Joanna Newsome's Library
Rossview Elementary
| ISBN | Title | Author | Description | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9780395259399 | Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel | Virginia Lee Burton | Mike Mulligan proves that, although dated, his steam shovel is still useful. | Clarion Books |
| 9781338119053 | Miss Laney Is Zany! | Dan Gutman | When Ella Mentry School is threatened with closure due to budget cuts, A.J.'s new speech teacher, Miss Laney, comes up with a brilliant, if weird, plan to save the day. | |
| 9781338672695 | Most Wanted Deadliest Ocean Creatures | John Perritano | The sea can look peaceful. So quiet. So calm. A place of wonder. But deep below the waves, danger lurks, and there are monsters aplenty! Some are big. Many are small. Some kill with poison. Many slash other animals with razor-sharp teeth. Meet some of the deadliest creatures in the ocean, from great white sharks, barracudas, and piranhas to yellow sea anemones and flower urchins. | Scholastic Incorporated |
| 9781338119084 | Mr. Tony Is Full of Baloney! | Dan Gutman | The After School Kids' Care director wants to get into The Guiness Book of World Records, and A.J. and the gang jump in to help him. | |
| 9780545916875 | Mrs. Dole Is Out of Control! | Dan Gutman | "The out-of-control crazed PTA president is turning second-grade graduation into a bigger affair than a presidential inauguration. By the time the ceremony is over, it will be time to graduate from next year's class."--Résumé de l'éditeur. | |
| 9781338119039 | Mrs. Jafee Is Daffy! | Dan Gutman | When the new vice principal is put in charge of Ella Mentry School for a few days, she tries out some very unusual ideas about how students learn. | |
| 9781338119091 | Ms. Leakey Is Freaky! | Dan Gutman | Ella Mentry School hires a health teacher who tries to force the students to eat healthy foods and exercise, whether they want to or not. | |
| 9780545916943 | My Weird School Daze | Dan Gutman | "Ella Mentry School's security guard proves overzealous in his pursuit of a peanut-butter-and-jelly-sandwich thief."--Résumé de l'éditeur. | |
| 9780545812146 | New Year's Eve Thieves | Ron Roy | While investigating a mystery on New Year's Eve, four friends encounter a big surprise. | |
| 9780679863717 | Night of the Ninjas | Mary Pope Osborne | The magic tree house takes Jack and Annie back in time to feudal Japan where the siblings learn about the ways of the Ninja. | Random House Books for Young Readers |
| 9780399255960 | Not Your Typical Dragon | Dan Bar-el | "When Crispin Blaze turns seven, he's expected to breathe fire like all the other dragons. But instead of fire, he breathes a host of unusual things"--Provided by publisher. | |
| 9781338827187 | Nugly | M. C. Ross | Wonder meets The Incredible Journey in this heartwarming story about a puppy who learns to love himself for what’s on the inside.The one thing Nugget, a cute puppy, has ever known to do is love, and his cuteness has always been enough for others to love him back. But when Nugget is put up for adoption, he thinks it's because no one loves him anymore -- that he isn't cute anymore. So he does the only thing he can think of: he runs away.Now Nugget is alone on the streets of Boston, where he quickly learns that not everyone is kind. After an unfortunate run-in with another animal leaves him disfigured, he can't rely on his cuteness to get by like he used to. As Nugget learns to navigate his new life, searching for a new family to give all his love ... will he learn to love himself, too? | Scholastic Inc. |
| 9780545447843 | One Crazy Summer | Rita Williams-Garcia | In the summer of 1968, after traveling from Brooklyn to Oakland, California, to spend a month with the mother they barely know, eleven-year-old Delphine and her two younger sisters arrive to a cold welcome as they discover that their mother, a dedicated poet and printer, is resentful of the intrusion of their visit and wants them to attend a nearby Black Panther summer camp. | |
| 9780439697385 | Pleasing the Ghost | Sharon Creech | Nine-year-old Dennis, whose uncle and father died within a year of one another, is visited by the ghost of his uncle, and together they settle some unfinished business. | |
| 9780679883418 | Polar Bears Past Bedtime | Mary Pope Osborne | Their magic tree house takes Jack and Annie to the Arctic, where a polar bear leads them onto very thin ice. | Random House Books for Young Readers |
| 9780545646314 | Power of the Fire Dragon | Tracey West, Graham Howells | When the king decides to take the dragons to Arkwood to visit Queen Rose, Rori, Drake, and their dragons are left behind--so when the evil wizard Maldred attacks the castle riding a giant four-headed dragon that spits poison, the two young dragon masters and their dragons are forced to defend the castle by themselves. | Scholastic Incorporated |
| 9780590254786 | Prince Caspian | Clive Staples Lewis | Four children help Prince Caspian and his army of Talking Beasts to free Narnia from evil. | |
| 9781338587340 | Racing In The Rain | Garth Stein | A Dog Decides That When He Dies And Returns To Earth As A Man, He Will Model His Behavior After His Beloved Owner, A Race Car Driver. Includes Interview With Author. | |
| 9780380709168 | Ramona and Her Father | Beverly Cleary | Ramona just wants everyone to be happy. If only her father would smile and joke again, her mother would look less worried, her sister would be cheerful, and Picky-picky would eat his cat-food. But Ramona's father has lost his job, and nobody in the Quimby household is in a very good mood. Ramona tries to cheer up the family as only Ramona can -- by rehearsing for life as a rich and famous star of television commercials, for instance -- but her best efforts only make things worse. Her sister, Beezus, calls her a, pest, her parents lose patience with her, and her teacher claims she's forgotten her- manners. But when her father admits he wouldn't trade her for a million dollars, Ramona knows everything is going to work out fine in the end. | HarperCollins |
| 9780380709601 | Ramona Forever | Beverly Cleary | Avon Books |