Sonya Elliott's Library
Oakland Elementary
| ISBN | Title | Author | Description | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9780375843723 | The Legend of Bass Reeves | Gary Paulsen | An account of the life of Bass Reeves, who was born into slavery and became the most successful federal marshal of his day. | |
| 9780439326049 | The Legend of Freedom Hill | Linda Jacobs Altman | During the California Gold Rush Rosabel, an African American, and Sophie, a Jew, team up and search for gold to buy Rosabel's mother her freedom from a slave catcher. | |
| 9780698113602 | The Legend of the Indian Paintbrush | Little Gopher follows his destiny, as revealed in a Dream-Vision, of becoming an artist for his people and eventually is able to bring the colors of the sunset down to the earth. | Puffin Books | |
| 9780152054458 | The Librarian of Basra | Jeanette Winter | Presents the true story of how Alia Baker, the librarian of the Basra library, and her friends managed to save the books of the library before the library was burned to the ground during the 2003 Iraq War. | Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |
| 9780060765484 | The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe, Movie Tie-In Edition (Narnia) | C. S. Lewis | A mass-market paperback edition of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, book two in the classic fantasy series The Chronicles of Narnia. This edition features black-and-white illustrations by the original illustrator, Pauline Baynes, and eight pages of stills from the epic motion picture.Four adventurous siblings—Peter, Susan, Edmund, and Lucy Pevensie—step through a wardrobe door and into the land of Narnia, a land frozen in eternal winter and enslaved by the power of the White Witch. But when almost all hope is lost, the return of the Great Lion, Aslan, signals a great change . . . and a great sacrifice.Step through the wardrobe and into The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, the second book in C. S. Lewis's classic fantasy series, which has been enchanting readers of all ages for over sixty years. This is a stand-alone novel, but if you want to return to Narnia, read The Horse and His Boy, the third book in The Chronicles of Narnia. | HarperFestival |
| 9780590465960 | The Littles Go Exploring | John Peterson | In their latest adventure, the Littles venture into the land beyond the Dark Wood, an area unknown to small people. | Scholastic Paperbacks |
| 9780590132053 | The Magic Finger | Roald Dahl | Angered by a neighboring family's sport hunting, an 8-year-old girl turns her magic finger on them. | |
| OS_6436CD8DFB791F00B4428C4E | The Magic Finger | Roald Dahl | ||
| 9780689851223 | The Mary Celeste | Jane Yolen, Heidi E. Y. Stemple | In this spooky book from the nonfiction An Unsolved Mystery from History picture book series, set off on the high seas to a ghost ship left completely abandoned and adrift on the waves. The Mary Celeste was discovered adrift on the open sea by another ship in 1872—with no sign of captain or crew. What happened? Did the crew mutiny? Were they attacked by pirates? Caught in a storm? No one ever found out. Inside this book are the clues that were left behind and the theories of what people think happened aboard that ship. Become a detective, study the clues, and see if you can help solve this chilling mystery from history! | Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers |
| 9780316045476 | The Monsters' Monster | Patrick McDonnell | Grouch, Grump and little Gloom 'n' Doom spend much of their time arguing over who is the "biggest and baddest" until they build a monster together that turns out to be very different than what they expect. By the Caldecott Honor-winning author/illustrator of Me . . . Jane. 100,000 first printing. | Little Brown & Company |
| 9780399231162 | The Other Side | Jacqueline Woodson | Two girls, one white and one black, gradually get to know each other as they sit on the fence that divides the white part of town from the black part of town. | Nancy Paulsen Books |
| 9780763635190 | The Patchwork Path | Bettye Stroud | The images stitched into Hannah's quilt lead to secret signposts on the Underground Railroad as she and her father take flight from slavery on a perilous path to freedom. Now that Hannah’s papa has decided to make the run for freedom, her patchwork quilt is not just a precious memento of Mama — it’s a series of hidden clues that will guide them along the Underground Railroad to Canada. A fictionalized account of a fascinating oral history, The Patchwork Path tells the story of a two of the thousands who escaped a life of slavery and made the dangerous journey to freedom — a story of courage, determination, and hope. - A Gustavus Myers Center for the Study of Bigotry and Human Rights Outstanding Book, Honorable Mention | National Geographic Books |
| The Plant That Ate Dirty Socks | ||||
| The Powers Of Congress | ||||
| 9781570641961 | The Prince and the Pooch | Caroline Leavitt | When Joe gets a chance to prove himself as coach and discovers that it is not as easy as it seems, Wishbone is reminded of the tale in which a poor boy trades places with the crown prince of England, each one believing that the other has the easier life. | |
| 9781452129365 | The Quickest Kid in Clarksville | Pat Zietlow Miller | It's the day before the big parade. Alta can only think about one thing: Wilma Rudolph, three-time Olympic gold medalist. She'll be riding on a float tomorrow. See, Alta is the quickest kid in Clarksville, Tennessee, just like Wilma once was. It doesn't matter that Alta's shoes have holes because Wilma came from hard times, too. But what happens when a new girl with shiny new shoes comes along and challenges Alta to a race? Will she still be the quickest kid? The Quickest Kid in Clarksville is a timeless story of dreams, determination, and the power of friendship. | Chronicle Books |
| 9780689845086 | The Relatives Came | Cynthia Rylant | The relatives' station wagon: it smelled like a real car, looked like a rainbow, and was roomy enough for a crowd. Lucky! Because a big crowd in all shapes and sizes piled into that old wagon at four o'clock one summer morning and piled out of it the next day at their relatives' place on the north side of the mountains. All in good moods. The visitors settled in everywhere throughout the house, laughing and making music and hugging everyone from the kitchen to the front room. And they stayed for weeks. Cynthia Rylant's words and Stephen Gammell's pictures take warm delight in the time the relatives came -- when two sides of a family made one roomy middle. | Atheneum/Richard Jackson Books |
| 9781338212297 | The Risky Rescue (Key Hunters #6) (6) | Luper, Eric | Scholastic Paperbacks | |
| 9781570613555 | The Salmon Princess | Loosely based on "Cinderella," this story is set in Alaska, the fairy godmother is an eagle, and the hero, the son of a cannery owner, finds his true love through her Sitka slipper, a heavy rubber boot she left at the Silver Salmon Festival. | Paws IV Publishing | |
| 9780439444637 | The School Skeleton | Ron Roy | At Green Lawn Elementary, the entire school becomes involved in a mystery when Mr. Bones, the skeleton in the nurse's office, disappears. |