Reading List The library has an extensive collection of ESL books. Below is a selection of some books available in a variety of categories. Biographies: U.S. Presidents, their wives and other political figures Abraham Lincoln/Deborah Kops Bill Clinton/Michael Benson Hillary Rodham Clinton George W. Bush Eleanor Roosevelt/Mary Winget Jack: the early years of John F. Kennedy/Irene Cooper Teddy Roosevelt: a young rough rider/Ed ‘Winfield parks Dolly Madison: America’s First Lady Presidents of the U.S./Frank Freidal Andrew Jackson Ronald Reagan/Michael Benson Abigail Adams: First Lady and patriot/Pat McCarthy American Women – 16 Extraordinary American women:/Emma Hahn African American Biographies 16 Extraordinary African Americans/Nancy Lobb Martin Luther King, Jr. /Rae Bains Rosa Parks/Mary Hill Colin Powell/John F. Wukovits Asian Americans: 16 Extraordinary Asian Americans/Nancy Lobb Latino Biographies – a collection Explorers: Christopher Columbus and the age of Exploration Captain James Cook/Milton Meltzer Hernan Cortez Jacques Cousteau/Lesley B. DuTemple Lewis and Clark: from ocean to ocean/Harold Faber Simon Bolivar: South American Liberator/David Goodnough Inventors: Alexander Graham Bell/Leonard Everett Fisher Bill Gates; software king/John Wukouits

Louis Braille: the boy who invented books for the blind Wright Brothers at Kitty Hawk/Donald J. Sobol World Leaders Kofi Annan: the peacekeeper/john Tessitore Caesar Chavez/Lola Schaefer Fidel Castro/Thomas Leonard Mandela: from the life of a South African statesman Famous people:

HRH the princess of Wales/Brenda Ralph Lewis Princess Diana/Walter Oleksy Prince William/John Escott Story of my life/Helen Keller Clara Barton and the Red Cross/Eve Marko Daniel Boone Harry Houdine, master of magic/Robert Kraske Who was Albert Einstein/Tess M. Brailer Who was Annie Oakley Stephanie Spinner Who was Ben Franklin/Dennis Brinell Fradin Osama Bin Laden: a war against the west Mother Teresa: A life of Charity TV personalities and Movie Stars Oprah Winfrey: a biography/Helen S. Garson Halle Berry/ Corinne J. Naden Leonardo DiCaprio, modern day Romeo/by grace Catalano Christopher Reeve: Triumph over tragedy/Judy Alter Steven Spielberg: from reels to riches/Ted Gottfried Tom Hanks/Jim McAvoy Musicians: singers and composers Joan Baez/Hedda Garza Elvis Presley/Melissa Harding Ella Fitzgerald/ Andrea Davis George Gershwin: American composer/Catherine Reef Jennifer Lopez Louis Armstrong/Kindle Fahlenkamp Merrell Sport heroes: Mohammad Ali/Walter Dean Myers Arthur Ashe of Tennis and the human spirit/Marvin Martin ` At the plate with Mark McGwire/Matt Christopher Boitano’s edge: inside the world of figure skating Skating for Gold: Michelle Kwan and Tara Lipinski Vanessa Williams/Sue Boulais Tiger Woods: An American master/Nicholas Edwards Authors/Writers Elizabeth Barrett Browning and Robert Browning Gabriel Marquez/Sean Dolan J.K. Rowling: a biography/Connie Ann Kirk Toni Morrison Alice Walker/Caroline Lazo Artists: Francisco Goya/Martha Richardson Vincent Van Gogh – portrait of an artist/Jan Greenberg ESL textbooks: What a life: stories of amazing people/Milada Broukal-beginner, high beginner What a life: stories of amazing people/Milada Broukal – intermediate

