Lori Campbell-Lewis' Library
Minglewood Elementary
| ISBN | Title | Author | Description | Publisher |
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| 9780545078542 | Sea Monsters - A Nonfiction Companion To Dark Days In The Deep Sea (Magic Tree House) | Mary Pope Osborne & Natalie Pope Boyce | How are an octopus and a squid different? What kinds of creatures live in the deepest abyss of the ocean? What do scientists say some legendary sea monsters really are? Find out the answers to these questions and more in this Magic Tree House Research Guide: Sea Monsters. From the Trade Paperback edition. About the Author Mary Pope Osborne and Natalie Pope Boyce are sisters who grew up on army posts all over the world. Mary is the author of over 50 acclaimed books for children. Natalie has worked as a children’s librarian and as a teacher of English and E.S.L. This is their ninth book together. Sal Murdocca has illustrated over 200 children’s trade and text books. He has taught writing and illustration at the Parsons School of Design. He lives and works in New City, New York with his wife, Nancy. From the Trade Paperback edition. | Scholastic |
| 9780789434401 | Shark Attack! (Eyewitness Readers - Level 3) | Cathy East Dubowski | Describes the nearly disastrous encounter of a spear-fisherman with a shark off the coast of Australia | DK Publishing |
| 9780545743921 | Smart Words Beginning Reader Mammals | Cynthia O'Brien | ||
| 9781595663061 | Snakes (QEB Animal Lives) | Sally Morgan | Snakes come in all colors and sizes, and are some of the world's most fascinating and deadly creatures. They can kill by poisoning and squeezing, and one type of snake can even swallow a person whole! come on a journey to discover the secrets of these amazing animals. Find out where they live, how they grow, what they eat, the dangers they face, and their amazing survival tricks. Learn about different types of snakes including vipers, adders, pythons, sidewinders, boa constrictors, cobras, and rattlesnakes. | QEB Publishing |
| 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 |
| 9780439114936 | Space Explorers | Eva Moore | The Magic School Bus blasts off on a tour of the Milky Way planets, and the kids discover how the other planets are different from Earth. Not only do they all have different temperatures, but each planet has a different atmosphere as well. Ms. Frizzle's class finds out how far away the planets are, and how long it would really take to get there if they didn't have a Magic School Bus. | Scholastic Inc. |
| 9780062090225 | Splat the Cat: a Whale of a Tale | Rob Scotton | Splat the Cat is off for a day at the beach in Splat the Cat: A Whale of a Tale by Rob Scotton. Splat is excited because his grandfather told Splat that you can hear the sea if you put a seashell up to your ear. Splat is determined to discover a shell like that to bring back for his grandfather. But as hard as he looks on the beach, all he can find is broken shells. Until he gets some help from a new friend—a whale. Splat the Cat: A Whale of a Tale is an I Can Read Level 1 book. It is perfect for kids who are beginning to sound out words and sentences. | HarperCollins |
| 9780439133548 | Summer Reading Is Killing Me! (The Time Warp Trio) | Jon Scieszka | Tongue-in-cheek humor, laced with understatement and wordplay, makes for laugh-out-loud reading. . . . A true melding of words and pictures, and jolly good fun. | Scholastic |
| 9780590537735 | Teach Us, Amelia Bedelia | Peggy Parish | The very literal minded Amelia Bedelia becomes a substitute teacher for a day. | SCHOLASTIC |
| 9780688161330 | The Chocolate Touch | Patrick Skene Catling | John midas loves chocolate. He loves it so much that he′ll eat it any hour of any day. He doesn′t care if he ruins his appetite. He thinks chocolate is better than any other food! But one day, after wandering into a candy store and buying a piece of their best chocolate, John finds out that there might just be such a thing as too much chocolate. . . . | Harper Collins |
| 9780545326438 | The Chocolate Touch | Patrick Skene Catling | When John Midas acquires a magical gift, everything his lips touch turns into chocolate. | |
| 9780439871600 | The Christmas Party From the Black Lagoon | Mike Thaler | While worrying about the class gift exchange, Hubie discovers the true meaning of Christmas. | |
| 9780140361704 | The Good, The Bad, And The Goofy (The Time Warp Trio) | Jon Scieszka | The magic of The Book transports Joe, Sam, and Fred back in time to the Wild West where they are stampeded by a herd of crazed cattle, almost poisoned by trail chow, and suffocated by the odor of cows. Reprint. AB. | Puffin |
| 9780590479172 | The Gym Teacher From the Black Lagoon | Mike Thaler | If you thought the teacher and principal from the Black Lagoon were scary, wait until you meet the new gym teacher, Coach Kong! | Scholastic |
| 9780545940238 | The Hero Two Doors Down | Sharon Robinson | Eight-year-old Steve Satlow is thrilled when Jackie Robinson moves into his Jewish neighborhood in Brooklyn in 1948, although many of his neighbors are not, and when Steve actually meets his hero he is even more excited--and worried that a misunderstanding over a Christmas tree could damage his new friendship. | |
| 9780590222952 | The Magic School Bus Gets Baked in a Cake: A Book About Kitchen Chemistry | Joanna Cole | When the class tries to bake a cake for Ms. Frizzle's birthday, they wind up inside it and have some delicious fun learning all about mixtures and reactions that occur when ingredients are combined. Original. TV tie-in. | Scholastic |
| 9780448435428 | The Monster Mall and Other Spooky Poems | David Steinberg | Young readers can tickle their funny bones with skeletons, monsters, and a whole slew of silly characters with these fun poems. Black-and-white illustrations set the tone for this kooky celebration of all things spooky. | Putnam Juvenile |
| 9780448421889 | The Night Before Valentine's Day | Natasha Wing | It's the sweetest holiday of the year! Celebrate love and Valentine's Day with card-making, tasty treats, and more in this installment of Natasha Wing's best-selling series. Join in on all of the colorful fun, and then come along to school the next morning for a day of parties and games! | Grosset & Dunlap |
| 9781452129365 | The Quickest Kid in Clarksville | Pat Zietlow Miller | It's the day before the big parade. Alta can only think about one thing: Wilma Rudolph, three-time Olympic gold medalist. She'll be riding on a float tomorrow. See, Alta is the quickest kid in Clarksville, Tennessee, just like Wilma once was. It doesn't matter that Alta's shoes have holes because Wilma came from hard times, too. But what happens when a new girl with shiny new shoes comes along and challenges Alta to a race? Will she still be the quickest kid? The Quickest Kid in Clarksville is a timeless story of dreams, determination, and the power of friendship. | Chronicle Books |
| 9780439873116 | The Real Slam Dunk | Charisse K. Richardson | Ten-year-old Marcus plans to become a professional basketball player, but when he, his twin sister, and their classmates meet a real star on a school field trip, they learn the importance of dreaming more than one career dream. |