5 fiction books. Dancing in the wings / Debbie Allen ; pictures by Kadir Nelson (New York : Puffin Books, c2000. [36] p. : ill. ; 28 cm.) ; Freedom summer / written by Deborah Wiles ; illustrated by Jerome Lagarrique (New York : Alladin Paperbacks, c2001. [36] p. : ill. ; 23 x 26 cm.) ; Number the stars / Lois Lowry (New York : Laurel-Leaf Books, c1989. 137 p. ; 18 cm.) ; The tiger rising / Kate DiCamillo (Somerville, Mass. : Candlewick Press, c2001. 121 p. ; 20 cm.) ; Stone fox / John Reynolds Gardiner ; illustrated by Greg Hargreaves (New York : Harper Trophy, [2003]. 83 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.)

4 nonfiction books. Cactus hotel / Brenda Z. Guiberson ; illustrated by Megan Lloyd (New York : Henry Holt and Company, c1991. [36] p. : ill. ; 23 cm.) ; Secrets of the mummies / written by Harriet Griffey (London ; New York : DK Readers, c1998. 48 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.) ; The life cycle of an emperor penguin / Bobbie Kalman & Robin Johnson (New York : Crabtree Publishing Company, c2007. 32 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.) ; The penguin : a funny bird / Béatrice Fontanel ; photos by André Fatras (Watertown, Mass. : Charlesbridge, c2004. 26 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.)