Carrie King's Library
Minglewood Elementary
| ISBN | Title | Author | Description | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9780545142465 | Marty Mcguire | Kate Messner, Brian Floca | When tomboy Marty is cast as the princess in the third-grade play, she learns about improvisation, which helps her become more adaptable. | Scholastic Paperbacks |
| 9780449818268 | Mikey's Monster (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles) (Step Into Reading) | James, Hollis | Random House Books for Young Readers | |
| 9781338038873 | Miss Bindergarten and the Very Wet Day | Joseph Slate | A very rainy day keeps Miss Bindergarten's class indoors much of the day and when they finally go out, two girls slip and fall into a puddle. | |
| 9780689818974 | Miss Tizzy | Libba Moore Gray | The neighbors may think Miss Tizzy quite peculiar, but the children love her. They love her colorful house and her colorful clothes, but most of all they love the special attention she pays to them all. Together, they bake cookies, make pictures full of sunshine and butterflies for folks who have stopped smiling, play dress-up, put on puppet shows and parades, or stretch out on bright quilts in Miss Tizzy's backyard of an evening to sing moon songs. When Miss Tizzy becomes ill and takes to her bed, the children know just what to do to let her know she is missed and loved. Here's a picture book certain to touch the hearts of children of any age. | Aladdin |
| 9780689829826 | My Teacher's Secret Life (Aladdin Picture Books) | Krensky, Stephen | Everyone knows that teachers belong in school. But one day, Mrs. Quirk is spotted in the supermarket. And, as if that isn't bad enough, she is later seen trying on skates at the mall. Does she have a secret life? And just who is that girl that looks just like her — only smaller?In this delightfully zany picture book, every child's curiosity is made wonderfully plain as Mrs. Quirk and her cohorts are found out at last!Publishers WeeklyTeachers seem so at home in the classroom that it's entirely possible that they eat dinner and sleep there as well. In this tongue-in-cheek expos, reminiscent of Judy Finch and Kevin O'Malley's Miss Malarkey Doesn't Live in Room 10, a boy imagines that his teacher, Mrs. Quirk, spends her off-hours eating cafeteria leftovers, doing calisthenics with gym teacher Miss Whistle and listening to librarian Mr. Peruse read stories. The narrator even explains a longstanding mystery: teachers "keep pajamas and inflatable mattresses in their bottom left desk drawer, the one that locks with a key." Krensky (Dinosaurs, Beware!) wittily constructs then deflates the narrator's hypothesis: after the young sleuth spies Mrs. Quirk at the mall and in the park, he concludes that she's leading a "secret life. I just wonder when the other teachers will get suspicious." Adinolfi (The Egyptian Polar Bear) provides fanciful, almost surreal artwork, with lollipop-shaped trees and flowers that echo Mrs. Quirk's round glasses. The illustrator favors curves and circles, with few hard angles, and paints in carnival-bright fuchsia, chartreuse, red-orange and bright blue. Such wacky art, while pleasing to the eye, works against the deadpan humor of the narrative. Ages 4-6. (Aug.) | Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers |
| 9780060507008 | My Weird School #1: Miss Daisy Is Crazy! | Dan Gutman | Never before has school been this mixed up—or this much fun! Miss Daisy, who teaches second grade, doesn't know how to add or subtract. Not only that, she doesn't know how to read or write, either. She is the dumbest teacher in the history of the world! | HarperCollins |
| 9780545852319 | Nature Attacks (I Survived True Stories 2) (I Survived True Stories) | Tarshis, Lauren | Scholastic Paperbacks | |
| 9780545113755 | No Messing with My Lesson | Nancy E. Krulik, John & Wendy | Katie's teacher, Mrs. Derkman, hopes to win the Teacher of the Year contest, but her chances do not look good when Katie turns into her teacher and cannot keep a class full of out-of-control third-graders in line. | |
| 9781338335958 | Pine & Boof | Ross Burach | One blustery day, Boof the bear's lucky red leaf gets swept away by the wind. Fortunately for him, Pine the porcupine just happens to walk by with his lucky compass and the two set off on an adventure to find the lost leaf, only to discover true friendship in the process. | |
| 9780375833236 | Pirate Mom | Deborah Underwood | When a hypnotist convinces Pete's mother that she is a pirate, Pete tries to find a way to turn her back into a regular parent. | Random House Books for Young Readers |
| 9780439026109 | Punished! | David Lubar | While playing tag in the library, Logan literally runs into Professor Wordsworth, who gives Logan a face full of magic dust that makes him speak in puns. To lift the curse, Logan has three days to find seven oxymorons, seven anagrams and seven palindromes. | |
| 9780545111263 | Puppy Power | Judy Cox | Boisterous third-grader Fran has trouble controlling herself, but learning how to train her gigantic Newfoundland puppy helps her gain enough self-control to win the part of princess in the class play. Includes instructions on puppy training. | |
| 9780590687300 | Ralph S. Mouse | Beverly Cleary | In this third and final Mouse novel from Newbery Medal-winning author Beverly Cleary, Ralph heads to school to see what humans do all day . . . and to discover what the S in Ralph S. Mouse stands for With his rowdy cousins constantly wearing out his motorcycle and the Mountain View Inn manager threatening to take care of the mouse infestation once and for all, Ralph decides it's time to get away for a while. He convinces his human friend Ryan to take him along to school, where Ralph instantly becomes the center of attention. But when Ryan's class decides to see how smart Ralph is by making him run a maze, the usually confident mouse starts to fret. What if he's not as clever as he thought? Supports the Common Core State Standards | |
| 9780545060745 | Really Cool Reptiles | Justin McCory Martin | Facts about reptiles. | |
| 9780545639149 | Rescue on the Oregon Trail (Ranger in Time #1) (1) | Messner, Kate | Ranger, a golden retriever, could have been a great search-and-rescue-dog except for the squirrels--but one day he unearths a mysterious box and finds himself transported back to the year 1850 where his faithful service is really needed by a family traveling west along the Oregon Trail. | Scholastic Press |
| 9780062014887 | Rio: Learning to Fly | Catherine Hapka | Blu is pretty happy with his life—even if he is scared of flying. But when he's given an important mission, will he rise to the occasion? | HarperFestival |
| 9780545481939 | Rumble In The Jungle (Geronimo Stilton #53) | Stilton, Geronimo | Each Geronimo Stilton book is fast-paced, with lively full-color art and a unique format kids 7-10 will love. I, Geronimo Stilton, was off to the wildest part of Brazil -- the Amazon jungle! I ended up on a hunt for an rare crystal treasure, which was stolen from a native tribe in the heart of the forest. I'd encounter alligators, snakes, piranhas, and other dangers on my way. Holey cheese! What an adventure! | Scholastic Paperbacks |
| 9781609581664 | Saige | Jessie Haas | Upset that her New Mexico school can only afford music and art teachers in alternate years, fourth-grader Saige works with her grandmother, Mimi, to plan a fundraiser but when Mimi has an accident, Saige relies on new friend Gabi to help. | American Girl Publishing Incorporated |
| 9781609581688 | Saige Paints The Sky (American Girl) | Jessie Haas | American Girl | |
| 9780545492928 | School Days According to Humphrey | Betty G. Birney | Humphrey the hamster is puzzled when unfamiliar students fill Mrs. Brisbane's classroom at summer's end, but he soon learns that his friends from last year are fine and that the new class needs his special help. |