Karen Meek's Library
Sango Elementary
| ISBN | Title | Author | Description | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9780140502114 | Arrow to the Sun | An Indian boy who is a descendant of the Lord of the Sun sets out in search of his father. | Puffin | |
| 9780439693264 | Bart's Amazing Charts | Dianne Ochiltree, Marilyn Burns | A young boy uses different kinds of charts and graphs to present information about his life. Includes related activities. | |
| 9780316177573 | Batman Returns | Andrew Helfer | Having vanquished the Joker, Batman confronts a host of new characters, including the Penguin and the seductive Catwoman, and wonders if they are friends or villains. | Little Brown GBR |
| 9780439250726 | Because of Winn-Dixie | Kate DiCamillo | The summer Opal and her father, the preacher, move to Naomi, Florida, Opal goes into the Winn-Dixie supermarket--and comes out with a dog. A big, ugly, suffering dog with a sterling sense of humor. A dog she dubs Winn-Dixie. Because of Winn-Dixie, the preacher tells Opal ten things about her absent mother, one for each year Opal has been alive. Winn-Dixie is better at making friends than anyone Opal has ever known, and together they meet the local librarian, Miss Franny Block, who once fought off a bear with a copy of WAR AND PEACE. They meet Gloria Dump, who is nearly blind but sees with her heart, and Otis, an ex-con who sets the animals in his pet shop loose after hours, then lulls them with his guitar.Opal spends all that sweet summer collecting stories about her new friends and thinking about her mother. But because of Winn-Dixie or perhaps because she has grown, Opal learns to let go, just a little, and that friendship-and forgiveness-can sneak up on you like a sudden summer storm. | |
| 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 |
| 9780439351553 | Bessie Coleman | Bruce L. Brager | ||
| 9780062091512 | Big Nate Boredom Buster | Lincoln Peirce | The star of the "New York Times" bestseller "Big Nate" returns with all-new adventures. Illustrations. | HarperTorch |
| 9780439086738 | Buffalo Before Breakfast | Mary Pope Osborne | The magic tree house takes Jack and his sister Annie to the Great Plains where they learn about the life of the Lakota Indians. | |
| 9780064405904 | Caleb's Story | Patricia MacLachlan | Anna has done something terrible. She has given me her journal to fill. In Anna′s journal the words walk across the page like bird prints in the mud. But it is hard for me. It is hard for me to find things to write about. "It′s your job now," Anna says as she hands Caleb her journals, asking him to continue writing the family story. But Sarah, Jacob, Anna, Caleb, and their new little sister, Cassie, have already formed a family, and Caleb fears there will be nothing left to write about. But that is before Cassie discovers a mysterious old man in the barn and everything changes. Everyone is excited about the arrival of a new family member except for Jacob, who holds a bitter grudge. Only the special love of Caleb, and the gift he offers, can help to mend the pain of the past. Caleb′s Story continues the saga begun by the Newbery Medal-winning Sarah, Plain And Tall and its sequel, Skylark, spinning a tale of love, forgiveness, and the ties that bind a family together. Ages 8-10 | Harper Collins |
| 9781338124286 | Captain Underpants and the Terrifying Return of Tippy Tinkletrousers | Dav Pilkey | After being sent to jail for the rest of their lives, George and Harold are taken on a trip back in time by Tippy Tinkletrousers back to their Kindergarten days where they must deal with their bully without the help of Captain Underpants. | |
| 9780439895873 | Carnival at Candlelight | Mary Pope Osborne | While on a mission to prove to Merlin that they can use magic wisely, Jack and Annie travel to seventeenth-century Venice, Italy, to save the city from disaster. Merlin has asked Jack and Annie to help on another Merlin Mission. This time they head back into history to Venice, Italy, in the 1700s. With the help of some new friends, a research book, and a mysterious rhyme from Merlin, the heroes will save the beautiful city from a flood! Yet another Magic Tree House book that will engage kids with history, magic, and nonstop action from beginning to end. Merlin has a new mission for Jack and Annie: save the Grand Lady of the Lagoon from a terrible disaster! To find her, they must travel back over 250 years ago to Venice, Italy, on the night of the annual Carnival celebration. But Merlin's directions are very confusing! As Jack and Annie wander among the costumed crowd, no one is who they seem to be, the clocks all tell different times, and water is mysteriously rising in the streets. Seeking help from Venice's ruler, they find themselves thrown into a dark dungeon filled with rats. How will Jack and Annie save themselves and the Grand Lady, too? There can only be one solution-magic! Mary Pope Osborne is a master of bringing faraway places to life. In Carnival at Candlelight she sends young readers to one of the most glorious cities in the world for an adventure filled with history, mystery, and magic. | |
| 9780439372978 | Chasing Vermeer | Blue Balliett | When strange and seemingly unrelated events start to happen and a precious Vermeer painting disappears, eleven-year-olds Petra and Calder combine their talents to solve an international art scandal. | Scholastic Prof Book Division |
| 9780545201186 | Chester Raccoon and the Big Bad Bully | Audrey Penn | When Chester tells his mother about the school bully, she asks him to gather his friends to hear a story about getting along with people who are prickly. | |
| 9780439650434 | Chicken Soup for the Horse Lover's Soul | A collection of inspirational short stories about horses and their owners. | ||
| 9780375813733 | Christmas in Camelot | Mary Pope Osborne | On Christmas Eve, Jack and Annie's tree house transports them to King Arthur's castle at Camelot, where they undertake a quest to the castle of the Otherworld. 80,000 first printing. | Random House Books for Young Readers |
| 9780545209267 | Christmas in Camelot | Scholastic, Inc. | On Christmas Eve, Jack and Annie's tree house transports them to King Arthur's castle at Camelot, where they undertake a quest to the castle of the Otherworld. | |
| 9780545212397 | Christmas in Camelot | Mary Pope Osborne | On Christmas Eve, Jack and Annie's tree house transports them to King Arthur's castle at Camelot, where they undertake a quest to the castle of the Otherworld. | |
| 9780316546546 | Cinderella | In her haste to flee the palace before the fairy godmother's magic loses effect, Cinderella leaves behind a glass slipper. | Little Brown | |
| 9780590418218 | Class Clown | Johanna Hurwitz | Scholastic | |
| 9781338268348 | Clayton Byrd Goes Underground | Rita Williams-Garcia | Clayton feels most alive when he's with his grandfather, Cool Papa Byrd, and the band of Bluesmen -- he can't wait to join them, just as soon as he has a blues song of his own. But then the unthinkable happens. Cool Papa Byrd dies, and Clayton's mother forbids Clayton from playing the blues. And Clayton knows that's no way to live. Armed with his grandfather's brown porkpie hat and his harmonica, he runs away from home in search of the Bluesmen, hoping he can join them on the road. But on the journey that takes him through the New York City subways and to Washington Square Park, Clayton learns some things that surprise him. |