Book Selection and Purchase Rationale

According to Bishop (2013) the selection of materials for the media

center should be a reflection of meeting the educational needs of the
students and supportive of the mission of the school. A review of the mission
statement of the school and media center was conducted, an evaluation of
new policy implementation in school, and an analysis of the community the
media center serves was also performed to ensure that the books were
purchased with regards to considerations of students, faculty, and staff. One
of the goals of the school is to become a S.T.E.M certified school. I believe
that content in the media center should help reflect that and help students
make real world connections. In additional this purchase included books
geared toward the reluctant reader with a focus on sport oriented themes
and comics. As well as books that focus on character education, as the
school promotes character education as a theme of the school and in the
classrooms Items selected are as follows :

Offill, Jenny, Pub. Yr: 2011, ISBN: 9780375847622, Age Range: 04 - 08.
11 experiments that failed $ 19.99
Smith, Lane, Pub. Yr: 2012, ISBN: 9781596436084, Age Range: 05 - 09.
Abe Lincoln's dream $ 19.29
Sill, Cathryn P., Pub. Yr: 2011, ISBN: 9781561455591, Age Range: 03 - 07.
About habitats : grasslands $ 19.27
Sill, Cathryn P., Pub. Yr: 2012, ISBN: 9781561456185, Age Range: 03 - 07.
About habitats : oceans $ 19.27
Lyon, George Ella, Pub. Yr: 2011, ISBN: 9781416971306, Age Range: 04 08. All the water in the world $ 19.99

Sohn, Emily, Pub. Yr: 2011, ISBN: 9781599534046, Age Range: 05 - 07.
Animal needs : who's new at the zoo? $ 6.50
Martin, Rafe, Pub. Yr: 2010, ISBN: 9780861716258, Age Range: 09 - 12.
Banyan Deer : a parable of courage & compassion $ 6.25
Adamson, Thomas K., Pub. Yr: 2012, ISBN: 9781429665698, Age Range: 10
- 14. Baseball : the math of the game $ 22.74
Woods, Brenda, Pub. Yr: 2014, ISBN: 9780399257148, Age Range: 08 - 12.
Blossoming universe of Violet Diamond $ 19.29
Kamkwamba, William, Pub. Yr: 2012, ISBN: 9780803735118, Age Range: 06
- 08. Boy who harnessed the wind $ 19.99
Rosenstock, Barbara, Pub. Yr: 2012, ISBN: 9780803737105, Age Range: 06
- 08. Camping trip that changed America : Theodore Roosevelt, $ 19.29
Montijo, Rhode, Pub. Yr: 2013, ISBN: 9781423157403, Age Range: 04 - 08.
Chews your destiny $ 17.89
Woodford, Chris, Pub. Yr: 2013, ISBN: 9781433974373, Age Range: 09 - 12.
Distance $ 14.75
Woodson, Jacqueline, Pub. Yr: 2012, ISBN: 9780399246524, Age Range: 05
- 08. Each kindness $ 19.29
Brasch, Nicolas, Pub. Yr: 2011, ISBN: 9781599205663, Age Range: 09 - 12.
Everyday appliances $ 6.50
Martin, Jacqueline Briggs, Pub. Yr: 2013, ISBN: 9780983661535, Age
Range: 06 - 09. Farmer Will Allen and the growing table $ 19.97
Sutton, Laurie, Pub. Yr: 2012, ISBN: 9781434226204, Age Range: 08 - 12.
Fear the Shark $ 19.80
Seeger, Laura Vaccaro, Pub. Yr: 2007, ISBN: 9781596432727, Age Range:
02 - 06. First the egg $ 6.25
Frederick, Shane, Pub. Yr: 2012, ISBN: 9781429665674, Age Range: 10 14. Football : the math of the game $ 22.74
Mills, Claudia, Pub. Yr: 2011, ISBN: 9780374367169, Age Range: 07 - 10.
Fractions = trouble! $ 18.59
Cleary, Brian P., Pub. Yr: 2011, ISBN: 9780822578819, Age Range: 05 - 08.
Fraction's goal--parts of a whole $ 19.27
Adler, David A., Pub. Yr: 2010, ISBN: 9780823421992, Age Range: 06 - 10.
Fractions, decimals, and percents $ 19.97
Sylvester, Kevin, Pub. Yr: 2010, ISBN: 9781554512515, Age Range: 09 - 12.
Game day : meet the people who make it happen $ 6.50
Klingel, Cynthia Fitterer, Pub. Yr: 2010, ISBN: 9781433937385, Age Range:

