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The lightning thief

Riordan, Rick.


Wilson's Junior High School, January 2010. School Library Journal starred, August 2005. Notable/Best Books (A.L.A.), January 2006. School Library Journal, June 2009. Book Links (A.L.A.), July 2008. Booklist starred, May 2009. Horn Book Starred, April 2006. Publishers Weekly, May 2009. Kirkus Starred, June 2005. Booklist, September 2005. Percy, expelled from six schools for being unable to control his temper, learns the truth from his mother that his father is the Greek god Poseidon, and is sent to Camp Half Blood where he is befriended by a satyr and the demigod daughter of Athena who join him in a journey to the Underworld to retrieve Zeus's lightning bolt and prevent a catastrophic war.
Date Published:2005

Wilson's Junior High School, January 2010. School Library Journal starred, August 2005. Notable/Best Books (A.L.A.), January 2006. School Library Journal, June 2009. Book Links (A.L.A.), July 2008. Booklist starred, May 2009. Horn Book Starred, April 2006. Publishers Weekly, May 2009. Kirkus Starred, June 2005. Booklist, September 2005. Percy, expelled from six schools for being unable to control his temper, learns the truth from his mother that his father is the Greek god Poseidon, and is sent to Camp Half Blood where he is befriended by a satyr and the demigod daughter of Athena who join him in a journey to the Underworld to retrieve Zeus's lightning bolt and prevent a catastrophic war.

Date Published:2005

Collected novels

Hawthorne, Nathaniel, 1804-1864.,


Fanshawe -- The scarlet letter -- The house of seven gables -- The blithedale romance -- The marble faun. In The House of the Seven Gables, for example, Hawthorne alludes to his ancestor's involvement in the Salem witch trials, as he follows the fortunes of two rival families, the Maules and the Pyncheons. The novel moves across 150 years of American history, from an ancestral crime condoned by Puritan theocracy to reconciliation and a new beginning in the bustling Jacksonian era. Considered Hawthorne's greatest work, The Scarlet Letteris a dramatic allegory of the social consequences of adultery and the subversive force of personal desire in a community of laws. The transgression of Hester Prynne and Arthur Dimmesdale, the innate lawlessness of their bastard child Pearl, and the torturous jealousy of the husband Roger Chillingworth eventually erupt through the stern reserve of Puritan Boston. The Scarlet Letter engages the moral and romantic imagination of readers who ponder the question of sexual freedom and its place in the social world. Fanshawe is an engrossing apprentice work that Hawthorne published anonymously and later sought to suppress. Written during his undergraduate years at Bowdoin College, it is a tragic romance of an ascetic scholar's love for a merchant's daughter. The Blithedale Romance is a novel about the perils, which Hawthorne knew first-hand, of living in a utopian community. The utilitarian reformer Hollingsworth, the reticent narrator Miles Coverdale, the unearthly Priscilla, and the sensuous Zenobia (purportedly modeled on Margaret Fuller) act out a drama of love and rejection, idealism and chicanery, millennial hope and suicidal despair on an experimental commune in rural Massachusetts. The Marble Faun, Hawthorne's last finished novel, uses Italian landscapes where sunlight gives way to mythological shadings as a background for mysteries of identity and murder. Its two young Americans, Kenyon and Hilda, become caught up in the disastrous passion of Donatello, an ingenuous nobleman, for the beautiful, mysterious Miriam, a woman trying to escape her past.
Date Published:2016

Fanshawe -- The scarlet letter -- The house of seven gables -- The blithedale romance -- The marble faun. In The House of the Seven Gables, for example, Hawthorne alludes to his ancestor's involvement in the Salem witch trials, as he follows the fortunes of two rival families, the Maules and the Pyncheons. The novel moves across 150 years of American history, from an ancestral crime condoned by Puritan theocracy to reconciliation and a new beginning in the bustling Jacksonian era. Considered Hawthorne's greatest work, The Scarlet Letteris a dramatic allegory of the social consequences of adultery and the subversive force of personal desire in a community of laws. The transgression of Hester Prynne and Arthur Dimmesdale, the innate lawlessness of their bastard child Pearl, and the torturous jealousy of the husband Roger Chillingworth eventually erupt through the stern reserve of Puritan Boston. The Scarlet Letter engages the moral and romantic imagination of readers who ponder the question of sexual freedom and its place in the social world. Fanshawe is an engrossing apprentice work that Hawthorne published anonymously and later sought to suppress. Written during his undergraduate years at Bowdoin College, it is a tragic romance of an ascetic scholar's love for a merchant's daughter. The Blithedale Romance is a novel about the perils, which Hawthorne knew first-hand, of living in a utopian community. The utilitarian reformer Hollingsworth, the reticent narrator Miles Coverdale, the unearthly Priscilla, and the sensuous Zenobia (purportedly modeled on Margaret Fuller) act out a drama of love and rejection, idealism and chicanery, millennial hope and suicidal despair on an experimental commune in rural Massachusetts. The Marble Faun, Hawthorne's last finished novel, uses Italian landscapes where sunlight gives way to mythological shadings as a background for mysteries of identity and murder. Its two young Americans, Kenyon and Hilda, become caught up in the disastrous passion of Donatello, an ingenuous nobleman, for the beautiful, mysterious Miriam, a woman trying to escape her past.

