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Sofia Valdez, future prez

Beaty, Andrea.,


When her abuelo is injured at the local landfill, second-grader Sofia is determined to transform the dangerous Mount Trashmore into a park, taking on City Hall in the process.
Date Published:2019

Feeding time at the zoo

Shahan, Sherry.


What's for dinner at the local zoo' Find out in this buffet of fun food facts. This photo essay takes kids behind the scenes at a community zoo to see what and how their favorite animals eat. Colorful photographs and interesting tidbits will leave even the most finicky readers asking for more!
Date Published:2014

Homophones at home

Connors, Kathleen.


Daily activities at home illustrate basic homophones.
Date Published:2013

Patients' rights in the age of managed health care

Yount, Lisa


Title from Web page (viewed on August 28, 2009). Examines the issues associated with managed health care and patients rights, how costs affect treatment, and the unequal quality and distribution of health care in the United States.
Date Published:2009

Does it fly away in the night or day?

Salzmann, Mary Elizabeth, 1968-


"Sandcastle." "Write on!"--Cover p. [4]. Explains what a antonym is; features sentences that use the antonym pairs "night/day," "smooth/rough," "shallow/deep," and "rainy/sunny"; presents paragraphs that contain antonyms; and includes word lists.
Date Published:2007

The ghost of Graylock

Poblocki, Dan.


Title proper from title frame. School Library Journal, October 2012. Library Media Connection, January 2013. Staying with their aunts over the summer, Neil Cady, his sister Bree, and their new friends Wesley and Eric, set out to explore Greylock Hall, an abandoned psychiatric hospital which is supposed to be haunted by the ghost of Nurse Janet.
Date Published:2012

Gilda Joyce : the ghost sonata /

Allison, Jennifer.


Wilson's Children, January 2009. Wilson's Junior High School, November 2008. School Library Journal starred, August 2007. Horn Book, April 2008. Voice of Youth Advocates (V.O.Y.A.), August 2007. Kirkus Review, July 2007. Gilda Joyce's best friend Wendy Choy qualifies to compete in an international piano competition in Oxford, England, and Gilda is determined to go as well--as a page turner.
Date Published:2007

The ghost town mystery

Warner, Gertrude Chandler, 1890-1979.


While visiting a recent purchase of Grandfather's, a ghost town in the Rocky Mountains, the Aldens encounter a mystery involving a run-down motel and a woman who may be a ghost.
Date Published:1999

Saving endangered animals with a scientist

Williams, Judith (Judith A.)


Library Media Connection, November 2004. Provides information on endangered animals and examines ways that scientists can save them from extinction.
Date Published:2004

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

City of wishes

Soontornvat, Christina.


During the New Year break, Plum and her friends travel to fancy, fashionable Nakhon City. There they'll stay with Sam and his mother, the powerful Lady Ubon. At first, Plum is dazzled by how big and exciting Nakhon City is. She's never experienced anything like it! But under the glittering surface, secrets lurk. A storm is brewing, and Plum will have to harness all of her growing powers to survive it.
Date Published:2024

During the New Year break, Plum and her friends travel to fancy, fashionable Nakhon City. There they'll stay with Sam and his mother, the powerful Lady Ubon. At first, Plum is dazzled by how big and exciting Nakhon City is. She's never experienced anything like it! But under the glittering surface, secrets lurk. A storm is brewing, and Plum will have to harness all of her growing powers to survive it.

Date Published:2024

Teens, technology, and literacy, or, Why bad grammar isn't always bad

Braun, Linda W.


School Library Journal, June 2007. Booklist, June 2007. Voice of Youth Advocates (V.O.Y.A.), October 2007. Library Media Connection, August 2007. Reference and Research Book News, June 2007. Examines how the rise of bad grammar, emoticons, acronyms, and poor spelling that are used in cyberspace have influenced how teens communicate and argues that their use are helping teens explore and develop new literacies and new technologies.
Date Published:2007

School Library Journal, June 2007. Booklist, June 2007. Voice of Youth Advocates (V.O.Y.A.), October 2007. Library Media Connection, August 2007. Reference and Research Book News, June 2007. Examines how the rise of bad grammar, emoticons, acronyms, and poor spelling that are used in cyberspace have influenced how teens communicate and argues that their use are helping teens explore and develop new literacies and new technologies.

