Alexis Peterson's Library
Kirkwood Elementary
| ISBN | Title | Author | Description | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9780590440646 | Class President | Johanna Hurwitz | Julio hides his own leadership ambitions to help another candidate win the nomination for class president. | Scholastic |
| 9780545034661 | Clementine | Sara Pennypacker | While sorting through difficulties in her friendship with her neighbor Margaret, eight-year-old Clementine gains several unique hairstyles while also helping her father in his efforts to banish pigeons from the front of their apartment building. | |
| 9780545348355 | Cocoa (the Puppy Place 25): Volume 25 (Puppy Place) | Miles, Ellen | Welcome to the Puppy Place--where every puppy finds a home! When Cocoa, a large chocolate Lab puppy, accidentally knocks over her elderly owner, Charles convinces his parents to foster this excitable dog. But can the Peterson household survive Cocoa's high energy behavior? Charles is confident that this intelligent pup will learn to calm down so they can find her a perfect forever home. | Scholastic Paperbacks |
| 9781338858754 | Could You Ever Dive With Dolphins!? | Sandra Markle | Spend a day with bottlenose dolphins in the first book in this new series from Sandra Markle, the bestselling author of the What If You Had... series!What if you could spend a day with your favorite animals? What would you eat? How would you play? Would you ever want to leave?Dive in and learn all about bottlenose dolphins in the first book in the Could You Ever... series! From what they eat, to where they live, to how they interact with one another, this imaginative book places kids right into the action as they learn all about these amazing creatures.With imaginative, interactive text from bestselling author Sandra Markle and engaging art from Vanessa Morales, this series is sure to become a kid-favorite! | Scholastic Inc. |
| 9781338858785 | Could You Ever Waddle With Penguins!? | Sandra Markle | Spend a day in the life of an Adélie penguin with this fantastic new series from Sandra Markle, the bestselling author of the What If You Had... series! What if you could spend a day with your favorite animals? What would you eat? How would you play? Would you ever want to leave?Dive in and learn all about Adélie penguins in the second book in the Could You Ever... series! From what they eat, to where they live, to how they interact with one another, this innovative book places kids right into the action as they learn all about these amazing creatures.With imaginative, interactive text from bestselling author Sandra Markle and engaging art from Vanessa Morales, this book is sure to be a kid favorite! | Scholastic Incorporated |
| 9781338776973 | Dawn Of The Light Dragon: A Branches Book (Dragon Masters #24) | Tracey West | In the latest action-packed installment of this New York Times bestselling series, Drake must find the brilliant Light Dragon!Pick a book. Grow a Reader!This series is part of Scholastic's early chapter book line, Branches, aimed at newly independent readers. With easy-to-read text, high-interest content, fast-paced plots, and illustrations on every page, these books will boost reading confidence and stamina. Branches books help readers grow!To stop the Shadow Dragon from covering the whole world in a sky-shadow, the Dragon Masters must seek out a Light Dragon. So Drake and Darma travel to find a Light Dragon named Lysa. Lysa's Dragon Master, Rune, who is Deaf, explains that the Dragon Masters will need a Star Flute in order to summon a Star Dragon and stop the Shadow Dragon. But the flute is hidden within a dangerous labyrinth! Will they be able to make it out of the tricky maze?With engaging black-and-white artwork on every page, kids won't be able to put down this action-packed adventure! | Scholastic, Incorporated |
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| 9780062881694 | Efren Divided | Ernesto Cisneros | ||
| 9781546157953 | First Cat In Space Ate Pizza,The | Barnett, Mac | ||
| 9781580890618 | First Day Jitters | Julie Danneberg | Everyone knows that sinking feeling in the pit of the stomach just before diving into a new situation. Sarah Jane Hartwell is scared and doesn't want to start over at a new school. She doesn't know anybody, and nobody knows her. It will be awful. She just knows it. With much prodding from Mr. Hartwell, Sarah Jane reluctantly pulls herself together and goes to school. She is quickly befriended by Mrs. Burton, who helps smooth her jittery transition. This charming and familiar story will delight readers with its surprise ending. Fun, energetic illustrations brighten page after page with the busy antics surrounding Sarah Jane. FIRST DAY JITTERS is an enchanting story that is sure to be treasured by anyone who has ever anticipated a first day of school. | Charlesbridge Publishing |
