - Anno's Mysterious Multiplying Jar. Simple text and pictures introduce the mathematical concept of factorials. (Grades 3 to high school)
	Schmandt-Besserat, Denise, Illustrated by Michael Hays - The History of Counting. A description of the evolution of counting and many ways to count and write numbers. All ages)
	Schwartz, David M., Pictures by Marissa Moss - G is for Googol: A Math Alphabet Book. Meanings of words from abacus, binary, cubit and Fibonacci to zillion. ( Something for every age)
	Tang, Greg, Illustrated by Greg Paprocki - Math-terpieces:The Art of Problem-Solving. The writer's mission is to make math and problem-solving part of every child's life. (3rd to early high school)

      Some great poetry books in the ARTS Center

Heart to Heart; New Poems Inspired by Twentiety-Century Art, edited by Jan Greenberg (See also the activities on Marilyn Monroe using the painting Marilyn Diptych by Andy Warhol)

Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening, Robert Frost, Illustrated by Susan Jeffers
Birches, by Robert Frost, Illustrated by Ed Young
Old Elm Speaks, Tree Poems, by Kristin O’Connell George
Cats are Cats, compiled by Nancy Larrick, drawings by Ed Young
Celebrate America in Poetry and Art, National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution
Cactus Poems, by Frank Ash and Ted Levin
New Mexico Poetry Renaissance, Edited by Sharon Niederman and Miriam Sagan

 Elementary

 A Poke in the Eye, a Collection of Concrete Poems
 The 20th Century Children’s Poetry Treasury
 My Mexico-Mexico mio
 The Magic Pocket – Selected poems by Michio Mado
 
 The Worst Band in the Universe – Graeme Base
 Skunks!
 It’s Raining Pigs and Noodles!

 Elementary-Middle School

 Emily Dickinson – Poetry for Young People
 The Bat Poet
 Pieces – A Year in Poems and Quilts
 Lives – Poems about Famous Americans
A Visit to William Blake’s Inn – Poems for Innocent and Experienced Travelers

 Middle-High School

 The Illustrated Rubaiyat of Omar Kayyam
 On Love - Poems by Edward Hirsch
 Here is My Kingdom – Hispanic-American Literature and Art for Young People
Famous Love Letters
Poetry Speaks – Book and CD’s – (Great poets read their own works)

All grades

When the Rain Sings – Poems by Young Native Americans
Home on the Range – Cowboy Poetry

Books on Journaling

Handcrafted Journals, Albums, Scrapbooks & More
A Trail Through the Leaves: The Journal as a Path to Place
Making Memory Books and Journals by Hand
Making and Keeping Creative Journals

And still available for checkout....High School and Middle School Choral Materials

   Choreography:

          Kids on Stage:  Book and Video
          John Jacobson's Riser Choreography
              (book and video)
          Best of Dance  (book and 2 videos)
          Gotta Sing, Gotta Dance (4 videos)

  Hal Leonard's Song Kit (America)

Choral Connections Curriculum (for viewing)