Kara Eastman's Library
Oakland Elementary
| ISBN | Title | Author | Description | Publisher |
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| 9781880000199 | Baseball Saved Us | Ken Mochizuki | Baseball Saved Us--the groundbreaking children's book about the Japanese American concentration camp experience during World War II After the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Shorty and his family, along with thousands of other Japanese Americans, have been forced to relocate from their home to Camp. One day Shorty's dad looks out across the desert and decides they should build a baseball field. Fighting the heat, dust, and freezing cold nights, the prisoners need something to look forward to, even if only for nine innings. So in this unlikely place, surrounded by barbed-wire fences and guards in towers, a baseball league is born. And Shorty soon finds that he is playing not only to win, but to gain dignity and self-respect. Inspired by a long-hidden and shameful part of America's past, and the people who triumphed over it, this modern classic remains a moving story of hope, courage, and endurance. The new 25th Anniversary Edition features an updated cover and author's note. | Lee & Low Books |
| 9780316212953 | Baseball World Series (Little League, 5) | Matt Christopher | It's the biggest game of their lives--and only one can winLiam and Carter's teams are on the verge of winning the greatest championship of all: the Little League Baseball World Series. Cousins and best friends who grew up playing baseball together, Liam and Carter must now play against each other to achieve their dreams of winning the Series title! One cousin will win, and the other will lose. | Little, Brown Books for Young Readers |
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| 9780816772353 | Black Beauty | Anna Sewell | A horse in nineteenth-century England recounts his experiences with both good and bad masters. | Troll Communications |
| 9780545140379 | Blown Away! (Paperback) | Joan Hiatt Harlow | Scholastic (2009) | |
| 9780440413790 | Brian's Return | Gary Paulsen | After having survived alone in the wilderness, Brian finds that he can no longer live in the city but must return to the place where he really belongs. | Laurel Leaf |
| 0590690132 | Brian's Winter | Gary Paulsen | Sequel to: "Hatchet" and "The River." | |
| 9780805029604 | Cactus Hotel (Rise and Shine) | Brenda Z. Guiberson | It is another hot day in the desert. Birds and other animals scurry about looking for food. When they get tired they stop to rest at a giant cactus. It is their hotel in the desert!Many different animals live in the cactus hotel. It protects them; and they protect it, by eating the pests that could harm the cactus.The cactus grows larger and larger and will live for about two hundred years. When one animal moves out, another moves in. There is never a vacancy in the cactus hotel.This story--about a desert, a giant cactus, and the animals who live in it--is one that even the youngest child will understand and enjoy.Parents' Choice AwardIRA-CBC Teachers' ChoiceAn NSTA-CBC Outstanding Science Trade BookAn NCTE Notable Trade Book in the Language Arts | Square Fish |
| 9780590461245 | Cam Jansen and the Mystery of the Television Dog | David A. Adler | Cam and Eric are looking for pooch the television dog who mysteriously disappears. | |
| 9780590846288 | Captain Underpants : the Adventures of Captain Underpants | When George and Harold hypnotize their principal into thinking that he is the superhero Captain Underpants, he leads them to the lair of the nefarious Dr. Diaper, where they must defeat his evil robot henchmen. | ||
| OS_64405CEC8514C500B5E586AE | Career Day | Anne Rockwell | ||
| 9780439430524 | Celebrate! Stories Of The Jewish Holiday | Gilda Berger | This sparkling collection of stories, recipes, crafts, and commentary introduces readers to the eight major Jewish holidays.This collection focuses on the eight major holidays in the Jewish year, starting with the weekly celebration of Shabbat and ending with Shavout, the festival that marks the giving of the Ten Commandments to Moses. Each section begins with a lively retelling of the Bible story connected to the featured holiday, followed by an explanation of how the holiday is celebrated, and closing with directions and recipes for making holiday-related crafts and food. This family treasury is written in the Jewish storytelling tradition and is meant to be shared by families throughout the year. | Scholastic Paperbacks |