05 - 08. A Hair = El cabello $ 6.25

Cleary, Brian P., Pub. Yr: 2007, ISBN: 9780822566946, Age Range: 05 - 08.
B How long or how wide? : a measuring guide $ 19.27
Pinczes, Elinor J., Pub. Yr: 2001, ISBN: 9780395828496, Age Range: 04 08. Inchworm and a half $ 17.90
Polacco, Patricia, Pub. Yr: 2010, ISBN: 9780399250781, Age Range: 06 Junkyard wonders $ 19.99
Dahl, Michael, Pub. Yr: 2011, ISBN: 9781434226129, Age Range: 08 - 12.
Last super hero $ 19.80
(Title Entry), Pub. Yr: 2009, ISBN: 9780756651947, Age Range: 08 - 12.
Math dictionary $ 17.89
Mahaney, Ian F., Pub. Yr: 2012, ISBN: 9781448825547, Age Range: 07 - 12.
Math of baseball $ 23.22
Mahaney, Ian F., Pub. Yr: 2012, ISBN: 9781448825554, Age Range: 07 - 12.
Math of NASCAR $ 23.22
Mahaney, Ian F., Pub. Yr: 2012, ISBN: 9781448825578, Age Range: 07 - 12.
Math of soccer $ 26.97
Cleary, Brian P., Pub. Yr: 2008, ISBN: 9780822578512, Age Range: 05 - 08.
On the scale, a weighty tale $ 19.27
Adler, David A., Pub. Yr: 2012, ISBN: 9780823422906, Age Range: 07 - 10.
Perimeter, area, and volume : a monster book of $ 19.97
Acampora, Michael Vincent, Pub. Yr: 2012, ISBN: 9781434226235, Age
Range: 08 - 12. Red Lanterns' revenge $ 19.80
Winnick, Nick, Pub. Yr: 2011, ISBN: 9781616901004, Age Range: 08 - 11.
Reduce waste $ 6.50
Jennings, Terry J., Pub. Yr: 2011, ISBN: 9781595669193, Age Range: 05 08. Reptile park $ 6.50
Kennedy, Mike, Pub. Yr: 2011, ISBN: 9781599534466, Age Range: 05 - 08.
Soccer in South America $ 6.50
Kennedy, Mike, Pub. Yr: 2011, ISBN: 9781599534473, Age Range: 05 - 08.
Soccer in Western Europe $ 6.50
Goodman, Michael E., Pub. Yr: 2011, ISBN: 9781583419557, Age Range: 09
- 12. Story of the New York Knicks $ 6.50
Gosman, Gillian, Pub. Yr: 2011, ISBN: 9781448832217, Age Range: 06 - 09.
A Thomas Jefferson $ 6.50
Markel, Michelle, Pub. Yr: 2009, ISBN: 9781582462820, Age Range: 06 - 09.
Tyrannosaurus math $ 18.59

Steele, Michael Anthony, Pub. Yr: 2012, ISBN: 9781434226211, Age Range:
08 - 12. Web of doom $ 19.80
Total Purchase Order= $675.06

One of the main issues of any media center is wear, tear, and damage
to library books. Elementary students are learning responsibility for the first
time and have hard times taking care of books and keeping up with them.
Another issue is withholding library check out due to lost, stolen, and
damaged books. One way to expand access to all students and reduce
damages is by purchasing eBooks. eBooks can be instantly accessed from
any computer, tablet, or smart phone device. There is no damage to worry
about or late fines. Some eBooks and magazines offer digitally enhanced
experiences for online readers that is not offered by a hard copy. Finally
eBooks allow more students to access popular books that otherwise stay in
out of circulation because of the sheer number of hold requests to check it
out. In addition to choosing to include e-books, I focused on books that
integrated common core standards as well as Georgia Performance
Standards. The following selections were chosen to order based on the
necessity of alternate access and enriching educational content.
eBooks & Digital
FLR#
Title
Author
Yr Bnd ATOS IL Qty 1st Price
Ext
C578XX6 [Set/Series] eBook Bundle: E (25 titles) EBK
K-3 1 Y
379.43
5044ZY9 The ant and the grasshopp White, Mar 12 EBK 1.7 K-3 1 Y 15.99
5076MW7 The boy at the dike a Dut York, M. J 13 EBK 3.6 K-3 1 Y

