Beth Thompson's Library
Norman Smith Elementary
| ISBN | Title | Author | Description | Publisher |
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| 9780312367541 | A Wrinkle in Time | Madeleine L'Engle | Madeleine L'Engle's ground-breaking science fiction and fantasy classic, soon to be a major motion picture. It was a dark and stormy night; Meg Murry, her small brother Charles Wallace, and her mother had come down to the kitchen for a midnight snack when they were upset by the arrival of a most disturbing stranger. "Wild nights are my glory," the unearthly stranger told them. "I just got caught in a downdraft and blown off course. Let me sit down for a moment, and then I'll be on my way. Speaking of ways, by the way, there is such a thing as a tesseract." A tesseract (in case the reader doesn't know) is a wrinkle in time. To tell more would rob the reader of the enjoyment of Miss L'Engle's unusual book. A Wrinkle in Time, winner of the Newbery Medal in 1963, is the story of the adventures in space and time of Meg, Charles Wallace, and Calvin O'Keefe (athlete, student, and one of the most popular boys in high school). They are in search of Meg's father, a scientist who disappeared while engaged in secret work for the government on the tesseract problem. A Wrinkle in Time is the winner of the 1963 Newbery Medal. It is the first book in The Time Quintet, which consists of A Wrinkle in Time, A Wind in the Door, A Swiftly Tilting Planet, Many Waters, and An Acceptable Time. A Wrinkle in Time is soon to be a movie from Disney, directed by Ava DuVernay, starring Storm Reid, Oprah Winfrey, Reese Witherspoon and Mindy Kaling. This title has Common Core connections. Praise for A Wrinkle in Time: “A Wrinkle in Time is one of my favorite books of all time. I've read it so often, I know it by heart. Meg Murry was my hero growing up. I wanted glasses and braces and my parents to stick me in an attic bedroom. And I so wanted to save Charles Wallace from IT.” —Meg Cabot “A book that every young person should read, a book that provides a road map for seeking knowledge and compassion even at the worst of times, a book to make the world a better place.” —Cory Doctorow “[L'Engle's] work is one of the things that made me a writer, a science fiction and fantasy fan, an avid reader. Hers were the first books I read that mixed math and magic, the quest and the quantum.” —Scott Westerfeld “A Wrinkle in Time taught me that you can tackle even the deepest and most slippery concepts of physics and philosophy in fiction for young readers. It's a great lesson for all writers, and a tough tesseract to follow.” —David Lubar “A coming of age fantasy story that sympathizes with typical teen girl awkwardness and insecurity, highlighting courage, resourcefulness and the importance of famiyl ties as key to overcoming them.” —Carol Platt Liebau, author, in the New York Post “An exhilarating experience.” —Kirkus Reviews “This imaginative book will be read for a long time into the future.” —Children's Literature Books by Madeleine L'Engle A Wrinkle in Time Quintet A Wrinkle in Time A Wind in the Door A Swiftly Tilting Planet Many Waters An Acceptable Time A Wrinkle in Time: The Graphic Novel by Madeleine L'Engle; adapted & illustrated by Hope Larson: A graphic novel adaptation of Madeleine L'Engle's ground-breaking science fiction and fantasy classic. Intergalactic P.S. 3 by Madeleine L'Engle; illustrated by Hope Larson: Visit the world of A Wrinkle in Time in this standalone story! The Austin Family Chronicles Meet the Austins (Volume 1) The Moon by Night (Volume 2) The Young Unicorns (Volume 3) A Ring of Endless Light (Volume 4) A Newbery Honor book! Troubling a Star (Volume 5) The Polly O'Keefe books The Arm of the Starfish Dragons in the Waters A House Like a Lotus And Both Were Young Camilla The Joys of Love | Square Fish |
| 9780547939681 | About Time | Bruce Koscielniak | Describes the concept of time and how it has been measured throughout history, using water clocks, sundials, calendars, and atomic vibrations. | |
| 9780545030472 | Alfie the Apostrophe | Moira Rose Donohue | Alfie the Apostrophe feels unsure of himself until he shows off his abilities for possessives and making contractions at the Punctuation Talent Show. | |
| 9780545818865 | All Paws on Deck | Jessica Young, James Burks | Tank is a clumsy, outgoing Great Dane, and Haggis is a bored, curmudgeonly Scottie--so one afternoon Tank suggests they turn the wagon in the backyard into a ship and play pirate. | Scholastic Incorporated |
