Price, Leontyne. AIDA.
Retelling of the Verdi opera in which tragedy occurs when an enslaved Ethiopian Princess falls in love with an Egyptian general.

Stanley, Diane. BARD OF AVON: THE STORY OF WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE.
A brief biography of the world's most famous playwright.

Winthrop, Elizabeth. THE BATTLE FOR THE CASTLE.
William re-enters the medieval world of knights that he first encountered in THE CASTLE IN THE ATTIC.

Cooper, Susan. THE BOGGART. 2
Canadian children unwittingly bring an ancient spirit home with them from Scotland.

Sullivan, Charles. CIRCUS.
Poems about the circus, illustrated with paintings by well-known artists including Chagall, Calder and Lautrec.

Byars, Betsy. COAST TO COAST.
13 year old Birch encourages her grandfather to fulfill his dream of flying his plane from South Carolina to California. She doesn't tell him she plans on coming along.

Hart, Philip. FLYING FREE: AMERICA'S FIRST BLACK AVIATORS.
The history of black aviators from 1920's Chicago to World War II to the present.

Aiken, Joan. IS UNDERGROUND.
In the latest of the Wolves Chronicles, Dido Twite's sister Is searches for thousands of missing London children.

Coville, Bruce. JEREMY THATCHER, DRAGON HATCHER.
Jeremy is surprised to learn that the ball he brought home from the magic shop is really a dinosaur egg.

Lauber, Patricia. JOURNEY TO THE PLANETS.
A photo-essay which uses information gathered by the Voyager and Magellan explorations to describe the planets.

Cole, Joanna. THE MAGIC SCHOOL BUS LOST IN THE SOLAR SYSTEM.
Ms. Frizzle's class takes the magic school bus on a trip to explore the planets in the solar system.

Walsh, Jill Paton. MATTHEW AND THE SEA SINGER.
Birdy bargains with a seal-queen to get her friend Matthew back.

Taylor, Mildred. MISSISSIPPI BRIDGE.
During a raging rainstorm the black bus passengers have to get off to make room for the white passengers.

Myers, Walter Dean. MOP, MOONDANCE AND THE NAGASAKI KNIGHTS.
When T.J. and his brother are adopted, their problems involve winning a baseball tournament and helping a teammate.

Mahy, Margaret. THE PIRATE'S MIXED-UP VOYAGE.
Captain Wafer and his crew on the Sinful Sausage are thwarted by a witch, a firedrake, and dastardly Dr. Silkweed, on their voyage to the Thousand Islands.

Livingston, Myra Cohn. ROLL ALONG: POEMS ON WHEELS.
Contemporary poems about wheels and vehicles that roll.

McKissack, Patricia & Frederick. SOJOURNER TRUTH: AIN'T I A WOMAN?
A biography of the slave well-known as an abolitionist and advocate of women's rights.

Stolz, Mary. STEALING HOME.
When Great-aunt Linzy comes to stay, Thomas' life goes through many changes.

Krementz, Jill. A VERY YOUNG MUSICIAN.
Text and photographs feature a boy learning to play the trumpet.

Yolen, Jane. WIZARD'S HALL.
Even though he feels he has no magic talent, Henry struggles to become a wizard.

Freedman, Russell. THE WRIGHT BROTHERS: HOW THEY INVENTED THE AIRPLANE.
Describes the lives of the Wright Brothers and their development of the airplane.

Namioka, Lensey. YANG THE YOUNGEST AND HIS TERRIBLE EAR.
A recent-Chinese immigrant, Yangtao is the only unmusical member of his family -- he has no idea how to convince his father he should play baseball instead of the violin.