Mrs. Ruler guides her students in discovering ways of being
kind to their family members, their community, and each
other.
F Kin
The Kingfisher book of classic Christmas stories. Boston :
Kingfisher, c2004. An anthology of fourteen Christmas
stories, both previously published and newly commissioned,
by such authors as Louisa May Alcott and William Dean
Howells, and illustrated by such artists as Anna C. Leplar
and Paolo D'Altan.
F Osb
Osborne, Mary Pope. The knight at dawn. New York : Random
House, c1993. Eight-year-old Jack and his younger sister
Annie use the magic tree house to travel back to the Middle
Ages, where they explore a castle and are helped by a
mysterious knight.
818 Kno
Knock, knock! New York : Dial Books for Young Readers, 2007.
Featuring contributions from Tomie dePaola, Saxton Freymann,
Brett Helquist, and Laurie Keller, this extremely amusing
collection pays tribute to "knock-knock" jokes.
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Sandler, Michael. Kurt Warner and the St. Louis Rams : Super
Bowl XXXIV. New York : Bearport Pub., c2008. Profiles the
quarterback who sent the St. Louis Rams to the Super Bowl in
2000, and describes the eventful game between the Rams and
the Tennessee Titans.
F Ste
Stewart, Paul, 1955-. The last of the sky pirates. 1st American
ed. Oxford ; New York : David Fickling Books, 2005, c2002.
Rook Barkwater, one of the apprentices chosen to make a
dangerous journey to study in the Deepwoods, joins the sky
pirate Captain Twig in opposing the Guardians of the Night
and learns more about his own past.
F Dad
Dadey, Debbie. Leprechauns don't play fetch. New York :
Scholastic, c2003. The Bailey School kids are going to find
out if the owner of the Clover Patch Pet Store really is a
leprechaun.
363.72 Mac
Mackenzie, Anne L. Let's recycle! Mankato, Minn. : Capstone
Press, c2007. Simple text and photographs describe
recycling, why it is important, and simple ways children can
recycle.
F Rio
Riordan, Rick. The lightning thief. 1st Hyperion Paperbacks ed.
New York : Miramax Books/Hyperion Paperbacks for Children,
2006, c2005. Twelve-year-old Percy Jackson learns he is a
demigod, the son of a mortal woman and Poseidon, god of the
sea. His mother sends him to a summer camp for demigods
where he and his new friends set out on a quest to prevent a
war between the gods.
F Osb
Osborne, Mary Pope. Lions at lunchtime. New York : Random
House, c1998. 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.
E Bro
Brown, Margaret Wise, 1910-1952. The little fir tree. 1st ed.
New York : HarperCollinsPublishers, 2005. A lonely little
fir tree, standing by itself at the edge of the forest, has
its life transformed when a father takes it home to serve as
a living Christmas tree for his bedridden son.
F McM
McMullan, Kate. Little giant--big trouble. New York : Grosset &
Dunlap, c2007. Wiglaf and his friends are on a mission to
rescue Worm, the dragon they have raised from an egg, and
are surprised to learn that the captor is not a gang of
dragon slayers, but rather a young giantess who wants to
keep Worm as her house pet.
398.2 Wie
Wiesner, David. The loathsome dragon. New York : Clarion Books,
c2005. A wicked queen casts a spell over her beautiful
stepdaughter, turning her into a loathsome dragon until such
time as her wandering brother shall return and kiss her
three times.
F Bro
Brooke, Lauren. Love is a gift. New York : Scholastic, c2004.
Allan and Lou travel from their horse farm to Australia to
see their father and meet stepmother and baby sister.
F Wil
Wiles, Debbie. Love, Ruby Lavender. 1st Gulliver Books pbk. ed.
Orlando, Fla. : Harcourt, 2002, c2001. When her quirky
grandmother goes to Hawaii for the summer, nine-year-old
Ruby learns to survive on her own in Mississippi by writing
letters, befriending chickens as well as the new girl in
town, and finally coping with her grandfather's death.
F DiT
DiTerlizzi, Tony. Lucinda's secret. New York : Simon and
Schuster Books for Young Readers, c2003. With goblins,
trolls, and the house boggart all trying to get them, the
Grace children turn to Great Aunt Lucinda for help.
F Kru
Krulik, Nancy. Madame president. New York : Scholastic, 2007,
c2006. Jenny never thought of herself as a leader, but as
her friends point out, if she doesn't win class president,
the popular kids will run the school.
