Megan Groene's Library
Cumberland Heights Elementary
| ISBN | Title | Author | Description | Publisher |
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| 9780439742412 | Leon And The Spitting Image | Allen Kurzweil | Was ist das Schlimmste, wenn man wie Leon zwei linke Hände hat? Schmerzhafte Verrenkungen beim Völkerball? Die niederschmetternden Beurteilungen aus der Schule? Gemeine Typen wie Harry Lumpkin, die einen triezen? Alles schlimm genug -– aber für Leon kommt es noch ärger. Denn in der vierten Klasse wartet eine neue Lehrerin auf ihn. Frau Heckmeyer sieht nicht nur aus wie eine Hexe, sie hat auch einen teuflischen Plan fürs neue Alle Kinder müssen Monat für Monat ein Stofftier nähen, schön sauber und mit jeder Menge SaZZs (Stiche auf zehn Zentimeter). Eine Katastrophe für Leon!Doch Frau Heckmeyer ist nicht nur unerbittlich, sie hat auch Geheimnisse. Wohin bringt sie zum Beispiel die ganzen Stoff-Animas, die in ihrer Klasse genäht werden? Leon versucht das mit seinen Freunden P. W. und Lily-Matisse herauszufinden. Doch als er sich am Ende des Schuljahrs an sein Meisternähstück macht (eine naturgetreue Nachbildung von Frau Heckmeyer), findet er etwas viel Aufregenderes Mithilfe seiner Heckmeyer-Anima kann er die ungeliebte Lehrerin wie mit einer Voodoo-Puppe kontrollieren! Keine Frage, dass Leon das sofort ausprobiert.Diese Geschichte sprüht vor Witz, verrückten Ideen und fantasievollen Wendungen. Das reicht von Leons Zuhause, dem Trimore Hotel (in dem die verrücktesten Leute mit ihren Tieren absteigen), über seine “Taxifahrersammlung” (er möchte aus jedem Land der Welt einen kennen lernen) bis zu der in jeder Beziehung ungewöhnlichen Frau Heckmeyer. Aber bei all dem ist Leon ein ganz normaler, etwas ungeschickter Junge und deshalb wird sich jedes Kind in ihm wieder finden können. Ein witziges, fantasievolles Lesevergnügen –- ganz sicher nicht nur für Viertklässler! | Scholastic, Inc. |
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| 9780375856501 | Leprechaun in Late Winter | Mary Pope Osborne | Jack and Annie travel back to nineteenth-century Ireland to inspire a young Augusta Gregory to share her love of Irish legends and folktales with the world. | Random House Books for Young Readers |
| 9780545610612 | Let's Get Cracking!: A Branches Book (Kung Pow Chicken) | Cyndi Marko | Kung Pow Chicken is the superhero everyone has been waiting for!This series is part of Scholastic's early chapter book line called Branches, which is aimed at newly independent readers. With easy-to-read text, high-interest content, fast-paced plots, and illustrations on every page, these books will boost reading confidence and stamina. Branches books help readers grow!In this exciting full-color series, Gordon Blue transforms into Kung Pow Chicken, an avian superhero who fights crime in the city of Fowladelphia. The first book in the series kicks off when Gordon's birdy senses lead him to a festival. Suddenly, POOF! Feathers fill the air and shivering naked chickens are everywhere. Why have all these chickens lost their feathers? Forced to wear wooly sweaters, the city itches for a hero. Kung Pow Chicken hops into his Beakmobile to save the day! | Scholastic Inc. |
| 9780545840712 | Liberty (Dogs Of World War II) | Kirby Larson | From Newbery Honor author Kirby Larson comes the moving story of a young boy who, with a dad fighting in Europe and a sister working at the Higgins Boat factory, longs to have a dog of his own.Fish has a knack for inventing. His annoying neighbor, Olympia, has a knack for messing things up. But when his latest invention leads Fish to Liberty, a beautiful stray dog who needs a home, he and Olympia work together to rescue her. However, a friendship that crosses racial lines is not the norm in 1940s New Orleans. But at the Higgins boatyard, where the boats that just might save the Allied forces during World War II are built, the wartime workforce is integrated and includes women and the disabled. Fish, who suffered from polio and whose dad is away fighting in Europe, looks up to Mr. Higgins, and he's thrilled when one of his inventions helps Mr. Higgins's engineers unlock the mechanics of the landing crafts. Mr. Higgins inspires him to be bold and brave. As Fish enlists the help of unexpected friends and allies to save Liberty, he finds his perceptions of the world -- of race and war, family and friendship -- transformed. | Scholastic Press |
| 9780545552547 | Lincoln's Grave Robbers | Steve Sheinkin | A dramatic account of the 1875 attempt to steal the 16th president's body describes how a counterfeiting ring plotted to ransom Lincoln's body to secure the release of their imprisoned ringleader and how a fledgling Secret Service and an undercover agent conducted a daring election-night sting operation. | |
| 9781599390352 | Lions | Sarah Albee | Learn about lions - how they grow up, lion families, and lions in the world. | |
| 9780439569866 | Love that Dog | Sharon Creech | A young student, who comes to love poetry through a personal understanding of what different famous poems mean to him, surprises himself by writing his own inspired poem. | |
| 9780545338677 | Love, Aubrey | Suzanne M. LaFleur | Tragedy turns eleven year old Aubrey's world upside down. With the help of her Grandmother, Aubrey learns to express her feelings. "Love, Aubrey" is a story of healing, friendship, and love. | |
