Kara Eastman's Library
Oakland Elementary
| ISBN | Title | Author | Description | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9780064440202 | Frog and Toad Are Friends | Arnold Lobel | From writing letters to going swimming, telling stories to finding lost buttons, Frog and Toad are always there for each other—just as best friends should be. | HarperCollins |
| 9780590353427 | Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone | Rowling, J.K. | In Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, Harry, an orphan, lives with the Dursleys, his horrible aunt and uncle, and their abominable son, Dudley. One day just before his eleventh birthday, an owl tries to deliver a mysterious letter-the first of a sequence of events that end in Harry meeting a giant man named Hagrid. Hagrid explains Harry's history to him: When he was a baby, the Dark wizard, Lord Voldemort, attacked and killed his parents in an attempt to kill Harry; but the only mark on Harry was a mysterious lightning-bolt scar on his forehead.Now he has been invited to attend Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, where the headmaster is the great wizard Albus Dumbledore. Harry visits Diagon Alley to get his school supplies, especially his very own wand. To get to school, he takes the Hogwarts Express from platform nine and three-quarters at King's Cross Station. On the train, he meets two fellow students who will become his closest friends: Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger.Harry is assigned to Gryffindor House at Hogwarts, and soon becomes the youngest-ever Seeker on the House Quidditch team. He also studies Potions with Professor Severus Snape, who displays a deep and abiding dislike for Harry, and Defense Against the Dark Arts with nervous Professor Quirrell; he and his friends defeat a mountain troll, help Hagrid raise a dragon, and explore the wonderful, fascinating world of Hogwarts.But all events lead irrevocably toward a second encounter with Lord Voldemort, who seeks an object of legend known as the Sorcerer's Stone... Rescued from the outrageous neglect of his aunt and uncle, a young boy with a great destiny proves his worth while attending Hogwarts School for Witchcraft and Wizardry. | Scholastic |
| 9781338280074 | Hello Neighbor | Carly Anne West | When Nicky's family moves to Raven Brooks next to the eccentric Petersons, he befriends Aaron Peterson, but soon discovers a dark past haunting his neighbors--a streak of bad luck they can't seem to shake. | Hello Neighbor |
| 9780590542098 | Help! I'm Trapped in Obedience School | Todd Strasser, Terry Deary | After Andy presses the wrong button on a weird machine and turns into a dog, his friend Jake tries to help him turn back into a human. | SCHOLASTIC |
| 9780547850832 | Hound Dog True | Linda Urban | Mattie, a shy fifth-grader, wants to hide out at her new school by acting as apprentice to her Uncle Potluck, the custodian, but her plan falls apart when she summons the courage to speak about what matters most and finds a true friend. | Sandpiper |
| 9780545685320 | How to Speak Dolphin | Ginny Rorby | Since her mother died, twelve-year-old Lily has struggled to care for her severely autistic half-brother, Adam, in their Miami home, but she is frustrated and angry because her oncologist step-father, Don, expects her to devote her time to Adam, and is unwilling to admit that Adam needs professional help. When Adam bonds with a young dolphin with cancer Lily is confronted with another dilemma: her family or the dolphin's freedom. | |
| 9780545333467 | Jingle Bells, Batman Smells! (p.s. so Does may.) | Barbara Park | Junie B. Jones wishes that May would stop being such a tattletale, but when she is stuck as May's Secret Santa it becomes real trouble. AC #30487 AC 42509. | |
| 9781368059312 | Lady and the Tramp Live Action Junior Novel | Elizabeth Rudnick | The Live Action remake of Lady and the Tramp on Disney+ is a faithful retelling of the classic animated film, set at the turn-of-the century against the gorgeous backdrop of Savannah, Georgia. All your favorite furry friends return-including Lady, Tramp, Jock, Trusty, and Peg. Voiced by a diverse and talented cast, look for a modern take on the classic song, "He's a Tramp," sung by Janelle Monaé. Enjoy the next in line of successful Live Action remakes of a beloved Disney animated film . . . only this time, on Disney+. ***** The classic, beloved characters of Lady and the Tramp come to life in an all-new way through a humorous and sweet novelization that retells and expands upon the story Disney fans everywhere know and love. Includes 8-page full-color photo insert! | Disney Press |
| 9780545178044 | Lawn Boy | Gary Paulsen | Things get out of hand when a stockbroker neighbor convinces a twelve-year-old boy to expand his summer lawn mowing business. | |
| 9781453089125 | Little Women | Louisa May Alcott | Bendon | |
| 9780439676953 | Milkweed | Jerry Spinelli | He's a boy called Jew. Gypsy. Stopthief. Runt. Happy. Fast. Filthy son of Abraham -- He's a boy who lives in the streets of Warsaw. He's a boy who steals food for himself and the other orphans. He's a boy who believes in bread, and mothers, and angels He's a boy who wants to be a Nazi some day, with tall shiny jackboots and a gleaming Eagle hat of his own. Until the day that suddenly makes him change his mind. When the trains come to empty the Jews from the ghetto of the damned, he's a boy who realizes it's safest of all to be nobody. | Laurel Leaf |
| 9780545104715 | Paint the Wind | Pam Muñoz Ryan | After her overprotective grandmother has a stroke, Maya, an orphan, leaves her extremely restricted life in California to stay with her mother's family on a remote Wyoming ranch, where she discovers a love of horses and encounters a wild mare that her mother once rode. | |
| 9780590254786 | Prince Caspian | Clive Staples Lewis | Four children help Prince Caspian and his army of Talking Beasts to free Narnia from evil. | |
| 9780380709564 | Ramona Quimby, Age 8 | Beverly Cleary | Ramona feels quite grown-up taking the bus by herself, helping big sister Beezus make dinner, and trying hard to be nice to pesky Willa Jean after school. Turning eight years old and entering the first grade can do that to a girl. So how can her teacher call her a nuisance? | HarperCollins |
| 9780802774354 | Red-Dirt Jessie | Anna Myers | Jessie, a young girl living in the Oklahoma dust bowl during the Depression, tries to tame a wild dog and help her father recover from a nervous breakdown. | Walker Childrens |
| 9780545765862 | Rump: The True Story Of Rumplestiltskin | Liesl Shurtliff | Scholastic | |
| 9780439801546 | Sheltie Races on (Pony Days) | Peter Clover | Scholastic | |
| 9780380709267 | Socks | Beverly Cleary | Socks, the Bricker's cat, finds a new rival in the form of the Bricker's new baby, Charles William, until he and the baby become partners in mischief. | Harpercollins Childrens Books |
| 9780439217873 | Sounder | William Howard Armstrong | Angry and humiliated when his sharecropper father is jailed for stealing food for his family, a young black boy grows in courage and understanding by learning to read and with the help of the devoted dog Sounder. | |
| 9780525467342 | Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening | Robert Frost | Color illustrations enhance Robert Frost's familiar evocation of the quiet delights of winter and the thoughts that they provoke. | Dutton Books for Young Readers |