Cynthia Hudgings' Library
Pisgah Elementary
| ISBN | Title | Author | Description | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9780803718371 | The Year of the Perfect Christmas Tree | Gloria Houston | Ruthie and her mother wonder how they will fulfill their obligation of getting the perfect Christmas tree to the town for the holiday celebration, since Papa has left the Appalachian area to go to war. | |
| 9780590590891 | There's a Boy in the Girls' Bathroom | Louis Sachar | Bradley Chalkers is a bad lot He lies, he gets into fights, no one wants to be his friend and he is all alone. Until, that is, he meets the delightful new school counsellor, Carla, and she persuades Bradley that he can change. | |
| 9780545924733 | Through Jane's Eyes | When a young Jane Goodall was told, "Jane, forget about this nonsense with Africa, dream about things you can achieve," she was inspired to bring her dream of making a difference in Africa to reality. This homage to her dedication and the inspiration for this book is to spread her message, "Children can change the world." | ||
| 9780805071610 | Tiger Math | Ann Whitehead Nagda, Cindy Bickel | Describes the growth of an orphan Siberian tiger cub, by means of words and graphs. | Macmillan |
| 9780545288002 | Titanicat | Marty Crisp | A boy who has signed on as cabin boy aboard the Titanic helps ready the ship for its maiden voyage, but when it is time to set sail and he cannot find the ship's cat on board, he leaves the vessel to search for her. | |
| 9780399233814 | Togo | Robert J. Blake | In 1925, Togo, a Siberian husky who loves being a sled dog, leads a team that rushes to bring diphtheria antitoxin from Anchorage to Nome, Alaska. | Philomel |
| 9781338114065 | Took | Mary Downing Hahn | "A witch called Old Auntie is lurking near Dan's family's new home. He doesn't believe in her at first, but is forced to accept that she is real and take action when his little sister, Erica, is 'took' to become Auntie's slave for the next fifty years"-- | |
| 9780439531078 | Trouble at Betts Pets | Kelly Easton-Ruben | A number of changes are taking place in fifth-grader Aaron's life: business at the family pet shop is declining, forcing his parents to consider selling the store; luxury condominiums are going up on the land that houses a community garden, displacing the homeless woman who lives there; and Aaron gets to know his seemingly perfect classmate Sharon when she begins to tutor him in math. | |
| 9780887532337 | Twelfth Night for Kids | Lois Burdett, Christine Coburn, William Shakespeare | A Shakespearean play written in rhyming couplets. | Firefly Books |
| 9781453064856 | Understanding the Bill of Rights (Reading Discovery) | Sally Senzell Isaacs | Dalmatian Press | |
| 9780061857768 | Wemberly Worried | A mouse named Wemberly, who worries about everything, finds that she has a whole list of things to worry about when she faces the first day of nursery school. | Greenwillow Books | |
| 9780545036245 | What a Day It Was at School! | Jack Prelutsky | A collection of poems about a day at school. | |
| 9781338607055 | What Is the Constitution? | Patricia Demuth | "We the people at Who HQ bring readers the full story--arguments and all--of how the US Constitution came into being. Signed on September 17, 1787--four years after the American War for Independence--the Constitution laid out the supreme law of the United States of America. Today it's easy for us to take this blueprint of our government for granted. But the Framers--fifty-five men from almost all of the original 13 states--argued fiercely for many months over what ended up being only a four-page document. Here is a fascinating behind-the-scenes look at the hotly fought issues--those between Northern and Southern States; big states and little ones--and the key players such as James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, and George Washington who suffered through countless revisions to make the Constitution happen"-- | |
| 9780439227964 | When Mama Comes Home Tonight | Eileen Spinelli | When Mama arrives home, she and her child enjoy a series of activities together before bedtime. | |
| 9780439754231 | White Star | Marty Crisp | Twelve-year-old Sam, a passenger on the Titanic's maiden sea voyage, volunteers to help care for the dogs in the ocean liner's kennel and becomes fast friends with the Irish setter of J. Bruce Ismay, the ship's owner. | |
| 9780439576963 | Who's that Knocking on Christmas Eve? | Jan Brett | ||
| 9780316198455 | You Will Be My Friend! | Peter Brown | Lucy, a young bear, starts her day determined to make a new friend but her enthusiasm leads to all sorts of problems until, just as she is about to give up, an unexpected friend finds her. | |
| 9780531230398 | You Wouldn't Want to Explore with Lewis and Clark! | Jacqueline Morley, Mark Bergin, David Salariya | Brief text, sidebars, labeled illustrations, and humorous cartoons depict explorers Lewis and Clark, outlining their routes, personal experiences, and encounters with the Native Americans. | Franklin Watts |