Lauryn Ashby's Library
Byrns L. Darden Elementary
| ISBN | Title | Author | Description | Publisher |
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| 9780545886222 | The Baby-Sitters Club | Ann M. Martin, Raina Telgemeier | Claudia feels she can't compete with her perfect sister, Janine. But when something unexpected happens to a member of their family, will the sisters be able to put aside their differences? | Graphix |
| 9781338304602 | The Baby-Sitters Club Kristy and the Snobs | Ann M. Martin, Chan Chau | Based on: Kristy and the snobs / Ann M. Martin. | Graphix |
| 9780545912402 | The Bad Guys | Aaron Blabey | The Bad Guys, Mr. Wolf, Mr. Shark, Mr. Snake, and Mr. Piranha, want to be heroes, and they decide that the way to do it is free the 200 dogs in the city dog pound--but their plan soon goes awry. | |
| 9780545935166 | The Bad Guys | Aaron Blabey | The Bad Guys, Mr. Wolf, Mr. Shark, Mr. Snake, and Mr. Piranha, want to be heroes, and they decide that the way to do it is free the 200 dogs in the city dog pound--but their plan soon goes awry. | |
| 9781338346664 | The Bad Seed | Jory John | The bad seed changes his mind about being bad and decides that he wants to be happy. | |
| 9780153036361 | The Best Friends Club: A Lizzie And Harold Story | Elizabeth Winthrop | Lizzie learns to share her best friend and enjoy it, too. | HARCOURT SCHOOL PUBLISHERS |
| 9781429654692 | The Best Of Everything Hockey Book (The All-Time Best Of Sports) | Shane Frederick | What team has won the most Stanley Cups? How many teams did Wayne Gretzky play for? What is the longest game in NHL history? Learn the answer to these questions and more in The Best of Everything Hockey Book. | Capstone Press |
| 9781338605990 | The Brain Is Kind of a Big Deal | Nick Seluk | Did you know that the brain is in charge of everything you do, every minute of every day? You know, like thinking about funny stuff and keeping you alive. Bestselling author Nick Seluk explains the science behind everything the brain does for you--from keeping your heart beating to remembering stuff, and make you YOU. | Orchard Books |
| 9781338254259 | The Caring Me I Want To Be! | Mary DiPalermo | Being Kind Not Only Spreads Good -- It Also Feels Great. Yet Sometimes We Don't Know How To Be Kind In The Moment. In This Sweet, Rhyming Story, A Child Shares How She Tries To Practice Kindness Every Day.--scholastic. | Scholastic, Inc. |
| 9780590691253 | The Case of Hermie the Missing Hamster | James Preller | The clever, puzzle-crazy Jigsaw Jones utilizes his Top Secret Detective Journal and enlists the help of his ace partner, Mila, to track down the missing hamster, Hermie. Original. | Scholastic Paperbacks |
| 9780439672641 | The Case of the Back-to-School Burglar | Nancy Star | The Calendar Club is getting Fruitvale Elementary School ready for the back-to-school carnival when they find some of the prizes are missing. Can they uncover the back-to-school burgler and prevent a carnival disaster? | |
| 9780440416630 | The Cay | Theodore Taylor | For fans of Hatchet and Island of the Blue Dolphins comes Theodore Taylor’s classic bestseller and Lewis Carroll Shelf Award winner, The Cay. Phillip is excited when the Germans invade the small island of Curaçao. War has always been a game to him, and he’s eager to glimpse it firsthand–until the freighter he and his mother are traveling to the United States on is torpedoed. When Phillip comes to, he is on a small raft in the middle of the sea. Besides Stew Cat, his only companion is an old West Indian, Timothy. Phillip remembers his mother’s warning about black people: “They are different, and they live differently.” But by the time the castaways arrive on a small island, Phillip’s head injury has made him blind and dependent on Timothy. “Mr. Taylor has provided an exciting story…The idea that all humanity would benefit from this special form of color blindness permeates the whole book…The result is a story with a high ethical purpose but no sermon.”—New York Times Book Review “A taut tightly compressed story of endurance and revelation…At once barbed and tender, tense and fragile—as Timothy would say, ‘outrageous good.’”—Kirkus Reviews * “Fully realized setting…artful, unobtrusive use of dialect…the representation of a hauntingly deep love, the poignancy of which is rarely achieved in children’s literature.”—School Library Journal, Starred “Starkly dramatic, believable and compelling.”—Saturday Review “A tense and moving experience in reading.”—Publishers Weekly “Eloquently underscores the intrinsic brotherhood of man.”—Booklist "This is one of the best survival stories since Robinson Crusoe."—The Washington Star · A New York Times Best Book of the Year · A School Library Journal Best Book of the Year · A Horn Book Honor Book · An American Library Association Notable Book · A Publishers Weekly Children’s Book to Remember · A Child Study Association’s Pick of Children’s Books of the Year · Jane Addams Book Award · Lewis Carroll Shelf Award · Commonwealth Club of California: Literature Award · Southern California Council on Literature for Children and Young People Award · Woodward School Annual Book Award · Friends of the Library Award, University of California at Irvine | Yearling |
