Kristen Harrison's Library
Liberty Elementary
| ISBN | Title | Author | Description | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Come Back Amelia Bedelia | ||||
| 9780545923927 | Coral Reefs | Kristin Baird Rattini | "Young readers explore the amazing underwater world of coral reefs. Beautiful photos and carefully leveled text make this book perfect for reading aloud and for independent reading." - Amazon.com | |
| 9781577482598 | Danger on the Railroad | Susan Martins Miller | Charles Fisk and his sister, Tina, discover that a friend's family is involved in the Underground Railroad. When they see an escaping slave being followed by a slave catcher, Tina and Charles know they must help without raising the slave catcher's suspicions. | Barbour Publishing |
| OS_642AFA3EF8F82500B5AC7135 | Dear Mr. Henshaw | Beverly Cleary | ||
| 9781543593792 | Dinosaur Discoveries | Kathryn Clay, Sally Lee, Janet Riehecky, A. L. Wegwerth | "Travel back to a time when dinosaurs roamed the earth. Feel the ground shake as the gigantic Apatosaurus thunders by. See the deadly Tyrannosaurus rex attack its prey with its razor-sharp teeth. New discoveries, old bones, and lots of amazing facts tell the stories of these prehistoric animals and their journey through time."--Cover. | |
| 9781577482581 | Enemy or Friend | Norma Jean Lutz | Fred Allerton's father refuses to trust him with the very machines Fred built to make their furniture factory work faster. When there is an explosion in the factory and Fred is falsely accused by the supervisor, Mr. Purlee, Fred goes to live with his cousin. Even worse in Fred's eyes is the fact that Mr. Purlee helps slave owners. Fred learns the lesson of 'love thy enemies.' | Barbour Publishing |
| 9780439576178 | Esperanza Rising | Pam Muñoz Ryan | Esperanza and her mother are forced to leave their life of wealth and privilege in Mexico to go work in the labor camps of Southern California, where they must adapt to the harsh circumstances facing Mexican farm workers on the eve of the Great Depression. | Scholastic |
| 9780062964434 | Fancy Nancy Treasury | Jane O'Connor | Collects six stories depicting Fancy Nancy's humorous adventures as she wears her nightgown to school, visits an aquarium, plans a surprise party, has backward day at school, reads with a friend and takes her dog to puppy school. | Harper |
| 9781577482574 | Fight for Freedom | Norma Jean Lutz | Siblings Meg and Fred Allerton just can't get along. They even argue about the slavery issue. Fred gets excited when William Lloyd Garrison opens a store in Cincinnati that won't sell anything produced by slave labor. Meg hopes people will deal with the slavery issue peacefully. She becomes very ill, and she and Fred learn some valuable lessons about relationships. | Barbour Publishing |
| 073642130 | Finding Nemo | Gail Herman | ||
| 9780061430091 | Flat Stanley and the Firehouse | Jeff Brown | Stanley’s Stop, Drop, and Roll poster wins him a trip to the firehouse, but the visit takes an unexpected turn. | Harper Collins |
| 9780545858014 | Flat Stanley and the Very Big Cookie | Lori Haskins Houran | Flat Stanley loves to help Mr. Pete the Baker make his treats. When another baker begins taking away all his business, Mr. Pete comes up with an idea to save his bakery, but he needs help from Stanley -- Publisher. | |
| 9780140322057 | Friedrich | Hans Peter Richter | "Superb, sensitive, honest and compelling . . . a simple but terrifying tale of the destruction of a single Jewish family."--The New York Times Winner of the Mildred L. Batchelder Award His best friend thought Friedrich was lucky. His family had a good home and enough money, and in Germany in the early 1930s, many were unemployed. But when Hitler came to power, things began to change. Friedrich was expelled from school, and then his mother died and his father was deported. For Friedrich was Jewish. | Puffin Books |
| 9780395942895 | Frog and Toad All Year | Arnold Lobel | Two friends share experiences in each season of the year. | |
| 9780395942901 | Frog and Toad Together | Arnold Lobel | Five further adventures of two best friends as they share cookies, plant a garden, and test their bravery. | |
| 9780545041737 | From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler | When Claudia decided to run away, she planned very carefully She would be gone just long enough to teach her parents a lesson in Claudia appreciation. And she would live in comfort-at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. She invited her brother Jamie to go, too, mostly because he was a miser and would have money The two took up residence in the museum right on schedule. But once the fun of settling in was over, Claudia had two unexpected problems: She felt just the same, and she wanted to feel different; and she found a statue at the museum so beautiful she could not go home until she had discovered its maker, a question that baffled even the experts. The former owner of the statue was Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler And without her help Claudia might never have found a way to go home. | ||
| Good Work Amelia Bedelia | ||||
| 9780063075269 | Great American Leaders | Sarah Albee, Jennifer Dussling, Sheila Keenan | "Beginning readers can learn about the lives of amazing historical figures in this exciting biography collection. There is bonus material after each story that includes a timeline, historical photos, and lots of extra intriguing facts--did you know George Washington loved dogs? One of his dogs was named Sweetlips!"--back cover. | |
| 9780545071826 | Hachiko Waits | Lesléa Newman | Professor Ueno's loyal Akita, Hachiko, waits for him at the train station every afternoon, and even after the professor has a fatal heart attack while at work, Hachiko faithfully continues to await his return until the day the dog dies. Based on a true story. | |
| 9780395942802 | Happy Birthday, Danny and the Dinosaur! | Six-year-old Danny invites his dinosaur friend to come to his birthday party. |