Sonya Elliott's Library
Oakland Elementary
| ISBN | Title | Author | Description | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9780590465199 | Justin and the Best Biscuits in the World | Mildred Pitts Walter | Justin thinks housework is for women, until his cowboy grandfather teaches him otherwise in this engaging modern-day cowboy story. Coretta Scott King Award. | Scholastic |
| 0590442589 | Karen's School Picture | Ann M. Martin, Susan Tang | Karen is afraid she will make a fool of herself in front of her class and mean Ricky if she wears her new eyeglasses for her class picture. | Apple |
| 9781534465374 | Katie Cupcakes And Wedding Bells (33) (Cupcake Diaries) | Coco Simon | Katie is unpleasantly surprised to find out her family is moving into a new house after her mom’s wedding in the latest addition to the Cupcake Diaries series.Katie’s mom is getting married! Katie and her three best friends couldn’t be happier and have so much fun pitching in with getting ready for the big day—especially with cake testing! But when Katie finds out her mom’s marriage means her family has to move, suddenly the wedding isn’t as joyous an occasion. What will life be like in a new home with a new family? | Simon Spotlight |
| 9781584854258 | Kaya's Escape (American Girl Collection) | Janet Shaw | Enemy raiders are invading Kaya's village! Kaya's mother tells her to run for the woods with her blind sister, Speaking Rain. But Kaya wants to protect her horse, too. As Kaya hesitates, she and Speaking Rain are captured! How will they ever get back home? | American Girl |
| Keepin' It Real | ||||
| 9780545536578 | Keeping Safe The Stars | Sheila O'Connor | In Rural Minnesota In 1974, Thirteen-year-old Pride Star, Raised To Be Independent, Must Accept Help From Friends And Neighbors To Care For Eleven-year-old Nightingale And Six-year-old Baby When Her Grandfather Is Hospitalized With A Brain Infection. | |
| 9780545096683 | Kickoff! | TIKI & RONDE BARBER & PAUL MANTELL | Tiki and Ronde's twelfth summer is winding down -- the nights are getting shorter and the evenings cooler. That means two The first day of junior high is just a few days away, and it's almost the start of football season at last. With two championships and an 8-2 season last year, Tiki and Ronde are ready to graduate from the Peewee League and hit the field as starting players for the Hidden Valley Eagles. But junior high is a lot bigger than elementary school. The competition for starting spots is stiff, and seniority rules. If Tiki and Ronde make it past tryouts and cuts, will they get the chance to play, or will they have to spend the season watching from the bench with the other seventh graders? Inspired by the childhood of NFL superstars Tiki and Ronde Barber, Kickoff! is a story of teamwork, perseverance, and what it takes to be a champion. | SCHOLASTIC, INC. |
| 9781596435186 | King George: What Was His Problem? | Steve Sheinkin | KING GEORGE NEVER DID UNDERSTAND AMERICANS "Entire books have been written about the causes of the American Revolution. This isn't one of them." What it is, instead, is utterly interesting, antedotes (John Hancock fixates on salmon), from the inside out (at the Battle of Eutaw Springs, hundreds of soldiers plunged into battle "naked as they were born") close-up narrative filled with little-known details, lots of quotes that capture the spirit and voices of the principals ("If need be, I will raise one thousand men, subsist them at my own expense, and march myself at their head for the relief of Boston" -- George Washington), and action, It's the story of the birth of our nation, complete with soldiers, spies, salmon sandwiches, and real facts you can't help but want to tell to everyone you know. King George: What Was His Problem? is a 2009 Bank Street - Best Children's Book of the Year. | Square Fish |
| 9780545614924 | Kizzy Ann Stamps | Jeri Watts | Scholastic | |
| 9780590425391 | Knee-Knock Rise | Everyone else in the village is afraid of the creature who supposedly dwells at the top of Kneeknock Rise but young Egan investigates for himself. | ||
| 9781585362608 | Let Them Play | Margot Theis Raven | Recounts the true story of spirit and determination from America's early civil rights history and the Cannon Street all-stars who were not allowed to play in the World Series game. | True Story |
| Lift Every Voice And Sing | ||||
| 9780876146170 | Lightning | Stephen Kramer | Covers a variety of facts on lightning, including how it is formed, the different types of lightning, what thunder is and its relationship to lightning, safety measures, etc. | First Avenue Editions |
| 9780545099523 | Lily Brown's Paintings | Angela Johnson, Earl B. Lewis | When Lily Brown paints, she imagines all sorts of fantastic things in the scenes that she sees every day. | |
| 9780679883401 | Lions at Lunchtime | Mary Pope Osborne | The magic tree house takes Jack and Annie to Africa where they meet up with wonderful wild animals, a very hungry warrior, and where they even solve a riddle. | Random House Books for Young Readers |
| 9780803724358 | Lisette's Angel | Amy Littlesugar | Lisette lives in Normandy, France, a beautiful little town where " apple trees grow near the sea, and cows give the sweetest milk. " But now the boots of German soldiers go click-clack! click-clack! down the cobblestone streets, and tanks with big guns pierce the sky. Lisette and her family are hungry, cold, and always, always scared. She prays for an angel to help them. And on a moonlit night full of the roar and furore of planes overhead, she looks to the skies for some sign that the world will be right again. As seen thr ough a child's eyes, this dramatic, heartfelt story about the 1944 D-day invasion gives poignant expression to the conviction that even in the darkest hours, one can reach out and find a light. | Dial |
| 0590251708 | Little Miss stoneybrook... and Dawn | Ann M. Martin | Assisting her two young charges to prepare for the upcoming Little Miss Stoneybrook pageant, Dawn finds trouble when her fellow baby-sitters begin helping other little girls to compete in the pageant. Reprint. | Apple |
| Little Miss Stoneybrook...And Dawn | ||||
| 9780689815058 | Liza Lou and the Yeller Belly Swamp | Mercer Mayer | With quick thinking and determination, a little girl manages to outwit all the dangerous residents in the Yeller Belly Swamp in this quirky, spooky picture book. Gruesome creatures galore lurk in Yeller Belly Swamp, but they aren’t going to stop plucky Liza Lou from getting her mother’s sweet potatoes over to Gramma’s place. Haunts, gobblygooks, witches, and devils beware! | Aladdin |
| Lon Popo |