Teacher Librarian Help Desk: 2013

Thanks to the Library Media Specialist all over the state of Wisconsin for the creation of this list.

A Child Called "It" by Dave Pelzer
A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier by Ishmael Beah
Amazon extreme: three ordinary guys, one rubber raft, and the most dangerous river on earth by Angus
Ambulance girl: how I saved myself by becoming an EMT by Stern
American Shaolin: flying kicks, Buddhist monks, and the legend of iron crotch : an odyssey in the new China [book] Polly, Matthew
Ana's story: a journey of hope [book] Bush, Jenna.
Angela's Ashes by Frank McCourt
An angel from hell: real life on the front lines [book] Conklin, Ryan A.,
A Walk in the Woods by Bryson
Between a Rock and a Hard Place by Ralston
Beyond Courage by Rappaport
Black like me [book] Griffin, John Howard
The blind side: evolution of a game [book] Lew is, Michael
Bomb by Sheinkin
Bushnell's submarine: the best kept secret of the American Revolution [book] Lefkow itz, Arthur S.
Born to run: the story of Brittany Young [book] Rudow, Barbara
Clemente: The Passion and Pride of Baseball's Last Hero by Mariness
Coop by Perry
Caught by the sea: my life on boats [book] Paulsen, Gary.
Fire on the Mountain-The true story of the South Canyon fire by Maclean
Flags of Our Fathers by Bradley
Friday Nigh Lights by Bissinger
Ghost of War: The True Story of a 19-Year-Old GI by Ryan Smithson
Hitler Youth by Bartoletti
Into the Wild by Krakauer
Into Thin Air by Krakauer
It's Not About the Bike by Lance Armstrong
John Lennon All I Want is the Truth by Partridge
Monster Fire at Minong: the five mile tower fire of 1977 by Matthias
Mountains beyond Mountains by Kidder
North of Highway Eight by Woll
Population 485 by Perry
Quiet Strength by Dungy and Whitaker
Rock' N' Roll Soldier: A Memoir by Dean Ellis Kohler
Rome 1960 by Mariness
Seabiscuit by Hillenbrand
Swimming to Antarctica: tales of a long-distance swimmer [book] Cox, Lynne.
Tasting the sky: a Palestinian childhood [book] Barakat, Ibtisam.
Temple Grandin by Montgomery
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind: creating currents of electricity and hope by Kamkwamba
The Day the World came to town by DeFede
The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic and Madness at the Fair that Changed America by Eric Larsson
The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Skloot
The Last Breath: the limits of Adventure by Stark
They Marched into Daylight by Mariness
Truck by Perry
Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, A Young Man and Life's Greatest Lesson by Mitch Albom
Unbearable Lightness: A Story of Loss and Gain. [book] De Rossi, Portia.
Unthinkable: the true story about the first double amputee to complete the world-famous Hawaiian Ironman triathlon[book] Rigsby, Scott.
The violinist's thumb: and other lost tales of love, w ar, and genius, as w ritten by our genetic code [book] Kean, Sam.
Three cups of tea: one man's mission to fight terrorism and build nations--one school at a time [book] Mortenson, Greg.
Three little words: a memoir [book] Rhodes-Courter, Ashley
Visiting Tom by Perry

We Beat the Street by Sampson Davis (860 Lexile)
When Pride Still Mattered by Mariness
Young Men and Fire by Maclean

