Emily Samples' Library
Glenellen Elementary
| ISBN | Title | Author | Description | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9780590994811 | Arthur's Halloween | Marc Tolon Brown | Arthur finds everything about Halloween scary, including his little sister's costume, his morning snack, and the big house on the corner. | |
| 9780395673225 | Atalanta's Race: A Greek Myth | In ancient Greece, the gods control every life, from peasant to King. When newborn Princess Atalanta is left to die on a mountainside because her father wanted a son, the gods send a bear to care for her. Adopted by a woodsman, she grows into a great hunter and athlete, and is eventually reunited with her father, the King. But as she gets older, Atalanta has no use for the gods and gives them no credit. When she must run the most important race of her life, on which her future happiness rides, the gods intercede once more--and Atalanta learns they will not be ignored forever. | Clarion Books | |
| A-Z Activity Book Of Outdoor Fun | ||||
| 9780688085001 | Baba Yaga And Vasilisa The Brave | Marianna Mayer | Sweet, lovely Vasilisa lives with her jealous stepmother and stepsisters on the edge of a dark forest inhabited by the evil witch Baba Yaga. One night the stepmother sends Vasilisa to visit Baba Yaga, an errand from which the gentle girl has little chance of returning alive. "An engaging text and accomplished paintings set this version apart....A stylized and classy offering."--School Library Journal. | HarperCollins |
| Babysitter's Club Little Sister #29 | ||||
| 9781596439443 | Bad Kitty School Daze | Nick Bruel | Kitty gets shipped off to obedience school when her owners have finally had enough of her bad behavior. | |
| 9780022858766 | Bad Weather | Daphne Greaves | ||
| 9780440843726 | Badger's Parting Gifts | Susan Varley | Badger was dependable, reliable, and always ready to help when help was needed. He was also very old, and he knew almost everything. Badger was so old that he knew he must soon die. | HarperCollins Publishers |
| 9781891327469 | Baseball Fever | Sindy McKay | When Jason gets sick, he must deal with the frustration of not being allowed to pitch in an important baseball game. | Treasure Bay, Inc. |
| 9780545097857 | Beauty | Bill Wallace | Unhappy about his parents splitting up and moving with his mother to Grandpa's farm, eleven-year-old Luke finds comfort in riding and caring for a horse named Beauty. | |
| 9781423119814 | Beauty and the Beast | Cynthia Rylant | Beauty asks for little, finding joy in simple things and the company of her father. The Beast, shut away from the world in his great stone castle, knows only loneliness. Brought together by a stolen rose, each finds that love may call for sacrifice, but true love can bloom in even the darkest places. Newbery medalist Cynthia Rylant tells a classic tale of bravery and transformation with stunning, lyrical prose, accompanied by Meg Park's soft yet vibrant illustrations. This new picturebook makes a beautiful keepsake that children will pore over for years to come. Praise for Walt Disney's Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs "Rylant's elegant, euphonious text delights and inspires." ?Publishers Weekly Praise for Hansel and Gretel "[L]ibraries will want to add this distinctive retelling for Rylant's strong-minded voice and Corace's attractive art." ?School Library Journal Praise for Walt Disney's Cinderella * "[A]n elegant retelling." ?Publishers Weekly, starred review | Disney-Hyperion |
| 9780440401438 | Beetles, Lightly Toasted | Phyllis Reynolds Naylor | Andy's entering the fifth-grade essay contest stirs his imagination to creative heights as he competes with his know-it-all cousin by making recipes with some unusual food sources and testing them on unaware friends and family. | Yearling Books |
| 9780590225397 | Ben and Me | Robert Lawson | Banjamin Franklin's companion, Amos the mouse, recounts how he was responsible for Franklin's inventions and discoveries. | Little Brown & Company |
| 9781532256332 | Benchmark Advance, Grade 3: The Real Story Of Jack And Jill, Leveled Reader With Teacher's Guide And Text Evidence Questions And Answers (2021 Copyright) | Suzanne Barchers | Benchmark Education Company | |
| 9780021850440 | Benjamin Banneker | O. G. Smedley | A biography of the eighteenth-century black tobacco farmer who taught himself mathematics, astronomy, and clockmaking; became famous for his almanacs; and assisted in the original survey of Washington, D.C. | |
