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Hurricane! (What's It Like Out?)
Kris Hirschmann · Checkerboard Library
Pages: 32
Format: Library Binding
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This book introduces where, why, when, and how often hurricanes occur. Engaging text breaks down concepts for the reader, such as air pressure differences, cloud formation, updrafts, rising air, and rotating winds. Chapters highlight the progression from tropical disturbance to tropical... |
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Lady Liberty: A Biography
Doreen Rappaport · Candlewick Press
Pages: 40
Format: Print book
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A powerfully moving, authentic portrait of the Statue of Liberty, told through the eyes of those who created her and illustrated in glorious detail."Soon America will be one hundred years old. I share my dream of a birthday gift."It begins in 1865 as a romantic idea, but ten years... |
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Anastasia Absolutely
Lois Lowry · Yearling
Format: Paperback
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The trouble begins when Anastasia goes to the mailbox with two packages and her new dog, Sleuth. It's there that she accidentally puts the bag of dog droppings into the mailbox instead of her mother's package. When she realizes her mistake, Anastasia uses her school Values Class... |
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Willy Maykit in Space
Greg Trine · Harcourt Brace and Company
Pages: 208
Format: Hardcover
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Earth-dwelling fourth-grader Willy Maykit couldn't be more excited about his school field trip to Planet Ed. Willy's class will blast off for the afternoon, learn about outer space, and be home in time for dinner. But when he wanders off on his own, Willy ends up being left behind... |
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United Tweets of America: 50 State Birds Their Stories, Their Glories
Hudson Talbott · G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pages: 64
Format: Print book
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A hilarious tribute to state birds! Welcome to the United Tweets Pageant! This colorful parade of state birds competing to be Top Tweet will have readers of all ages laughing aloud. From Alabama?s Yellowhammer to Wyoming?s Western Meadowlark, each bird is a winner?and each bird loves to show... |
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Quarterback Crisis
Zach Riley · Abdo Publishing Company
Format: Book
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Sixth-grader Drew Howard is frustrated and planning to quit the team, because now that he is playing organized football he can not seem to throw a good pass--but a new boy, Tyler Wade, forces him to realize that quitting is not the answer to his problems.Title: Quarterback CrisisAuthor:... |
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The Mammoth Academy in Trouble!
Neal Layton · Henry Holt
Pages: 140
Format: Print book
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Oscar, Arabella, and their friends can't wait to begin their second termat theMammoth Academy. But when they arrive at school on the first day after winter break, there's a threatening graffiti message waiting for them. It seems the Cave Skool has moved nearby, and its pupils - those wild... |
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Kiki Strike:Inside the Shadow City
Kirsten Miller · Bloomsbury USA Childrens
Pages: 250
Format: Hardcover
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Life will never be the same for Ananka Fishbein after she ventures into an enormous sinkhole near her New York City apartment A million rats delinquent Girl Scouts out for revenge and a secret city below the streets of Manhattan combine in this remarkable novel about a darker side of New York... |
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The Puppy Place #33: Gizmo
Ellen Miles · Scholastic Inc.
Pages: 89
Format: Print book
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Welcome to the Puppy Place -- where every puppy finds a home!Charles and Lizzie Peterson love puppies. Their family fosters these young dogs, giving them love and proper care, until they can find the perfect forever home.After taking in Gizmo, a Sheltie puppy, the Peterson's quickly... |
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Meghan Markle
GOLRIZ GOLKAR · Capstone Press
Pages: 32
Format: Library Binding
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Meghan Markle joined the British royal family after a successful acting career. Read about her career, her human rights work, and her path to becoming royalty! |
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Dreamland
Alyson Noël · Square Fish; Original edition
Format: Paperback
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Rileys finding that the afterlife can be a lonely place when all you do is focus on work. So she goes to the place where dreams happen, hoping to find a way to contact her sister, Ever. She meets the director, who tells her about the two ways to send dreams. As a Dream Jumper, a person... |
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Dining With Dinosaurs: A Tasty Guide to Mesozoic Munching
Hannah Bonner · National Geographic Children's Books
Pages: 41
Format: Hardcover
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Sure you know T-Rex was the meat-eating king and brontosaurus munched on leaves, but what else was on the dino dining menu during the Mesozoic era? Meet the 'vores: carnivores, piscivores, herbivores, insectivores, "trashivores," "sunivores," and omnivores like us. Readers... |
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12 Great Tips on Writing a Speech
Catherine Elisabeth Shipp · 12-Story Library
Pages: 32
Format: Print book
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Provides twelve tips for writing a speech, including choosing words carefully and using visuals. |
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