DAVID GOES TO SCHOOL,  by David Shannon
Ages 3-5.  Bald, triangle-nosed irresistible David is back.  This time he's trying to navigate the rules of the classroom, and he's failing.  The book is written with  tenderness and hilarity, and will be a winner for story time as well as lap sharing.

HORACE AND MORRIS BUT MOSTLY DOLORES, by James Howe
Ages 4-7.  Horace, Morris,and Dolores, three mice children, are best friends, but when the boys join a club that doesn't allow girls, Dolores must forge ahead on her own.  It doesn't take long for the boys to miss her, in this spirited tribute to friendship and individuality.

TALLCHIEF:  AMERICA'S PRIMA BALLERINA, by Maria Tallchief and Rosemary Wells 
Gr. 3-5.  Dignity, power, and clarity are hallmarks of a first-person picture-book text follows Tallchief's childhood and teen years as she pursues her dream to dance with the best.  Equally memorable are Kelley's delicate, misty pastels, which catch the great dancer as she glides gracefully across the pages.

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE & THE GLOBE, by Aliki
Gr. 4-7.  Aliki takes on an ambitious project and completes it with a pervasive sense of history and a fine sense of sytyle.  This biography of Shakespeare is also an appealing history of the Globe Theater.