Melissa Capotosti's Library
Oakland Elementary
| ISBN | Title | Author | Description | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9780679890621 | Hour of the Olympics | Mary Pope Osborne | Their magic tree house takes Jack and Annie back to retrieve a lost story in ancient Greece, where they witness the original Olympic games and are surprised to find what girls of the time were not allowed to do. | Random House Books for Young Readers |
| 9780147509147 | If I Built a Car | Chris Van Dusen | Jack describes the kind of car he would build--one with amazing accessories and with the capability of traveling on land, in the air, and on and under the sea. | |
| 9780140375947 | Immigrant Kids | Russell Freedman | America meant "freedom" to the immigrants of the early 1900s—but a freedom very different from what they expected. Cities were crowded and jobs were scare. Children had to work selling newspapers, delivering goods, and laboring sweatshops. In this touching book, Newberry Medalist Russell Freedman offers a rare glimpse of what it meant to be a young newcomer to America. | Puffin Books |
| 9780545757140 | Insects | Tedd Arnold | During a nature walk, Fly Guy and Buzz learn all about the different types of insects, their life cycles, what they eat, and which ones are dangerous to humans. | Scholastic Reference |
| 9781338630596 | Into the Clouds | Tod Olson | In 1953, as two men summit Mount Everest for the first time, Charlie Houston and a team of mountaineers carve a path up the second highest peak on Earth: the deadly K2. For Houston, reaching the top of K2 is a lifelong dream, an obsession that began 15 years earlier on his first expedition there. Now, Houston's team follows their tracks, stumbling on camps abandoned during the bitter tragedy. With the summit in their grasp, a vicious storm and a sudden illness put their own expedition on the edge of disaster, turning their quest to conquer a mountain into one of the most daring rescue misions ever. Three expeditions and a high-mountain rivalry. Three attempts at K2, one of the most grueling challenges the planet has to offer. At 25,000 feet, every choice will mean lives lost or saved and bonds broken or cemented for a lifetme. -inside cover. | |
| 9781534494312 | It All Begins with Jelly Beans | Nova Weetman | "Originally published in Australia in 2019 by University of Queensland Press as Sick bay"--Title page verso. | Simon and Schuster |
| 9781338575934 | Jack Montgomery | Michael P. Spradlin | "The true story for middle grade readers of First Lt. Jack Montgomery, a Native American who received the Medal of Honor for his valor in World War II."--Provided by publisher. | |
| 9781338175653 | Journey to the Orange Islands | Tracey West | Professor Oak sends Ash on a mission to the Orange Islands, where surprises await the young Pokeḿon trainer at every turn. | Pokémon Chapter Books |
| 9780439692496 | Junie b., First Grader | Barbara Park | When her father will not let her stay up late to do her homework, first grader Junie B. copies a classmate’s paper | Ingram |
| 9780525516477 | Letters From Cuba | Ruth Behar | Pura Belpré Award Winner Ruth Behar's inspiring story of a young Jewish girl who escapes Poland to make a new life in Cuba, while she works to rescue the rest of her family The situation is getting dire for Jews in Poland on the eve of World War II. Esther's father has fled to Cuba, and she is the first one to join him. It's heartbreaking to be separated from her beloved sister, so Esther promises to write down everything that happens until they're reunited. And she does, recording both the good--the kindness of the Cuban people and her discovery of a valuable hidden talent--and the bad: the fact that Nazism has found a foothold even in Cuba. Esther's evocative letters are full of her appreciation for life and reveal a resourceful, determined girl with a rare ability to bring people together, all the while striving to get the rest of their family out of Poland before it's too late. Based on Ruth Behar's family history, this compelling story celebrates the resilience of the human spirit in the most challenging times. | Penguin |
| 9781338649321 | Lila and Hadley | Kody Keplinger | scholastic | |
| 9780545403467 | Magic Tree House Merlin Mission #13 | Mary Pope Osborne | Jack and Annie travel to Vienna, Austria, in 1762 where they meet the young Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and his sister and help save the budding genius' life. | |
| 9780545417099 | Magic Tree House# 38 | Mary Pope Osborne | ||
| 9780399255731 | Mary and Her Little Lamb | Will Moses | In 1810s Massachusetts, young Mary Elizabeth Sawyer nurses a sickly lamb back to health and becomes the subject of a famous nursery rhyme. Includes facts about the real Mary, John Roulstone who wrote the rhyme, and Lowell Mason who set it to music. | |
| 9781556616235 | Melissa | Eva Gibson | Melissa reads her sister's diary, hoping to find a clue to her disappearance and finds a drawing of some mysterious jewelry. | |
| 9780545689489 | 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. | |
| 9780545656924 | Monkeys | Anne Schreiber | A look at monkeys and their habitats, social behaviours, and young. | |
| 9780545615532 | Mummies in the 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. | |
| 9780670784752 | My Baby Blue Jays | Author John Berendt chronicles the lives of baby blue jays after he notices a nest outside his office window and follows their lives from eggs to hatchlings to full grown birds. | ||
| 9780803740419 | My Teacher | James Ransome | A student wonders why her teacher has chosen to teach in her school for so long, and highlights all the special things her teacher does for her class. |