Sarah Ferrell's Library
Sango Elementary
| ISBN | Title | Author | Description | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9780060001506 | Diary of a Worm | Doreen Cronin | One small worm . one big world! This is the diary . of a worm. This worm lives with his parents, plays with his friends, and even goes to school. But unlike you or me, he never has to take a bath, he gets to eat his homework, and because he doesn't have legs, he just can't do the hokey pokey – no matter how hard he tries. This hysterical picture book by New York Times bestselling author Doreen Cronin and New York Times bestselling illustrator Harry Bliss tells the daily doings of a small worm in a gigantic worm world. Ages 4–8 | Harper Collins |
| 9780395942840 | Dogs at Work | Elizabeth West | This book, with color photographs, explores the different jobs dogs can have. | |
| 9780439230216 | Dolphin in the Deep | Ben M. Baglio | Mandy has been spending a lot of time in Florida at the local animal park playing with Bob and Bing, two dolphins who perform together, but when Bob dies, Mandy is concerned about Bing's future and is determined to do whatever she can to help the lonely d | Apple |
| 9781442449619 | Dork Diaries 5 | Rachel Renée Russell | When Miss Know-It-All's inbox overflows with pleas for guidance, Nikki Maxwell, the school newspaper advice columnist, turns to her best friends for help. | Simon and Schuster |
| 9780439450713 | Double Fudge | Judy Blume | His younger brother's obsession with money and the discovery of long-lost cousins Flora and Fauna provide many embarrassing moments for twelve-year-old Peter. | Scholastic |
| 9780590538275 | Drama | Alison Chaplin | A moose's moostache is too big to control until he meets Ms. Moose, who has her own hair problem. They conquer each other's heart and their hair problems. | |
| 9780786814206 | Duke Ellington | Andrea Davis Pinkney | Duke Ellington: The Piano Prince And His Orchestra | Jump At The Sun |
| 9780531213506 | Earthquakes | Ker Than | A study of earthquakes and the science behind them. | Childrens Press |
| 9780064434645 | Eight Hands Round | Ann Whitford Paul | "Paul provides information about pioneer life through speculation about the origins of 26 quilt patterns, one for each letter of the alphabet. The variety of colors and designs makes the quilts themselves the real stars of the book [and] will [encourage] students to develop their own creations in cloth or on paper." —SLJ. Outstanding Books of 1991 (NYT) Notable 1991 Childrens' Trade Books in Social Studies (NCSS/CBC) Books for Vacation Reading (NYT) | Harper Collins |
| 9780399252921 | Elsie's Bird | Jane Yolen | Young Elsie must find a way to adapt to her new home on the Nebraska prairie after she and her father leave their comfortable city life in Boston. | Philomel |
| 9781928749806 | Elsie's Endless Wait | Martha Finley | Two decades before the Civil War, an eight year- old Southern heiress longs for the love of the father she has never known---but when they meet at last, nothing is as Elsie expects. Can the proud and willful Horace Dinsmore learn to love his only child---a little girl whose first allegiance is to God? Introducing soft cover editions in the Elsie Dinsmore Series with newly designed covers. | Zonderkidz |
| 9780545110211 | Encyclopedia Brown Cracks the Case | Donald J. Sobol | Ten brief cases allow the reader to match wits with ten-year-old crime-buster, Encyclopedia Brown, as he locates stolen jewels, retrieves a stuffed tiger, and more. Solutions are included at the back of the book. | |
| 9780142408889 | Encyclopedia Brown, Boy Detective | Donald J. Sobol | Fifth-grader "Encyclopedia" Leroy Brown solves ten mysteries and, by putting the solutions at the back of the book, challenges the reader to do the same. | Penguin |
| 9781742033136 | Endangered Closeup | Lorna Hendry | ||
| 9780307931474 | Escape From Mr. Lemoncello's Library | Chris Grabenstein | Twelve-year-old Kyle gets to stay overnight in the new town library, designed by his hero (the famous gamemaker Luigi Lemoncello), with other students but finds that come morning he must work with friends to solve puzzles in order to escape. | Yearling |
| 9780544250031 | Extreme Scientists | Donna M. Jackson | Extreme scientists battle some of the Earth's most intense conditions, from hurricanes to caves to the crowns of towering redwoods, in order to save lives, preserve species, and help us to better understand the way our planet works. | Clarion Books |
| 9780062084194 | Fancy Nancy: Nancy Clancy, Super Sleuth | Jane O'Connor | Kids who grew up with Jane O'Connor's Fancy Nancy picture books can spend some quality time with their BFF because Nancy Clancy is now starring in her own chapter books! Fancy Nancy: Nancy Clancy, Super Sleuth is the first in a series of delightful middle-grade mysteries. Sassy Fancy Nancy is now a detective. Told in the third-person narrative, when one of Nancy's classmate's most special possessions disappears from school, it's up to her to save the day. With the help of her friend Bree, she follows the clues to an unexpected source. Fans of Nancy Drew's Clue Crew will be happy to see a new Nancy join the ranks of super sleuths. Robin Preiss Glasser illustrates Nancy's story with liveliness, wit, and fanciness. Supports the Common Core State Standards | HarperCollins |
| 9781580894319 | Feathers | Melissa Stewart | Young naturalists explore sixteen birds in this elegant introduction to the many, remarkable uses of feathers. A concise main text highlights how feathers are not just for flying. More curious readers are invited to dig deeper with informative sidebars that underscore how feathers of all shapes and sizes help birds with warming or cooling, protect them from the sun, help them swim, glide or even dig. With a range of common and exotic species readers will be engaged by both the new and the familiar. Beautiful and delicate watercolor illustrations showcase life-size feathers and compare them to everyday objects. With a scrapbook design, Feathers is part science journal, part read-along nonfiction, making it a wonderful resource for nature studies and a delight for the youngest bird lovers. | National Geographic Books |
| 9780545233262 | Forget Me Not | Coleen Paratore | During a Cape Cod summer, Willa is enjoying her relationship with "JFK" Kennelly and the challenges of planning a wedding all by herself, but when jealousy enters her love life, best friend Tina pulls away, and the bride proves impossible to please, a sweet dog begins to turn things around. | |
| 9780545940382 | Fortune Falls | Jenny Goebel | In Fortune Falls, where superstitions are real, and all children must pass regular "luck tests" to see if they are worthy, ill-fortuned Sadie has always been deemed as unlucky, and shunted aside for her luckier younger brother--but when she finds an unusually intelligent black cat named Jinx, her fortunes begin to change for the better. |