18.95

5036XOX The boy from the dragon p MacDonald, 11 EBK 2.7 K-3 1 Y

9.99

5044ZZ7 The boy who cried wolf a Blair, Eri 12 EBK 1.7 K-3 1 Y

15.99

5044WF1 The brave little tailor Blair, Eri 11 EBK 2.6 K-3 1 Y 15.99
5044WGX The Bremen town musicians Blair, Eri 11 EBK 2.3 K-3 1 Y 15.99
5059CF3 The Bremen town musicians Wildsmith, 12 EBK

K-3 1 Y

6.95

5178GF1 Cinderella
Galdone, P 13 EBK
K-3 1 Y
8.99
5045AA7 The country mouse and the Blair, Eri 12 EBK 1.8 K-3 1 Y 15.99
5047VB0 The donkey in the lion's Blair, Eri 12 EBK 1.6 K-3 1 Y
5000YKX Fandango stew

15.99

Davis, Dav 11 EBK 4.4 K-3 1 Y

3.99

5045AB5 The fox and the grapes a White, Mar 12 EBK 1.9 K-3 1 Y

15.99

5178GJ4 Henny Penny

Galdone, P 13 EBK
K-3 1 Y
8.99
5076MV9 How many spots does a leo York, M. J 13 EBK 3.3 K-3 1 Y 18.95
5045AC3 The lion and the mouse a White, Mar 12 EBK 1.9 K-3 1 Y

15.99

5076MX5 The magic paintbrush a Ch York, M. J 13 EBK 4.2 K-3 1 Y

18.95

5076MY3 Momotaro (the Peach Boy) York, M. J 13 EBK 4.2 K-3 1 Y

18.95

5044WJ4 The Pied Piper

Blair, Eri 11 EBK 2.1 K-3 1 Y 15.99
5044WB9 Puss in Boots
Blair, Eri 11 EBK 2.5 K-3 1 Y 15.99
5044WC7 Rapunzel
Jones, Chr 11 EBK 2.6 K-3 1 Y 15.99
5044WD5 Rumpelstiltskin
Blair, Eri 11 EBK 2.7 K-3 1 Y 15.99
5076NH1 The three billy goats Gru York, M. J 13 EBK 3.4 K-3 1 Y 18.95
5076MZ1 The tiger, the brahman, a York, M. J 13 EBK 3.7 K-3 1 Y

18.95

5076NA4 The tongue-cut sparrow a York, M. J 13 EBK 4.0 K-3 1 Y

18.95

5045AD1 The wolf in sheep's cloth White, Mar 12 EBK 1.9 K-3 1 Y

15.99

C575XX7 [Set/Series] eBook Bundle: E (14 titles) EBK

310.48
5116BH6 Adaptation and survival Spilsbury, 13 EBK

3-6 1 Y
3-6 1 Y

26.60

5114SY6 Animal classification

Royston, A 13 EBK
3-6 1 Y 26.60
5178GL0 Everything you need to kn Woodward, 13 EBK
3-6 1 Y 15.99

5069DR4 Exploring ecosystems

Hawley, El 13 EBK

3-6 1 Y

5067RM2 Exploring food chains and Hawley, El 13 EBK

5067RN0 Exploring heredity
Hawley, El 13 EBK
5067RL4 Exploring the classificat Hawley, El 13 EBK

22.60

3-6 1 Y

22.60

3-6 1 Y 22.60
3-6 1 Y 22.60

5114TA7 Food webs

Gray, Leon 13 EBK
3-6 1 Y 26.60
5143MD0 How ecosystems work
Lundgren, 13 EBK 4.9 3-6 1 Y 18.95
5114OQ1 Is there life on Mars?

Portman, M 13 EBK

3-6 1 Y

25.25

5114TC3 Life cycles

Royston, A 13 EBK
3-6 1 Y 26.60
5144AE8 Seymour Simon's extreme o Simon, Sey 13 EBK 6.9 3-6 1 Y
15.59
5143MH3 Studying our Earth, insid Hutmacher, 13 EBK 5.4 3-6 1 Y 18.95
5143MT1 The wonderful water cycle Hutmacher, 13 EBK 4.9 3-6 1 Y
18.95
C572XX8 [Set/Series] eBook Bundle: E (16 titles) EBK
K-3 1 Y
320.92
5128WQ0 Animal hibernation
Mebane, Je 13 EBK 3.3 K-3 1 Y
5128WS7 Animal migration

18.49

Mebane, Je 13 EBK 3.5 K-3 1 Y

18.49

5128WU3 Animals that live in grou Tjernagel, 13 EBK 3.3 K-3 1 Y

5074ON5 Exploring rocks and miner Roza, Greg 13 EBK

18.49

K-3 1 Y

22.60

5075JJ2 From bird poop to wind ho Lawrence, 13 EBK 4.1 K-3 1 Y

5108VY8 How do eggs hatch?