F Buc
Buckley, Michael. Magic and other misdemeanors. New York :
Amulet Books, c2007. Fairy-tale detectives Sabrina and
Daphne Grimm face their first case without Granny Relda's
help when the future gets mixed up with the past in
Ferryport Landing, and because some of the future does not
look bright, Puck helps them try to make some changes.
793.8 Zen
Zenon, Paul. Magic of the mind : tricks for the master magician.
North American ed. New York : Rosen Central, c2008.
Readers are introduced to the most advanced tricks,
including illusions, mind-reading strategies, and number
games.
F Sag
Sage, Angie. Magyk. 1st HarperTrophy ed. New York :
HarperTrophy, 2006, c2005. After learning that she is the
Princess, Jenna is whisked from her home and carried toward
safety by the Extraordinary Wizard, those she always
believed were her father and brother, and a young guard
known only as Boy 412--pursued by agents of those who killed
her mother ten years earlier.
921 Gro
Grogan, John, 1957-. Marley : a dog like no other. New York :
Collins, c2007. The heartwarming and unforgettable story of
a family in the making and the wondrously neurotic dog who
taught them what really matters in life.
E Wel
Wells, Rosemary. Max and Ruby's Midas. New York : Puffin Books,
2003, c1995. Ruby tries to keep her brother Max from eating
so many sweets by reading him an altered version of the
story of King Midas.
E Wel
Wells, Rosemary. Max's Christmas stocking. New York : Viking,
c2003.
E Cal
Calmenson, Stephanie. May I pet your dog? : the how-to guide for
kids meeting dogs (and dogs meeting kids). New York :
Clarion Books, c2007. Harry the dog explains how to safely
meet him and his friends.
E Wel
Wells, Rosemary. McDuff goes to school. 1st paper-over-boards
ed. New York : Hyperion Books for Children, 2005, c2001.
When McDuff and his new French-speaking neighbors' dog are
enrolled in obedience school, it seems as though McDuff has
not learned his lessons.
E Eve
Everitt, Betsy. Mean soup. San Diego : Harcourt Brace & Co.,
c1992. Horace feels really mean at the end of a bad day,
until he helps his mother make Mean Soup.
F Osb
Osborne, Mary Pope. Midnight on the moon. New York : Random
House, c1996. The magic tree house takes Jack and Annie to
a moon base in the future where they continue to search for
the fourth thing they need to free their friend Morgan from
the magician's spell.
F Ste
Stewart, Paul, 1955-. Midnight over Sanctaphrax. 1st American
ed. Oxford ; New York : David Fickling Books, 2004, c2000.
Twig, a young sky pirate captain, is the only one who can
save the floating city of Sanctaphrax from the Mother Storm.
F Dad
Dadey, Debbie. Monsters don't scuba dive. New York :
Scholastic, 1995. The Bailey School kids go to summer camp.
921 Fra
Hall, Becky, 1950-. Morris and Buddy : the story of the first
seeing eye dog. Morton Grove, Ill. : Albert Whitman, c2007.
E Wel
Wells, Rosemary. Morris's disappearing bag. New York : Puffin
Books, 2001, c1999. Everyone in Morris's family is pleased
with his Christmas present but Morris.
629.227 Goo
Goodman, Susan E., 1952-. Motorcycles! 1st ed. New York :
Random House, c2007. Shows readers the many types of
motorcycles there are, how they work, and some of the
exciting jobs, competitions, and events that feature them.
F Dad
Dadey, Debbie. Mrs. Jeepers' scariest halloween ever. New York
: Scholastic, 2005. The gang from Bailey School thinks
students disappearing into Mrs. Jeepers' house are being
turned into monsters and set out to discover the truth.
F Osb
Osborne, Mary Pope. Mummies in the morning. New York : Random
House, c1993. Jack and his younger sister take a trip in
their tree house back to ancient Egypt, where they help a
queen's mummy continue her voyage to the Next Life.
E Tha
Thaler, Mike, 1936-. The music teacher from the Black Lagoon.
New York : Scholastic, 2000. A boy contemplates all the
horrible stories he has heard about the music teacher, Miss
LaNote, and the ordeals she forces her students to endure.