| 9780439921169 | Andy Shane and the Very Bossy Dolores Starbuckle | Jennifer Jacobson | Andy Shane hates school, mainly because of a tattletale know-it-all named Dolores Starbuckle, but Granny Webb, who has taken care of him all his life, joins him in class one day and helps him solve the problem. | |
| 9780545074650 | Annie and Snowball and the Prettiest House | Jean Little | the second book of their adventures | Scholastic |
| 9780673609601 | Annie's Plants | Babs Bell Hajdusiewicz | 16 page paper back Grade school reader - Leveled Reader 67A. | Scott Foresman |
| 9781250233288 | Bad Kitty: Kitten Trouble (Paperback Black-And-White Edition) | Nick Bruel | Bad Kitty has a visit from some young feline frenemies in this twelfth installment of the New York Times bestselling chapter book series.There's terrible news in the neighborhood next to Kitty's!A conflict there is growing worse and worse. It started as an argument and has now turned into a full-fledged fight. Worst of all: The cat shelter has been destroyed.Kitty's family decides it's time to do something to help. They have an idea to foster as many displaced kittens as possible.Kitty won't mind, right?Well . . . not exactly. Kitty does seem to mind.She minds A LOT.Will our favorite bad-tempered friend learn to share her space, her food, and **GASP!** her toys?Find out in Bad Kitty: Kitten Trouble, this hilarious and poignant addition to the Bad Kitty series from bestselling author and illustrator Nick Bruel. | Square Fish |
| 9780448457635 | Bake, Mice, Bake! | Eric Seltzer | Mice spend a very busy day at Cakes and More baking cakes, pies, tarts, rolls and doughnut holes for their animal customers. Original. | Penguin Young Readers |
| 9781368024365 | BB-8 On The Run | Drew Daywalt | "When BB-8 is separated from his master, Poe Dameron, on the lonely desert planet of Jakku, he has no choice but to keep rolling. It's all up to him to get a top secret map to the Resistance so they can find Luke Skywalker and save the galaxy from the evil First Order."--Dust jacket. | Disney, Lucasfilm Press |
| 9780380709182 | Beezus and Ramona | Beverly Cleary | Ramona Quimby is the youngest of all the famous characters in Mrs. Cleary's wonderful Henry Huggins stories. She is also far and away the most deadly. Readers of the earlier books will remember that Ramona has always been a menace to Beezus, her older sister, to Henry, and to his dog Ribsy. It is not that Ramona deliberately sets out to make trouble for other people. She simply has more imagination than is healthy for any one person. In this book Ramona and her imagination really come into their own. Starting with a fairly mild encounter with the librarian, which is harder on Beezus than anyone else, Ramona goes from strength to strength, winding up by inviting her entire kindergarten class to a part at her home without mentioning it to her mother. The riot that ensues is probably the most hilarious episode in this extremely funny book, which proves that Mrs. Cleary's imagination is almost as lively as Ramona's. | HarperCollins |
| 978-1-338-26223-0 | Benji's First Holiday | Mary Tillworth | Just In Time For The Snow To Start Falling, Benji Finds A New Pack In Animals At A Country Farm. It's The Perfect Place To Spend His First Holiday Season--sleigh Rides, A Cozy Barn, A Frozen Pond--and A Farmer Who Doesn't Trust Dogs. But The Farmer's New Foster Daughter Sure Could Use A Furry Friend.--back Cover. | |
| 9781786176509 | Big Cats | Andrea Mills, Camilla De la Bédoyère | ||
| 9780439876421 | Blizzards! | Eric Charlesworth, Scholastic, Incorporated | Learn about blizzards and increase your vocabulary. | |
| 9780142419489 | Blueberries for Sal | Robert McCloskey | Little Sal and Little Bear both lose their mothers while eating blueberries and almost end up with the other's mother. | |
| 9781338807691 | Bravo Anjali | Sheetal Sheth | ||
| 9780439703369 | Buster | Denise Fleming | Buster the dog thinks his perfect life is spoiled when Betty the cat comes to live with him, until he learns not to be afraid of cats. | |
| 9780590461214 | Cam Jansen and the Mystery of the Stolen Diamonds | David A. Adler | A fifth-grader with a photographic memory and her friend Eric help solve the mystery of the stolen diamonds. | |
| 9780590461221 | Cam Jansen and the Mystery of the u.f.o. | David A. Adler | Ten-year-old Cam, possessor of a photographic memory, and her friend Eric investigate what seems to be a brief appearance of U.F.O.s. | Puffin Books |
| 9781338602487 | Can I Be Your Dog? | Troy Cummings | Arfy is a hound on a mission! Bound and determined to find a home, Arfy writes letters to everyone on Butternut Street. Honestly, he's the best dog you could ever want. He's obedient! He's housebroken! He even has his own squeaky bone! Who will adopt Arfy in the end? You'll never guess! |