Alicia Neverdusky's Library
Barkers Mill Elementary
| ISBN | Title | Author | Description | Publisher |
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| 9781465474933 | Timelines Of Everything | DK | Explore 13 billion years of history in the comfort of your own home! Journey through time and discover how some of the world’s greatest events unfolded.From the Big Bang all the way through to the digital age, this incredible visual encyclopedia for children shows you just about everything that has ever happened in history.Witness history come alive as you travel through more than 130 stunning timelines. Packed with fantastic photographs and illustrations, along with informative text and fun facts. The history book covers the rise and fall of empires to ground-breaking scientific breakthroughs and inventions that changed our lives. This educational book is an imaginative way of illustrating world history for children age 8 and over. Throughout the pages, your child will get to meet the most bloodthirsty pirates of all time and discover what happened during the storming of the Bastille. It’s a fantastic book for young readers with a natural curiosity about history around the world.Find your place in the world and understand where you fit in. Whether you want to discover the history of cinema, fashion, aviation, or espionage. There is something for everyone in this glorious guide through global history!The History of Everything… Ever!This fascinating reference book tells the story of a diverse range of subjects throughout history in an easily digested graphic format! After your kids dive into this book, you'll never hear them use the words "history" and "boring" in the same sentence again.Take a trip back in time! This history book covers the following eras: • Prehistory: Before 3000 BCE • The Ancient World: 3000 BCE – 500 CE • The Medieval World: 500 – 1450 • The Age of Exploration: 1450 – 1750 • The Age of Revolution: 1750 – 1914 • The Modern World: After 1914 | National Geographic Books |
| 9781338300734 | Tiny Tales: A Graphic Novel (Owly #5) | Andy Runton | Owly, the little owl with a heart of gold, returns for another forest adventure in this Eisner-winning series about friendship!Owly always reaches out to a friend in need.Owly is a wonderful friend! He's honest, trustworthy, and kind. And whenever any of his pals are in trouble, he always finds a way to help. In this collection of nine stand-alone stories, Owly demonstrates the power of friendship by cheering up his friends when they're down, rescuing his friends when they're in danger, and encouraging his friends when they doubt themselves. But Owly's buddies also show what it means to be a great friend in return!Through a unique blend of words and symbols, Owly can be read by the youngest readers and is a perfect introduction to graphic novels! | Scholastic, Incorporated |
| 9781338805819 | Treasure Map | Brandon Todd | Clarke is a girl who has just moved in and she is very serious about adventure; Miguel knows the neighborhood and is eager to meet new people and have adventures--so with walkie-talkies, a compass, paper, and colored pencils they set out to explore and draw an "adventure map"--or perhaps it is a treasure map as Miguel insists. | Scholastic Incorporated |
| 9781472319982 | Underpants Wonderpants! | Peter Bently | Meet underpants wonderpants, saving the day with underpants power. He swoops in with a pantachute for a queen in distress, puts out a fire with his super-pant-scoop ... But that's not the end of his super-pants day. The aliens are heading toward Earth. Can wonderpants' underpants power save the world in this laugh-out-loud rhyme to share? | Unknown Publisher |
| 9780593178027 | Uni Bakes A Cake (Uni The Unicorn) (Step Into Reading) | Rosenthal, Amy Krouse | Uni The Unicorn Helps Her Friend To Bake And Frost A Cake They Hope Will Win A Contest | Random House Books for Young Readers |
| 9781338811773 | Unicorn Club | Suzy Senior | Amy starts a unicorn fan club which soon attracts some unusual members. | |
| 9781984850232 | Uni's First Sleepover | Amy Krouse Rosenthal | "Written by Candice Ransom; interior illustrations by Lissy Marlin"--Copyright page. | Random House Books for Young Readers |
| Unit 5 Storybook Dinosaur Days | ||||
| 9780794548452 | Usborne Phonics Readers Hullabaloo At The Zoo | Zanna Davidson | Have you ever wondered what happens in the zoo at night? Well, the answer, in this zoo anyway, is that all the animals create a hullabaloo - playing music, dancing, singing and generally having a noisy good time. | EDC Publishing |
| 9781788433693 | We Are The Groovicorns! | Rosie Greening | Everyone loves unicorns--they make perfect rainbows, sign hoofprint, and even grant wishes. But the groovicorns don't need magic powers to have fun, and they want to be famous too! Join the groovicorns as they explain what they can do in this funny story, all about valuing each other's differences. | Make Believe Ideas |
| 9781338760705 | We Don't Eat Our Classmates! | Ryan T. Higgins | When the class pet bites the finger of Penelope, a tyrannosaurus rex, she finally understands why she should not eat her classmates, no matter how tasty they are. | |
| 9781338847321 | What If You Had Animal Eyes!? (Scholastic Reader, Level 2) | Markle, Sandra | If you could have any animal's eyes, whose would you choose? What if you woke up one morning and your eyes weren't yours? Sandra Markle's bestselling What If You Had... series is now in Scholastic's Level 2 reader format! Perfect for kids just learning to read independently, this imaginative book explores what would happen if you looked in the mirror and saw a pair of animal eyes instead of your own. From the chameleon's eyes that can point in different directions, to the colossal squid's eyes that shine in the dark, discover what it would be like if you had these special eyes. Then, find out why your eyes are just the right ones for you! | Scholastic Inc. |