| 9780545109680 | Chase | Jessie Haas | Pennsylvania coal country is the setting for this post-Civil War adventure in which an orphan witnesses a murder and runs for his life. For stable boy Phin Chase, being in the wrong place at the wrong time makes him a suspect, and his dilemma is compounded when he comes into possession of the killer's wallet.Now he knows Ned Plume is one of the "Sleepers," a secret society of Irishmen causing trouble over mining jobs, and townspeople are not certain who can be trusted. As Phin flees into the countryside, first by foot and then by train, someone is tracking him on a stallion, and the stranger seems to have a sixth sense about his whereabouts.The story moves at the same fast pace as the horse and unknown rider who chase Phin through farmland and forest. The boy's survival skills work to his advantage and he cleverly turns the tables on his pursuer, who is injured when he is felled. | Scholastic Inc. |
| 9780140368598 | Chevrolet Saturdays | Candy Dawson Boyd | Last year, Joey was the best science student in Miss Alder's fourth-grade class. But last year, he didn't have to deal with a teacher who didn't like him, a class bully, or a new stepfather. Mr. johnson seems to be a good man, and Joey's mother loves him, but Joey just wants his real family back. Then Mr. Johnson brings home the pickup truck he hopes will launch his contracting business. He wants Joey to help, but Joey isn't sure he's ready to take the chance. "While celebrating ths importance of honesty, integrity, and supportive damily relationships, Boyd also tries to reise consciousness on family issues."--Kirkus Reviews | National Geographic Books |
| 9780618194650 | Cheyenne Again | Eve Bunting, Irving Toddy | In the late 1880's, a Cheyenne boy named Young Bull is taken to a boarding school to learn the white man's ways. | Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |
| 9780439851398 | Chocolate Fever | Robert Kimmel Smith | A boy who loves to eat chocolate all day develops a disease called Chocolate Fever and decides to run away. | |
| 9780786838837 | Clementine | Sara Pennypacker | Armed with attitude, individuality, and a penchant for disaster, Clementine, a wonderfully wacky girl who is the inventor of the world's first pair of bologna glasses, makes her first appearance in this hilarious chapter book. Reprint. | Hyperion |
| 9781338776065 | Controlled Burn | Erin Soderberg Downing | From acclaimed middle-grade and chapter-book author, Erin Soderberg Downing, Controlled Burn is a story that blends family, friendship, fire, and the rocky path toward healing our deepest fears. Twelve-year-old Maia's parents say she's lucky she noticed something as early as she did. Lucky to have smelled the smoke, lucky to have pulled her sister, Amelia, out of their burning house. But is it really "lucky" when Amelia's stuck in the hospital, covered in burns? And is it "lucky" when Maia knows it was her candle, left unattended, that started the fire in the first place? When she's sent to spend the summer with her grandparents in Northern Minnesota while her sister heals, Maia discovers that her anxieties and demons are intent on following her wherever she goes...unless she can figure out how to overcome them. But what if she can't? Maia barely knows her grandparents, she desperately misses her sister and home, and she's not thrilled to be spending the summer with Grandpa Howard on his daily motorcycle rides out to the middle of the woods, where he spends all day keeping watch for forest fires. There are no kids her age in Gram and Pop's small town at "the end of the road"--just the chatty nine-year-old neighbor who is intent on getting his Bear Scout badge at all costs, and a friendly, stray dog who's been lurking around. But Maia will soon learn that nature is a powerful teacher, and sometimes our greatest strengths show themselves when we have to be there for someone else. As she begins to figure out how to face her guilt and paralyzing fears, she'll discover there's a fine line between fear and adventure. And when danger strikes again, Maia must summon all her bravery and overcome her self-doubt if she wants to save those she loves most. | Scholastic Press |
| 9781880000717 | Cool Melons-Turn To Frogs!: The Life And Poems Of Issa (English, Japanese And Japanese Edition) | Matthew Gollub | Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature - Asian/Pacific American Librarians Association (APALA)For hundreds of years, school children in Japan have been introduced to poetry through the work of Issa.For hundreds of years, school children in Japan have been introduced to poetry through the work of Issa. Born in 1763 on a farm in central Japan, Issa began writing poetry as a young child, inspired by his deep love for the natural world. Later in his boyhood and throughout his life, poetry was also Issa's refuge in times of joy and in times of suffering.Matthew Gollub's poignant rendering of Issa's life and over thirty of his best-loved poems, along with Kazuko Stone's sensitive and humorous watercolor paintings, make Cool Melons a classic introduction to Issa's work for readers of all ages. With authentic Japanese calligraphy, a detailed Afterword, and exhaustive research by both author and illustrator, this is also an inspirational book about haiku, writing, nature, and life. | Lee & Low Books |