Louisiana Resource Center for Educators (LRCE) - New in the Library

New in the Library for the beginning of school
FREE mailing to and from schools!

View our Current "Library Spotlight"

	Sam`s Sneaker Squares
	Sam figures out how to measure the size of the lawns he mows. Series: Math Matters, reading level grade 2.7.
	Multiple copies
	Grade 1-3

	The Fly on the Ceiling: A Math Myth
	Using graphs, a very messy philosopher, Rene Descartes, invented a way way to keep track of his possessions. Series: Step into Reading + Math, reading level grade 2.8.
	Multiple copies
	Grades 2-3

	It`s About Time, Max!
	Max misplaces his digital watch and must learn how to read an analog watch. Series: Math Matters, reading level grade 2.4.
	Multiple copies
	2-3

	Bar Graphs
	Color photographs and simple text introduces bar graphs along with examples of bar graphs in the real world. Reading level grade 2.1.
	Multiple copies
	Grades 2-3

	The Year of the Panda
	A Chinese boy rescues a starving baby panda and, in the process, learns why pandas are endangered and what the government is doing to save them. Reading level grade 4.0.
	Multiple copies
	Grades 3-5

	Room One: A Mystery or Two
	In this Edgar Allen Poe Award Winner, a 6th grader in a small Nebraska town searches for clues to the disappearance of a homeless family. Mystery and historical fiction. Reading level grade 5.1.
	Multiple copies
	Grades 4-6

	Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story
	Ben Carson tells of his inspiring odyssey from his childhood in inner-city Detroit to his position as director of pediatric neurosurgery at Johns Hopkins Hospital at age 33. He is a role model for anyone who attempts the seemingly impossible. Reading level grade 6.8.
	Multiple copies
	Grades 6-12

	Copper Sun
	Two fifteen-year-old girls--one a slave and the other an indentured servant--escape their Carolina plantation and try to make their way to Fort Moses, Florida, a Spanish colony that gives sanctuary to slaves. Reading level grade 5.2.
	Multiple copies
	Grades 9-12