Holly Bucy's Library
Rossview Elementary
| ISBN | Title | Author | Description | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9780545288026 | The Little White Owl | Tracey Corderoy | A little white owl earns the friendship of the more colorful owls he meets by entertaining them with beautiful stories. | |
| 9780142413852 | The Magic Finger | Roald Dahl | Angered by a neighboring family's sport hunting, an eight-year-old girl turns her magic finger on them. | Puffin |
| 9780439899345 | The Magic School Bus in the Bat Cave | Jeanette Lane, Joanna Cole | Bats are living at Tim's house ... but where did they come from? Ms. Frizzle and her class are on the case. | Scholastic |
| 9780590414289 | The Magic School Bus, Lost in the Solar System | On a special field trip in the magic school bus, Ms. Frizzle's class goes into outer space and visits each planet in the solar system. | Scholastic | |
| 9781419736421 | The Meltdown | Jeff Kinney | When snow closes Greg Heffley's middle school, he and his best friend, Rowley Jefferson, face a fight for survival as warring gangs turn the neighborhood into a wintry battlefield. | |
| 9780763680909 | The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane | Kate DiCamillo | A classic tale by Newbery Medalist Kate DiCamillo, America’s beloved storyteller.Once, in a house on Egypt Street, there lived a china rabbit named Edward Tulane. The rabbit was very pleased with himself, and for good reason: he was owned by a girl named Abilene, who adored him completely. And then, one day, he was lost. . . . Kate DiCamillo takes us on an extraordinary journey, from the depths of the ocean to the net of a fisherman, from the bedside of an ailing child to the bustling streets of Memphis. Along the way, we are shown a miracle — that even a heart of the most breakable kind can learn to love, to lose, and to love again.Featuring black-and-white illustrations and a refreshed cover by Bagram Ibatoulline. | Candlewick |
| 9780439510967 | The Missing Mummy | Ron Roy | Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose help ctch the thieves who have stolen the treasure from the museum's mummy exhibit. | |
| 9780380709243 | The Mouse and the Motorcycle | Cleary, Beverly | Ralph the mouse was terrified. All he had wanted to do was ride the little motorcycle someone had left on the table. Instead, both Ralph and the motorcycle had taken a terrible fall - right into the bottom of the wastepaper basket. He was trapped, left to wait for whatever fate was in store for him. But it turned out to be Ralph's lucky day. Along came Keith, the owner of the toy motorcycle, who was staying with his family in the hotel room where Ralph lives. Not only did Keith save Ralph's life, but he taught him how to ride the bike. And, when everyone was asleep, he turned Ralph loose in the hotel halls to enjoy the biking adventure of his life. But adventures can be both fun and trouble...as Ralph and Keith soon find out! A reckless young mouse named Ralph makes friends with a boy in room 215 of the Mountain View Inn and discovers the joys of motorcycling. | HarperCollins |
| 9780061992278 | The One and only Ivan | Katherine Applegate | Soon to be a major motion picture! Winner of the Newbery Medal and a #1 New York Times bestseller This unforgettable novel from renowned author Katherine Applegate celebrates the transformative power of unexpected friendship. Inspired by the true story of a captive gorilla known as Ivan, this illustrated book is told from the point of view of Ivan himself. Having spent twenty-seven years behind the glass walls of his enclosure in a shopping mall, Ivan has grown accustomed to humans watching him. He hardly ever thinks about his life in the jungle. Instead, Ivan occupies himself with television, his friends Stella and Bob, and painting. But when he meets Ruby, a baby elephant taken from the wild, he is forced to see their home, and his art, through new eyes. In the tradition of timeless stories like Charlotte's Web and Stuart Little, Katherine Applegate blends humor and poignancy to create an unforgettable story of friendship, art, and hope. The One and Only Ivan features first-person narrative; author's use of literary devices (personification, imagery); and story elements (plot, character development, perspective). Plus don't miss Katherine Applegate's Endling series! | HarperCollins |
| 0439516838 | The Orange Outlaw | |||
| 9780545393867 | The Pout-Pout Fish in the Big-Big Dark | Deborah Diesen | Mr. Fish feels nervous venturing deep in the sea to look for Ms. Clam's lost pearl until Miss Shimmer helps him conquer his fear of the dark. | |
| 1558580093 | The Rainbow Fish | Marcus Pfister | The most beautiful fish in the entire ocean discovers the real value of personal beauty and friendship. | Simon and Schuster |
| 9780736427951 | The Space Between | Kiki Thorpe | While wondering if she has a talent for animals, Lainey, along with her three friends and the fairies of Pixie Hollow, discovers a passage between Earth and Never Land. | RH/Disney |
| 9780140314205 | The Summer of the Swans | Betsy Byars | A teenage girl gains new insight into herself and her family when her mentally handicapped brother gets lost. | Puffin |
| 9781599390178 | The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin | Beatrix Potter | Retelling of the popular tale of in which Little red squirrel Nutkin annoys an owl who is prepared to eat him. | |
| 9780439803168 | The Umbrella | Jan Brett | Carlos goes into the cloud forest to look for animals, but he manages to miss seeing them even though they have an adventure with his umbrella. | Scholastic |
| 9780142410110 | The Witches | Roald Dahl | A young boy and his Norwegian grandmother, who is an expert on witches, together foil a witches' plot to destroy the world's children by turning them into mice. | Puffin |
| 9780545241984 | There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed some Leaves! | Lucille Colandro | "You won't believe why this old lady swallowed some leaves, a shirt, a pumpkin, a pole, some pants, a rope, and some hay! Read this book to find out!"--P. [4] of cover. | Scholastic Inc. |
| 9780590308571 | Three Pigs, One Wolf, and Seven Magic Shapes | Grace Maccarone | Scholastic | |
| 9781338175981 | Thundershock in Pummelo Stadium | Tracey West | Gotta read 'em all! Pokmon chapter books perfect for middle-grade Pok-Masters! Step aside, Trainers! Ash Ketchum is on a winning streak, and he's going all the way to the top! With the help of Pikachu and Charizard, Ash wins his final Orange League badge. Now he's ready to take on a true Pokmon champion for the Winner's Cup. But a mighty Dragonite stands in his way. Is Ash's Pikachu strong enough to down this dragon? | Scholastic Paperbacks |