Emily Samples' Library
Glenellen Elementary
| ISBN | Title | Author | Description | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9780689802799 | Skeleton Woman | Villoldo | A fisherman accidentally hooks the skeleton of Annuk, a young Aleutian girl who had drowned, on his line, and the fisherman's compassion for the girl brings her magically back to life, in an Aleutian folktale about the power of love and compassion. | Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing |
| Small Worlds | ||||
| 9780590425377 | Snow Treasure | Marie McSwigan | Grade Level 5.5, Book# 85, Points 4. | Scholastic Inc. |
| 9780688120214 | Soccer Circus | Jamie Gilson | "Hobie Hanson is going on an overnight soccer trip. He and his male teammates are rooming with their coach, so how much trouble can he get into? Quite enough to delight any follower of the ubiquitous Hobie....Gilson's latest will not disappoint her fans."--Booklist. "A lively blend of sports, mystery, and laughs; the dialogue's both funny and believable, while some of the antics...are hilarious."--Kirkus Reviews. | HarperCollins |
| 9780439269919 | Solar System (Scholastic Science Readers) | Gregory Vogt | Take a journey through space! The Scholastic Science Readers series was created especially to bring exciting nonfiction to beginning readers. Ilustrated with full-color photographs.A simple explanation of the sun, moon, and the nine planets, with additional facts about asteroids and space exploration.Learn what the sun is made of, and how the sun's gravity makes the planets orbit around it. Find out how far each planet is from the sun, how many moons it has, and what it looks like up-close!Why study the solar system? Space exploration could explain the history of the universe or reveal whether there is other life out there! | Scholastic Reference |
| 9780060781613 | Some Pig! | E. B. White | Relates the special relationship between a young girl named Fern and Wilbur, the spring pig she raises and loves. | Harper Collins |
| 9780803754522 | Song Of The Trees | Mildred D. Taylor | During the Depression, a rural black family deeply attached to the forest on their land tries to save it from being cut down by an unscrupulous white man. | Dial |
| 9781595665331 | Start Reading Set Books Are Fun Edition | Sally Hewitt | ||
| 9781338815771 | Stink And The Hairy Scary Spider | Megan McDonald | Creepy! Crawly! Criminy! Stink Is Bonkers About Most Scientific Things. But Dangle A Spider In Front Of Him And He Goes Berserk! Stink Is So Freaked Out By Spiders That He Can't Read About Them. He Can't Look At Them. He Can't Think About Them. And He For Sure Can't Touch Them! Stink Has Arachnophobia (a Fear Of Spiders), And He Has It Bad. But When A Hairy Backyard Emergency Arises, Stink Is Forced To Face His Fear--and Eight Beady Eyes--head-on. Will He Manage To Tame The Heebie-jeebies, Or Will He Remain Stuck In His Web Of Tarantulan Terror? -- | |
| 9780439095105 | Stone Fox | John Reynolds Gardiner | Little Willy hopes to pay the back taxes on his grandfather's farm with the purse from a dog sled race he enters. | |
| 9780545741668 | Sunny Side Up | Jennifer L. Holm | From the groundbreaking and award-winning sister-brother team behind Babymouse comes a middle-grade, semi-autobiographical graphic novel. Following the lives of kids whose older brother's delinquent behavior has thrown their family into chaos, Sunny Side Up is at once a compelling "problem" story and a love letter to the comic books that help the protagonist make sense of her world. By sister-bother team Jennifer and Matthew Holm. A 200-page, full-color graphic novel in the vein of Raina Telgemeier's Smile. | Graphix |
| 9780525451983 | Superbird To The Rescue: 2 | Nancy Hayashi | Product Description A first-chapter book follows the adventures of best friends Jesse and Walter and their parrot companion, Zenith--alias Superbird--as they go undercover at the mall to catch shoplifters before Zenith gets a birdbrained idea. From School Library Journal Grade 3-4?In this jovial, easy-to-read chapter book, Jesse and his friend Walter decide to become undercover detectives. Taking Jesse's pet parrot, Zenith, along in a paper bag as protection, they go to the mall in search of shoplifters. Hayashi presents a straightforward story with short sentences; charcoal illustrations appear on alternate pages. The plot is peppered with humorous escapades and conversations. To readers' delight, the sleuths prove themselves successful. A clever and enjoyable choice.?Blair Christolon, Prince William Library, Manassas, VACopyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc. | Dutton Juvenile |
