Evelyn Summers' Library
Ringgold Elementary
| ISBN | Title | Author | Description | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9780064400794 | Maggie Marmelstein for President | Marjorie Weinman Sharmat | Maggie Marmelstein runs against Thad Smith for sixth-grade president in a campaign marked by spy tactics, double-crosses, unsigned letters, and a disconcerting debate. | Harper Trophy |
| 9780670451494 | Make Way for Ducklings | Robert McCloskey | Story about a mallard family who make their home near a pond in the Public Garden in Boston. | |
| 9780312608705 | Masterpiece | Elise Broach | Marvin lives with his family under the kitchen sink in the Pompadays' apartment. He is very much a beetle. James Pompaday lives with his family in New York City. He is very much an eleven-year-old boy.After James gets a pen-and-ink set for his birthday, Marvin surprises him by creating an elaborate miniature drawing. James gets all the credit for the picture and before these unlikely friends know it they are caught up in a staged art heist at the Metropolitan Museum of Art that could help recover a famous drawing by Albrecht Dürer. But James can't go through with the plan without Marvin's help. And that's where things get really complicated (and interesting!). This fast-paced mystery will have young readers on the edge of their seats as they root for boy and beetle. In Shakespeare's Secret Elise Broach showed her keen ability to weave storytelling with history and suspense, and Masterpiece is yet another example of her talent. This time around it's an irresistible miniature world, fascinating art history, all wrapped up in a special friendship-- something for everyone to enjoy. Masterpiece is a 2009 Bank Street - Best Children's Book of the Year. | Square Fish |
| 9780545391078 | Miss Mary Is Scary! | Dan Gutman | When a British student-teacher arrives, A. J. and his friends wonder if her all-black clothing and love of blood sausage mark her as a vampire, while Mr. Granite simply hopes her musician-boyfriend will stay away long enough for a math lesson. | |
| OS_643EE21AFCEDC800B5831F2B | miss nelson is missing | |||
| 9780140505399 | Miss Rumphius | Barbara Cooney | Alice made a promise to make the world a more beautiful place, then a seed of an idea is planted and blossoms into a beautiful plan. This beloved classic and celebration of nature—written by a beloved Caldecott winner—is lovelier than ever! Barbara Cooney's story of Alice Rumphius, who longed to travel the world, live in a house by the sea, and do something to make the world more beautiful, has a timeless quality that resonates with each new generation. The countless lupines that bloom along the coast of Maine are the legacy of the real Miss Rumphius, the Lupine Lady, who scattered lupine seeds everywhere she went. Miss Rumphius received the American Book Award in the year of publication. The illustrations have been reoriginated, going back to the original art to ensure state-of-the-art reproduction of Cooney's exquisite artwork. The art for Miss Rumphius has a permanent home in the Bowdoin College Museum of Art. | Puffin Books |
| 9781250004772 | Missing on Superstition Mountain | Elise Broach | It's summer and the three Barker brothers—Simon, Henry, and Jack—just moved from Illinois to Arizona. Their parents have warned them repeatedly not to explore Superstition Mountain, which is near their home. But when their cat Josie goes missing, they see no other choice. There's something unusually creepy about the mountain and after the boys find three human skulls, they grow determined to uncover the mystery. Have people really gone missing over the years, and could there be someone or some thing lurking in the woods? Together with their new neighbor Delilah, the Barker boys are dead-set on cracking the case even if it means putting themselves in harm's way. Here's the first book in an action-packed mystery series by a New York Times bestselling author. Missing on Superstition Mountain is a Publishers Weekly Best Children's Fiction title for 2011. | Square Fish |
| Mr. Poppers Penguins | ||||
| Ms. Coco Is Loco! | ||||
| Ms. Cuddy Is Nutty! | ||||
| Ms. Hannah Is Bananas! | ||||
| 9780399247026 | My Lucky Day | Keiko Kasza | When a young pig knocks on a fox's door, the fox thinks dinner has arrived, but the pig has other plans. | G. P. Putnam's Sons |
| 0590431609 | My Side of the Mountain | |||
| Myth Busters - Confirm Or Bust! | ||||
| 9780679863717 | Night of the Ninjas | Mary Pope Osborne | The magic tree house takes Jack and Annie back in time to feudal Japan where the siblings learn about the ways of the Ninja. | Random House Books for Young Readers |
| 9780399246555 | Peace, Locomotion | Jacqueline Woodson | Through letters to his little sister, who is living in a different foster home, sixth-grader Lonnie, also known as "Locomotion," keeps a record of their lives while they are apart, describing his own foster family, including his foster brother who returns home after losing a leg in the Iraq War. | Penguin |
| Raccoons On The Roof | ||||
| 9780590687300 | Ralph S. Mouse | Beverly Cleary | In this third and final Mouse novel from Newbery Medal-winning author Beverly Cleary, Ralph heads to school to see what humans do all day . . . and to discover what the S in Ralph S. Mouse stands for With his rowdy cousins constantly wearing out his motorcycle and the Mountain View Inn manager threatening to take care of the mouse infestation once and for all, Ralph decides it's time to get away for a while. He convinces his human friend Ryan to take him along to school, where Ralph instantly becomes the center of attention. But when Ryan's class decides to see how smart Ralph is by making him run a maze, the usually confident mouse starts to fret. What if he's not as clever as he thought? Supports the Common Core State Standards | |
| OS_64381A77E4DFCC00B49F6714 | Ramona the Brave | Beverly Cleary | ||
| 9780439296991 | Revolutionary War on Wednesday | Mary Pope Osborne | It is a dark and snowy night when the Magic Tree House whisks Jack and Annie back to colonial times. General George Washington is about to lead his army in a sneak attack against their enemy. But now the terrible weather is making the great general question his plans. Can Jack and Annie keep history on track? The fate of the country rests in their hands! |