Kara Eastman's Library
Oakland Elementary
| ISBN | Title | Author | Description | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9780152015008 | Matthew's Meadow | Corinne Demas Bliss | Every year at blackberry time Matthew visits the red-tailed hawk in the black walnut tree in the meadow, and she teaches him how to use his senses to fully appreciate the natural world | Voyager Books |
| 9781338355086 | Max's Story | W. Bruce Cameron | "As soon as he sets eyes on CJ, Max quickly figures out his purpose: to show her how to handle living in the big city. Being a native New Yorker, Max knows how to take charge, even though he's the smallest dog at the park. But will he ever show his softer side, become the "gentle Max" CJ knows he can be, and learn how to make friends?"-- P. [4] of cover. | |
| 9780385374149 | May B. | Caroline Starr Rose | "If May is a brave, stubborn fighter, the short, free-verse lines are one-two punches in this Laura Ingalls Wilder-inspired ode to the human spirit." — Kirkus Reviews, StarredI've known it since last night:It's been too long to expect them to return.Something's happened.May is helping out on a neighbor's Kansas prairie homestead—just until Christmas, says Pa. She wants to contribute, but it's hard to be separated from her family by 15 long, unfamiliar miles. Then the unthinkable happens: May is abandoned. Trapped in a tiny snow-covered sod house, isolated from family and neighbors, May must prepare for the oncoming winter. While fighting to survive, May's memories of her struggles with reading at school come back to haunt her. But she's determined to find her way home again. Caroline Starr Rose's fast-paced novel, written in beautiful and riveting verse, gives readers a strong new heroine to love. | Yearling |
| 9780545054546 | Merry Un-Christmas | Mike Reiss | Noelle celebrates the only day in Christmas City that is not Christmas, by undecorating the tree, greeting the postman, and going to school. | |
| 9780316416887 | Middle School Misadventures (Middle School Misadventures, 1) | In Jason Platt's debut graphic novel, Ferris Bueller meets Calvin and Hobbes in this hilarious and embarrassing middle school caper that asks the important questions--like how long can one kid vamp before he embarrasses himself in front of his whole school?Newell is always getting into trouble--whether it's showing up tardy for most of the year, or mocking his teachers while authoritarian Mr. Todd is standing right behind him. When disaster strikes and Newell finds himself on track to summer school, he's given one last minute option to get out of it--participating in the upcoming Talent Show. The only problem is that he doesn't technically have a talent to show. Yikes.In this fun and imaginative full-color graphic novel, Jason Platt sends a fast-talking, daydreaming, middle school kid on a desperate quest to pull off a great show and save his summer.This title will be simultaneously available in hardcover. | Little, Brown Ink | |
| 9780807551417 | Mike's Mystery | Gertrude Chandler Warner | Benny and his friend Mike are in trouble when they are curious about a uranium mine. | Albert Whitman |
| 9780439676953 | Milkweed | Jerry Spinelli | He's a boy called Jew. Gypsy. Stopthief. Runt. Happy. Fast. Filthy son of Abraham -- He's a boy who lives in the streets of Warsaw. He's a boy who steals food for himself and the other orphans. He's a boy who believes in bread, and mothers, and angels He's a boy who wants to be a Nazi some day, with tall shiny jackboots and a gleaming Eagle hat of his own. Until the day that suddenly makes him change his mind. When the trains come to empty the Jews from the ghetto of the damned, he's a boy who realizes it's safest of all to be nobody. | Laurel Leaf |
| 9780152060534 | Miss Alaineus | Debra Frasier | A Vocabulary Disaster | Voyager Books |
| 9780545299497 | MOONGLIGHT ON THE MAGIC FLUTE - MAGIC TR | Mary Pops Osborne | Scholastic | |
| More M&M's Math | ||||
| 9780439791564 | Mrs. Watson Wants Your Teeth | Alison McGhee | A first grader is frightened on her first day of school after hearing a rumor that her teacher is a 300-year-old alien with a purple tongue who steals baby teeth from her students. | |
| 9780439581721 | My Brother Martin | Christine King Farris | An account of the early life of Martin Luther King, Jr., as seen through the eyes of his older sister. | |
| 0590431609 | My Side of the Mountain | |||
| 9781338283709 | Not Quite Narwhal | Jessie Sima | Born deep in the ocean, Kelp is not like the other narwhals and one day, when he spies a creature on land that looks like him, he learns why. | |
| 9780689809668 | Now Let Me Fly: The Story Of A Slave Family (Aladdin Picture Books) | Dolores Johnson | Now Let Me Fly: The Story of a Slave Family is Dolores Johnson brutal, truthful, and important work depicting history.A young girl describes how she once heard the sound of warning drums in Africa signaling the coming of horror. Kidnapped, made to march while chained, and taken to America to be sold at an auction, she undergoes the brutalities of slavery in this tale of a strong-willed girl who lives in harsh surroundings. | Aladdin |
| 9780399226168 | Officer Buckle and Gloria | Peggy Rathmann | Officer Buckle knows more about safety than anyone else in Napville, but his dull presentations put his audiences to sleep. Enter Gloria, Napville's new police dog. Gloria knows just how to liven up the safety speeches--as long as Officer Buckle's back is turned! Full color. Caldecott medal Book. | G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers |
| 9780545270137 | One Hen: How One Small Load Made Big Difference | Katie Smith, Fernandes,Eugenie [Illustrator] Milway | SOFT COVER | Scholastic, Inc |
| 9780545931960 | Otherwise Known as Possum | Maria D. Laso | Enrolled in school after her mother's death, Possum resolves to preserve her mother's homeschooling lessons by proving she already knows everything, an unsuccessful endeavor complicated by her teacher's attraction to Possum's father. | Scholastic Press |
| 9780439760201 | Over in the Ocean | Marianne Collins Berkes | in a coral reef | Scholastic |
| 9780545104715 | Paint the Wind | Pam Muñoz Ryan | After her overprotective grandmother has a stroke, Maya, an orphan, leaves her extremely restricted life in California to stay with her mother's family on a remote Wyoming ranch, where she discovers a love of horses and encounters a wild mare that her mother once rode. |