Elizabeth Nelson's Library
Liberty Elementary
| ISBN | Title | Author | Description | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9780590479073 | The Case Of The Secret Message (Clue Jr. #1) | Hinter, Parker C. | Little Apple | |
| 9780590137447 | The Clue In The Crystal Ball (Clue, Book 17) | Dona Smith, A. E. Parker | Another wacky collection of mini-mysteries challenges young Clue fans to test their sleuthing skills to figure out if Mrs. White, Miss Scarlet, Colonel Mustard, or another of the gang did in the ever-present Mr. Boddy. Original. | Apple |
| 9781597071727 | The Coliseum Con (Geronimo Stilton #3) | Geronimo Stilton | The Pirate Cats are up to no good again! This time, Bonzo and company travel to Rome in the year 80 CE to the opening of the Coliseum, Rome's largest amphitheater. The evil felines want to world to think that they designed the Coliseum, and they infiltrate the Roman Senate posing as nobility. Geronimo and his friends must expose the cats' plot, all the while taking in historical landmarks and breathtaking moments of history. | Papercutz |
| 9780439681346 | The Desperate Mission | Jude Watson | At the start of the Empire, Obi-Wan Kenobi must preserve the Jedi legacy ... and not be found by Darth Vader. After the events of Episode III, Obi-Wan Kenobi finds himself adrift in the galaxy . . . with Darth Vader on his trail. | Scholastic Paperbacks |
| 9780439114943 | The Dinosaurs of Waterhouse Hawkins | Barbara Kerley | Introduces the true story of Victorian artist Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins, who built life-sized models of dinosaurs in the hope of educating the world about these awe-inspiring ancient animals and what they were like. | Scholastic Inc. |
| 9781338759129 | The Dragon Thief | Zetta Elliott | Jaxon had just one job--to return three baby dragons to the realm of magic. But when he got there, only two dragons were left in the bag. His best friend's sister, Kavita, is a dragon thief! Kavita only wanted what was best for the baby dragon. But now every time she feeds it, the dragon grows and grows! How can she possibly keep it secret? Even worse, stealing it has upset the balance between the worlds. The gates to the other realm have shut tight! Jaxon needs all the help he can get to find Kavita, outsmart a trickster named Blue, and return the baby dragon to its true home. | |
| 9780064440424 | The Drinking Gourd | F. N. Monjo | The stars of the Big Dipper have led a runaway slave family to Deacon Fuller's house, a stop on the underground railroad. Will Tommy Fuller be able to hide the runaways from a search party -- or will the secret passengers be discovered and their hope for freedom destroyed? | Harper Collins |
| 9781416990512 | The Egypt Game | Snyder, Zilpha Keatley | The first time Melanie Ross meets April Hall, she’s not sure they have anything in common. But she soon discovers that they both love anything to do with ancient Egypt. When they stumble upon a deserted storage yard, Melanie and April decide it’s the perfect spot for the Egypt Game. Before long there are six Egyptians, and they all meet to wear costumes, hold ceremonies, and work on their secret code. Everyone thinks it’s just a game until strange things start happening. Has the Egypt Game gone too far? | Atheneum Books for Young Readers |
| 9781629911816 | The First Samurai | Traveling to Tokugawa Dynasty-era Japan to stop the Pirate Cats' evil scheme, Geronimo Stilton unwittingly assumes the identity of a legendary swordsman while Thea Stilton accidentally invents Kabuki theater. | ||
| 9781481445023 | The Flying Girl: How Aida De Acosta Learned To Soar | Margarita Engle | In this beautiful picture book filled with soaring words and buoyant illustrations, award-winners Margarita Engle and Sara Palacios tell the inspiring true story of Aída de Acosta, the first woman to fly a motorized aircraft.On a lively street in the lovely city of Paris, a girl named Aída glanced up and was dazzled by the sight of an airship. Oh, how she wished she could soar through the sky like that! The inventor of the airship, Alberto, invited Aída to ride with him, but she didn’t want to be a passenger. She wanted to be the pilot.Aída was just a teenager, and no woman or girl had ever flown before. She didn’t let that stop her, though. All she needed was courage and a chance to try. | Atheneum Books for Young Readers |
| 9780439204200 | The Giant Germ | Anne Capeci, Joanna Cole | When Keesha discovers mold on her sandwich, the class takes off on a tour of the mini microbe world, and they learn first hand that these little creatures can have huge effects. Ms. Frizzle proves that there is always more than meets the eye in this gigantic adventure. Illustrations. | Scholastic Inc. |