| 9780545630856 | What if You Had Animal Hair? | Sandra Markle | Discusses the ways that different animals use their hair to survive, including the polar bear, reindeer, and porcupine. | Scholastic Paperbacks |
| 9780545264952 | What Is that, Mittens | Lola M. Schaefer | When Mittens the kitten digs a hole under the fence in the yard he meets a new friend--Max the dog. | |
| 9780375850868 | When You Reach Me | Rebecca Stead | "Like A Wrinkle in Time (Miranda's favorite book), When You Reach Me far surpasses the usual whodunit or sci-fi adventure to become an incandescent exploration of 'life, death, and the beauty of it all.'" —The Washington Post This Newbery Medal winner that has been called "smart and mesmerizing," (The New York Times) and "superb" (The Wall Street Journal) will appeal to readers of all types, especially those who are looking for a thought-provoking mystery with a mind-blowing twist. Shortly after a fall-out with her best friend, sixth grader Miranda starts receiving mysterious notes, and she doesn’t know what to do. The notes tell her that she must write a letter—a true story, and that she can’t share her mission with anyone. It would be easy to ignore the strange messages, except that whoever is leaving them has an uncanny ability to predict the future. If that is the case, then Miranda has a big problem—because the notes tell her that someone is going to die, and she might be too late to stop it. Winner of the Boston Globe–Horn Book Award for Fiction A New York Times Bestseller and Notable Book Five Starred Reviews A Junior Library Guild Selection "Absorbing." —People "Readers ... are likely to find themselves chewing over the details of this superb and intricate tale long afterward." —The Wall Street Journal "Lovely and almost impossibly clever." —The Philadelphia Inquirer "It's easy to imagine readers studying Miranda's story as many times as she's read L'Engle's, and spending hours pondering the provocative questions it raises." —Publishers Weekly, Starred review | Yearling |
| 9781610678469 | Where Happiness Lives | Barry Timms | Three little mice. Three very different houses. But which is the happiest home? A tale about discovering true happiness, with flaps to lift and peep-through pages. | Kane Miller, a division of EDC Publishing |
| 9781536220131 | Where's Waldo? Santa Spotlight Search | Martin Handford | Christmas is coming, and Santa with it—if you can only find him! Luckily, Waldo fans have a cool wand to help them spotlight the jolly old guy in the dark.Shake your sleigh bells, pull on your holiday sweater, and join in the festive madness! These night-time scenes are bustling with Santas getting ready for Christmas Eve. With the help of a magic slider to light up one spot at a time, can you find some very specific Santas—like the one whose stocking is threadbare? Or the ones who are slimmer than most? And by the way, where are Waldo and all his friends—Wenda, Odlaw, Wizard Whitebeard, and Woof? Featuring super-challenging searches as well as puzzles and games, Santa’s Spotlight Search promises many hours of merriment for seasoned Waldo fans and new followers alike. | National Geographic Books |
| 9780375873959 | Winter of the Ice Wizard (Magic Tree House (R) Merlin Mission) | Osborne, Mary Pope | The bestselling, fan-favorite chapter-book series sends Jack and Annie on a chilling rescue mission! Merlin the magician and Morgan le Fay have disappeared, and in order to find them, Jack and Annie journey with their friends Teddy and Kathleen to the Land-Behind-the-Clouds, a frozen kingdom of ice and snow. There they must overcome their fears and solve the Ice Wizard's riddle, because if Jack and Annie don't complete their mission in time, Merlin and Morgan will disappear forever! Magic Tree House books are New York Times bestsellers. The series' irresistible mix of magic, myth, history, and mystery has inspired a love of reading in countless children all over the world. Find out why with Winter of the Ice Wizard! Jack and Annie are joined by Teddy and Kathleen as they travel to the snowy Land-Behind-the-Clouds, where they search for the eye of the Ice Wizard and attempt to help Merlin and Morgan. | Random House Books for Young Readers |
| 9781250144058 | Wish | Barbara O'Connor | A touching story about a girl and her dog, perfect for young fans of A Dog's Purpose Eleven-year-old Charlie Reese has been making the same secret wish every day since fourth grade. She even has a list of all the ways there are to make the wish, such as cutting off the pointed end of a slice of pie and wishing on it as she takes the last bite. But when she is sent to the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina to live with family she barely knows, it seems unlikely that her wish will ever come true. That is until she meets Wishbone, a skinny stray dog who captures her heart, and Howard, a neighbor boy who proves surprising in lots of ways. Suddenly Charlie is in serious danger of discovering that what she thought she wanted may not be what she needs at all. From award-winning author Barbara O'Connor comes a middle-grade novel about a girl who, with the help of a true-blue friend, a big-hearted aunt and uncle, and the dog of her dreams, unexpectedly learns the true meaning of family in the least likely of places. This title has Common Core connections. | Square Fish |
| 9781592988266 | Wyatt's Big Day | Charlie Kundinger | "Wyatt is a small duckling with large dreams. He's only one day old, but has a big jump to make. How will he find the courage to do what he must? This story is based on the real-life leap of faith every young wood duck must take in order to grow."--Page 4 of cover | Beaver's Pond Press, Incorporated |