Courtney Adams' Library
Oakland Elementary
| ISBN | Title | Author | Description | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9781935703907 | Bird-Acious | Melissa Stewart | BIRD-ACIOUS takes the fun, fully-illustrated approach of the Science with Stuff series on our feathered friends. This info-taining 48-page book comes complete with an owl pellet for kids to dissect. Science with Stuff books bring science to life with a real natural treasure that deepens interest and understanding. This beautiful, colorful book explores a range of interesting bird species, facts, and behaviors--and comes with an owl pellet so that kids can see for themselves how and what birds eat. | Downtown Bookworks |
| 9781338806090 | Bloop | Tara Lazar | "Bloop, the little green alien, must conquer Earth, and his first step is figuring out who's in charge. The answer? Dogs!"-- | Harper |
| 9781984830470 | Bonaparte Plays Ball | Margery Cuyler | Bonaparte the skeleton and his team, the Little Monsters, face the Mighty Aliens in a monster version of the World Series. | Crown Books For Young Readers |
| 9780375875274 | Capital Mysteries #6: Fireworks at the Fbi | Ron Roy | From popular A to Z Mysteries author Ron Roy comes a red, white, and blue mystery perfect for the election season! In the sixth book of the Capital Mysteries—an early chapter book mystery series featuring fun facts and famous sites from Washington, D.C.— KC gets a front row seat to the Fourth of July festivities at the White House. What better place to be on the fourth than Washington, D.C.? But KC spots fireworks coming from a very peculiar place - the FBI building! Although the president thinks it was an accident, KC and her friend Marshall know better. They are sure those fireworks were covering up a clever crime! Each book highlights one of the famous museums, buildings, or monuments from the Washington area and includes a map and a two-page fun fact spread with photographs. Parents, teachers, and librarians agree that these highly collectible chapter books are perfect for emerging readers and any kid who love mysteries! | Random House Books for Young Readers |
| 9780316139854 | Catcher with a Glass Arm | Matt Christopher | A young baseball player struggles to overcome his fear of a pitched ball, improve his throwing, and somehow redeem himself in the eyes of his teammates. | Little, Brown Books for Young Readers |
| 9780545518154 | Caught Red-Handed | Sarah Hines-Stephens | "When four friends stumble across a mysterious note and a stash of spy gear, they are primed for an adventure. Little do they know that intrigue will find them ... Someone is attempting to sabotage their school's production of The Wizard of Oz and only the girls of the brand-new Spy Society can unravel the mystery!"-- | |
| 9780140328691 | Charlie and the Chocolate Factory | Roald Dahl | What happens when the five luckiest children in the entire world walk through the doors of Willy Wonka's famous, mysterious chocolate factory? What happens when, one by one, the children disobey Mr. Wonka's orders? In Dahl's most popular story, the nasty are punished and the good are deliciously, sumptuously rewarded. "From the Hardcover edition." | Puffin |
| 9780141371368 | Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator | Dahl, Roald | Puffin | |
| 9781534443815 | Charlie Thorne and the Lost City | Stuart Gibbs | In this sequel to the New York Times bestselling Charlie Thorne and the Last Equation—which #1 New York Times bestselling author Chris Grabenstein called “a real page-burner”—Charlie searches for Charles Darwin’s hidden treasure in South America. Charlie Thorne is a genius. Charlie Thorne is a fugitive. Charlie Thorne isn’t even thirteen. After saving the world, Charlie is ready to take it easy in the Galapagos Islands. That is, until she’s approached by the mysterious Esmeralda Castle, who has a code she knows only Charlie can decipher. In 1835, Charles Darwin diverted his ship’s journey so he could spend ten months in South America on a secret solo expedition. When he returned, he carried a treasure that inspired both awe and terror in his crew. Afterward, it vanished, never to be seen again… But Darwin left a trail of clues behind for those brave and clever enough to search for it. Enter Charlie Thorne. In a daring adventure that takes her across South America, Charlie must crack Darwin’s 200-year-old clues to track down his mysterious discovery—and stay ahead of the formidable lineup of enemies who are hot on her tail. When an ancient hidden treasure is at stake, people will do anything to find it first. Charlie may be a genius, but is she smart enough to know who she can trust? | Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers |
| 9780590302715 | Charlotte's Web | Elwyn Brooks White | When he discovers that he is destined to be someone's dinner, Wilbur the pig is desolate until his spider friend Charlotte decides to help him. | |