| 9780689866173 | Super-Completely And Totally The Messiest | Viorst, Judith | It's hard being practically perfect and having the world's messiest younger sister. Big sister is constantly urging Sophie to be neat — like me, Olivia — but whether at home, at school, trick-or-treating on Halloween, or even at the beach, Sophie is a disaster. Still, as big brother, Jake, and their parents keep reminding Olivia, Sophie does have some redeeming qualities. Sophie joins the legendary Alexander as super-completely and totally one of Judith Viorst's most irresistible characters ever.Publishers WeeklyThe title of this slender tale from the team behind Alexander, Who's Not (Do you hear me? I mean it!) Going to Move describes Sophie, who is as clumsy as she is messy. Sophie's neat-as-a-pin, practically perfect older sister, Olivia, characterizes Sophie in an intermittently humorous, yet rather tedious, litany of her disheveled sibling's mishaps. Glasser's animated artwork delivers much of the comedy; the cartoonish illustrations capture both Sophie's unruly appearance and behavior with an appealing, light touch and always convey the girl's big heart. Kid-tickling detail abounds in such images as the copious contents of Sophie's closet spilling out and entirely burying the child, and Sophie painting a self-portrait literally on her classroom desk (the legs of which sport her yellow rubber boots). Glasser handles Sophie's cluttered world with aplomb, using pen-and-ink to outline her surroundings and a judicious touch of watercolor to keep readers' focus on the relevant action. Yet the single-themed narrative becomes repetitious. The greatest strength of the volume is the loving family's acceptance of Sophie's many quirks and their obvious affection for her. Though Sophie may not have the staying power of Viorst's perennially popular Alexander, her antics will surely elicit grins—and perhaps even giggles—from young readers. Ages 4-7. (Mar.) Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information. | Atheneum Books for Young Readers |
| 9780380974528 | Sweet By And By | Patricia Hermes | Nothing makes Blessing happier than to sit, singing, with Monnie, her grandmother, beside her, making music on the fiddle. Blessing's mama died when she was two, and Monnie has looked after her ever since in their small house in the Tennessee mountains. But it's been a long time since Monnie has felt well, really well. Even working in her beloved garden is beyond her now, and the doctor says she isn't getting any better.Blessing is only eleven, and she knows she's going to be on her own soon. The mountain people will help her, but how does she know whom to trust? And how will she go on without Monnie by her side?From the author of Mama, Let's Dance comes a novel of heartbreak, remembering, and hope, set against the backdrop of the Second World War. | HarperColl |
| Ted And Dolly's Fairytale Flight | ||||
| 9780545805384 | That's A Possibility | Bruce Goldstone | Brand New Paperback. | Scholastic |
| 9781567111156 | The Alaska Pipeline (Building America) | Craig A. Doherty, Katherine M. Doherty | Describes the history and construction of the pipeline, and discusses the environmental challenges it raised | Blackbirch Pr Inc |
| 9780807503676 | The Animal Shelter Mystery | Gertrude Chandler Warner | The Alden children save an old woman's house, land, and all the animals in her animal shelter from greedy contractors. | Albert Whitman & Company |
| 9780395292051 | The Ant and the Elephant | Many creatures are helped when two animals refuse to conform to the laws of the jungle. Of all the animals the elephant rescues, only the tiny ant returns the favour. | Houghton Mifflin Harcourt | |
| The Babysitter's Club: Kristy's Worst Idea |