Elementary School
Library Media Center
Welcome to the Hawthorn Library Media Center!
The LMC is home to thousands of picture books, chapter books, fiction and non-fiction. We hope we can help you love reading!
Research
Search Engines
- KidRex is a kid-friendly search engine.
- Duck Duck Go is a kid-friendly search engine.
- Use Creative Commons to find copyright free photos.
Databases
- The Mid-Continent Public Library Databases have reliable, trustworthy information. Use your library card to access these great resources.
- Primary Search Database is a full-text database providing children's magazines, easy-to-read encyclopedic entries and a large image collection.
- Explora Database for K-5 researchers. This is a terrific database for reliable research information.
- Pebble GO is a database for K-3 researchers.
eBooks
Ms. Boshard's Bookshelves
![All Adults Here]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1628880196/parkhillk12mous/fmadycjo2fhpb35i0euu/AllAdultsHere.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1628880196/parkhillk12mous/fmadycjo2fhpb35i0euu/AllAdultsHere.jpg","width":315}])
by Emma Straub
![Captain Superlative!]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1628880088/parkhillk12mous/isrsnwmqlyvkgmujmujy/CaptainSuperlative.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1628880088/parkhillk12mous/isrsnwmqlyvkgmujmujy/CaptainSuperlative.jpg","width":314}])
by J.S. Puller
![Followers]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1628879930/parkhillk12mous/rf0mecsgeklslenso7b3/Followers.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1628879930/parkhillk12mous/rf0mecsgeklslenso7b3/Followers.jpg","width":331}])
by Megan Angelo
![Kansas City Noir]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1628879373/parkhillk12mous/dp8hwhomna1mlm4tcfvr/KansasCityNoir.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1628879373/parkhillk12mous/dp8hwhomna1mlm4tcfvr/KansasCityNoir.jpg","width":302}])
by Steve Paul
![Shine!]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1628717748/parkhillk12mous/kdb7laqf0fd695v8dj6k/Shine.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1628717748/parkhillk12mous/kdb7laqf0fd695v8dj6k/Shine.jpg","width":314}])
J.J. Grabenstein and Chris Grabenstein
![Storied & Scandalous Kansas City: A History of Corruption, Mischief and a Whole Lot of Booze]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1628878746/parkhillk12mous/kqrqd3q4h2xwke3wwhvm/StoriedandScandalousKansasCity-AHistoryofCorruptionMischiefandaWholeLotofBooze.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1628878746/parkhillk12mous/kqrqd3q4h2xwke3wwhvm/StoriedandScandalousKansasCity-AHistoryofCorruptionMischiefandaWholeLotofBooze.jpg","width":265}])
by Karla Deel
![The Bridge Home]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1628717933/parkhillk12mous/qc3kxhtjbmbgicooa8ny/TheBridgeHome.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1628717933/parkhillk12mous/qc3kxhtjbmbgicooa8ny/TheBridgeHome.jpg","width":265}])
by Padma Venkatraman
![The Night Diary]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1628880007/parkhillk12mous/db9mhlaqwadwrkf3zc0v/TheNightDiary.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1628880007/parkhillk12mous/db9mhlaqwadwrkf3zc0v/TheNightDiary.jpg","width":309}])
by Veera Hiranandani
![The Unsung Hero of Birdsong, USA]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1628717615/parkhillk12mous/hlmilraogdbpkul2nia4/TheUnsungHeroofBirdsongUSAbyBrendaWoods.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1628717615/parkhillk12mous/hlmilraogdbpkul2nia4/TheUnsungHeroofBirdsongUSAbyBrendaWoods.jpg","width":265}])
by Brenda Woods
Award Books
We celebrate these award books! Updated lists come out each spring.