| 9780152023379 | The Chick That Wouldn't Hatch | Claire Daniel | There are six eggs in Mother Hen’s nest, but--Chip! Chip! Chip! Chip! Chip!--only five eggs hatch! The sixth egg goes on a high-rolling adventure across the barnyard, past the pig and the tomato patch, and, finally, into Mother Hen’s waiting wings. What a wild ride! Lisa Campbell Ernst’s bold, energetic illustrations transform a short trip across the barnyard into a rollicking good time. | Green Light Readers |
| 9781619639393 | The Doublecross: (And Other Skills I Learned As A Superspy) | Jackson Pearce | With a hilarious and charismatic cast of characters, this start to a fresh middle grade action-adventure series is part Spy Kids and all fun!Everyone in twelve-year-old Hale's family is a spy, going way back. They've all worked for the Sub Rosa Society, an elite organization that's so top secret that new agents aren't recruited; they're born. His parents may be the ultimate spy team at SRS, but Hale isn't your typical stealthy spy--he is, as his mother puts it, "big-boned," and as some of his classmates put it, "fat." Still, he's convinced he will someday be a great field agent. After all, it's his legacy.But when both his mother and father go missing on a secret mission--likely captured by the SRS's number one enemy--it's Hale's time to step up and (with a little help from his acrobat-cheerleader little sister) save the day.Don't miss these other books from Jackson Pearce:The DoublecrossThe Inside JobThe Ellie, Engineer seriesEllie, EngineerEllie, Engineer: The Next LevelEllie, Engineer: In the Spotlight | Bloomsbury USA Childrens |
| 9780618292400 | The Greatest Electrician in the World, Above Level Level 4.1.3 | Read | A biographical sketch of the African American inventor, Granville T. Woods, with descriptions of some of his inventions. | Holt McDougal |
| 9780547890104 | The Green Team | Minnie Timenti | ||
| 9781338265033 | The Gruffalo | Julia Donaldson | "A mouse took a stroll through the deep dark wood. A fox saw the mouse and the mouse looked good." Walk further into the deep dark wood, and discover what happens when a quick-witted mouse comes face to face with an owl, a snake ...and a hungry Gruffalo! | |
| 9780064403641 | The Half-a-Moon Inn | Paul Fleischman | A twelve-year-old mute boy sets off to find his mother in a blizzard, and becomes the captive of an evil woman in the Half-a-Moon Inn. ‘A suspenseful tale with archetypal characters and a haunting atmosphere. . . . The brisk pace and steady accumulation of events build tension, while Fleischman's fine writing begs to be read aloud." —BL. 1980 Children's Reviewers' Choices (BL) Notable Books of the Year 1980 (NYT) 1980 Golden Kite Award Honor Book for Fiction (SCBW) Children's Books of 1980 (Library of Congress) 1980 Silver Medal for Literature (Commonwealth Club of California) | Harper Collins |
| 9780439897815 | The Hiccupotamus | Aaron Zenz | "There was a hippopotamus who hiccupped quite-a-lotamus and every time he got'emus he'd fall upon his bottomus"--Page 4 of cover. | |
| 9780142410752 | The Icebound Land (Ranger's Apprentice, Book 3) | Flanagan, John | Kidnapped after the fierce battle with Lord Morgarath, Will and Evanlyn are bound for Skandia as captives aboard a fearsome wolfship. Halt has sworn to rescue Will, and he will do anything to keep his promise—even defy his King. Expelled from the Rangers he has served so loyally, Halt is joined by Will's friend Horace as he travels toward Skandia. On their way, they are challenged constantly by freelance knights—but Horace knows a thing or two about combat. Soon he begins to attract the attention of knights and warlords for miles around with his uncanny skill. Even so, will they be in time to rescue Will from a horrific life of slavery? The smash hit series continues with another heart stopping adventure.VOYAThe third volume of The Ranger's Apprentice series picks up exactly where The Burning Bridge (Philomel, 2006/VOYA August 2006) leaves off, with Will and Evanlyn captured by Skandians and heading toward slavery. Although Halt vowed to go after his charge, the King has forbidden him to do so, ordering him to hunt down the last remnants from Morgarath's evil army. Neither Will nor Halt are ones to simply resign themselves to fate, and before long, Will works out an escape and Halt is banished from Araluen. Meanwhile Evanlyn reveals her royal heritage to Will, placing them in even greater danger, as the Oberjarl of Skandia swears to eradicate the entire Araluen royal family. Flanagan offers exactly what his fans have waited for-the continuing adventures of favorite characters. The chapters still alternate between Will and Halt's points of view and end on cliffhangers to keep the pages turning. Readers picking up the series for the first time will have no trouble figuring out what took place in previous volumes. The problem is that there is nothing new here. The characters do not seem to grow or change, and although the plot moves along at a brisk pace, nothing much seems to happen. Will is still in wilds of Skandia at the end of the book, and Halt is not even close behind. This series has the makings of being very long and drawn out, which probably will not bother the author's fans in the least. | Puffin |