Mackenzie Bowers' Library
Rossview Elementary
| ISBN | Title | Author | Description | Publisher |
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| 9780439381000 | 1934 Meet Kit | Valerie Tripp | Kit's world turns upside down when Mother's friends come to stay with them and Dad loses his business. Will life ever be the same again? | |
| 9780689714191 | A Gathering of Days | Joan W. Blos | A Gathering of Days is Joan W. Blos' novel that serves as a fictional version of a New England girl's journal. The journal of a 14-year-old girl, kept the last year she lived on the family farm, records daily events in her small New Hampshire town, her father's remarriage, and the death of her best friend. | Atheneum Books for Young Readers |
| 9780823408474 | A Picture Book of Martin Luther King, Jr. | David A. Adler | An introduction to one of the most outstanding Americans of the twentieth century, perfect for young readers. Born in 1929, Martin Luther King, Jr. grew up to become a civil rights leader whose philosophy and practice of nonviolent civil disobedience helped African Americans win many battles for equal rights. Young readers will learn how his interest in equality was sparked by experiences in his childhood, and how his legacy shaped modern America. Pairing detailed illustrations and an accessible narrative of Dr. King's life, this book is ideal for a discussion about the history behind the holiday, or an early introduction to the struggle for civil rights in America. Includes a timeline of important dates. For almost thirty years, David Adler’s Picture Book Biography series has profiled famous people who changed the world. Colorful, kid-friendly illustrations combine with Adler’s “expert mixtures of facts and personality” (Booklist) to introduce young readers to history through compelling biographies of presidents, heroes, inventors, explorers, and adventurers. These books are ideal for first and second graders interested in history or who need reliable sources for school book reports. | Holiday House |
| 9780547889481 | A Seed for Sid | Jenna Walton | ||
| 9780064407663 | A Series of Unfortunate Events: the Bad Beginning Movie Tie-in Edition | Lemony Snicket | Tie–in books for the feel–bad movie of the year! | HarperCollins |
| 0439250013 | A Silly Snowy Day | Michael Coleman | Shelley the turtle decides not to hibernate so she can see what winter is like. | Scholastic Incorporated |
| 9780679894599 | A to Z Mysteries: the Kidnapped King | Ron Roy | Help Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose solve mysteries from A to Z! Kids love collecting the entire alphabet and super editions! With over 8 million copies in print, the A to Z Mysteries® have been hooking chapter book readers on mysteries and reading for years. Now this classic kid favorite is back with a bright new look! K is for Kidnapped . . . The king and queen of Costra have been kidnapped. For his own safety, Prince Sammi comes to Green Lawn to hide out at Dink’s house. But then Sammi is captured, too! Who kidnapped the king and his family? It’s a royal mystery for Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose. | Random House Books for Young Readers |
| 9780439201384 | After the Rain | Mary Pope Osborne | As the end of the Civil War draws near and her family resettles in Washington, D.C., Virginia struggles with her new surroundings while coping with the assassination of Lincoln and the turbulent changes facing the country. | Scholastic Press |
| 9780439674324 | Al Capone Does My Shirts | Gennifer Choldenko | A twelve-year-old boy named Moose moves to Alcatraz Island in 1935 when guards' families were housed there, and has to contend with his extraordinary new environment in addition to life with his autistic sister. | Bloomsbury UK |
| 9780439314329 | Amazing Magnetism | Rebecca Carmi | Ms. Frizzle's class challenges Mr. O'Neatly's class to a science contest withamazing--and magnetic--results. | Scholastic Inc. |
| 9780590934251 | Amber Brown Goes Fourth | Paula Danziger | Entering fourth grade, Amber faces some changes in her life as her best friend moves away and her parents divorce. | Little Apple |
| 9780937295410 | American Girls Collection | Valerie Tripp | While spending the summer at Grandmary's summer home on Goose Lake, Samantha and her twin cousins decide to visit the island where Samantha's parents were drowned during a storm. | |
| 9780531237113 | Animals Helping to Keep the Peace | Not Available | Scholastic Library Pub | |
| 9781101934852 | Auggie & Me | R. J. Palacio | WONDER IS NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE STARRING JULIA ROBERTS AND JACOB TREMBLAY Over 8 million people have read the #1 New York Times bestseller Wonder and have fallen in love with Auggie Pullman, an ordinary boy with an extraordinary face. Auggie & Me gives readers a special look at Auggie's world through three new points of view. These stories are an extra peek at Auggie before he started at Beecher Prep and during his first year there. Readers get to see him through the eyes of Julian, the bully; Christopher, Auggie's oldest friend; and Charlotte, Auggie's new friend at school. Together, these three stories are a treasure for readers who don't want to leave Auggie behind when they finish Wonder. | Knopf Books for Young Readers |
| 9780439250511 | Because of Winn-Dixie | Kate DiCamillo | Ten-year-old India Opal Buloni describes her first summer in the town of Naomi, Florida, and all the good things that happen to her because of her big ugly dog Winn-Dixie. | Scholastic |