Mark Twain Award Nominees
![A Work In Progress]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1762202574/parkhillk12mous/biuwhg4wezskoiunx4ay/download_8.jpg","width":184}])
![Extra Normal]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1762201408/parkhillk12mous/bcd2ijswlfcxubdz2frb/816z9WIHAAL_AC_UF10001000_QL80_.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1762201408/parkhillk12mous/bcd2ijswlfcxubdz2frb/816z9WIHAAL_AC_UF10001000_QL80_.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1762201408/parkhillk12mous/bcd2ijswlfcxubdz2frb/816z9WIHAAL_AC_UF10001000_QL80_.jpg","width":662}])
![Farther than the Moon]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1762201476/parkhillk12mous/pvphudqefqdwl1irq7l3/download.jpg","width":183}])
![Four Eyes]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1762201524/parkhillk12mous/vfodj6crbu2x0i9rzfup/download_1.jpg","width":186}])
![Hidden Truths]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1762201563/parkhillk12mous/zx5k5j5pos3lcw0izggs/download_2.jpg","width":183}])
![How to Stay Invisible]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1762201655/parkhillk12mous/ys1fztjlp6zieswxtu8x/download_3.jpg","width":225}])
![Jawbreaker]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1762201709/parkhillk12mous/hqieqigxjty4ojdn61zx/download_4.jpg","width":180}])
![Lasagna Means I Love You]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1762202378/parkhillk12mous/co23jidpksyqvk6whj6r/download_5.jpg","width":183}])
![Nothing Else But Miracles]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1762202454/parkhillk12mous/lgoyk0id4js8n7cn5pfj/download_6.jpg","width":183}])
![The Cursed Moon]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1762201320/parkhillk12mous/zzarv0oflpskyqy2bpwy/91GM3afZveL_AC_UF10001000_QL80_.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1762201320/parkhillk12mous/zzarv0oflpskyqy2bpwy/91GM3afZveL_AC_UF10001000_QL80_.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1762201320/parkhillk12mous/zzarv0oflpskyqy2bpwy/91GM3afZveL_AC_UF10001000_QL80_.jpg","width":664}])
![The Mystery of the Radcliffe Riddle]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1761920605/parkhillk12mous/ibvfct6gyvwwauhe7ukr/ThemysteryoftheRadclifferiddle.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1761920605/parkhillk12mous/ibvfct6gyvwwauhe7ukr/ThemysteryoftheRadclifferiddle.jpg","width":270}])
![When Sea Becomes Sky]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1762202500/parkhillk12mous/nhlcq6blebmmhpslgklq/download_7.jpg","width":183}])
Building Block Award Nominees
![Towed by Toad Book Cover]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1765561297/parkhillk12mous/jw6wlr3ihz6aeoy5g8p0/passthrough_1.gif","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1765561297/parkhillk12mous/jw6wlr3ihz6aeoy5g8p0/passthrough_1.gif","width":374}])
Towed by Toad
Ashley Van Horn
![Bear's Lost Glasses Book Cover]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1765561858/parkhillk12mous/p7zukfwgxc9z2ttayv2x/passthrough_10.gif","width":114}])
Bear's Lost Glasses
Ashley Van Horn
![Simon and the Better Bone Book Cover]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1765561822/parkhillk12mous/rtz7d6ulm65r4szbrbor/passthrough_9.gif","width":143}])
Simon and the Better Bone
Ashley Van Horn
![Peg Gets Crackin' Book Cover]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1765561773/parkhillk12mous/vxxprqpuszop8rf0nrfx/passthrough_8.gif","width":115}])
Peg Gets Crackin'
Ashley Van Horn
![The Quiet Forest Book Cover]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1765561721/parkhillk12mous/ljoufeivwx35niraoy5y/passthrough_7.gif","width":147}])
The Quiet Forest
Ashley Van Horn
![Mr. Fox's Game of No Book Cover]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1765561691/parkhillk12mous/sx6k3jztwy3pwo43mcw6/passthrough_6.gif","width":104}])
Mr. Fox's Game of No
Ashley Van Horn
![Just One Flake Book Cover]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1765561649/parkhillk12mous/ytyzphfqj5ozcztuswun/passthrough_5.gif","width":114}])
Just One Flake
Ashley Van Horn
![Dig, Dig, Dinosaur Book Cover]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1765561599/parkhillk12mous/evao83qpffrspdz5lzvk/passthrough_4.gif","width":116}])
Dig, Dig, Dinosaur
Ashley Van Horn
![I Live in a Tree Trunk Book Cover]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1765561555/parkhillk12mous/uxrinipoepwg75b0efsk/passthrough_3.gif","width":94}])
I Live in a Tree Trunk
Ashley Van Horn
![Ploof Book Cover]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1765561497/parkhillk12mous/wiods4hfd5kh0ngj0adj/passthrough_2.gif","width":115}])
Ploof
Ashley Van Horn
Show Me Readers Award Nominees
![The Mighty McKraken Book Cover]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1765562542/parkhillk12mous/hdyqk6w7qonzsy1pdk2z/102187_hi.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1765562542/parkhillk12mous/hdyqk6w7qonzsy1pdk2z/102187_hi.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1765562542/parkhillk12mous/hdyqk6w7qonzsy1pdk2z/102187_hi.jpg","width":600}])
The Mighty McKraken
![The Three Little Guinea Pigs Book Cover]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1765562516/parkhillk12mous/dlwfxtbxnb7fp9lkfjeg/0374390045.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1765562516/parkhillk12mous/dlwfxtbxnb7fp9lkfjeg/0374390045.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1765562516/parkhillk12mous/dlwfxtbxnb7fp9lkfjeg/0374390045.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1765562516/parkhillk12mous/dlwfxtbxnb7fp9lkfjeg/0374390045.jpg","width":876}])
The Three Little Guinea Pigs
![Basketball Dreams Book Cover]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1765562481/parkhillk12mous/e8z2cx8kxnf45plo0j5a/1250810035.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1765562481/parkhillk12mous/e8z2cx8kxnf45plo0j5a/1250810035.jpg","width":504}])
Basketball Dreams
![Seals Are Jerks! Book Cover]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1765562452/parkhillk12mous/ks5hdnz7ixliloszfaxv/1338835688.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1765562452/parkhillk12mous/ks5hdnz7ixliloszfaxv/1338835688.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1765562452/parkhillk12mous/ks5hdnz7ixliloszfaxv/1338835688.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1765562452/parkhillk12mous/ks5hdnz7ixliloszfaxv/1338835688.jpg","width":812}])
Seals Are Jerks!
