Beth Thompson's Library
Norman Smith Elementary
| ISBN | Title | Author | Description | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9781592429059 | Earth Processes | Anonymous | Explores the earth and discusses how the surface has changed over time. Also examines weathering, erosion, deposition, plate movement, and the formation of rocks and soil. Includes a section on People in Science. | Delta Education |
| 9780679890706 | Earthquake in the Early Morning | Mary Pope Osborne | Jack and his younger sister take a trip in their tree house back to ancient Egypt, where they help a queen's mummy continue her voyage to the Next Life. | Random House Books for Young Readers |
| 9780399244919 | Eats, Shoots & Leaves | Lynne Truss | See how using (or not using) a comma can change the meaning of a sentence. | Penguin |
| 9780312602369 | Elizabeth Leads the Way | Tanya Lee Stone, Rebecca Gibbon | ||
| 9781339019918 | Eloise The Flame Dragon (Dragon Girls #16) | Maddy Mara | We are Dragon Girls -- hear us roar!Three friends, Eloise, Ash, and Maya, have just discovered that they share an amazing gift. They can transform into powerful Fire Dragons when they travel to the Magic Forest.Once there, Eloise learns that she is the mighty Flame Dragon. She must lead Ash and Maya on an epic quest to a place in the forest called the Fire Realm, which only appears once every one thousand years. An evil queen is gaining power there. She must be stopped--and Eloise and her friends are just the dragons for the job!Read all the books in the Fire Dragon arc!#16: Eloise the Flame Dragon#17: Ash the Blaze Dragon#18: Maya the Ember Dragon | Scholastic Incorporated |
| 9780439177061 | Esio Trot | Roald Dahl | Shy Mr. Hoppy devises a plan to win the heart of his true love by teaching her a spell to make her tortoise grow bigger. | Viking |
| 9780545117302 | Felix Takes The Stage (Deadlies (Quality)) | Kathryn Lasky | Bestselling author Kathryn Lasky takes readers into the world of the Deadlies--a family of friendly spiders on a search to find a new home. The Deadlies are like any other family with a loving mother and bright, rambunctious children. Except they're spiders. Really, really poisonous ones. But Edith and her children are kind and cultured - they would never hurt anyone. The Deadlies had been happily living in a symphony hall until Edith's son, Felix, had a . . . misunderstanding with the maestro. Now they're on the hunt for a new home. That is, if they can outwit the evil exterminators on their tail. Will they ever find a place to live in peace? | Scholastic Paperbacks |
| 9780440833109 | Forest Child | Marni McGee | A child lost in the forest is fed and protected by the animals there. | Trumpet Club |
| 9780673625182 | Fortunately | Jim Freemont | Scott Foresman | |
| 9781570917745 | Fractions In Disguise: A Math Adventure (Charlesbridge Math Adventures) | Einhorn, Edward | Charlesbridge | |
| 9780439286060 | Freak the Mighty | W. Rodman Philbrick | At the beginning of eighth grade, learning disabled Max and his new friend Freak, whose birth defect has affected his body but not his brilliant mind, find that when they combine forces they make a powerful team. | Scholastic Inc. |
| 9780394826141 | Frederick | Leo Lionni | Designed to promote children's reading skills. | New York : Toronto : Random House |
| 9781338655582 | Friday Night Headlights | Michael Dahl | Black Creek middle school football players are happy after a win at a rival school, but the bus that picks them up for the trip home is not the same as the one that brought them, and it is driven by a shadowy figure behind a plastic wall -- but when the bus stops to pick up a passenger it turns out to be their dead coach and the terrified team does not know if he there to doom or save them from the School Bus of Horrors. | |
| 9781560374770 | Going To The Great Smoky Mountains National Park (Farcountry Explorer Books) | Charles W. Maynard | Welcome to Great Smoky Mountains National Park! This book will introduce you to a wonderful place full of life and history. You will see wildflowers bordering the trails, playful waterfalls tumbling from mountainsides, elk and deer grazing in the meadows, and mottled salamanders hiding in the creeks. Visit grassy balds where the Cherokee people hunted. Sit in the small houses where mountain farmers raised their families. Explore vast forests thick with trees. Your adventure in the Smokies begins right here!Please visit us at FarcountryPress.com for more information! | Farcountry Press |
| 9780385410786 | Hailstones and Halibut Bones | Mary O'Neill | Beloved by readers and critics alike for over 60 years, Mary O’Neill’s timeless children’s poetry book is a tribute to the many beautiful colors we see around us, and is considered a modern classic. Featuring beautiful poems and deeply luminous illustrations, Hailstones and Halibut Bones is a perfect addition to any home or classroom library. | Doubleday Books for Young Readers |
| 9780547550251 | Happy Birthday, Sophie Hartley | Stephanie Greene | The third novel about indomitable, quirky, passionate Sophie. For her double-digit (tenth) birthday, Sophie wants a baby gorilla and convinces herself and most of her friends that she’s getting one. This birthday has many surprises in store for Sophie—and not just the kind you unwrap. | Clarion Books |
| 9780153143205 | Harcourt School Publishers Collections | Harcourt Brace | Relates the adventures of a humpback whale calf that gets tangled in a fishing net and is later freed by a team of helpful whale watchers. | |
| 9781338878929 | Harry Potter And The Sorcerer's Stone (Harry Potter, Book 1) | J. K. Rowling | Harry Potter has never been the star of a Quidditch team, scoring points while riding a broom far above the ground. He knows no spells, has never helped to hatch a dragon, and has never worn a cloak of invisibility.All he knows is a miserable life with the Dursleys, his horrible aunt and uncle, and their abominable son, Dudley - a great big swollen spoiled bully. Harry's room is a tiny closet at the foot of the stairs, and he hasn't had a birthday party in eleven years.But all that is about to change when a mysterious letter arrives by owl messenger: a letter with an invitation to an incredible place that Harry - and anyone who reads about him - will find unforgettable. | Scholastic Incorporated |
| 9780439553636 | Here Comes Summer! | Peter Maloney | It's almost the end of school. And everyone is excited for summer to start, except for Peter. He wishes school would never end! Peter is sad because all of his freinds are going away on vacation, even his best friend, Felicia! Who will he hang out with during the summer? --back cover. | |
| 9780440414803 | Holes | Louis Sachar | As further evidence of his family's bad fortune which they attribute to a curse on a distant relative, Stanley Yelnats is sent to a hellish correctional camp in the Texas desert where he finds his first real friend, a treasure, and a new sense of himself. | Yearling |