Date Published:2016

The littlest yak

Fraser, Lu.


Kirkus Starred, August 2021. Horn Book, November 2021. "Gertie is the littlest yak in her whole herd, and she's feeling stuck in her smallness--she wants to grow up and have bigness and tallness! But when it turns out that there are some things that only Gertie can do, might she come to see that she's perfect, just the way she is?"--Amazon.
Date Published:2020

Measuring up

Lamotte, Lily.


School Library Journal, October 2020. Library Media Connection starred, November 2020. Booklist, October 2020. Horn Book, March 2021. Bulletin (Center for Children's Books), October 2020. Publishers Weekly Annex, November 2020. "Having just moved to Seattle from Taiwan, twelve-year-old Cici enters a cooking competition to win the chance to see her grandmother again, but she only knows how to cook Taiwanese food"--OCLC.
Date Published:2020

School Library Journal, October 2020. Library Media Connection starred, November 2020. Booklist, October 2020. Horn Book, March 2021. Bulletin (Center for Children's Books), October 2020. Publishers Weekly Annex, November 2020. "Having just moved to Seattle from Taiwan, twelve-year-old Cici enters a cooking competition to win the chance to see her grandmother again, but she only knows how to cook Taiwanese food"--OCLC.

Date Published:2020

Thermometers

Richardson, Adele, 1966-


The class investigates -- What is a thermometer? -- Parts of a thermometer -- Fahrenheit and Celsius -- Thermometers in school -- Other uses for thermometers -- Test the world around you -- What did they learn?. Library Media Connection, October 2004. Introduces the function, parts, and uses of thermometers, and provides instructions for two activities that demonstrate how a thermometer works.
Date Published:2004

Glitch

Martin, Laura.


School Library Journal starred, June 2020. Booklist, April 2020. Kirkus Review, April 2020. Publishers Weekly Annex, June 2020. "Regan Fitz and Elliot Mason have been enemies since they started training to become Glitchers--people who travel through time to preserve important historical events. But everything changes when they find a letter from Regan's future self, warning them about an impending disaster that threatens them and everyone they know"--Amazon.
Date Published:2020

School Library Journal starred, June 2020. Booklist, April 2020. Kirkus Review, April 2020. Publishers Weekly Annex, June 2020. "Regan Fitz and Elliot Mason have been enemies since they started training to become Glitchers--people who travel through time to preserve important historical events. But everything changes when they find a letter from Regan's future self, warning them about an impending disaster that threatens them and everyone they know"--Amazon.

Date Published:2020

Zeroes to Heroes : The Adventures of Invisible Boy /

Horner, Doogie,


Kirkus Reviews. Stanley and Gene join forces and figure out how to control their invisibility, and when villains rob Stanley's family store, they try to track down the thieves and recover the stolen goods before Stanley's family must sell their home.
Date Published:2025

Chester Van Chime who forgot how to rhyme

Monsen, Avery.


Kirkus Reviews, January 2022. Publishers Weekly, January 2022. School Library Journal, February 2022. Chester van Chime is usually the BEST at rhyming. He can normally tell you all about cats wearing hats and snails delivering mail, but today, something has changed. Today there's no dog on a log. No duck in a truck. Just a Pomeranian on a sideways tree and a waterfowl in a full-size pickup. What's a kid to do?!
Date Published:2022

Kirkus Reviews, January 2022. Publishers Weekly, January 2022. School Library Journal, February 2022. Chester van Chime is usually the BEST at rhyming. He can normally tell you all about cats wearing hats and snails delivering mail, but today, something has changed. Today there's no dog on a log. No duck in a truck. Just a Pomeranian on a sideways tree and a waterfowl in a full-size pickup. What's a kid to do?!

Date Published:2022

Scholastic children's thesaurus

Bollard, John K.


Includes index. Presents a list of alphabetically arranged words with several synonyms and an illustrative sentence for each.
Date Published:1998

Anansi the spider : a tale from the Ashanti /

McDermott, Gerald


Wilson's Children, November 1996. Elem. School Library Collection, March 1998. Notable/Best Books (A.L.A.). School Library Journal. Book Links (A.L.A.), January 1996. Child Study Children's Book Committee. School Library Media Quarterly (A.A.A.L.). Library Journal. Booklist. In trying to determine which of his six sons to reward for saving his life, Anansi the Spider is responsible for placing the moon in the sky.
Date Published:1972

Wilson's Children, November 1996. Elem. School Library Collection, March 1998. Notable/Best Books (A.L.A.). School Library Journal. Book Links (A.L.A.), January 1996. Child Study Children's Book Committee. School Library Media Quarterly (A.A.A.L.). Library Journal. Booklist. In trying to determine which of his six sons to reward for saving his life, Anansi the Spider is responsible for placing the moon in the sky.

