Deanna Grisham's Library
Barkers Mill Elementary
| ISBN | Title | Author | Description | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9781946873750 | Maybe | Kobi Yamada | "Maybe, just maybe, you will exceed your wildest dreams... " [quatrième de couverture]. | Compendium Publishing & Communications |
| 9780439730280 | Me Oh Maya | Jon Scieszka | Joe, Fred, and Sam find themselves whisked by The Book to the main ring-ball court in Chichin Itza, Mexico in 1000 A.D., where they must play for their lives against a Mayan High Priest who cheats. | |
| 9780316522885 | Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy: a Graphic Novel | Rey Terciero | 2018 marks the 150th anniversary of the classic Little Women by Louisa May Alcott. Join Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy as they are reenvisioned as a blended family living in modern day NYC in this beautiful, full-color graphic novel. With their father away in the military and their mother working overtime to support the family, the March sisters have to rely on one another to make it from day to day. Whether they're arguing over the bathroom, struggling with homework, fighting off bullies, understanding their crushes, or battling leukemia, there's one thing the four sisters keep questioning--will everything turn out okay? Follow modern young women, Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy as they discover themselves and follow their dreams. This lushly-illustrated story is a must-read for fans of Raina Telgemeier's Smile and Sisters, Mariko Tamaki's This One Summer, Svetlana Chmakova's Awkward, and Victoria Jamieson's Roller Girl. | Little, Brown Books for Young Readers |
| 9781629797182 | Memphis, Martin, and the Mountaintop | Alice Faye Duncan | Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor Book • School Library Journal Best Book of the Year • Booklist Editors' Choice • Kirkus Reviews Best Children's Book • Booklist Top 10 Diverse Books for Middle Grade or Older Readers • Chicago Public Library Best of the Best Books This award-winning book will help kids understand the life and legacy of Civil Rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. ★"(A) history that everyone should know: required and inspired." —Kirkus Reviews This picture book tells the story of a nine-year-old girl who in 1968 witnessed the Memphis sanitation strike - Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s final stand for justice before his assassination - when her father, a sanitation worker, participated in the protest. In February 1968, two African American sanitation workers were killed by unsafe equipment in Memphis, Tennessee. Outraged at the city's refusal to recognize a labor union that would fight for higher pay and safer working conditions, sanitation workers went on strike. The strike lasted two months, during which Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was called to help with the protests. While his presence was greatly inspiring to the community, this unfortunately would be his last stand for justice. He was assassinated in his Memphis hotel the day after delivering his "I've Been to the Mountaintop" sermon in Mason Temple Church. Inspired by the memories of a teacher who participated in the strike as a child, author Alice Faye Duncan reveals the story of the Memphis sanitation strike from the perspective of a young girl with a riveting combination of poetry and prose. | National Geographic Books |
| 9780763649524 | Mercy Watson Fights Crime | Kate DiCamillo | Mercy the pig's love of buttered toast leads to the capture of a small thief who would rather be a cowboy. | Candlewick Press (MA) |
| 9780763645052 | Mercy Watson Goes for a Ride | Kate DiCamillo | Mr. Watson's usual Saturday drive in his Cadillac with his favorite pig, Mercy, turns into an adventure when an unexpected passenger shows up in the back seat and Mercy finds herself behind the wheel. | Candlewick Press (MA) |
| 9780763652319 | Mercy Watson Thinks Like a Pig | Kate DiCamillo | After Mercy Watson follows the scent and taste of the pansies her thoughtful neighbors plant to beautify their yard, animal control officer Francine Poulet is called out to handle the case, which brings unexpected results. | Candlewick Press (MA) |
| 9780763645045 | Mercy Watson to the Rescue | Kate DiCamillo, Chris Van Dusen | After Mercy the pig snuggles to sleep with the Watsons, all three awaken with the bed teetering on the edge of a big hole in the floor. | Candlewick Press |