Fiction – Beginner After the Storm/Norma Fax Mazer Aladdin and the lamp/retold by Marie Crook Bad, badder, baddest/Cynthia Voight Be careful what you wish for/R.L. Stine Breaking through/Franisco Jimbenez Camp out on Danger Mountain/B.B. Hiller Case of the twin teddy bears/ Carolyn Keen Chang and the bamboo flute/Elizabeth Starr Hill Coming home/Lauren Brooke Cookcamp/Gary Paulson Dirt Bike Racer/Matt Christopher Diving Bell/Todd Strasser Everywhere/Bruce Brooks Frankenstein/Larry Weinberg Freedom Crossing/Margaret Goff Clark Friends/Kazumi Yomoto Hiding from the Nazis/David A. Adler How I became and American/Karin Ghundisch Wrinkle in Time/Madeleine L’Engle Wuthering Heights/Emily Bronte In the eye of the storm/B.Ed. Cody Kimmel In between days/Eve Bunting Journey to the center of the earth/Jules Verne Lighthouse Mystery/Gertrude Chandler Warner Lost on a Mountain in Maine/Donn Fendler My name is Brian Brian/Jeanne Betancourt Mysteries of Sherlock Holmes/adapted from Arthur Cronin Doyle Prince and the Pauper/Mark Twain Rain Man/Leanore Fleisher Robinson Crusoe/Daniel Defoe Scorpions/Walter Dean Myers Sherlock Holmes and the Dancing men Secret Room Downstairs/Ruth Willock Sing down the moon/Scott O’Dell Sounder/William Armstrong Spellbound /James Simons Stone Fox/John Reynolds Gardiner Through the looking glass/Lewis Carroll Taking Chances/Lauren Brooke Tale of Despereaux: story of a mouse/DiCamillo Tales of the Arabian nights/John Turvey Twin in the tavern/Barbara Brooks Wallace Wait until Helen comes: a ghost story/Mary Downing Hahn Windcatcher/Avi

Zia/Scott O’Dell Fiction - Intermediate Adventures of Huckleberry Finn/Mark Twain Adventures of Tom Sawyer/Mark Twain Against all odds/Franklin W. Dixon Amee: a novel/Mary Beth Miller Before we were free/Julia Alvarez Blackbeard’s Ghost/Ben Stahl Bridge to Terabithia Castle of Danger/Mary Steward Cat of a different Color/Steven Bauer Charlie Bone and the time twister/Jerry Nimmo Chevorlet Saturdays/Dandy Dawson Boyd David Copperfield/Charles Dickens Esperanza Rising/Pam Mudnoz Ryan Flight of the Condor/Ridley Far from the Madding Crown/Thomas Hardy Flash Fire/Caroline B. Cooney Fresh Girl/Jaira Placide Goodbye Mr. Chips/Hilton Great American Detective Stories/Dalley Hidden Roots/Joseph Bruchac Hidden Staircase/Caroline Keen Inspector Thackeray Arrives/James Jump Ship to Freedom/James Lincoln Collier Light in the Forest/Conrad Richter Midnight for Charlie Bone: children of the red king Mystery in Lost Canyon/John Bibee Mystery of the widow’s watch/John Bibee Phantom of the opera/Gaston Leroux Pelican Brief/John Grisham Shipwrecked: a novel/B.B. Hiller Shadow of the red moon/Walter Dean Myers Silent Boy/Lois Lowry Stone in my hand/Cathryn Clinton Stowaway/Nancy Rue Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde/R.L. Stevenson Tale of Two Cities/Charles Dickens Taste of Salt: a story of modern Haiti/Frances Temple That certain someone: Joan Stifle Titanic crossing/Barbara Williams Treasure Island/Robert Louis Stevenson Trouble don’t last/Shelley Pearsall Who cares?/Butcher

Upstairs room/Joanna Reiss What a life: stories of amazing people/Milada Brouka Wolves of Willoughby Chase/Aiken Witch of Blackbird pond/Elizabeth George Speare World’s most famous ghosts/Daniel Cohan Young dectectives/Yaw Ababio Boateng Yours truly: a novel/Judie Angell Fiction – Advanced After the rain/Norma Fox Miser Adventures of the Wilderness family/Martin Quinn Anne of Green Gables/L.M. Montgomery Children of the River/Linda Crew A Christmas Carol/Charles Dickens Fearless Francine/ Pascal Jacob have I loved/Katherine Paterson Jane Eyre/Charlotte Bronte Kissing the rain/Kevin Brooks Kite runner/Khaled Hosseini Lighthouse Keepers daughter/Lain Lawrence Lilies of the field/William E. Barrett Little Princess/Frances Hodgson Burnett Les Miserables/Victor Hugo Mouse and Other Stories/Saki Mask of Zorro/Frank Lauria Merry Adventures of Robin Hood/Pyle Mine eyes have seen/Ann Rinaldi Movies make the man/Bruce Brooks One Bird/Kyoko Mori One way to Astonia/Judie Angell Postcards from no man’s land/Aldan Chambers Rice without rain/Minfong Ho Roll of thunder, hear my ccry/Mildred Taylor Stravaganza:city of masks/Mary Hoffman Summer at Horseshoe Ranch/Hoffman Serpent’s shadow/Mercedes Lackey Sword of the rightful king: a novel of King Arthur/Jane Yolan Tales of mystery and imagination/Edger Allan Poe Thirty-nine steps/John Buchan Three musketeers/Aleksandra Dumas Woman in the wall/Patrice Kindl Wrinkle in time/Madeleine L’Engle Wurthering Heights/Emily Bronte