Larissa Johnson's Library
Minglewood Elementary
| ISBN | Title | Author | Description | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9780590430524 | The Secret Soldier | Ann McGovern | Deborah Sampson wanted to travel and have adventures, but since she had no money, the best way to do that was to join the army. This is the exciting true story of a woman who became a soldier during the American Revolutionary War, by dressing and acting like a man. | Scholastic Paperbacks |
| 9780590203630 | The Stories Julian Tells | Ann Cameron | Relates episodes in seven-year-old Julian's life which include getting into trouble with his younger brother Huey, planting a garden, what he did to try to grow taller, losing a tooth, and finding a new friend. | |
| 9780395827406 | Three Cheers for Tacky (Tacky the Penguin) | Helen Lester | Tacky is always being teased by his perfect penguin friends. Will his eccentric ways prove that there is nothing wrong—and just enough right—with being different? This hilarious series following the adventures of one superlative penguin is a modern classic.Tacky likes his Hawaiian shirt and spontaneous dance moves, but his fellow penguins find his oddball moves concerning when they interfere with winning the Penguin Cheering Contest. Can Tacky find a way to win that’s all his own?From beloved children’s book author Helen Lester and treasured illustrator Lynn Munsinger, this laugh-out-loud tale about embracing our differences will remind everyone that being different is part of the fun. | Clarion Books |
| 9780380754847 | Wayside School Is Falling Down | Louis Sachar | More fun in The Wacky World of Wayside School "Watch closely," said Mrs. Jewls. "You can learn much faster using a computer instead of paper and pencil." Then she pushed the new computer out the window The children all watched it fall thirty floors and smash against the sidewalk. "See?" said Mrs. Jewls. "That's gravity! I've been trying to teach you about gravity, but the computer showed you a lot quicker!" That's the way things happen at Wayside School. There are 29 kids in Mrs. Jewls's class and this book is about all of them. There is Todd, who got in trouble every day ... until he got a magic dog; Paul, whose life was saved by Leslie's pigtails; Ron, who dared to try the cafeteria's Mushroom Surprise and all the others who help turn a day at Wayside School into one madcap adventure after another. But, after the things that happened in Sideways Stories from Wayside School, what would you expect? The extraordinary thirty-story school and its zany inhabitants are back in the long-awaited sequel to the classic SIDEWAYS STORIES FROM WAYSIDE SCHOOL, one of the most popular Camelot books ever. "Rib-tickling...sure-to-please..." -- Kirkus | Harper Collins |
| 9781554988938 | What Milly Did | Elise Moser | Looks at the life of the woman who created the global recycling standard, a tale of how she rallied her community through creativity, hard work, and determination and wound up changing the world. | Groundwood Books |
| 9780064431781 | Where the Wild Things Are | Maurice Sendak | Max is sent to bed without supper and imagines sailing away to the land of Wild Things,where he is made king. | Harper Collins |
| 9781564022806 | Where's My Teddy? | Jez Alborough | When a small boy named Eddie goes searching for his lost teddy in the dark woods, he comes across a gigantic bear with a similar problem. | Candlewick Press (MA) |
| 9780545053327 | You Can Save The Planet: 50 Ways You Can Make A Difference | Jacquie Wines | Packed with smart, practical, and fun things kids can do to make a real difference to the future of the planet.This book is a call to action for children everywhere. The effects of pollution, global warming, and the destruction of our planet have never been so visible or measurable. The book introduces and explains massive global problems that need to be addressed now.It's packed full of 50 useful things kids can do to make their homes, schools, adn neighborhoods more environmentally friendly. | Scholastic Reference |