Building a Child's Library Book

	Preface	1
	One Flake at a Time: Snowflake Bentley by Jacqueline Briggs Martin	5
	Black Stands for Warmth: Appalachia: The Voices of Sleeping Birds by Cynthia Rylant	9
	From Dust to Life: Out of the Dust by Karen Hesse	14
	An Outdoor Comfort Zone: When Sophie Gets Angry - Really, Really Angry by Molly Bang	18
	Let's Hear It For ...: Joseph had a Little Overcoat by Simms Taback	21
	Hierarchy of Fear: Chato's Kitchen by Gary Soto	25
	The Potter's Secret: A Single Chard by Linda Sue Park	29
	The Hound of Heaven: Siloh by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor	35
	When Roots Grew from Rocks: Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis	40
	Always on Her Mind: Wemberley Worried by Kevin Henkes	45
	Temporary Atheism: Preacher's Boy by Katherine Paterson	48
	The Cat Person: Mrs. Katz and Tush by Patricia Polacco	52
	Living in a Dream World: Tar Beach by Faith Ringgold	57
	The Power of Words and Pictures: Martin's Big Words by Doreen Rappaport	61
	Fishy Handkerchiefs: Number the Stars by Lois Lowry	65
	What's in a Name?: Amazing Grace by Mary Hoffman	70
	The House a Goat Built: Beatrice's Goat by Page McBrier	74
	The Big Picture: Seven Blind Mice by Ed Young	79
	Echoes from the Elephant: Religions Explained by Anita Ganeri	84
	A Symbol of Indian Sentiment: And Still the Turtle Watched by Sheila MacGill-Callahan	89
	Christ and Karma: Mother Teresa: Sister to the Poor by Patricia Reilly Giff	92
	"Know Thyself" - He Did: Handel, Who Knew What He Liked by M. T. Anderson	99
	Notes in a Tree: Mole Music by David McPhail	103
	A Musical Brain Wave: Beethoven Lives Upstairs by Barbara Nichol	107
	Telltale Steps: Sing to the Stars by Mary Brigid Barrett	111