Date Published:1972

Circle of fire

Coleman, Evelyn, 1948-


"American girl." Booklist, January 2002. Voice of Youth Advocates (V.O.Y.A.), December 2001. In 1958, Mendy puts herself in danger when she discovers that the Ku Klux Klan is planning to bomb the Highlander Folk School in order to disrupt a visit from Mendy's hero, Eleanor Roosevelt.
Date Published:2001

Big bad Bruce

Peet, Bill


Bruce, a bear bully, never picks on anyone his own size until he is diminished in more ways than one by a small but very independent witch.
Date Published:1977

If you were a pronoun

Loewen, Nancy


Includes glossary. This books shows how a pronoun is used for more than just replacing nouns.
Date Published:2007

Cool careers without college for people who love Manga, comics, and animation

Glass, Sherri.


Comics -- Comic book script writer -- Penciller -- Inker -- Colorist -- Animation -- Creator of animated film or series -- Voice-over artist -- Animator -- Background artist -- Director of animated film or series -- Producer of animated film or series -- Manga -- Lettering and retouch artist -- Fan magazine editor in chief. Describes a number of careers for people without college who desire to work in the manga, comics, and animation field including,comic book scriptwriter, voice-over artist, director or producer of animated films, or retouch artist.
Date Published:2007

Comics -- Comic book script writer -- Penciller -- Inker -- Colorist -- Animation -- Creator of animated film or series -- Voice-over artist -- Animator -- Background artist -- Director of animated film or series -- Producer of animated film or series -- Manga -- Lettering and retouch artist -- Fan magazine editor in chief. Describes a number of careers for people without college who desire to work in the manga, comics, and animation field including,comic book scriptwriter, voice-over artist, director or producer of animated films, or retouch artist.

Date Published:2007

You are in ancient Egypt

Minnis, Ivan.


A great civilization -- The ancient Egyptians -- Egyptian towns -- Egyptian farms -- Food and drink -- Growing up -- Reading and writing -- Egyptian art -- Egyptian technology -- Pharaohs and law -- Religious beliefs -- Life after death -- Facts for ancient Egypt. School Library Journal, February 2005. Library Media Connection starred, April 2005. Horn Book, April 2005. Presents a children's study of ancient Egypt and includes information on early civilization, Egyptian towns and culture, education and writing systems, Egyptian art and monuments, famous Pharaohs, and life after death.
Date Published:2005

A great civilization -- The ancient Egyptians -- Egyptian towns -- Egyptian farms -- Food and drink -- Growing up -- Reading and writing -- Egyptian art -- Egyptian technology -- Pharaohs and law -- Religious beliefs -- Life after death -- Facts for ancient Egypt. School Library Journal, February 2005. Library Media Connection starred, April 2005. Horn Book, April 2005. Presents a children's study of ancient Egypt and includes information on early civilization, Egyptian towns and culture, education and writing systems, Egyptian art and monuments, famous Pharaohs, and life after death.

Date Published:2005

A week in the woods

Clements, Andrew


The fifth grade's annual camping trip in the woods tests Mark's survival skills and his ability to relate to a teacher who seems out to get him.
Date Published:2002

Meet Shel Silverstein

Ward, S. (Stasia), 1968-


Includes index. School Library Journal, June 2001. A brief biography of the author of "The Giving Tree."
Date Published:2001

Freight train

Crews, Donald


Booklist, February 2006. Elem. School Library Collection, June 2000. Horn Book, April 2004. Notable/Best Books (A.L.A.), February 2009. Publisher's Weekly, August 2009. School Library Journal, October 2009. School Library Media Quarterly (A.A.A.L.), April 2009. Wilson's Children, June 2001. Brief text and illustrations trace the journey of a colorful train as it goes through tunnels, by cities, and over trestles. Caldecott Honor 1979 A description in text and pictures of the various cars included in a freight train, from engine to caboose. (Best Books for Children, 6th ed.).
Date Published:1978

Booklist, February 2006. Elem. School Library Collection, June 2000. Horn Book, April 2004. Notable/Best Books (A.L.A.), February 2009. Publisher's Weekly, August 2009. School Library Journal, October 2009. School Library Media Quarterly (A.A.A.L.), April 2009. Wilson's Children, June 2001. Brief text and illustrations trace the journey of a colorful train as it goes through tunnels, by cities, and over trestles. Caldecott Honor 1979 A description in text and pictures of the various cars included in a freight train, from engine to caboose. (Best Books for Children, 6th ed.).

Date Published:1978

Clifford's Thanksgiving visit

Bridwell, Norman


A big red dog starts out early Thanksgiving morning to spend the day with his mother, little suspecting the difficulties he will have in reaching her.
Date Published:1993

Winter's gift

Donovan, Jane Monroe.


On Christmas Eve, an old farmer whose wife has died acquires new hope after helping a pregnant mare in a snowstorm.
Date Published:2004