Lyla Heronimus' Library
Rossview Elementary
| ISBN | Title | Author | Description | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9781338864878 | Doña Esmeralda, Who Ate Everything! | Melissa De la Cruz | Once upon a time, in the middle of a group of seven thousand happy islands named after King Philip of Spain, there lived a lady named Doña Esmeralda. She had a big bouffant hairdo and was much smaller than you. And she was always hungry... And so begins the wickedly hilarious tale of one very old, but very stylish little lady who loves to eat, but can only find the ooey, gooey, mushy, smelly leftovers of naughty children to nosh on. But what happens when Doña Esmeralda finds out about all the tasty treats that children do eat? Hold on to your hairdos as Esmeralda eats everything in sight in a cumulative read-aloud inspired by stories from author Melissa de la Cruz's childhood in the Philippines. | |
| 9780439585491 | Double Fudge | Judy Blume | Fudge, Peter, and the rest of the gang are back in this long-awaited, New York Times bestselling continuation of Blume's beloved series, now in mass market paperback. | Scholastic |
| 9798986758428 | Dream Chasers: An Empowering Book About Making A Better World (Young Change Makers) | Stacy C. Bauer | Encourage the young people in your life to make a difference with the next book from the award-winning book series Young Change Makers!Chasing your dreams takes courage and passion, determination and a belief in yourself. In this book you’ll meet 12 inspiring young people who set out to follow their dreams. They faced obstacles along the way, but never gave up. By asking questions, making plans and following through, these young people made their big dreams come true, and their stories just might encourage you to follow your dreams too! 12 inspirational true stories empowers kids to follow their dreams motivates children to change their communities encourages young people to make a difference and help others | Stacy C. Bauer |
| 9780439671446 | Duck for President | Doreen Cronin | When Duck gets tired of working for Farmer Brown, his political ambition eventually leads to his being elected President. | |
| 9781556612039 | Eagle's Wings | Lauraine Snelling | Because her father is ill, without telling her parents, horse-loving Trish earns money after school at the race track, where trouble begins when one of her mounts is in a mysterious accident. | |
| 9780590464581 | Elaine and the Flying Frog | Chinese American Elaine Chow feels like an outcast after moving to a small town in Iowa, until she shares a new friendship and a science project with a girl strongly interested in frogs. | ||
| 9780545105668 | Elephant Run | Roland Smith | Nick endures servitude, beatings, and more after his British father's plantation in Burma is invaded by the Japanese in 1941, and when his father and others are taken prisoner and Nick is stranded with his friend Mya, they plan a daring escape on elephants, risking their lives to save Nick's father and Mya's brother from a Japanese prisoner of war camp. | |
| 978-0-14-240889-6 | Encyclopedia Brown and the Case of the Secret Pitch | Donald J. Sobol | Leroy Brown, aka Encyclopedia Brown, is Idaville neighborhood’s ten-year-old star detective. With an uncanny knack for trivia, he solves mysteries for the neighborhood kids through his own detective agency. But his dad also happens to be the chief of the Idaville police department, and every night around the dinner table, Encyclopedia helps him solve his most baffling crimes. And with ten confounding mysteries in each book, not only does Encyclopedia have a chance to solve them, but the reader is given all the clues as well. Interactive and chock full of interesting bits of information—it’s classic Encyclopedia Brown! | Puffin Books |
| 9780142408902 | Encyclopedia Brown Finds the Clues | Donald J. Sobol | Leroy Brown, aka Encyclopedia Brown, is Idaville neighborhood’s ten-year-old star detective. With an uncanny knack for trivia, he solves mysteries for the neighborhood kids through his own detective agency. But his dad also happens to be the chief of the Idaville police department, and every night around the dinner table, Encyclopedia helps him solve his most baffling crimes. And with ten confounding mysteries in each book, not only does Encyclopedia have a chance to solve them, but the reader is given all the clues as well. Interactive and chock full of interesting bits of information—it’s classic Encyclopedia Brown! | National Geographic Books |