| 9780545684378 | Lulu Walks The Dogs | Judith Viorst | In this stand-alone sequel to "Lulu and the Brontosaurus," industry legends Viorst and Smith once again prove that even the loudest, rudest, and most obstinate of girls can win readers over. | Scholastic, Inc. |
| 9780545249850 | Magic Pickle | Scott Morse | Scholastic Inc | |
| 9780545902243 | Mark Of The Dragonfly | Johnson, Jaleigh | ||
| 9780544439566 | Mary Poppins | Pamela Lyndon Travers | This classic tale continues to enchant readers of all ages From the moment Mary Poppins arrives at Number Seventeen Cherry-Tree Lane, everyday life at the Banks house is forever changed. It all starts when Mary Poppins is blown by the east wind onto the doorstep of the Banks house. She becomes a most unusual nanny to Jane, Michael, and the twins. Who else but Mary Poppins can slide up banisters, pull an entire armchair out of an empty carpetbag, and make a dose of medicine taste like delicious lime-juice cordial? A day with Mary Poppins is a day of magic and make-believe come to life | Clarion Books |
| 9780385374149 | May B. | Caroline Starr Rose | "If May is a brave, stubborn fighter, the short, free-verse lines are one-two punches in this Laura Ingalls Wilder-inspired ode to the human spirit." — Kirkus Reviews, StarredI've known it since last night:It's been too long to expect them to return.Something's happened.May is helping out on a neighbor's Kansas prairie homestead—just until Christmas, says Pa. She wants to contribute, but it's hard to be separated from her family by 15 long, unfamiliar miles. Then the unthinkable happens: May is abandoned. Trapped in a tiny snow-covered sod house, isolated from family and neighbors, May must prepare for the oncoming winter. While fighting to survive, May's memories of her struggles with reading at school come back to haunt her. But she's determined to find her way home again. Caroline Starr Rose's fast-paced novel, written in beautiful and riveting verse, gives readers a strong new heroine to love. | Yearling |
| 9780756619107 | Meet the Dinosaurs | DK Publishing, Dorling Kindersley, Inc. | Accompanied by picture word strips and labels to reinforce vocabulary, simple text and color photographs introduce young readers to dinosaurs. | DK Children |
| 9780375806155 | Midnight on the Moon | Mary Pope Osborne | The Magic Tree House takes Jack and Annie to a moon base in the future where they continue to search for the fourth thing they need to free their friend Morgan from the magician's spell. | |
| 9780805090475 | Missing On Superstition Mountain (Superstition Mountain Mysteries, 1) | Elise Broach | It's summer and the three Barker brothers―Simon, Henry, and Jack―just moved from Illinois to Arizona. Their parents have warned them repeatedly not to explore Superstition Mountain, which is near their home. But when their cat Josie goes missing, they see no other choice. There's something unusually creepy about the mountain and after the boys find three human skulls, they grow determined to uncover the mystery. Have people really gone missing over the years, and could there be someone or some thing lurking in the woods? Together with their new neighbor Delilah, the Barker boys are dead-set on cracking the case even if it means putting themselves in harm's way.Here's the first book in an action-packed mystery series by a New York Times bestselling author.Missing on Superstition Mountain is a Publishers Weekly Best Children's Fiction title for 2011. | Henry Holt and Co. (BYR) |
| 9780545414517 | Mister Harrison Is Embarrassing! | Dan Gutman | When the power goes out in the school, everyone panics in the dark, and only nerdy Mr. Harrison, who can fix and build anything, can save the day. | |
| 9780545358088 | Mockingbird | In Caitlin's world, everything is black or white. Things are good or bad. Anything in between is confusing. That's the stuff Caitlin's older brother, Devon, has always explained. But now Devon's dead and Dad is no help at all. Caitlin wants to get over it, but as an eleven-year-old girl with Asperger's, she doesn't know how. When she reads the definition of closure, she realizes this is what she needs. In her search for it, Caitlin discovers that not everything is black and white. The world is full of colors, messy and beautiful. | Scholastic Inc. | |
| 9781423108177 | Mogo, The Third Warthog | Napoli, Donna Jo | Mogo may be the runt of the litter, but he's determined to make it in the tough African savanna. His bossy and lazy older brothers don't have what it takes to survive, so he ventures off on his own. Mogo must learn to battle not only lions, cheetahs, and wild dogs, but also fear and loneliness.The friendship of a young baboon, who has also been cast out of his own community, helps Mogo find what he's been looking for: a life not just based on survival, but one that relishes the joys of friendship and love. Donna Jo Napoli, a master at retelling fables and fairy tales, spins a fascinating adventure from the story of The Three Little Pigs, while Lita Judge's black and white illustrations bring the unforgettable cast of characters to life. | Hyperion Book CH |