| 9780698116429 | Merry-Go-Round | Ruth Heller | Perfect for introductory grammar lessons! What is a noun? Explore language and discover the uses of nouns and their many grammatical forms from proper nouns to common nouns to abstract nouns. “Heller explores types of nouns: common, proper, abstract, concrete, compound, collective, singular, plural, and possessive... Its lush, exuberant full-color artwork will grab kids' attention.”—Booklist “With humor, style, and succinct, admirable precision, Heller summarizes everything most people will ever need to know about this particular area of grammar. ... A treasure.”—Kirkus Reviews “To say that Heller has a way with words is to understate a multifaceted talent... The rhymed text of this book is as witty and smooth as its predecessors ... Rarely does a book offer children so much to look at, listen to and learn.”—Publishers Weekly “Striking graphic design with large clear objects in bold colors overflowing each double-page spread make the book a visual treat. The use of bold type for all the nouns is particularly pleasing and will make for easy reading aloud... Those who have found the others in the series successful will want this one.”—School Library Journal About the Explore! series: Dedicated to helping children learn a variety of nonfiction subjects, the Explore series uses pitch-perfect rhyming text and brilliantly illustrated images to make learning fun. Books in the series: Explore Language! 1. Behind the Mask: A Book About Prepositions 2. Cache of Jewels: And Other Collective Nouns 3. Fantastic! Wow! and Unreal!: A Book About Interjections and Conjunctions 4. Kites Sail High: A Book About Verbs 5. Many Luscious Lollipops: A Book About Adjectives 6. Mine, All Mine!: A Book About Pronouns 7. Merry-Go-Round: A Book About Nouns 8. Up, Up and Away: A Book About Adverbs Explore Nature! 1. Animals Born Alive and Well: A Book About Mammals and Their Young 2. Chickens Aren't the Only Ones: A Book About Animals Who Lay Eggs 3. The Reason for a Flower: A Book About Flowers, Pollen, and Seeds 4. Plants that Never Ever Bloom: A Book About Fungi, Ferns, and Other Plants Without Flowers | Penguin |
| 9781338571509 | Mia Mayhem Is a Superhero! | Kara West | Eight-year-old Mia Macarooney is delighted to learn she is from a family of superheroes, but her acceptance into the Program for In Training Superheroes requires she take a placement exam. | |
| 9781338589498 | Mia Mayhem Learns to Fly! | Kara West | "With help from her best friend and the super academy's most talented flier, Mia learns how to fly!"-- | |
| 9781338637717 | Mia Mayhem vs. the Super Bully | Kara West | Mia is excited about her first superspeed training class, but a bully on her relay team leads her to lose her shadow and, worse, to snap at her friends. | |
| 9780448446721 | Midnight Mystery | Rebecca McCarthy | Skull Boy decides to assume the role of Sherlock Holmes to find the culprit when all the food in the house disappears. | Penguin |
| 9781338254310 | Mighty Girl! (Scholastic Reader, Level 2: Welliewishers by American Girl) | Meredith Rusu | While pretending to be superheroes with her friends, Emerson gets so involved in her role that she ruins the picnic the friends have planned. | Scholastic Incorporated |
| 9780590262620 | Mighty Spiders! | Fay Robinson | Discusses the characteristics and behavior of different kinds of spiders | Cartwheel Books |
| 9781338766691 | Mimi and the Boo-Hoo Blahs: a Graphix Chapters Book (Mimi #2) | Shauna J. Grant | Mimi returns for another misadventure in this sweet, funny Graphix Chapters series by Shauna J. Grant. Boo-hoo! Mimi is not having a good day. She can't get her pigtails to sit right, she's not in the mood for her favorite breakfast, and she's far from feeling like her usual self... Mimi has a case of the Blahs, where nothing feels quite right. So with the help of Penelope, her magical toy dog and best friend, she sets out to find a way to get rid of this icky feeling. Will Mimi reclaim her spark, or will the Blahs get the best of her? Graphix Chapters are ideal books for beginning and newly independent readers. With approachable page counts, easy-to-follow paneling, and artwork that supports text comprehension, these engaging stories with unforgettable characters help children become lifelong readers. Get drawn into reading with Graphix Chapters! | Graphix |
| 9780399255939 | Miss Maple's Seeds | After gathering lost seeds during the summer, a kind woman tends and instructs them throughout the fall and winter before sending them out in the spring to find roots of their own. | ||
| 9780395416686 | Miss Nelson Is Back | Harry Allard | When their teacher has to go away for a week, the kids in Room 207 plan to "really act up". "This is an artful spoof that's not to be missed".--Booklist. | Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |
| 9781338587852 | Misunderstood Shark | Ame Dyckman | Bob, host of Underwater World with Bob, is furious with Shark, not only because Shark ate him (admittedly bad manners), but because Shark will not even admit what he did; the ocean may not be big enough for both of them--unless Shark faces up to his bad behavior, stops sulking (and eating the animals on the program, and maybe barfing up his stomach) and apologizes. | Orchard Books |
| 9780545638395 | Moldylocks and the Three Beards | Noah Z. Jones | Meeting the strange Moldylocks in the land of Fake-Believe, Princess accompanies her new friend to the home of the Three Beards, where they eat chili and jump on the furniture. By the creator of Those Shoes. Simultaneous. | Scholastic Incorporated |