BALTO THE HERO

ISBN: 0-448-41113-X
A good bed-time story on a weekend.
In around 25 pages, an interesting book with comfortable fonts and live pictures.

This book is based on the life of a real hero dog. There a tombstone dedicated to it him.
There is even e wikipedia page for Balto http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balto and
as many of you might already know, a movie in his name.

Starting Point Science Volume 1

ISBN: 07460 0481 8

Some of the questions that a kid may are:
What makes it rain?
What makes a flower grow?
Where does electricity come from? etc.

Looking for answers in a language of fourth for fifth graders? This is the book.

Rosie Swanson: Fourth Grade Geek for President

Author: Barbara Park
ISBN: 0-679-83371-4
RL: 4.3
The characters are very real. The internal struggle about run-or-not-run-for-president is also shown  beautifully that children can relate with. You can draw real life parallel with competitors who are sport star or in show business!