David Capotosti's Library
Oakland Elementary
| ISBN | Title | Author | Description | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9780312499211 | Smart Kids Reptiles | Roger Priddy | With full-color, close-up photos of reptiles and other fascinating creatures, this large-format book is ideal for school projects and makes learning fun. | Macmillan |
| 9780439793803 | Snowball | Ellen Miles | Charles and Lizzie Peterson hope to find a home for Snowball, an abandoned, sick, and hungry pup found at a gas station. | Scholastic Paperbacks |
| 9781338267150 | Some Assembly Required | Brian Michael Lynch | Attending Toy Academy to train in the art of play, misfit little toy Grumbolt, who is not an action figure, a stuffed animal or a collectible, resolves to find his proper place before a rival plot by Evil Toy Academy compels Grumbolt to take a dangerous risk to save his school. | |
| 9780062643629 | Sputnik's Guide to Life on Earth | Frank Cottrell Boyce | A one-of-a-kind story of heart, humor, and finding one’s place in the universe. Prez knows that the best way to keep track of things is to make a list. That's important when you have a grandfather who is constantly forgetting. And it's even more important when your grandfather can't care for you anymore and you have to go live with a foster family out in the country. Prez is still learning to fit in at his new home when he answers the door to meet Sputnik—a kid who is more than a little strange. First, he can hear what Prez is thinking. Second, he looks like a dog to everyone except Prez. Third, he can manipulate the laws of space and time. Sputnik, it turns out is an alien, and he's got a mission that requires Prez's help: the Earth has been marked for destruction, and the only way they can stop it is to come up with ten reasons why the planet should be saved. Thus begins one of the most fun and eventful summers of Prez's life, as he and Sputnik set out on a journey to compile the most important list Prez has ever made—and discover just what makes our world so remarkable. | Walden Pond Press |
| 9780439540131 | Thanksgiving on Thursday | Mary Pope Osborne | Jack and Annie travel in their magic treehouse to the year 1621, where they celebrate the first Thanksgiving with the Pilgrims and Wampanoag Indians in the New Plymouth Colony. | |
| 9780590060196 | The Bfg | Roald Dahl | Kidsnatched from her orphange by a BFG (Big Friendly Giant), who spends his life blowing happy dreams to children, Sophie concocts with him a plan to save the world from nine other man-gobbling cannybull giants. | Scholastic |
| 9780744065206 | The Civil War Visual Encyclopedia | Philip Parker | Discover the people, battles, and politics of America's bloodiest conflict, and explore its causes, chapters, characters, and consequences. Discover the people, battles, and politics of America's bloodiest conflict, and explore its causes, chapters, characters, and consequences With a topic on every page, Civil War Visual Encyclopedia tells the story of the war using simple explanations and stunning photographs. Profiles on decisive battles, strategic maps, political leaders, military commanders, naval vessels, uniforms, weapons, and equipment shine a light on the key events and other turning points during the five years of fighting. Inside the pages of this children's civil war book, you'll discover: Full-page profiles about key figures and battles ; Civil War-era photography and illustrations depicting important events and artifacts ; Accurate historical information, faithful presentation of African American history in the context of the Civil War ; Unusual and remarkable stories such as the Thanksgiving drummer boys and accounts of the war through personal letters Children will be excited to learn about famous figures such as Abraham Lincoln, Ulysses S. Grant, and Robert E. Lee, battles such as Gettysburg, and gain insight into reasons for the war and the viewpoints of the opposing sides. This book also provides children with a fascinating history of how railways, the telegraph were used to fight the war and literature and music that this conflict produced. More lives were lost in the Civil War than in any other in American history. Filled with vivid insights into this historic conflict - from a day in the life of a plantation worker in the south to a personal diary entry of a Union soldier on the action-packed front lines - Civil War Visual Encyclopedia invites young readers to witness the war unfold in a striking new way. This is the ultimate guide for children to the war that changed the USA forever. | |
| 9780439557160 | The Class Election from the Black Lagoon (Black Lagoon Adventures, No. 3) | Mike Thaler | Mean Mrs. Green is forcing everyone to run in the school election, but everyone just wants to run for their lives! YIKES!Hubie is running for president against Doris. Hubie doesn't think he stands a chance against Doris and the free ice cream that's she's giving away to voters. Mix that in with the fact that he has to do lots of crazy stuff like shaking Coach Kong's paw and Mrs. Green's claw, and kissing a bunch of babies to stay in the presidential race. Hubie's chances look slim, but in the end he wins by being the candidate who stands for something—-not just on top of something! HA!Children's LiteratureIn this latest addition to the Black Lagoon Adventures series, Hubie has decided run for class president. He worries that he might end up running against Doris, who is determined to be the first woman president ever. Determined to run a clean race, Hubie must nevertheless put up with the underhanded dealings of Doris, who hangs posters in the boys' bathroom and gives away free ice cream bars at lunch. Readers are privy to Hubie's hopes and fears, including campaign slogan selection anxiety and pre-election day jitters. Puns and witty humor pack this election story. Words such as pizzazz and campaign appear, yet Mike Thaler's realistic and down-to-earth narrative accurately portrays all the stresses of running for class president. Hubie's overactive imagination springs to life in Jared Lee's cartoon-like illustrations, which add further conversation between characters to the plot. Readers must be cautioned, however, not to depend on this book for its spelling or history. For example, Lincoln didn't live in Gettysburg because he had a Gettysburg address. Still, Hubie's experiences certainly bring down the house. Reviewer: Amalia Selle | Scholastic |