E Wil
Willems, Mo. My friend is sad. 1st ed. New York : Hyperion
Books for Children, 2007. When Gerald the Elephant is sad,
Piggie is determined to cheer him up, but finds after many
tries that it only takes the simplest thing to change
Gerald's mood.
F Kon
Konigsburg, E. L. The mysterious edge of the heroic world. 1st
ed. New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, c2007.
Amedeo and William find themselves working together on a
house sale for Amedeo's eccentric neighbor, Mrs. Zender,
whose house is crammed with memorabilia and stories that
date back to Nazi Germany.
F War
Warner, Gertrude Chandler, 1890-. The mystery in the mall.
Morton Grove, IL : A. Whitman, c1999. The Alden children
help out a storeowner at the Hope Harbor Mall and discover
that someone is tampering with the merchandise shipments.
F McM
McMullan, Kate. Never trust a troll! New York : Grosset &
Dunlap, 2006. After a summer at Camp Dragononka, Wiglaf
returns to school to find himself tormented by his energetic
younger brother Dudwin and a troublesome troll with a sense
of humor.
F Bro
Brooke, Lauren. New beginnings. New York : Scholastic, 2005,
c2004. Carey, granddaughter of Amy's mentor invites her to
visit but is nowhere to be found, so, although Amy helps out
in the barn, she realizes it is Carey who really needs her
help.
F Kru
Krulik, Nancy. The new girl. New York : Scholastic, c2007. A
bet between Jenny and her rival Addie about who will raise
more money at the school's fund-raising carnival is thrown
into a tizzy when a cool new girl arrives.
591.5 Coo
Cooper, Wade. Night creatures. New York : Scholastic, 2007.
Learn about bats, jaguars, moths, and more night creatures.
F Osb
Osborne, Mary Pope. Night of the new magicians. 1st ed. New
York : Random House, c2006. Jack and Annie visit the Paris
World's Fair of 1889 in an effort to protect four scientific
pioneers from an evil sorcerer.
F Osb
Osborne, Mary Pope. Night of the Ninjas. New York : Random
House, c1995. The magic tree house takes Jack and Annie
back in time to feudal Japan where the siblings learn about
the ways of the Ninja.
741.5 Sci
Scieszka, Jon. Nightmare on Joe's street. 1st ed. New York :
HarperTrophy, 2006. While on a sleepover, Joe and Sam learn
the meaning of a horror story when they come face-to-face
with Frankenstein's monster and they must take him to the
nineteenth century to drop him off with his creator, Mary
Shelley.
E Lob
Lobel, Anita. Nini here and there. 1st ed. New York :
Greenwillow Books, c2007. Fearing at first that her family
is going on vacation without her, Nini the cat ends up
traveling with her owners to their new home.
F Wal
Wallace, Bill, 1947-. No dogs allowed! 1st Aladdin Paperbacks
ed. New York : Aladdin Paperbacks, 2005, c2004.
Twelve-year-old Kristina, still struggling to come to terms
with the death of her beloved horse, finds it difficult to
accept the new dog she receives for her birthday.
975.6 Can
Cannavale, Matthew C. North Carolina, 1524-1776. Washington,
D.C. : National Geographic Society, 2007. Presents
firsthand accounts from people from all walks of life who
were living in the colony of North Carolina at the time of
the American Revolution.
E Jef
Jeffers, Susan. The nutcracker. 1st ed. New York :
HarperCollins Children's Books, c2007. An abridged version
of the story of Marie Stahlbaum, who helps break the spell
on her toy nutcracker and watches him change into a handsome
prince.
F Pec
Peck, Richard, 1934-. On the wings of heroes. New York : Dial
Books, c2007. A boy in Illinois remembers the homefront
years of World War II, especially his two heroes--his
brother in the Air Force and his father, who fought in the
previous war.
F Buc
Buckley, Michael. Once upon a crime. New York : Amulet Books,
2007. When the fairy-tale detectives rush to New York City
hoping to find an Everafter who can cure Puck, they trigger
a chain of events that includes a murder mystery, and learn
many new things about their mother who, along with their
father, is still in an enchanted sleep.
F Gre
Greenburg, Dan. The Onts. 1st ed. Orlando, Fla. : Harcourt,
c2005. Ten-year-old orphan twins Wally and Cheyenne
Shluffmuffins have a hard time at Cincinnati's Jolly Days
orphanage, but things get much worse when the Mandible
sisters offer to share their home in the Dripping Fang
Forest.