| 9781338572278 | The Girl With A Mind For Math: The Story Of Raye Montague | Julia Finley Mosca | Meet Raye Montague--the hidden mastermind who made waves in the U.S. Navy!After touring a German submarine in the early 1940s, young Raye set her sights on becoming an engineer. Little did she know sexism and racial inequality would challenge that dream every step of the way, even keeping her greatest career accomplishment a secret for decades. Through it all, the gifted mathematician persisted--finally gaining her well-deserved title in history: a pioneer who changed the course of ship design forever.The Girl With a Mind for Math: The Story of Raye Montague is the third book in a riveting educational series about the inspiring lives of amazing scientists. In addition to the illustrated rhyming tale, you'll find a complete biography, fun facts, a colorful timeline of events, and even a note from Montague herself! | Scholastic, Inc. |
| 9780439182980 | The Golden Wasp | Tony Abbott, Tim Jessell | Julie makes a big mistake when she brings a bracelet home from Droon. Now she has upset the balance between worlds -- and strange things are starting to happen. | Scholastic Paperbacks |
| 9780439598408 | The Grapes of Math | Greg Tang | Illustrated riddles introduce strategies for solving a variety of math problems by looking for patterns, symmetries, and familiar number combinations within the eye-catching pictures. Reprint. | Scholastic Paperbacks |
| 9780823420292 | The Great Graph Contest | Loreen Leedy | Learn everything about graphs, charts, and how to organize information in this fun picture book introduction. Follow two comical creatures as they go graph-crazy! Gonk the frog and his friend Chester have all kinds of questions-- do more of their friends like mud, or not? Who has the biggest feet? What color butterfly is most common? In order to answer these questions, the two friends make all kinds of charts-- and so can you! This funny look at graphs and charts introduces several major ways of organizing information-- bar graphs, pie charts, Venn diagrams, and more. With concrete, easy-to-understand examples and bright, cartoonish illustrations, The Great Graph Contest is a kid-friendly introduction to the basics of data visualization that will have you itching to make your own graphs! An author's note expands on the different kinds of charts pictured in the story, and instructions on making your own graphs and charts are included. | National Geographic Books |
| 9780807531631 | The Great Math Tattle Battle | Anne Bowen | Harley Harrison is the best math student in second grade; he is also the biggest tattletale. Then Emma Jean arrrives. She is good at math too, but is also a tattletale. Soon they're using their math skills to tattle on each other every chance they get. | Albert Whitman & Company |
| 9780761351108 | The Great Moon Hoax | Stephen Krensky | Two newsboys in 1830s New York sell copies of the New York Sun reporting that a powerful telescope has found exotic animals and structures on the moon. Based on a true story. | Carolrhoda Books |
| 9780439204217 | The Great Shark Escape | Jennifer Johnston | What starts as a class trip to the aquarium ends in the depths of the ocean, where the class has to escape from the jaws of a great white shark. Ms. Frizzle teaches the class about different shark species, including the goblin shark, angel shark, and the enormous whale shark. Illustrations. | Scholastic Inc. |
| 9780547928227 | The Hobbit | J. R. R. Tolkien | The journey through Middle-earth begins here with J.R.R. Tolkien's classic prelude to his Lord of the Rings trilogy.“A glorious account of a magnificent adventure, filled with suspense and seasoned with a quiet humor that is irresistible... All those, young or old, who love a fine adventurous tale, beautifully told, will take The Hobbit to their hearts.”—The New York Times Book Review"In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit." So begins one of the most beloved and delightful tales in the English language—Tolkien's prelude to The Lord of the Rings. Set in the imaginary world of Middle-earth, at once a classic myth and a modern fairy tale, The Hobbit is one of literature's most enduring and well-loved novels.Bilbo Baggins is a hobbit who enjoys a comfortable, unambitious life, rarely traveling any farther than his pantry or cellar. But his contentment is disturbed when the wizard Gandalf and a company of dwarves arrive on his doorstep one day to whisk him away on an adventure. They have launched a plot to raid the treasure hoard guarded by Smaug the Magnificent, a large and very dangerous dragon. Bilbo reluctantly joins their quest, unaware that on his journey to the Lonely Mountain he will encounter both a magic ring and a frightening creature known as Gollum. | Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |
| 9780020442004 | The Horse And His Boy (The Chronicles Of Narnia, No. 5) | C. S. Lewis | The Horse and his Boy is a stirring and dramatic fantasy story that finds a young boy named Shasta on the run from his homeland with the talking horse, Bree. When the pair discover a deadly plot by the Calormen people to conquer the land of Narnia, the race is on to warn the inhabitants of the impending danger and to rescue them all from certain death. | Collier Books |