| 9781338212242 | The Collector | K. R. Alexander | A spooky doll story filled with thrills and chills, for fans of Mary Downing Hahn and Neil Gaiman. | Scholastic Press |
| 9781338359022 | The Conspiracy | Andy Marino | "Berlin, November 1943. The city is blanketed by explosions. Siblings Gerta and Max Hoffmann live a surprisingly carefree childhood amid the air raids. Berlin is a city going about its business, even as it's attacked almost nightly. But one night, the sirens wail, and the Hoffmanns' neighborhood is hit. A mortally wounded man comes to their door, begging to be let in. He asks for Karl, their father. Gerta and Max watch as Karl tries in vain to save the man's life. Before he dies, the stranger gives their father a bloodstained packet of documents, along with a message: 'For the sake of humanity, the Führer must die!' Based on real events, this is the story of two children swept up in a fight for the soul of Germany--and the world" -- Page [4] cover. | Scholastic Paperbacks |
| 9780062845283 | The Guardians of Zoone | Lee Edward Fodi | Worlds of adventure await in this action-packed sequel to The Secret of Zoone, where it's up to Ozzie Sparks, a blue skyger, a purple-haired princess, and one very overprepared aunt to save the multiverse from an evil robot overlord. Ozzie Sparks's life went from normal to out of this world--literally--when he traveled to the station of Zoone, saved the multiverse, and somehow managed to find his way home to his Aunt Temperance. He'd like nothing more than to go back right away, but the portal is stubbornly closed. Until Zoone comes to him. But his friends Fidget and Tug aren't dropping in for a friendly visit. An evil overlord and his army of automatons have taken over Zoone, and it's up to Ozzie, Fidget, Tug, and Ozzie's usually very normal aunt to defeat them and save the station (again). Fans of adventures like The Unwanteds and The Glass Sentence will be swept away by the second book in Lee Edward Födi's fantastically fun multiversal series. | Zoone |
| 9780439886185 | The Haunted Shortstop | Allan Zullo | A collection of stories about athletes who have been haunted by spirits, based in part on the files of noted ghost hunters. | |
| 9780590898287 | The Hunterman and the Crocodile | Donso, a West African hunterman, learns the importance of living in harmony with nature and the necessity of placing humans among, not above, all other living things. | Scholastic Press | |
| 9780531095492 | The King of Ireland's Son | Brendan Behan | Sent to find the source of the heavenly music heard throughout the kingdom, the youngest son of the King of Ireland finds a beautiful maiden held captive by a fierce giant. | Scholastic |
| 9780593350065 | The Last Kids on Earth: Thrilling Tales From the Tree House | Max Brallier | "An anthology of six original Last Kids short stories, designed to bridge the gap between books 6 and 7, features contributions by prominent graphic artists and finds Jack and his friends spinning yarns about their over-the-top post-apocalyptic adventures."--Provided by publisher | Penguin |
| 9780439291453 | The Little Mermaid and Other Stories | Sarah Hines Stephens, Hans Christian Andersen | Retellings of four of Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tales. | Scholastic Inc. |
| 9781338757972 | The Lonely Ghost | Mike Ford | For fans of creepy stories like Small Spaces, and the spine-tingling novels of Mary Downing Hahn and K.R. Alexander, The Lonely Ghost is the chilling story of twin sisters haunted by a mysterious ghost. A haunting like no other. . . At first, twin sisters Ava and Cassie are excited to move into a ramshackle old mansion in a new town. But any romantic ideas they had are quickly dashed. The house is dirty, dusty, and falling apart. Worse, it's infamous around town as "that creepy old haunted house." When the sisters remove some wallpaper in the bedroom, they find child-like drawings of a screaming girl. Then Cassie starts acting oddly. Ava can't put her finger on it, but she's just not quite herself. And if Cassie's not herself, then who is she becoming? Ava's never been one to believe in ghosts, but something creepy is happening, she's sure of it. There's a definite ghostly presence in their house-- and it's set its sights on Cassie. | Scholastic Paperbacks |
| 9780810936195 | The Mermaid and the Major | Francisco Meléndez, Robert Morton | When a brilliant but eccentric military inventor falls in love with a mermaid, his courtship leads to the invention of the submarine. | New York : H.N. Abrams |
| 9780399251696 | The Mine-O-Saur | Sudipta Bardhan-Quallan | The greedy Mino-o-saur learns the hard way that he needs to share the toys in order to make friends. | |
| 9780823406357 | The Miracles of Jesus | Recounts the miracles performed by Jesus such as His calming of a storm, walking on water, and raising the dead to life. |