Jenna Achtzehn's Library
Oakland Elementary
| ISBN | Title | Author | Description | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9780590446877 | The Magic School Bus Inside a Hurricane | Joanna Cole | The magic school bus takes a close look at the inside of a hurricane | Scholastic Press |
| 9780061992278 | The One and only Ivan | Katherine Applegate | Soon to be a major motion picture! Winner of the Newbery Medal and a #1 New York Times bestseller This unforgettable novel from renowned author Katherine Applegate celebrates the transformative power of unexpected friendship. Inspired by the true story of a captive gorilla known as Ivan, this illustrated book is told from the point of view of Ivan himself. Having spent twenty-seven years behind the glass walls of his enclosure in a shopping mall, Ivan has grown accustomed to humans watching him. He hardly ever thinks about his life in the jungle. Instead, Ivan occupies himself with television, his friends Stella and Bob, and painting. But when he meets Ruby, a baby elephant taken from the wild, he is forced to see their home, and his art, through new eyes. In the tradition of timeless stories like Charlotte's Web and Stuart Little, Katherine Applegate blends humor and poignancy to create an unforgettable story of friendship, art, and hope. The One and Only Ivan features first-person narrative; author's use of literary devices (personification, imagery); and story elements (plot, character development, perspective). Plus don't miss Katherine Applegate's Endling series! | HarperCollins |
| 9780823417698 | The Perfectly Horrible Halloween | Nancy Poydar | Arnold has the perfect costume for Halloween. With his eye patch, beard, earring, and sword, he'll be a frightening pirate. He just knows that he's going to be voted ""Scariest of All"" at his class party. But on the big day everything goes wrong. He leaves his costume on the school bus. Now Arnold's Halloween will be really horrible! Or will it? Nancy Poydar paints a delightful picture of Halloween antics in this fun-filled holiday book. | Holiday House |
| 9781338283693 | The Pigeon Finds a Hot Dog! | Pigeon learns about sharing when a curious duckling keeps asking questions about the hot dog Pigeon has found. | ||
| 9781338326437 | The Pout-Pout Fish and the Bully-Bully Shark | Deborah Diesen | Mr. Fish finds the courage to speak up for his friends when a shark comes to the park and bullies them. | |
| 9780698113688 | The Quilt Story | Tony Johnston | After a move to a new home, comfort comes from a surprising place. Long ago, a young girl named Abigail put her beloved patchwork quilt in the attic. Generations later, another young girl discovers the quilt and makes it her own, relying on its warmth to help her feel secure in a new home. | Penguin |
| 9780545785211 | The Reading Challenge From the Black Lagoon | Mike Thaler | "Hubie's class is having a reading challenge. Two teams will compete and whoever reads more books gets a special lunch with a surprise guest. But Hubie doesn't know what books to pick. And his team gets a late start. How can they ever expect to win?"--Page [4] of cover. | |
| 9780439873116 | The Real Slam Dunk | Charisse K. Richardson | Ten-year-old Marcus plans to become a professional basketball player, but when he, his twin sister, and their classmates meet a real star on a school field trip, they learn the importance of dreaming more than one career dream. | |
| 9780439906784 | The Report Card | Andrew Clements | Fifth-grade Nora Rowley has always hidden the fact that she is a genius from everyone because all she wants is to be normal, but when she comes up with a plan to prove that grades are not important, things begin to get out of control. | |
| 9781534426917 | The Scary Library Shusher | Andres Miedoso | It’s Desmond and Andres versus a spooky library shusher in the fifth book of the Desmond Cole Ghost Patrol series! It’s no surprise that the library is one of Desmond Cole’s favorite haunts. After all, it’s a place full of books about werewolves, UFOs, and things that go bump in the night. But since Kersville isn’t a normal town, why would it have a normal library? Especially when the undead are so well-read! With easy-to-read language and illustrations on almost every page, the Desmond Cole Ghost Patrol chapter books are perfect for emerging readers. | Little Simon |
| 9780736434751 | The Secret Admirer | Erica David | Princess Anna, Queen Elsa, Olaf the snowman, and the stars from Disney Frozen are back in an all-new magical chapter book series that's perfect for girls and boys ages 6 to 10. | RH/Disney |
| 9781534433472 | The Sleepwalking Snowman | Andres Miedoso | Desmond and Andres face a snowman that was built by a schoolmate but seems to have a mind of its own, as well as a snowball-throwing bully. | Simon and Schuster |
| 9780425287446 | The Snowy Day : Un día De Nieve | Ezra Jack Keats | Las aventuras de un muchachito en la ciudad cuando hace mucha nieve. | |
| 9780063045415 | The Sour Grape | Jory John | Don't miss the sixth picture book in the #1 New York Times bestselling Food Group series that's ripe with humor from Jory John and Pete Oswald! The Sour Grape holds grudges for every reason under the sun. Lime never returned a scarf they borrowed? Grudge! Orange never called back? Grudge! But when a friend holds a grudge against the Sour Grape without listening to an explanation, the Sour Grape realizes how unfair grudges can be. Could a bunch of forgiveness and compassion be enough to turn a sour grape sweet? Jory John and Pete Oswald serve up another heaping plate of laughs and lessons with this empowering, witty, and charming addition to their #1 New York Times bestselling series! Check Out Jory John and Pete Oswald's other funny bestselling books for kids 4-8 and anyone who wants a laugh: The Bad Seed The Good Egg The Cool Bean The Couch Potato The Smart Cookie The Good Egg Presents: The Great Eggscape! The Bad Seed Presents: The Good, the Bad, the Spooky! The Cool Bean Presents: As Cool As It Gets! That's What Dinosaurs Do | HarperCollins |
| 9780545072243 | The Summer Vacation From the Black Lagoon | Mike Thaler | After getting so bundled up that he can hardly move, Hubie tries to enjoy his snow day off from school. | Scholastic Incorporated |
| 9780545081504 | The Talented Clementine | Sara Pennypacker | Eight-year-old Clementine, convinced that she has no talents, tries to find a way to avoid participating in the class talent show. | |
| 9781338315905 | The Three Little Superpigs | Claire Evans (Illustrator) | After their triumph over the Big Bad Wolf, the pigs fancied themselves as crime fighters, so when the Wolf escapes the residents of Fairyland call on the brothers to capture the villain--but the Wolf is planning his own revenge (and a pork dinner) so it will be up to the cleverest pig to once again rescue his brothers and save Fairyland. | |
| 9780140544510 | The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs | Jon Scieszka, A. Wolf | The wolf gives his own outlandish version of what really happened when he tangled with the three little pigs. | Puffin |
| 9780545705660 | The Truth (and Myths) About Sea Monsters | L. A. Peacock | ||
| 9781534482821 | The Vampire Ate My Homework | Andres Miedoso | "Kersville Elementary School has a problem: there's a very hungry vampire on the loose! But this creature doesn't thirst for blood. Instead, he's been eating the students' homework! Can Desmond Cole stop the monster from turning everyone's work into food for thought?"--Publisher's description. | Simon and Schuster |