![Cooler Than Lemonade Book Cover]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1765562427/parkhillk12mous/u1qxfmwoslq3qwchjheg/1728254299.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1765562427/parkhillk12mous/u1qxfmwoslq3qwchjheg/1728254299.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1765562427/parkhillk12mous/u1qxfmwoslq3qwchjheg/1728254299.jpg","width":656}])
Cooler Than Lemonade
![We Don't Lose Our Class Goldfish Book Cover]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1765562395/parkhillk12mous/ghnncoawgmfmml3czmuq/136807698X.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1765562395/parkhillk12mous/ghnncoawgmfmml3czmuq/136807698X.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1765562395/parkhillk12mous/ghnncoawgmfmml3czmuq/136807698X.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1765562395/parkhillk12mous/ghnncoawgmfmml3czmuq/136807698X.jpg","width":864}])
We Don't Lose Our Class Goldfish
![How This Book Got Red Book Cover]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1765562353/parkhillk12mous/cvcxyj1jeps0eoufmlgq/1728265657.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1765562353/parkhillk12mous/cvcxyj1jeps0eoufmlgq/1728265657.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1765562353/parkhillk12mous/cvcxyj1jeps0eoufmlgq/1728265657.jpg","width":648}])
How This Book Got Red
![Building a Dream: How the Boys of Koh Panyee Became Champions Book Cover]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1765562321/parkhillk12mous/ekalis2oxoyyyqhruuj4/0802855474.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1765562321/parkhillk12mous/ekalis2oxoyyyqhruuj4/0802855474.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1765562321/parkhillk12mous/ekalis2oxoyyyqhruuj4/0802855474.jpg","width":533}])
Building a Dream: How the Boys of Koh Panyee Became Champions
![The Kitten Story Book Cover]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1765562288/parkhillk12mous/r6mljg8syyid5tbwyznj/1662651155.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1765562288/parkhillk12mous/r6mljg8syyid5tbwyznj/1662651155.jpg","width":478}])
The Kitten Story
![The World's Best Class Plant Book Cover]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1765562255/parkhillk12mous/mcwx7myexj2ppmedjtnk/0525516352.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1765562255/parkhillk12mous/mcwx7myexj2ppmedjtnk/0525516352.jpg","width":504}])
The World's Best Class Plant
Great Kids Can Read Award Nominees
![The Witness Trees: Historic Moments and the Trees Who Watched Them Happen Book Cover]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1765563333/parkhillk12mous/ydqqobgv6umegnapojls/passthrough_21.gif","width":104}])
The Witness Trees: Historic Moments and the Trees Who Watched Them Happen
![Smoke at the Pentagon: Poems to Remember Book Cover]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1765563185/parkhillk12mous/fit9agtjxb0iuflgnhpo/passthrough_19.gif","width":89}])
Smoke at the Pentagon: Poems to Remember
![Small Shoes, Great Strides. How three brave girls opened doors to school equality Book Cover]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1765563150/parkhillk12mous/jzua2lmfn3aduze1ev2j/passthrough_18.gif","width":97}])
Small Shoes, Great Strides. How three brave girls opened doors to school equality
![The Skull: A Tyrolean Folktale Book Cover]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1765563122/parkhillk12mous/vjbyazxtl1t3wq1kdh9i/passthrough_17.gif","width":87}])
The Skull: A Tyrolean Folktale
![Sejal Sinha Battles Superstorms Book Cover]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1765563091/parkhillk12mous/shkqtiq4hv0gryq1uu1e/passthrough_16.gif","width":77}])
Sejal Sinha Battles Superstorms
![Oliver’s Great Big Universe Book Cover]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1765563060/parkhillk12mous/lqeva2y5wqcmw8yrwthd/passthrough_15.gif","width":78}])
Oliver’s Great Big Universe
![Love is in the Air: The Story of Aviation Pioneer Nancy Harkness Love Book Cover]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1765563024/parkhillk12mous/qgpd9b7mxbdivcbs4zri/passthrough_14.gif","width":115}])
Love is in the Air: The Story of Aviation Pioneer Nancy Harkness Love
![A Llama is Not an Alpaca: And Other Mistaken Animal Identities Book Cover]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1765562976/parkhillk12mous/csfec6wandjpzvkiwx8o/passthrough_13.gif","width":148}])
A Llama is Not an Alpaca: And Other Mistaken Animal Identities
Nicole Boshard
Media Specialist
Contact Ms. Boshard
816-359-6347
Book Suggestions and Recommended Books
Book Suggestions
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Recommended Books
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