Louise Borden's Books
There are 15 books
1.
Big Brothers Don't Take Naps
By: Louise Borden
Illustrated by: Emma Dodd
This edition: Hardcover, 32 pages
Publication date: June 14, 2011
Ages: 3 - 7
Nicholas looks up to his big brother, James. James does all kinds of things that only older brothers can do—like write his name, read books, cross the street, and ride the school bus. But there’s one thing James...
Other Formats: eBook
2.
The Lost-and-Found Tooth
By: Louise Borden
Illustrated by: Adam Gustavson
This edition: Hardcover, 40 pages
Publication date: July 1, 2008
Ages: 7 - 10
Do you remember when and where you lost your first tooth?
3.
The John Hancock Club
By: Louise Borden
Illustrated by: Adam Gustavson
This edition: Hardcover, 48 pages
Publication date: June 26, 2007
Ages: 7 - 10
Sean McFerrin and his third grade class in Room 121 can't wait to learn how to write in cursive handwriting. Their teacher, Mrs. Tovani, promises that whoever learns to use a legible and elegant cursive will be inducted into...
4.
The Last Day of School
By: Louise Borden
Illustrated by: Adam Gustavson
This edition: Hardcover, 40 pages
Publication date: March 1, 2006
Ages: 7 - 10
The shool year is coming to an end, and everyone at Albert E. Chapman Elementary School is counting down, including Mrs. Mallory's third grade class. In the last weeks of school there is much to be done, from putting away...
5.
The Greatest Skating Race
A World War II Story from the Netherlands
By: Louise Borden
Illustrated by: Niki Daly
This edition: Hardcover, 48 pages
Publication date: October 1, 2004
Ages: 9 - 12
"You're a strong skater, Piet, and you have a quick mind. This is why I know you'll succeed in this important task. I wouldn't ask you to do this if I didn't know it could be done." In 1941 Piet, a young Dutch boy from Sluis,...
6.
The A+ Custodian
By: Louise Borden
Illustrated by: Adam Gustavson
This edition: Hardcover, 40 pages
Publication date: July 1, 2004
Ages: 7 - 10
"Mr. Carillo is our A+ Custodian!" John Carillo, Dublin Elementary School's custodian, has a big job. He mops and sweeps, polishes and scrubs, changes lightbulbs, washes windows, fixes pipes, moves furniture, and more! The...
7.
Sea Clocks
The Story of Longitude
By: Louise Borden
Illustrated by: Erik Blegvad
This edition: Hardcover, 48 pages
Publication date: February 1, 2004
Ages: 7 - 10
B> "For hundreds of years ships had been sailing to places far and near without really knowing where they were!" Sailors knew how to measure latitude, their location north or south of the equator, but they could not measure...
8.
Fly High!
The Story of Bessie Coleman
By: Louise Borden and Mary Kay Kroeger
Illustrated by: Teresa Flavin
This edition: Trade Paperback, 40 pages
Publication date: January 1, 2004
Ages: 9 - 12
When Bessie Coleman was a child, she wanted to be in school -- not in the cotton fields of Texas, helping her family earn money. She wanted to be somebody significant in the world. So Bessie did everything she could to learn...
9.
Touching the Sky
The Flying Adventures of Wilbur and Orville Wright
By: Louise Borden and Trish Marx
Illustrated by: Peter M. Fiore
This edition: Hardcover, 64 pages
Publication date: September 1, 2003
Ages: 5 - 8
On December 17, 1903, the Wright brothers took their historic first flight, and by 1909 the brothers were full-fledged celebrities. In September of that year, Wilbur and Orville finally showed the world, firsthand, just what...
10.
Good Luck, Mrs. K.!
By: Louise Borden
Illustrated by: Adam Gustavson
This edition: Trade Paperback, 32 pages
Publication date: July 1, 2002
Ages: 6 - 10
Mrs. Kempczinski -- "Mrs. K." to her third-grade students -- is everyone's favorite teacher. Exciting and dynamic, Mrs. K. knows sign language, celebrates Worm Day, and performs "homework dances." One day the third graders are...
