Pamela Johnson's Library
East Montgomery Elementary
| ISBN | Title | Author | Description | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9780142400722 | A Strong Right Arm | Michelle Y. Green | Motivated by her love for the game and inspired by the legendary Jackie Robinson, Mamie Johnson is determined to be a professional baseball pitcher. But in a sport that's determined by white men, there is no place for a black woman. Mamie doesn't give up-from the time she insists on trying out for the all-male, all-white Police Athletic League until she realizes her dream and becomes one of three women to play in the Negro Leagues. Mamie Johnson's life shows that with courage and perseverance one can overcome even the greatest challenges. | Puffin Books |
| 9780375813672 | A to Z Mysteries: the Runaway Racehorse | 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! R is for Racehorse . . . And they’re off! The kids can’t wait to see Uncle Warren’s racehorse Whirlaway’s big event. But then the horse disappears. He shows up the next day, just in time to lose the race. Why is Whirlaway suddenly so slow? Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose are on the case! | National Geographic Books |
| 9780763602529 | A Voice of Her Own | Kathryn Lasky | Presents a biography of the African girl brought to New England as a slave in 1761 who became famous on both sides of the Atlantic as the first Black poet in America. | Candlewick Press (MA) |
| 9780439531085 | A Week in the Woods | Andrew Clements | The fifth grade's annual camping trip in the woods tests Mark's survival skills and his ability to relate to a teacher who seems out to get him. | |
| 9781442429840 | A Whale of a Tale | Debbie Dadey | The third sparkling adventure in the new mermaid series by Dadey. Illustrations. | Simon and Schuster |
| 0439116724 | A. Lincoln and Me | |||
| 9780547939681 | About Time | Bruce Koscielniak | Describes the concept of time and how it has been measured throughout history, using water clocks, sundials, calendars, and atomic vibrations. | |
| 0531140032 | Alexander Graham Bell | |||
| 070918003493 | All Aboard Trucks | |||
| 0395442397 | An Enemy Among Them | |||
| 9780399243028 | An Orange for Frankie | Patricia Polacco | Based on her own family history, Polacco retells the story of her grandmother's youngest brother Frankie, a little boy who learns--and teaches--an important lesson about giving during one Christmas. Full color. | Philomel Books |
| 9780439129084 | Anastasia, the Last Grand Duchess | Carolyn Meyer | A novel in diary form in which the youngest daughter of Czar Nicholas II describes the privileged life her family led up until the time of World War I and the tragic events that befell them. | Scholastic Inc. |
| 0590436406 | Animals Animals | |||
| 9780531202982 | Anne Frank | Rachel S. Epstein | Traces the life of a Jewish girl who chronicled her day-to-day life in a diary as she hid in an attic in Nazi-occupied Holland for two years. | Franklin Watts |
| 9781583413340 | Annie Oakley | Sara Gilbert | Profiles the life and legends related to the sharpshooter known as Annie Oakley. | The Creative Company |
| 9780982087305 | Appalachian Jack Tales | Lynn Sims Salsi | Lynn Slasi and James Young collaborate once more with the Appalachian Jack Tales, a story collection that puts Jack ant home in the high-mountain setting; this is much more than a book. Salsi sets each story in an historical context. This volume complements Young Ray Hicks Learns the Jack Tales, now a classroom staple for middle grade readers. | Forza Renea |
| 059071547x | As Ever, Brooklyn | |||
| 9780439351089 | At 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue | Crystal Wirth | ||
| 9780374404581 | At the Sign of the Star | Katherine Sturtevant | In seventeenth-century London, Meg Moore--who has little interest in cooking, needlework, or other homemaking skills--dreams of becoming a bookseller and someday inheriting her widowed father's book store. Reprint. | Macmillan |
| 9780545348348 | Bandit | Ellen Miles | When Lizzie discovers an abandoned Shih Tzu at a highway rest stop, she and her family foster the puppy, but they soon learn that Bandit was abandoned because he needs an expensive operation. | Scholastic Paperbacks |