| 9780142408919 | Encyclopedia Brown Gets His Man | Donald J. Sobol | Leroy Brown, aka Encyclopedia Brown, is Idaville neighborhood’s ten-year-old star detective. With an uncanny knack for trivia, he solves mysteries for the neighborhood kids through his own detective agency. But his dad also happens to be the chief of the Idaville police department, and every night around the dinner table, Encyclopedia helps him solve his most baffling crimes. And with ten confounding mysteries in each book, not only does Encyclopedia have a chance to solve them, but the reader is given all the clues as well. Interactive and chock full of interesting bits of information—it’s classic Encyclopedia Brown! | Penguin |
| 9780142408889 | Encyclopedia Brown, Boy Detective | Donald J. Sobol | Fifth-grader "Encyclopedia" Leroy Brown solves ten mysteries and, by putting the solutions at the back of the book, challenges the reader to do the same. | Penguin |
| 9780307931474 | Escape From Mr. Lemoncello's Library | Chris Grabenstein | Twelve-year-old Kyle gets to stay overnight in the new town library, designed by his hero (the famous gamemaker Luigi Lemoncello), with other students but finds that come morning he must work with friends to solve puzzles in order to escape. | Yearling |
| 9780545485715 | Fairest of All | Sarah Mlynowski | After moving to a new house, ten-year-old Abby and her younger brother Jonah discover an antique mirror that transports them into the Snow White fairy tale. | Scholastic Press |
| 9780545694070 | Fiesta Fiasco | Ann Whitford Paul | When shopping for Culebra's birthday, Conejo convinces his friends Iguana and Tortuga to buy all the wrong presents. Includes a glossary of Spanish words used. | |
| 9781452110066 | Flora and the Flamingo (Flora and Her Feathered Friends Books, Baby Books for Girls, Baby Girl Book, Picture Book for Toddlers) | Molly Idle | In this wordless book with interactive flaps, a friendship develops between a girl named Flora and a graceful flamingo, as they learn to dance together. | Chronicle Books |
| 9780545940382 | Fortune Falls | Jenny Goebel | In Fortune Falls, where superstitions are real, and all children must pass regular "luck tests" to see if they are worthy, ill-fortuned Sadie has always been deemed as unlucky, and shunted aside for her luckier younger brother--but when she finds an unusually intelligent black cat named Jinx, her fortunes begin to change for the better. | |
| 9780545464789 | Fourth Grade Rats | Jerry Spinelli | Now that he is in the fourth grade, Suds learns that a fear of spiders or a babyish lunchbox will never get him into the coveted group, the Fourth Grade Rats. | Arthur A. Levine Books |
| 9780394800387 | Fox in Socks | Dr. Seuss | Fox in Socks celebrates 50 years of troubling tongues This classic Beginner Book by Dr. Seuss features silly tongue twisters that will have young readers--and their parents--giggling with glee. When a fox in socks meets Knox in a box, hilarity ensues. Add chicks with bricks and blocks and clocks and you're sure to get your words twisted and lips locked With his unmistakable gift for rhyme, Dr. Seuss creates a hysterical and energetic way for beginning readers to dive into the joy of reading. This book comes with the following warning: "This is a book you READ ALOUD to find out just how smart your tongue is. The first time you read it, don't go fast This Fox is a tricky fox. He'll try to get your tongue in trouble." Available for a limited time only with a peel-off 50th Anniversary Edition sticker on the cover, this is an ideal gift for the holidays, birthdays, and happy occasions of all kinds that the whole family will enjoy. | Random House Books for Young Readers |
| 9780590436281 | Freedom Train | Dorothy Sterling | Story of one of the most famous conductors in the Underground Railroad. | Scholastic Paperbacks |
| 9780547073958 | Frindle | Reading | When he decides to turn his fifth grade teacher's love of the dictionary around on her, clever Nick Allen invents a new word and begins a chain of events that quickly moves beyond his control. |