Kathryn Bettis' Library
Norman Smith Elementary
| ISBN | Title | Author | Description | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9780399244971 | The Legend of the Indian Paintbrush | Little Gopher follows his destiny, as revealed in a Dream-Vision, of becoming an artist for his people and eventually is able to bring the colors of the sunset down to the earth. | ||
| 9780448424057 | The Little Engine that Could | When the other engines refuse, the Little Blue Engine tries to pull a stranded train full of toys and good food over the mountains. | ||
| 9780590257213 | The Magic School Bus Inside a Beehive | Joanna Cole | Ms. Frizzle takes her class on a fieldtrip to a beehive in her magic school bus. | Scholastic Inc. |
| 9781602185746 | The Magic School Bus, Inside the Human Body | Cole | ||
| 9781503136991 | The Math Inspectors | Daniel Kenney, Emily Boever | A kid's detective agency uses mathematics to solve problems. | CreateSpace |
| 9780394892795 | The Missing Tooth | Joanna Cole | Best friends Arlo and Robby are almost identical in what they wear, what they like, and even where they have teeth missing, but when Robby insists on betting on who is going to lose the next tooth their friendship is endangered. | Random House Books for Young Readers |
| 9780590415262 | The Mud Pony | A poor boy becomes a powerful leader when Mother Earth turns his mud pony into a real one, but after the pony turns back to mud, he must find his own strength. | Scholastic Inc. | |
| 9780439841177 | The Mummy with No Name | Geronimo Stilton | When Geronimo receives an urgent message from Professor Sandsnout just before Halloween, he rushes over to the Egyptian Mouseum in New Mouse City and discovers real live mummies. | Scholastic Paperbacks |
| 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 |
| 9780545402927 | The Perfect Place for an Elf Owl | Anthony T. Lane Elementary School (Alexandria, Va.) | "In this sweet, yet educational, story about the incredible variety of owl species, a little lost elf owl searches for his mama through many diverse habitats and ecosystems and finally finds her in the perfect place to call home."--From Scholastic webpage. | |
| 9781558580091 | The Rainbow Fish | Marcus Pfister | North-South Books | |
| 9780590480130 | The Screaming Mean Machine | Joy Cowley | A young girl wonders if, now that she is big enough, she will be able to overcome her fears and ride the roller coaster at the amusement park | |
| 9781338877779 | The Sinister Substitute | Preeti Chhibber | "A group of new teachers arrives at Avengers Assembly, and not everyone is who they seem! Kamala, Doreen, and Miles are back at Avengers Assembly for a new semester! When Captain Marvel announces she's adding staff to the school, the students aren't sure who could possibly join--but it looks like Cap went above and beyond, and the school is full of new teachers! With all these new teachers, it's hard to keep track of who's teaching what, and what they're supposed to be learning. And some of these teachers are really not acting like heroes at all, but more like--super-villains? All that new staff has created a lot of confusion that is ripe for exploiting! Someone is impersonating students and teachers, using lies and deception to break up the new generation of heroes. Can Doreen and her friends get to the bottom of this scandal? Or will this be the end of the Avengers Assembly?"--Provided by publisher. | |
| 9781635601145 | The Solar System | Take an amazing journey through our solar system and beyond with this friendly introduction to space. Explore the sun, planets and more. Get ready to launch a lifetime of discovery. | ||
| 9780022846725 | The Sounds of Music | Timothy Paulson | ||
| 9780545447744 | The Stone of Fire | Scholastic Paperbacks | ||
| 9780142419472 | The Story of Ferdinand | Munro Leaf | A gentle bull who likes to sit quietly and smell the flowers is entered in a bullfight. | |
| 9780763625290 | The Tale of Despereaux Book Group Kit | The adventures of Despereaux Tilling, a small mouse of unusual talents, the princess that he loves, the servant girl who longs to be a princess, and a devious rat determined to bring them all to ruin. | ||
| 9780763608644 | The True Story of Humpty Dumpty | Sarah Hayes | An illustrated version of the traditional nursery rhyme. | Candlewick Press (MA) |
| 9780545274180 | The Wonderful Book | Leonid Gore | When various forest animals discover a mysterious object in the woods, they each use it for a different purpose, until a boy reads stories aloud from it, much to the animals' delight. |