Amanda Davis' Library
Hazelwood Elementary
| ISBN | Title | Author | Description | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9780374361006 | The Pout-Pout Fish in the Big-Big Dark | Deborah Diesen | Mr. Fish feels nervous venturing deep in the sea to look for Ms. Clam's lost pearl until Miss Shimmer helps him conquer his fear of the dark. | |
| 9780439574600 | The Pumpkin Patch | Margaret McNamara | Katy finds what she thinks is the perfect pumpkin on a class field trip to a pumpkin patch, but after her classmates tease her about how small it is, it is up to Katy's father to show her how perfect her pumpkin can be. | Scholastic |
| 9781338157628 | The Quickest Kid in Clarksville | Pat Zietlow Miller | Growing up in the segregated town of Clarksville, Tennessee, in the 1960s, Alta's family cannot afford to buy her new sneakers--but she still plans to attend the parade celebrating her hero Wilma Rudolph's three Olympic gold medals. | |
| 9780439224062 | The Raven and Other Poems | Edgar Allan Poe, Philip Pullman | Samples of Poe's best poetry include "The Raven," "Annabel Lee," and "The Bells." | Scholastic Paperbacks |
| 9780545276566 | The Red Blazer Girls | Michael D. Beil | Catholic-schooled seventh-graders Sophie, Margaret, Rebecca, and Leigh Ann help an elderly neighbor solve a puzzle her father left for her estranged daughter twenty years ago. | |
| 9780486280486 | The Scarlet Letter | Nathaniel Hawthorne | Hester Prynne is ostracized from her seventeenth-century Puritan community for refusing to name the father of her child, the product of an adulterous relationship. | Courier Corporation |
| 9780545623926 | The School Is Alive! | Jack Chabert | Sam Graves discovers that his elementary school is alive and plotting against the students, and,as hall monitor, it is his job to protect them--but he will need some help from his friends. | Scholastic Incorporated |
| 9781250111487 | The Scrambled States of America | Laurie Keller | The states become bored with their positions on the map and decide to change places for a while. Includes facts about the states. | |
| 9780152712457 | The Seasons of Arnold's Apple Tree | Gail Gibbons | This book about nature and the changing seasons focuses on a young boy and a very special apple tree. In Gail Gibbons's bright illustrations, Arnold collects apple blossoms in spring, builds a tree house in summer, makes apple pie and cider in the fall, and hangs strings of popcorn and berries for the birds in winter, among other seasonal activities. Includes a recipe for apple pie and a description of how an apple cider press works. | Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |
| 9780545060615 | The Silly Turkey Party | Steve Metzger | When their usual gathering is canceled after Farmer Joe becomes ill and needs rest, three turkeys try to host a quiet Thanksgiving dinner on the farm. | |
| 9780545390606 | The Slurpy Burpy Bear | Norbert Landa, David.. Sardinha, Jane Chapman, Lemon Krasny, Tristan Olly, Brian McNamee, Listen Inn | Big Bear, always alone, likes that he can slurp his soup, burp, and make other noises, not realizing that the rabbits across the river think the loud noises and odors are coming from a monster. | |
| 9780670062591 | The Snowy Day | Ezra Jack Keats | The adventures of a little boy in the city on a very snowy day. | |
| 9780545302364 | The Society of Unrelenting Vigilance | Glenn Dakin | Thirteen-year-old Theo, who has lived in seclusion his entire life, discovers he is the descendant of the Candle Man, a Victorian vigilante with the ability to melt criminals with a single touch. | |
| 9780545209366 | The Sound of Kwanzaa | Dimitrea Tokunbo | Describes the seven principles of the festive Kwanzaa holiday. | |
| 9781250002914 | The Spirit of Christmas | Nancy Tillman | Despite the arrival of the Spirit of Christmas, who brings all sorts of trimmings and reminders of seasonal joys, something is still lacking. | |
| 9780545174800 | The Spooky Wheels on the Bus | J. Elizabeth Mills | A new version of the classic children's song with scary verses about Halloween. | Scholastic Inc. |
| 9780590439688 | The Story of Ruby Bridges | Robert Coles | For months six-year-old Ruby Bridges must confront the hostility of white parents when she becomes the first African American girl to integrate Frantz Elementary School in New Orleans in 1960. | |
| 9780824941840 | The Story of Valentine's Day | Nancy J. Skaermas | Simple text explains the traditions of Valentine's Day and the story of the saint for whom it is named. | WorthyKids |
| 9780810984257 | The Strange Case of Origami Yoda | Tom Angleberger | When unpopular sixth grader Dwight successfully dispenses sound advice to his classmates via an origami finger puppet, his classmate Tommy investigates the source of Dwight's accuracy and makes a surprising discovery. | Amulet Books |
| 9780663592463 | The Tale of Rabbit and Coyote | Tony Johnston | Rabbit outwits Coyote in this Zapotec tale which explains why coyotes howl at the moon. |