| 9780670837526 | Best Girl | Doris Buchanan Smith | From Kirkus ReviewsDrawing on the experience of having her own home gutted by fire, then restored with the help of friends, an author known for her incisive and compassionate portraits of troubled children (Return to Bitter Creek, 1986) portrays an 11-year-old whose friendship with the woman next door grows out of a similar set of events. Nealy doesn't want to be her bitter mother's ``best girl''; but with kind Grandma dead, rebellious sister Noel, 14, locked out for a minor misdemeanor, and Dad (a police officer) turning up only for emergencies, compliance to Mama's unreasonable demands seems her only recourse; even so, Nealy is frequently scolded or slapped. She takes comfort in her artwork and her care for living things (ironically, Mama works for the ``Department of Natural Resources'') and finds refuge under Mrs. Dees's porch, next door, where she keeps a few treasures--her drawings, field guides, a box of Grandma's. When an arsonist burns Mrs. Dees's house, Nealy is an obvious suspect, at least to the distraught owner; but as willing friends pitch in to help restore the house, Nealy finds an ally in Hobby, who's giving Mrs. Dees shelter and finds a number of ways Nealy can help her too. Ultimately, Nealy finds the real culprit; more important, Mrs. Dees (a potter) discovers Nealy's artistic talent and warms to her young neighbor, while the post-fire events lead to some healthy, and believable, changes in Nealy's family's dynamics. Adroit plotting, a brisk pace, the offbeat scenario, and well- individualized characters add up to an unusually thoughtful and appealing novel. (Fiction. 9-12) -- Copyright ©1993, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved.Product DescriptionNealy Compton finds refuge from a difficult home life in a secret hiding spot under a neighbor's porch, but she must face the world after the neighbor's house burns down. By the author of Voyages, The First Hard Times.From Publishers WeeklyNo one can understand better than Nealy the devastation Mrs. Dees feels when her home is gutted by fire, for underneath the house was Nealy's special hiding place, where she escaped her mother's wrath and stowed her favorite treasures. The child's grief is intensified by other unrelated yet equally tragic incidents, including her older sister's departure from home and the destruction of a favorite tree. Clearly, Nealy's pain never completely subsides, but she is able to form new bonds of friendship with those who share her sorrow. The author of Voyages and Return to Bitter Creek weaves another intricate web of emotions in this intimate story of loss and survival. The book's meandering pace and sketchy characterizations (Nealy's mother is particularly enigmatic) may put off some readers; others will appreciate the subtlety and deep compassion of Smith's narrative. Ages 8-12.Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc.From School Library JournalGrade 5-8-- "Nealy Compton was not under Mrs. Dees's house the night it burned." This is the beginning to a poignant tale that certainly fulfills its promise, although in a quieter fashion than one might expect from its dramatic opening. No one knows of the girl's refuge in the crawl space under the house, of the books, the drawing pad and pencils she keeps there. And the stolen music box. The night of the fire, Nealy is quick to alert the firefighters of her neighbor's absence, but it's a long night and day before she finds her treasures, soot-covered but intact. Still the tragedy touches her in other ways, most painfuly in Mrs. Dees's sudden, inexplicable animosity. When a friend of the woman's recognizes Nealy's hurt and takes the time to know her, he sets in motion a healing force that touches--and ultimately changes--Mrs. Dees and Nealy's bitter, troubled mother as well. Readers' hearts will go out to this child, so bright and interesting and loving, and so inexcusably unloved. Smith explores her character through internal musings and external relationships. For | Viking Juvenile |
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| 9780152000424 | Between Earth & Sky: Legends Of Native American Sacred Places | Joseph Bruchac | A collection of ten Native American legends celebrates our nation's most awe-inspiring natural landscapes, from the Great Smoky Mountains to the Grand Canyon and Niagara Falls, in a book is complemented by a tribal homeland chart and magnificent landscape paintings. | Harcourt Childrens Books |
| Big Bad Bruce | ||||
| 9780545484275 | Big Nate 10 Book Collection Set Lincoln Peirce | Lincoln Peirce | Titles in This Set Big Nate - Big Nate on a Roll Big Nate Goes for Broke Big Nate - The Boy with the Biggest Head in the World Big Nate - Big Nate Strikes Again Big Nate - Big Nate Flips Out Big Nate - Big Nate In the Zone Big Nate from the Top Big Nate out loud Boredom Buster What Could Possibly Go Wrong | Scholastic |