| 9780545402750 | Flat Stanley and the Firehouse | Lori Haskins Houran, Jeff Brown | When Stanley's fire safety poster wins a contest, he gets to visit a firehouse, where he climbs onto a real fire truck, slides down the fire pole, and helps out in a real emergency. | |
| 9780545850070 | Flora & Ulysses | Kate DiCamillo | Rescuing a squirrel after an accident involving a vacuum cleaner, comic-reading cynic Flora Belle Buckman is astonished when the squirrel, Ulysses, demonstrates astonishing powers of strength and flight after being revived.-- | |
| 9780823428670 | Freaky Fast Frankie Joe | Lutricia Clifton | Twelve-year-old Frankie Joe Huckaby can't find anything good to say about Clearview, Illinois, where he must spend the next ten months living with a father he knows only through birthday cards, a stepmother he didn't know existed, and four half brothers intent on making him the "freak" of the town. When life in Clearview becomes unbearable, Frankie Joe hatches a plan to ride his bike back to the Lone Star Trailer Park in Laredo, Texas. For that he needs money, and so he opens Frankie Joe's Freaky Fast Delivery Service. But Frankie Joe hasn't counted on quirky clients, unpredictable winter weather, and his equally unpredictable new family. | National Geographic Books |
| 9780545858243 | Freddie Ramos Makes a Splash | Jacqueline Jules | When a bully shows up at Starwood Park, Freddie's super-powered zapatos go missing. Is the bully to blame? And how can Freddie investigate without his super-speed? | |
| 9780439607278 | Frindle | Andrew Clements | Nick Allen has has plenty of ideas. Who can forget the time he turned the classroom into a tropical island? But now Nick is in Mrs Granger's class, it looks like his days as a troublemaker are over. | |
| 9780545041737 | From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler | When Claudia decided to run away, she planned very carefully She would be gone just long enough to teach her parents a lesson in Claudia appreciation. And she would live in comfort-at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. She invited her brother Jamie to go, too, mostly because he was a miser and would have money The two took up residence in the museum right on schedule. But once the fun of settling in was over, Claudia had two unexpected problems: She felt just the same, and she wanted to feel different; and she found a statue at the museum so beautiful she could not go home until she had discovered its maker, a question that baffled even the experts. The former owner of the statue was Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler And without her help Claudia might never have found a way to go home. | ||
| 9781338541649 | Front Desk | Kelly Yang | "Mia Tang has a lot of secrets. Number 1: She lives in a motel, not a big house. Every day, while her immigrant parents clean the rooms, ten-year-old Mia manages the front desk of the Calivista Motel and tends to its guests. Number 2: Her parents hide immigrants. And if the mean motel owner, Mr. Yao, finds out they've been letting them stay in the empty rooms for free, the Tangs will be doomed. Number 3: She wants to be a writer. But how can she when her mom thinks she should stick to math because English is not her first language? It will take all of Mia's courage, kindness, and hard work to get through this year. Will she be able to hold on to her job, help the immigrants and guests, escape Mr. Yao, and go for her dreams?"--Page 2 of cover. | |
| 9781338776904 | Guarding the Invisible Dragons: A Branches Book (Dragon Masters #22) | West, Tracey | Scholastic Inc. | |
| 9781338562286 | Hidden Figures | Margot Lee Shetterly, Winifred Conkling | Explores the previously uncelebrated but pivotal contributions of NASA's African American women mathematicians to America's space program, describing how Jim Crow laws segregated them despite their groundbreaking successes. Includes biographies on Dorothy Jackson Vaughan (1910-2008), Mary Winston Jackson (1921-2005), Katherine Colman Goble Johnson (1918- ), Dr. Christine Mann Darden (1942- ). | |
| 9780545138888 | Homework Machine | Gutman, Dan | Scholastic |