Zlata's Diary by Zlata Filipovic
Zoobiquity: w hat animals can teach us about health and the science of healing [book] Natterson-Horowitz, Barbara.
The zookeeper's wife [book] Ackerman, Diane.
Come back to Afghanistan: a California teenager's story [book] Akbar, Said Hyder.
Cork boat [book] Pollack, John.
Dreams from My Father. [book] Obama, Barack.
Eat, pray, love: one woman's search for everything across Italy, India, and Indonesia [book] Gilbert, Elizabeth
Eva's story: a survivor's tale by the stepsister of Anne Frank [book] Schloss, Eva
- A Fire to Win. [book] Lombardo, John.
- First they killed my father: a daughter of Cambodia remembers [book] Ung, Loung.
- Flyboys: a true story of courage [book] Bradley, James.
- For the sins of my father: a Mafia killer, his son, and the legacy of a mob life [book] DeMeo, Albert.
- From Baghdad to America: life lessons from a dog named Lava [book] Kopelman, Jay.
- From Baghdad, with love: a Marine, the war, and a dog named Lava [book] Kopelman, Jay.
- George Washington, Spymaster: how the Americans outspied the British and w on the Revolutionary War [book] Allen, Thomas.
- The good soldiers [book] Finkel, David.
- Hell's Angels: a strange and terrible saga [book] Thompson, Hunter S.
- A home in the heart: the story of Sandra Cisneros [book] Brackett, Virginia.
- I am a Soldier, Too - The Jessica Lynch Story. [book] Bragg, Rick.
- In cold blood: a true account of a multiple murder and its consequences [book] Capote, Truman.
- Jesus land: a memoir [book] Scheeres, Julia.
- The kids are all right: a memoir [book] Welch, Diana.
- The Last True Story I'll Ever Tell. [book] Crawford, John.
- Left for dead: a young man's search for justice for the USS Indianapolis [book] Nelson, Peter.
- Left to tell: discovering God amidst the Rw andan holocaust [book] Ilibagiza, Immaculée.
- Let's roll! ordinary people, extraordinary courage.Beamer, Lisa with Ken Abraham.
- A lion called Christian [book] Bourke, Anthony.
- Little family, big values: lessons in love, respect, and understanding for families of any size [book] Roloff, Matt.
- A Little house traveler: writings from Laura Ingalls Wilder's journeys across America [book] Wilder, Laura Ingalls.
- The lost boy: a foster child's search for the love of a family [book] Pelzer, David J.
- A love that multiplies: a up-close view of how they make it work [book] Duggar, Michelle.
- A man named Dave: a story of triumph and forgiveness [book] Pelzer, David J.
- Marley & me: life and love with the world's worst dog [book] Grogan, John.
- Marooned: the strange but true adventures of Alexander Selkirk, the real Robinson Crusoe [book] Kraske, Robert.
- The middle place [book] Corrigan, Kelly.
- A mighty long way: my journey to justice at Little Rock Central High School [book] LaNier, Carlotta Walls.
- Mistaken identity: two families, one survivor, unwavering hope [book].
- Multiple bles8ings: surviving to thriving with twins and sextuplets [book] Gosselin, Jon.
- My father, maker of the trees: how I survived the Rwandan genocide [book] Irivuzumugabe, Eric.
- Not a happy camper: a memoir [book] Schneider, Mindy.
- The odyssey of KP2: an orphan seal, a marine biologist, and the fight to save a species from extinction [book] Williams, Terrie M.
- Off the deep end: the probably insane idea that I could swim my way through a midlife crisis--and qualify for the
- Over a thousand hills I walk with you [book] Jansen, Hanna.
- The poet slave of Cuba: a biography of Juan Francisco Manzano [book] Engle, Margarita.
- The prize winner of Defiance, Ohio: how my mother raised 10 kids on 25 words or less [book] Ryan, Terry.
- Reading Lolita in Tehran: a memoir in books [book] Nafisi, Azar.
- A river runs through it and other stories [book] Maclean, Norman.
- Say You're One of Them. [book] Akpan, Uwem.
- Secrets of a Civil War submarine: solving the mysteries of the H.L. Hunley [book] Walker, Sally M.
- She said yes: the unlikely martyrdom of Cassie Bernall [book] Bernall, M.
- Soul Surfer: a true story of faith, family, and fighting to get back on the board [book] Hamilton, Bethany.
- Steve & me [book] Irwin, Terri. book In10/8/13 nonfiction that reads like a novel
- Still me [book] Reeve, Christopher.
- Stolen innocence: my story of growing up in a polygamous sect, becoming a teenage bride, and breaking free of Warren Jeffs [book]
- Stolen lives: 20 years in a desert jail. [book] Oufkir, Malika & Michele Fitousse.

The month of August was crazy in our school district. We built a new school this year and all the library stuff was delivered to the new school on August 21.

We packed the books up in plastic wrap and labeled each pack with section and number. It made it easier to put things on the shelf. I didn't realize how long it would take to put the packet in order.

We needed to have the main part of the library put together for open house on August 29.

Our library turned out beautiful. As you can see I even have a few extra shelves. Isn't that the dream of every LMS to have extra space?

I have a wonderful classroom space that will have a Smart Projector.

I ended up with beautiful display cases to hold stuffed animals with a book. We have 14 rolling shelving units so we can move them around.

I have a wonderful story corner. It has the stadium seating and a Smart projector. You can not see it but there is a mirror so I can see what is going on in the story corner from the circulation desk.