| JF Amato |
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Ms. Wurtz hides a book in Writer's Corner for her students to write in. Lizzy wants to write only beautiful things, Milton only the facts, Keesha only about horses and Luke is focused on snot, stinky feet and rear ends.
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Roscoe is never without a band aid and a plan for action from painting hamsters to racing hot wheels to using Super-Mega-Gonzo glue. Whoops, that plan may be a problem…
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Lenny has to go to the principal's office again! The kids at school already think he's weird. Then Lenny meets Muriel, the school counselor.
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Stranded deep in the woods during a blizzard, a ghostly face leads Kaye to a surprising discovery, and one of her best Christmases ever.
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Jenna found the doll in the red velvet dress at Miss Tate's garage sale. She can't believe it when Miss Tate gives her the doll—for free! The doll will be a present for her little sister, Quinn. Quinn doesn't want the doll and Rocco, Jenna's cat, can't stop hissing at it. Is the red-velvet doll haunted?
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When Emily moves with her family from Chicago to the country, she discovers an old, mysterious playhouse that "looks" empty, but is full of surprises.
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When a flood of rain comes, a little mouse travels far outside of her world and her routines on a new journey of survival.
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Their new teacher can do some very strange things, which makes school very interesting for the students, but creates problems for other teachers.
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Through Kate's eyes we see how birthday parties, a parade, boating, tea and glowing lanterns all come together to help John Singer Sargent create one of his famous paintings.
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Find out if kitty gets clean in this hilarious "how-to" chapter book with instructions on giving kitty a bath. The book includes safety advice. Make sure you have "a suit of armor, your doctor on speed dial, lots of plasma, and lots of bandages."
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Will's Grandad says he'll listen to Will's sob stories if Will listens to his. Unfortunately Grandad has tons of pathetic stories. Can Will ever top his Grandad?
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Medusa Jones |
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Just because she has snakes growing on her head, the popular kids won't leave Medusa or her friends alone. She wants to turn them to stone, but her parents won't let her. When they're stuck together on a trip to Mount Olympus, will everybody get along?
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| JF Cowley |
Chicken Feathers |
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Nine-year-old Josh lives on a chicken farm with 3,000 egg-layers -- including one chicken, Semolina, who only talks to Josh. When eggs go missing, Semolina knows who the culprit is, and she will tell Josh for a price.
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If you think your summer will be boring, do what Randall and Max do: start a Checkmate Squad. Throw in some new friends, a mystery, and a little romance and, believe me, it won't be a boring summer.
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When the Watsons take their pet pig, Mercy, to see the movie "When Pigs Fly" at the drive-in, Mercy is much more interested in that heavenly smell of butter.
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Brian Higman is about to be in major trouble. Another big red zero is headed his way for not turning in his homework and to top that, his teacher, "The General," is waiting to talk with him after school!
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Sassy Simone Sanford is nicknamed Little Sister and she is the youngest, smallest member of her family — and the last one in line for everything. She's tired of being called Little Sister. She just wants to be Sassy with her one of a kind Sparkle Sack!
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Nikki and Deja live on the same block and are the best of friends -- almost like sisters. Antonia is the new girl on the block and in their third grade class. Nikki and Deja try to be friendly, but Antonia is just plain rude. When they try to keep Antonia out of their special club, things go terribly wrong.
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When kids don't follow classroom rules, strange things begin to happen at W. T. Mellon Elementary School.
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In six short adventures, best friends Jamie and Angus, his toy Highland bull, tackle a lively playmate, become muddled by a pretend game, and discover that playing is not fun unless they are doing it together.
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Miss Breakbone makes a mistake when she calls her class the Dunderheads. They soon team up and demonstrate their talents, much to the teacher's dismay.
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Have you ever thought of a gift being a curse? When Run-Run, a young elephant trainer, is given the gift of a white elephant he thinks he will have another elephant to help with the work, but white elephants are sacred and not allowed to work, so his gift has become a curse.
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What do you do when your werewolf parents go missing? Hire a detective! Prunella the detective must help Buster find his hairy parents fast, because until he does, his Uncle Wal is making him be human — yuck!
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Everyone falls ill, leaving Seth with all the responsibilities and facing the bear alone.
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Of all the scientists, Jason did not want to write about boring Sir Alexander Fleming. Then he finds information that changes his mind completely!
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Moxy is stuck with Stuart Little — one day before school starts. Read it or be in trouble — no daisy petal water ballet and no after-water-ballet party. What's Moxy to do when so much is going on?
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Dyamonde Daniel calls herself "a gem waiting to be discovered." Follow Dyamonde in this story about a new school and how she finds a friend to replace Alisha, her old best friend.
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Zhou usually loses the tournament to his twin brother, Cheng. His luck changes when he finds a small jade dragon.