Hobbes, El 13 EBK

5108WA9 How do seeds sprout?

Rhodes, Ev 13 EBK

K-3 1 Y

17.95
22.60

K-3 1 Y

5127NQ9 If you have a magnet-- an Hoena, B. 13 EBK 3.7 K-3 1 Y

22.60
19.99

5074AR6 Lightning
Rajczak, K 13 EBK 4.5 K-3 1 Y 22.60
5118UD4 The long, long journey th Markle, Sa 13 EBK 3.8 K-3 1 Y 19.95
5128HN7 Looking at rocks
Moore, Eli 13 EBK
K-3 1 Y 16.49
5070IE2 Shadows and reflections Nunn, Dani 13 EBK
K-3 1 Y 16.49
5074AU0 Shooting stars
5128KF3 Show me dinosaurs

Rajczak, K 13 EBK 4.8 K-3 1 Y 22.60

Riehecky, 13 EBK
K-3 1 Y 19.99

5127GK9 What eats what in a deser Slade, Suz 13 EBK 2.4 K-3 1 Y
5108WI4 Why do seasons change?

Stark, Rya 13 EBK

K-3 1 Y

18.99
22.60

C571XX1 [Set/Series] eBook Bundle: E (22 titles) EBK

K-3 1 Y
331.62
5158AP9 Ball
Sullivan, 13 EBK
K-3 1 Y 12.99
5118GO2 The book boat's in
Cotten, Cy 13 EBK 2.9 K-3 1 Y 16.95
5118GQ9 Dirty Gert
Arnold, Te 13 EBK 1.9 K-3 1 Y 16.95
5118GT3 Fish for Jimmy inspired b Yamasaki, 13 EBK 4.6 K-3 1 Y 16.95
5118GS5 The Frazzle family finds Bonwill, A 13 EBK 3.2 K-3 1 Y

16.95

5157ZU5 A funny little bird

Yerkes, Je 13 EBK 1.8 K-3 1 Y 15.99
5071LR7 Good news, bad news
Mack, Jeff 12 EBK
K-3 1 Y 15.59
5158VB7 Happy birdday, Tacky!

Lester, He 13 EBK 3.3 K-3 1 Y

12.99

5148ME0 Have you seen my new blue Bunting, E 13 EBK 1.4 K-3 1 Y
16.99
5097EUX Infinity and me
Hosford, K 12 EBK 3.4 K-3 1 Y 12.95
5040VT3 Isabella girl on the go Fosberry, 12 EBK 2.7 K-3 1 Y 16.99
5118GP0 Kite day a Bear and Mole Hillenbran 12 EBK 1.1 K-3 1 Y
5021SF2 A leaf can be-5119DR1 Lola reads to Leo
5120GB0 The market bowl

16.95

Salas, Lau 12 EBK

K-3 1 Y 13.95
McQuinn, A 12 EBK 1.7 K-3 1 Y
6.99
Averbeck, 13 EBK 3.1 K-3 1 Y

9.99

5163BJ0 Mary Wrightly, so politel Bridges, S 13 EBK 3.2 K-3 1 Y

16.99

5086LK7 Mice on ice

Emberley, 12 EBK
K-3 1 Y 14.95
5064TJ3 More
Springman, 12 EBK
K-3 1 Y 16.99
5118HG4 Rabbit and the Not-So-Big Escoffier, 13 EBK
K-3 1 Y 16.95
5110CB6 Sleep like a tiger
Logue, Mar 12 EBK 2.9 K-3 1 Y 16.99
5154WY7 Steam train, dream train Rinker, Sh 13 EBK 2.8 K-3 1 Y 15.59
5108MR5 Those darn squirrels fly Rubin, Ada 12 EBK 3.7 K-3 1 Y

