Sonya Elliott's Library
Oakland Elementary
| ISBN | Title | Author | Description | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9780486485102 | Casey at the Bat | Ernest Lawrence Thayer, Martin Gardner, Jim Hull | The classic, narrative poem about a celebrated baseball player who strikes out in the crucial moment of a game. | Courier Corporation |
| 0671891871 | Cat Burglar on the Prowl | Peg Kehret | Best friends Rosie and Kayo enter their cats in the local show--but someone steals Rosie's cat Webster and some super sleuthing is required. From the author of Nightmare Mountain and Terror at the Zoo. Simultaneous. | Simon & Schuster/Paula Wiseman Books |
| 9780316139854 | Catcher with a Glass Arm | Matt Christopher | A young baseball player struggles to overcome his fear of a pitched ball, improve his throwing, and somehow redeem himself in the eyes of his teammates. | Little, Brown Books for Young Readers |
| 9780545490764 | Caught | Margaret Peterson Haddix | When Jonah and Katherine travel to early 1900s Switzerland and Serbia to return Albert Einstein's daughter, Lieserl, to history, her mother Mileva grasps entirely too much about time travel and has no intention of letting her daughter go. | |
| 9780736846318 | Cesar Chavez: Fighting For Farmworkers (Graphic Biographies) | Eric Braun | A biography telling the life of labor leader Cesar Chavez and the boycotts that he led to gain fair working conditions for farmworkers. Written in graphic-novel format. | Capstone Press |
| 9780439793384 | Chasing Freedom | Nikki Grimes | In this imaginative biographical story, Harriet Tubman and Susan B. Anthony sit down over a cup of tea in 1904 to reminisce about their struggles and triumphs in the service of freedom and women's rights. | Orchard Books |
| 9780786808182 | Cherish Today | Kristina Evans | Energetic text and beautiful images combine to describe the exciting milestones children of all backgrounds have ahead of them as they make their way through life. | Jump At The Sun |
| 9780618194650 | Cheyenne Again | Eve Bunting, Irving Toddy | In the late 1880's, a Cheyenne boy named Young Bull is taken to a boarding school to learn the white man's ways. | Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |
| 9781481481571 | Choosing Sides (The Kicks) | Alex Morgan | From FIFA World Cup Champion, Olympic gold medalist, and bestselling author Alex Morgan comes the ninth book in an empowering and fun-filled middle grade series that inspired the Amazon original series, The Kicks!After an easy win against the Roses, Devin is reminded of how the Kicks were playing when she first joined and how far they have come since then. Devin runs into Sasha, a summer league teammate of hers, who confides that the Roses’ coach doesn’t seem to care that they’re losing and asks Devin for help. She invites the Roses to a weekend soccer clinic that the Kicks are going to. But when the eighth graders find out that Devin is helping another team in their league, they are not pleased and accuse Devin of helping the competition—especially when the Roses begin to win.Meanwhile, Zoe and Emma haven’t been seeing eye-to-eye, and their friendship seems to be in trouble, putting Devin and Jessi in the middle of their fights. When they begin to disrupt the Kicks’ practices, Devin knows she has to do something.Can Devin prove to her team and her friends that she’s not playing favorites or choosing sides? | Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers |
| 9780545385732 | Christmas Miracle Pets | Allan Zullo | Have you heard about the dachshund who was snatched up by an eagle, but fought back in midair? How about the two pigs who escaped from a sausage factory, leaped into an icy river, and swam to safety? Can you believe a pet cat was trapped for two months under the concrete floor of a new building under construction? Inside this book, you'll find these and more incredible true tales of brave animals who overcame life-threatening situations. You will never forget these animals or their amazing stories of survival! | Scholastic |
| 9780064438643 | Cindy Ellen | Susan Lowell | Once upon a time, there was a sweet cowgirl named Cindy Ellen, who lived with the orneriest stepmother west of the Mississippi and two stepsisters who were so nasty, they made rattlesnakes look nice! But when a fast-talkin' fairy godmother teaches Cindy Ellen a little lesson about gumption, Cindy lassos first place at the rodeo and the heart of Joe Prince.... You may think you've heard the story before-but you'll get a side-splittin' bellyache after you're through with this hilarious rendition told Wild West-style! | Harper Collins |
| 9780374312893 | Circle Unbroken | In a powerful and rhythmic picture book, a grandmother tells the tale of Gullahs and their beautiful sweetgrass baskets that keep their African heritage alive. | Farrar Straus & Giroux | |
| 9780679890676 | Civil War on Sunday | Mary Pope Osborne | Jack and Annie are transported by their magic tree house to the time of the Civil War where they meet Clara Barton. | Random House Books for Young Readers |
| 9781338268348 | Clayton Byrd Goes Underground | Rita Williams-Garcia | Clayton feels most alive when he's with his grandfather, Cool Papa Byrd, and the band of Bluesmen -- he can't wait to join them, just as soon as he has a blues song of his own. But then the unthinkable happens. Cool Papa Byrd dies, and Clayton's mother forbids Clayton from playing the blues. And Clayton knows that's no way to live. Armed with his grandfather's brown porkpie hat and his harmonica, he runs away from home in search of the Bluesmen, hoping he can join them on the road. But on the journey that takes him through the New York City subways and to Washington Square Park, Clayton learns some things that surprise him. | |
| 9780545201162 | Closer | Roderick Gordon, Brian Williams | Will Burrows believes he is safe at the very center of the earth, in a world that no one knows exists, but the Styx are close behind and will follow him anywhere, while on the surface, Drake and some unlikely allies unearth some critical secrets. | Chicken House |
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| 9781934878187 | Cocky's Journey Through the Palmetto State | Aimee Aryal | "Join the University of South Carolina's mascot, Cocky, as he takes a tour of the Palmetto State. Read along as Cocky travels throughout South Carolina and makes many new friends along the way." --cover p. 4. | Mascot Books |
| 9781934277133 | Colorful World | CeCe Winans, Keith Thomas, Melodee Strong, Alvin Love, III | Lyrics and illustrations teach children to celebrate their own unique talents and abilities. | Maren Green Pub Incorporated |
| 9780439808101 | Coming on Home Soon | Jacqueline Woodson | After Mama takes a job in Chicago during World War II, Ada Ruth stays with Grandma but misses her mother who loves her more than rain and snow. | |
| 9780399237485 | Coming on Home Soon | Jacqueline Woodson | Ada Ruth's mama must go away to Chicago to work, leaving Ada Ruth and Grandma behind. It's war time, and women are needed to fill the men's jobs. As winter sets in, Ada Ruth and her grandma keep up their daily routine, missing Mama all the time. They find strength in each other, and a stray kitten even arrives one day to keep them company, but nothing can fill the hole Mama left. Every day they wait, watching for the letter that says Mama will be coming on home soon. Set during World War II, Coming On Home Soon has a timeless quality that will appeal to all who wait and hope. | Penguin |