F Blu
Blume, Judy. Otherwise known as Sheila the Great. New York :
Puffin Books, 2003, c1972. A summer in Tarrytown, N.Y., is
a lot of fun for ten-year-old Sheila even though her friends
make her face up to some self-truths she doesn't want to
admit.
921 Wri
Shea, Pegi Deitz. Patience Wright : America's first sculptor and
revolutionary spy. 1st ed. New York : Henry Holt, 2007.
Biography of Patience Wright who moved to England and became
a spy of the colonies during the Revolutionary War, hiding
messages in the scupted busts she sent to her sister's
waxworks in America.
F Bar
Barry, Dave. Peter and the secret of Rundoon. 1st ed. New York
: Disney Editions/Hyperion Books for Children, c2007.
Fearing that the sinister Lord Ombra was not destroyed,
Peter and Molly travel to the land of Rundoon, which is
ruled by the evil King Zarboff.
F Bar
Barry, Dave. Peter and the shadow thieves. 1st ed. New York :
Disney Editions/Hyperion Books for Children, c2006. Peter
must visit London to help his friend Molly and her family of
starcatchers locate the missing starstuff, leaving the boys
on Mollusk Island at the mercy of Hook.
F Bar
Barry, Dave. Peter and the Starcatchers. Disney ed./Hyperion
Paperbacks for Children trade pbk. New York : Hyperion
Books for Children, 2006, c2004. Peter, an orphan boy, and
his friend Molly fight off thieves and pirates in order to
keep the secret safe away from the diabolical Black Stache
and his evil associate Mister Grin.
F Wal
Wallace, Bill, 1947-. Pick of the litter. 1st Aladdin
Paperbacks ed. New York : Aladdin Paperbacks, 2006, c2005.
Twelve-year-old Tom learns first-hand about honor, first
when he is wrongly accused of lying at school, then when he
faces the risk of losing a puppy he has come to love while
helping his grandfather train hunting dogs, but writing to a
new friend helps him sort his feelings and do the right
thing.
921 Han
Adler, David A. A picture book of John Hancock. 1st ed. New
York : Holiday House, c2007. An introduction to the life of
John Hancock, patriot, one of the signers of the Declaration
of Independence, and first governor of Massachusetts.
E Fun
Funke, Cornelia Caroline. Pirate girl. 1st American ed. New
York : The Chicken House, c2005. Captain Firebeard and his
crew meet their match when they kidnap Molly, who will show
them who is really the fiercest pirate of the high seas.
E Lon
Long, Melinda. Pirates don't change diapers. 1st ed. Orlando,
Fla. : Harcourt, c2007. Braid Beard and his pirate crew
return to retrieve the treasure they buried in Jeremy
Jacob's backyard, but first they must help calm his baby
sister, Bonney Anne, whom they awoke from her nap.
F Osb
Osborne, Mary Pope. Pirates past noon. New York : Random House,
c1994. Too late! -- The bright blue sea -- Three men in a
boat -- Vile booty -- The kid's treasure -- The whale's eye
-- Gale's a-blowin' -- Dig, dogs, dig -- The mysterious M --
Treasure again. The magic tree house whisks Jack and Annie
back to the days of deserted islands, secret maps, hidden
gold, and nasty pirates.
741.5 Kae
Kaemon, Amy Court. Plaid to the bone. 1st ed. New York :
HarperTrophy, 2007. Jay, Jodie, and Anna warp back to
fourteenth century medieval Scotland to search for The Book
in the walls of a Scottish castle.
F Osb
Osborne, Mary Pope. Polar bears past bedtime. New York : Random
House, c1998. Their magic tree house takes Jack and Annie
to the Arctic, where a polar bear leads them onto very thin
ice.
E Van
Van Allsburg, Chris. The Polar Express. Boston : Houghton
Mifflin, c1985. A magical train ride on Christmas Eve takes
a boy to the North Pole to receive a special gift from Santa
Claus.
741.5 Ros
Ross, Stewart. The price of victory. 1st American ed. New York
: DK Pub., 2007. The story of eleven-year-old Pylades whose
brother is to represent Athens in the Race-in-Armor at the
Olympic Games and is favored to win. His leading competitor,
however, is determined to earn the glory for his city-state
of Sparta--at any cost.