| 9780062215932 | Clayton Byrd Goes Underground | Rita Williams-Garcia | From beloved Newbery Honor winner and three-time Coretta Scott King Award winner Rita Williams-Garcia comes a powerful and heartfelt novel about loss, family, and love that will appeal to fans of Jason Reynolds and Kwame Alexander. Clayton feels most alive when he’s with his grandfather, Cool Papa Byrd, and the band of Bluesmen—he can’t wait to join them, just as soon as he has a blues song of his own. But then the unthinkable happens. Cool Papa Byrd dies, and Clayton’s mother forbids Clayton from playing the blues. And Clayton knows that’s no way to live. Armed with his grandfather’s brown porkpie hat and his harmonica, he runs away from home in search of the Bluesmen, hoping he can join them on the road. But on the journey that takes him through the New York City subways and to Washington Square Park, Clayton learns some things that surprise him. National Book Award Finalist * Kirkus Best Books of 2017 * Horn Book Best Books of 2017 * Publishers Weekly Best Books of 2017 * School Library Journal Best Books of 2017 * NAACP Image Awards Youth/Teens Winner * Chicago Public Library Best Books * Boston Globe Best Books of 2017 "This slim novel strikes a strong chord."—Publishers Weekly (starred review) "This complex tale of family and forgiveness has heart.” —School Library Journal (starred review) "Strong characterizations and vivid musical scenes add layers to this warm family story.” —Kirkus Reviews (starred review) “An appealing, realistic story with frequent elegant turns of phrase." —The Horn Book (starred review) "Garcia-Williams skillfully finds melody in words.” —Booklist (starred review) | Amistad |
| 9780545036191 | Clementine | Sara Pennypacker | While sorting through difficulties in her friendship with her neighbor Margaret, eight-year-old Clementine gains several unique hairstyles while also helping her father in his efforts to banish pigeons from the front of their apartment building. | |
| 9780764145476 | Click! Energy | Nuria Jiménez, Empar Jiménez | Presents information about different forms of energy, how human beings use it, the problems that the use of certain energy sources can cause, and how to reduce negative effects on the environment by conserving energy and using renewable energy resources. | |
| 9780448457130 | Clone Wars Adventures | Daniel Wallace | Presents a guide to the Star Wars online games, with instructions on such topics as customizing your Jedi character, exploring the Jedi temple, piloting a Jedi Starfighter, and battling Separatist villains. | Grosset & Dunlap |
| 9780399550591 | Crunch the Shy Dinosaur | Cirocco Dunlap | From Cirocco Dunlap (This Book Will Not Be Fun) and Theodor Seuss Geisel Award winner Greg Pizzoli (The Watermelon Seed) comes a charming, giggly read-aloud that illustrates the particular art of making a friend! Crunch is a lovely and quiet brontosaurus who has hidden himself in some shubbery and is rather shy. He would like to play, but it will require some gentle coaxing from you! If you are patient and encouraging, you will find yourself with a new friend! This picture book is a warm, funny example of how to engage with someone new, who is perhaps a bit different from you. Lessons in friend-making (such as minding personal space and demonstrating interest in another's hobbies) are delivered so subtly that children will absorb them unconsciously as they delight in Crunch's silly hat and dance moves! Cirocco Dunlap (This Book Will Not Be Fun) and Greg Pizzoli (The Watermelon Seed) enchant and surprise us with their first collaboration. A Chicago Public Library Best Book of 2018! | National Geographic Books |
| 9781481487405 | Dancing Hands | Margarita Engle | Winner of the Pura Belpré Illustrator Award A Kirkus Reviews Best Picture Book In soaring words and stunning illustrations, Margarita Engle and Rafael López tell the story of Teresa Carreño, a child prodigy who played piano for Abraham Lincoln. As a little girl, Teresa Carreño loved to let her hands dance across the beautiful keys of the piano. If she felt sad, music cheered her up, and when she was happy, the piano helped her share that joy. Soon she was writing her own songs and performing in grand cathedrals. Then a revolution in Venezuela forced her family to flee to the United States. Teresa felt lonely in this unfamiliar place, where few of the people she met spoke Spanish. Worst of all, there was fighting in her new home, too—the Civil War. Still, Teresa kept playing, and soon she grew famous as the talented Piano Girl who could play anything from a folk song to a sonata. So famous, in fact, that President Abraham Lincoln wanted her to play at the White House! Yet with the country torn apart by war, could Teresa’s music bring comfort to those who needed it most? | Atheneum Books for Young Readers |
| 9780141371375 | Danny the Champion of the World | Dahl, Roald | Classic Fiction (children's / Teenage). Phizz-whizzing New Branding For The World's No.1 Storyteller, Roald Dahl! Exciting, Bold And Instantly Recognisable With Quentin Blake's Inimitable Artwork. Danny Lives In A Gipsy Caravan With His Father, The Most Marvellous And Exciting Father Any Boy Ever Had. All The Land Around Them Belongs To Mr Victor Hazell, A Rich Snob With A Great Glistening Beery Face And Tiny Piggy Eyes. Nobody Likes Him, Not One-little Bit. So One Day, Danny And His Father Concoct A Daring Plot That Will Give The Old Blue-faced Baboon Victor Hazell The Greatest Shock Of His Life - So Long As They Don't Get Caught... Ages 9+ | Puffin |
| 9780152018924 | Dear Benjamin Banneker | Andrea Davis Pinkney | Describes the life of America's first Black scientist, Benjamin Banneker, who published his own almanac, helped survey the site for the nation's capital, and spoke out against slavery. | Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |
| 9780679824114 | Dinosaurs Before Dark | Mary Pope Osborne | Eight-year-old Jack and his younger sister Annie find a magic treehouse, which whisks them back to an ancient time zone where they see live dinosaurs. | Random House Books for Young Readers |
| 9780544103191 | Discovering Mars | Melvin Berger |