Date Published:2007

Distress signal

Lambert, Mary E., 1984-


School Library Journal, November 2020. Kirkus Review, September 2020. Lavender and the rest of the sixth-graders are on a camping trip to the Chiricahua wilderness, but the trip seems cursed from the start, and when a flash flood splits the group up Lavender finds herself lost, together with her former best friend Marisol, mean-girl Rachelle, and a boy John who has been behaving like a surly jerk since the start--they have only one pack of supplies and only the most basic wilderness knowledge, but if they are to survive they need to put their differences aside and work as a team or all that will be left of them are their sun-bleached bones.
Date Published:2020

School Library Journal, November 2020. Kirkus Review, September 2020. Lavender and the rest of the sixth-graders are on a camping trip to the Chiricahua wilderness, but the trip seems cursed from the start, and when a flash flood splits the group up Lavender finds herself lost, together with her former best friend Marisol, mean-girl Rachelle, and a boy John who has been behaving like a surly jerk since the start--they have only one pack of supplies and only the most basic wilderness knowledge, but if they are to survive they need to put their differences aside and work as a team or all that will be left of them are their sun-bleached bones.

Date Published:2020

Stand tall, Molly Lou Melon

Lovell, Patty, 1964-


School Library Journal, October 2001. Book Links (A.L.A.), February 2003. Publisher's Weekly, September 2001. New York Times, January 2002. Bulletin (Center for Children's books), October 2001. Kirkus Review, June 2001. Even when the class bully at her new school makes fun of her, Molly remembers what her grandmother told her and she feels good about herself.
Date Published:2001

Cranky chicken

Battersby, Katherine.


Cranky Chicken is, well, cranky. With one cranky eyebrow, cranky eyes, and even cranky, scratchy feet. But then one day, Cranky meets a very friendly worm named Speedy who wants nothing more than to be friends. Young readers will love seeing the mismatched friendship grow over the course of three charming and laugh-out-loud short adventures as Chicken and Speedy become BFFs (Best Feathered Friends) and Speedy shows Chicken how to look on the bright side.
Date Published:2021

Cranky Chicken is, well, cranky. With one cranky eyebrow, cranky eyes, and even cranky, scratchy feet. But then one day, Cranky meets a very friendly worm named Speedy who wants nothing more than to be friends. Young readers will love seeing the mismatched friendship grow over the course of three charming and laugh-out-loud short adventures as Chicken and Speedy become BFFs (Best Feathered Friends) and Speedy shows Chicken how to look on the bright side.

Date Published:2021

Read about Amelia Earhart

Feinstein, Stephen


School Library Journal, April 2006. Catholic Library World, September 2006. A biography of Amelia Earhart, examining her pioneering achievements as a woman pilot, and discussing her mysterious disappearance in 1937 while attempting to fly around the world.
Date Published:2006

Rise of the Green Flame : Kwame's Magic Quest /

Mensah, Bernard, (Children's author),


Eight-year-old Kwame is eager to start Nkonyaa School and learn calabash magic, yet none of the teachers can figure out what kind of magic is in his calabash--but when one of Kwame's new friends is possessed by an evil magic his power is revealed.
Date Published:2024

People of Florida

Knotts, Bob.


Includes glossary. This book describes the people who have contributed to Florida's history, from the Paleo-Indians of 12,000 years ago to the diversified population that has been increasing in the 1990s.
Date Published:2008

The storybook knight

Docherty, Helen.


"Originally published as The Knight Who Wouldn't Fight in 2016 in United Kingdom by Alison Green Books, an imprint of Scholastic Children's Books."--Colophon. The Storybook Knight is not only about the power of books, but a book that teaches children to stand up for what they love. The funny and heartwarming illustrations full of details are the perfect addition to the meaningful story.
Date Published:2016

Growing up on a farm : responsibilities and issues /

Sieling, Peter.


Introduction -- Young farmer : how one teenager established his own farm -- Farm animals -- Wild and feral encounters-- -- Country life meets city life -- Farm machines -- Farm safety -- A career in agriculture. Library Media Connection, March 2008. Examines the lives of teens in rural North America, focusing on the pleasures and challenges of life on a farm, sharing the story of a teen who established his own farm, and discussing farm animals, encounters with wild or feral animals, the similarities between city and country life, farm machines and safety, and agriculture careers.
Date Published:2008

Introduction -- Young farmer : how one teenager established his own farm -- Farm animals -- Wild and feral encounters-- -- Country life meets city life -- Farm machines -- Farm safety -- A career in agriculture. Library Media Connection, March 2008. Examines the lives of teens in rural North America, focusing on the pleasures and challenges of life on a farm, sharing the story of a teen who established his own farm, and discussing farm animals, encounters with wild or feral animals, the similarities between city and country life, farm machines and safety, and agriculture careers.

Date Published:2008