12.99

4 titles (qty 77) Total Guaranteed eBooks & Digital Price $1,342.45

The school has a rich diversity of culture and engages in a

multicultural day celebration each year in which students explore their
cultures and those of their classmates. As stated by Bishop (2013) the one
of the goals of the library is to be all inclusive and be the center of
community for the school. It should always be the one place that all students
feel safe and welcomed. What better way of doing this than by making
available to students books that share knowledge about the diverse group of
students that are found within in its walls and within the larger community of
Cobb County. The next selection of books was selected because:
Books
FLR#
Ext
0962NM4
15.34
0249JU2
6.52
0057KX8
18.95
0852AH9
17.01
0837MM8
11.09
0760UL5
14.49
0956AJ5
12.79
0690EH8
18.41
0592CG3
15.34
0808KA5
22.00
0583EF0
13.61
0690PH8

Title

Author

Yr Bnd ATOS IL Qty 1st

Price

All different now : Junet Johnson, A 14 HRD 3.1

K-3

1 Y

15.34

Anna Hibiscus

10 PAP 4.1

K-3

1 Y

6.52

Auntie Yang's great soybe Lo, Ginnie 12 HRD 4.6

3-6

1 Y

18.95

Caribou song

Highway, T 13 HRD 3.3

K-3

1 Y

17.01

Cleopatra in space. Book

Maihack, M 14 PAP

3-6

1 Y

11.09

A dance like starlight :

Dempsey, K 14 HRD 4.4

K-3

1 Y

14.49

Dog days

English, K 13 HRD 4.5

K-3

1 Y

12.79

Each kindness

Woodson, J 12 FBS 3.4

K-3

1 Y

18.41

The favorite daughter

Say, Allen 13 HRD 2.3

K-3

1 Y

15.34

A game for swallows : to

Abirached, 12 HRD 3.4

YA

1 Y

22.00

The garden of my Imaan

Zia, F. (F 13 HRD 3.6

3-6

1 Y

13.61

Hand in hand : ten Black

Pinkney, A 12 FBG 7.5

5-8

1 Y

20.51

Atinuke

20.51
0565PK3
7.95
0589AL9
14.49
0592MJ0
18.95
0690JH4
18.41
0593LG5
15.34
0913UN2
12.79
0378CX0
16.16
0872WJ6
15.35
0774QH4
12.76
0601JH1
14.49
00784N7
14.10
0601PH5
14.49
0825SH2
17.89
0502UF7
14.49
0581FF5
14.49
0702GJ7
11.06
0270KS2
13.61
0522CP9
18.41
0579WQ4
14.49
0600FH6
15.34
0831AC0
14.46

Here I am

Kim, Patti 14 PAP

K-3

1 Y

7.95

Hidden : a child's story

Dauvillier 14 HRD 2.8

3-6

1 Y

14.49

How I became a ghost : a

Tingle, Ti 13 HRD 3.6

3-6

1 Y

18.95

I, too, am America

Hughes, La 12 FBS

K-3

1 Y

18.41

If I ever get out of here Gansworth, 13 HRD 5.6

YA

1 Y

15.34

Jake at gymnastics

Isadora, R 14 HRD

K-3

1 Y

12.79

Jimmy the greatest!

Buitrago,

12 HRD 3.2

K-3

1 Y

16.16

Knock knock : my dad's dr Beaty, Dan 13 HRD 2.9

K-3

1 Y

15.35

March. Book one

Lewis, Joh 13 PAP 4.6

YA

1 Y

12.76

Maria had a little llama

Dominguez, 13 HRD 2.2

K-3

1 Y

14.49

Moribito : Guardian of th Uehashi, N 09 FBG 5.9

5-8

1 Y

14.10

Nino wrestles the world

Morales, Y 13 HRD

K-3

1 Y

14.49

P.S. be eleven

Williams-G 13 HRD 4.6

5-8

1 Y

17.89

The problem with being sl Krishnaswa 13 HRD 4.3

3-6

1 Y

14.49

Round is a tortilla : a b Thong, Ros 13 HRD 2.1

K-3

1 Y

14.49

Santiago stays

Dominguez, 13 HRD 0.6

K-3

1 Y

11.06

Sora and the cloud = Sora Hoshino, F 11 HRD 3.7

K-3

1 Y

13.61

Take me out to the Yakyu

K-3

1 Y

18.41

The turtle of Oman --a no Nye, Naomi 14 HRD

3-6

1 Y

14.49

When the beat was born :

Hill, Laba 13 HRD 4.2

3-6

1 Y

15.34

The wild berries = Pikaci Flett, Jul 13 HRD 2.2

K-3

1 Y

14.46

Meshon, Aa 13 FBS 1.8

34 titles (qty 34) Total Guaranteed Title Price $509.19

The total purchase for all items included on the 3 purchase sections is
$2526.70