Listening Library Core Selections

Unit 1: Challenges

Miss Alaineus by Debra Frasier
Davy Crockett Saves the World by Rosalyn Schanzer
Trees for Life by TIME FOR KIDS
Ultimate Field Trip 5: Blasting Off to Space Academy by Susan E. Goodman
Pipiolo and the Roof Dogs by Brian Meunier

Unit 2: Discoveries

Shiloh by Phyliss Reynolds Naylor
Rattlers! by Ellen Iambeth
Remembering the Past by TIME FOR KIDS
"The Night of San Juan" (from Salsa Stories" by Lulu Dekacre
Black Cowboy, Wild Horses by Julius Lester

Unit 3: Turning Points

Sleds on Boston Common by Louise Borden
When Esther Morris Headed West by Connie Nordhielm Wooldridge
Protecting the Environment by TIME FOR KIDS
My Great-Grandmother's Gourd by Christina Kessler
Zathura by Chris Van Allsurg

Unit 4: Experiences

Goin' Someplace Special by Patricia C. McKissack
Carlos and the Skunk by Jan Romero Stevens
Democracy by TIME FOR KIDS
Hurricanes by Seymour Simon
The Catch of the Day, a Trickster Play by Angela Shelf Medearis

Unit 5: Achievements

Spirit of Endurance by Jennifer Armstrong
Weslandia by Paul Fleischman
Learning From Nature by TIME FOR KIDS
The Unbreakable Code by Sara Hoagland Hunter
The Gri Gri Tree by Lynn Joseph

Unit 6: Great Ideas

The Golden Mare, the Firebird, and the Magic Ring by Ruth Sanderson
Skunk Scout by Laurence Yep
Improving Lives by TIME FOR KIDS
Up in the Air: The Story of Balloon Flight by Patricia Lauber
Hidden Worlds by Stephen Kramer