Kimberly Kellum's Library
Liberty Elementary
| ISBN | Title | Author | Description | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9780152164270 | Behind Rebel Lines | Seymour Reit | Recounts the story of the Canadian woman who disguised herself as a man and slipped behind Confederate lines to spy for the Union army. | Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |
| 9780545297233 | Best Worst School Year Ever | Barbara Robinson | The six horrible Herdmans, the worst children in the history of the world, cause mayhem throughout the year at Woodrow Wilson Elementary School. | |
| 9780698118843 | Bill and Pete to the Rescue | Bill the crocodile and Pete the plover, set out to save Bill's cousin, who has been captured with other endangered animals and taken to an Exotic Animal Farm. | Puffin | |
| 9780812493368 | Bold Journey | Charles Bohner | Private Hugh McNeal relates his experiences while accompanying Captains Lewis and Clark on their search for a northwest passage to the Pacific Ocean. | Perfection Learning |
| 9780679890645 | Buffalo Before Breakfast | Mary Pope Osborne | The Magic Tree House carries Jack and Annie back to the Old West where they roam the Great Plains with a Lakota boy. | Random House Books for Young Readers |
| 9780064405881 | Bull Run | Paul Fleischman | A Civil War drama told in sixteen voices, this ‘is a heartbreaking and remarkably vivid portrait of a war that remains our nation’s bloodiest conflict.… Fleischman’s artistry is nothing short of astounding.’ —Publishers Weekly. ‘Fleischman has done what he does best—create a unique piece of fiction with echoes of his poetry throughout.’ —H. ‘Outstanding… unforgettable as historical fiction… an important book for every library.’ —SLJ. Notable Children's Books of 1994 (ALA) 1994 Best Books for Young Adults (ALA) 1994 Fanfare Honor List (The Horn Book) Best Books of 1993 (SLJ) 1993 Books for Youth Editors' Choices (BL) 1994 Teachers' Choices (IRA) Notable 1994 Childrens' Trade Books in Social Studies (NCSS/CBC) 1994 Notable Trade Books in the Language Arts (NCTE) 1994 Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction for Children 1993 Choices: The Year's Best Books (Publishers Weekly) Children's Books of 1993 (Library of Congress) 1994 Books for the Teen Age (NY Public Library) 100 Books for Reading and Sharing 1994 (NY Public Library) 1994 Silver Medal for Literature (Commonwealth Club of California) 1994 Anne Izard Storytellers' Choice Award Winner (Westchester, NY Library System) | HarperCollins |
| 9780689307003 | Bunnicula | Deborah Howe, James Howe | Though scoffed at by Harold the dog, Chester the cat tries to warn his human family that their foundling baby bunny must be a vampire. | Simon and Schuster |
| 9781602602670 | Camp Club Girls and the Mystery at Discovery Lake | Renae Brumbaugh | When Elizabeth, Alexis, Bailey, Sydney, McKenzie, and Kate end up as roommates at summer camp, they soon suspect there's more going on than crafts and Bible quizzes. | Barbour Publishing |
| 9780744592320 | Charles Dickens and Friends | Marcia Williams, Charles Dickens | This volume retells, in comic-strip style, five of Dickens' most popular stories: Oliver Twist, Great Expectations, A Tale of Two Cities, David Copperfield and A Christmas Carol. | |
| 9780439545273 | Charlie Bone and the Invisible Boy | Jenny Nimmo | Emma discovers that the invisible boy living upstairs in the attic is her older brother, and when Manfred finds out their plans, he threatens to lock up Emma. | Scholastic, Incorporated |
| 9780439394710 | Cinderhazel | Deborah Nourse Lattimore | Loving dirt more than anything, the blonde-haired witch Hazel manages to follow her stepmother and stepsisters to the Halloween Witches' Ball, where she meets her true love, the equally messy Prince Alarming, in a zany version of the classic fairy tale. Reprint. | Scholastic |
| 9780590442978 | Clifford, the Big Red Dog | Emily Elizabeth loves her huge dog Clifford even though he's far from perfect. | ||
| 9780439329422 | Dancing in the Wings | Debbie Allen | Sassy tries out for a summer dance festival in Washington, D.C., despite the other girls' taunts that she is much too tall. | |
| 9780590435734 | Dawn and the Big Sleepover | Ann M. Martin | When the girls learn that the Native American school in their pen pal program has burned, Dawn and her friends hold a huge sleepover to raise money. Baby-sitters Club #44. | Scholastic |
| 9780380709588 | Dear Mr. Henshaw | Beverly Cleary | Dear Mr. Henshaw, I wish somebody would stop stealing the good stuff out of my lunchbag. I guess I wish a lot of other things, too. I wish someday Dad and Bandit would pull up in front in the rig ... Dad would yell out of the cab, "Come on, Leigh. Hop in and I'll give you a lift to school." Leigh Botts has been author Boyd Henshaw's number one fan ever since he was in second grade. Now in sixth grade, Leigh lives with his mother and is the new kid at school. He's lonely, troubled by the absence of his father, a cross-country trucker, and angry because a mysterious thief steals from his lunchbag. Then Leigh's teacher assigns a letter-writing project. Naturally Leigh chooses to write to Mr. Henshaw, whose surprising answer changes Leigh's life. | HarperCollins |
| 9780679990666 | Dingoes at Dinnertime | Mary Pope Osborne | Jack and Annie are whisked down under to the land of Australia, where they save a baby kangaroo, a koala, and other animals from a raging wildfire. | Random House Books for Young Readers |
| 9780375837289 | Dragon of the Red Dawn | Mary Pope Osborne | When Merlin is weighed down by sorrows, Jack and Annie travel back to feudal Japan to learn one of the four secrets of happiness. | Random House Books for Young Readers |
| 9780679890706 | Earthquake in the Early Morning | Mary Pope Osborne | Jack and his younger sister take a trip in their tree house back to ancient Egypt, where they help a queen's mummy continue her voyage to the Next Life. | Random House Books for Young Readers |
| 9780394890494 | Elmer and the Dragon | Ruth Stiles Gannett | A stand-alone sequel to My Father's Dragon, in which Elmer Elevator and the flying baby dragon help the king of the canaries find treasure. | Random House Books for Young Readers |
| 9780439576178 | Esperanza Rising | Pam Muñoz Ryan | Esperanza and her mother are forced to leave their life of wealth and privilege in Mexico to go work in the labor camps of Southern California, where they must adapt to the harsh circumstances facing Mexican farm workers on the eve of the Great Depression. | Scholastic |