398.2 Lev
Levine, Gail Carson. Princess Sonora and the long sleep. New
York : HarperCollins Publishers, c1999. In this retelling
of the fairy tale Sleeping Beauty, Princess Sonora, who is
ten times smarter than anyone else, vows to choose for
herself the best time to be pricked by the spindle.
F Lev
Levine, Gail Carson. The princess test. New York :
HarperCollinsPublishers, c1999. In this humorous retelling
of Hans Christian Andersen's "The Princess and the Pea,"
Lorelei must pass many difficult tests in order to prove
that she is a true princess and win the hand of Prince
Nicholas.
F Buc
Buckley, Michael. The problem child. New York : Amulet Books,
2006. With the help of a long lost relative, and a little
magic, Sabrina Grimm and her sister, Daphne try to find out
who has kidnapped their parents and rescue them.
E Fle
Fleming, Denise, 1950-. Pumpkin eye. 1st pbk. ed. New York :
H. Holt, 2005, c2001. Simple rhymes describe the sights,
sounds, and smells of Halloween.
818 Wal
Walton, Rick. Real classy : silly school jokes. Minneapolis, MN
: Carolrhoda Books, c2005. A collection of jokes about
school and education.
363.72 Bar
Barnham, Kay. Recycle. New York : Crabtree Pub., c2008.
Explores how our garbage is processed, the problems it
creates for the environment, and how we can change that.
F Wal
Wallace, Bill, 1947-. Red dog. 1st Aladdin Paperbacks ed. New
York : Aladdin Paperbacks, 2002, c1987. Living with his
family in the rugged, often dangerous, Wyoming mountains in
the 1860's, twelve-year-old Adam finds his courage put to
the test when he is left in charge of the household during
his stepfather's absence.
F Osb
Osborne, Mary Pope. Revolutionary War on Wednesday. New York :
Random House, c2000. Using their magic tree house, Jack and
Annie travel back to the time of the American Revolution and
help General George Washington during his famous crossing of
the Delaware River.
E Kim
Kimmel, Eric A. Rip Van Winkle's return. 1st ed. New York :
Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2007. A man who sleeps for
twenty years in the Catskill Mountains wakes to a
much-changed world.
E Don
Donaldson, Julia. Room on the broom. New York : Puffin Books,
2003, c2001. A witch finds room on her broom for all the
animals that ask for a ride, and they repay her kindness by
rescuing her from a dragon.
371 Cha
Chambers, Catherine. School days around the world. 1st American
ed. New York : DK Publishing, 2007. Find out what school
is like for children in different countries.
F Tha
Thaler, Mike, 1936-. The science fair from the Black Lagoon.
New York : Scholastic, c2004. Hubie decides to build a
laugh machine for the science fair after he experiences a
nightmare about a cloning machine.
E Kel
Keller, Laurie. The scrambled states of America. 1st Owlet pbk.
ed. New York : Henry Holt, 2002, c1998. The states become
bored with their positions on the map and decide to change
places for a while. Includes facts about the states.
F Rio
Riordan, Rick. The sea of monsters. 1st Hyperion Paperbacks ed.
New York : Miramax Books/Hyperion Paperback Books for
Children, 2007, c2006. Demi-god Percy Jackson and his
friends must journey into the Sea of Monsters to save their
camp.
F Osb
Osborne, Mary Pope. Season of the sandstorms. New York : Random
House, c2005. Merlin sends Jack and Annie back in time to
the Middle East where they meet and learn from a Bedouin
tribe.
F DiT
DiTerlizzi, Tony. The seeing stone. 1st ed. New York : Simon &
Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2003. When Mallory and
Jared attempt to rescue Simon from goblins, they use a
magical stone which enables them to see things that are
normally invisible.
741.5 Sci
Scieszka, Jon. The seven blunders of the world. 1st ed. New
York : HarperTrophy, 2006. Someone has stolen The Book from
Joe's room, and the Joe, Fred, sna dSam follow the
time-warping thief back to ancient Babylon.
E Nik
Nikola-Lisa, W. Shake dem Halloween bones. Boston : Houghton
Mifflin Co., 1997. A rhythmic tale about different fairy
tale characters who attend a hip-hop Halloween ball.
F Bla
Blackwood, Gary L. The Shakespeare stealer. New York : Puffin
Books, 2000, c1998. A young orphan boy is ordered by his
master to infiltrate Shakespeare's acting troupe in order to
steal the script of "Hamlet," but he discovers instead the
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