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Third-grader, Grace Stewart, is named "Just Grace" by her teacher, since three other girls are named Grace in her class! In one of many funny episodes, poor Grace tries to cheer up a neighbor, but her scheme backfires!
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Summer vacation at Gram's is not very fun until Cleo's family goes mountain hiking. Then they get caught in a snowstorm without hats, where the only thing left to use might be their… underwear!
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Seymour Snail, who wants to be a great artist, takes a job in an art gallery. He is asked to slime envelopes and deliver a package.
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Henry and his friends are an unstoppable basketball team until a cheating basketball team challenges them to a series of competitions. Will they be able to either outsmart or outplay them?
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Piper has moved several times because her dad is a Naval mechanic, but when she learns that another move is in store mid-school-year, she's not so sure what to think. Pensacola, Florida is a long way from San Diego, California!
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These letters tell of the Wild West adventures of Grandfather and his dog Roo. Organized by the Great Lost Travel Agency, there is one funny disaster after another.
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With a little dog named Roo, Grandfather tells of his wild adventures while seeking his long lost brother in the gold fields of Australia.
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"Many hands make light work," Elvirey's beloved mam used to say. That's why her Pap and the Widow Aiken are helping each other out during harvest time. Elvirey fears that Pap is liking the widow too much — and what that could mean for her family.
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Monty suffers from asthma. He's not sure about starting first grade because his asthma limits his activities and he finds it hard to make friends. Monty soon learns that he can do things his own way.
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Crusher, a gopher snake, is captured by a human child. Forced into the boy's "zoo," she does everything she can to escape.
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After a class trip to the farm, Alice is determined to have a pig for her birthday. Her parents tell her that there is no way she can have a pet pig. Maybe Alice and her parents can work something out with this "pig" business.
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Coyote and his friends go shopping at the mall and they are happy with their selections. The problem is that wild forest animals do not know they have to pay for the things on their cart before they can leave the store.
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Secret tunnels, train chases, villains’ hideouts, and bad guys in disguise…Sensible Hare is on the hunt for a missing suitcase of carrots.
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Nosy the Pterodactyl and his friend Banty, an Apatosaurus, team up to defeat the terrifying Tyrannosaurus rex.
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| JF King-Smith* |
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Hezekiah the hairy camel is so very lonely in the zoo where he lives. One remarkable day he escapes. As he travels outside of the zoo gates, a whole new life begins for this two-humped camel.
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Two gombrazils, Og and Ut, live happily under a mishmash tree with their friend, a slobbadunk named Tum, until disaster strikes when a bolt of lightning hits their tree.
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JF Lane |
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Nana is not a normal grandmother. She loves a bit of adventure. When Nana reads the want-ad for a detective job, she knows she is perfect for the job since she is sneaky and has lots of wigs.
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Two best friends, Poodle and Hound, have different likes but still understand and enjoy each other.
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A mysterious beast with only two legs has been stealing oranges from the Mammoth Academy kitchen, and it is up to Oscar the mammoth to crack the case!
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Morgy, a "promising beginner" on the trumpet, has been sent to the Outlook Music Camp for the summer. Besides music, there's canoeing, swimming, soccer and campfires to keep things fun. Morgy gets some surprises, too – including mysterious ghostly figures dating back to the Revolutionary War!
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Pacy's mom says that the Year of the Dog is a good one for finding herself. Will Pacy learn what her special talents are?
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The god Kukulkan brings happiness to the Mayan people with corn. His next mission: to share the divine food chocolate.
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Benedict and I were playing around in the library when I upset this weird old man. Now I have to find oxymorons, palindromes, and anagrams to break the spell that was cast on me! I can't stand speaking in puns forever!
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Although Tinh lives in a very poor village in Vietnam, he learns through a monk's lesson that he has diamonds in his life.
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Lulu Atlantis is on a quest -- to find the meaning of True Blue Love. With the help of her best friend, Harry, a top-hatted spider, Lulu is sure to be successful!
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Polly is the only third grader in her class who hasn't lost a tooth, but losing one creates other problems.
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Riley O'Rourke learns a life lesson from Teddy Roosevelt that gives him the courage to solve his saxophone problem.
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Oliver’s parents do his homework for him … and he hates it! They control his whole life and won’t let him go on the super fun class sleepover. But when the imaginative Crystal is his partner on a school project, his parents are totally helpless.
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Sarah is tired of being ordinary, but when she tries to be different, it doesn't work out. What can she do?
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| JF
Pennypacker* |
The Talented Clementine |
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Clementine's teacher announces the class will participate in an interesting project—a Talent Palooza, Night of the Stars! Poor Clementine doesn't think she has any special talent.
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In these spooky space poems, you'll tour planets of the universe you'd never want to visit, from Gazook where the cooks will put you into their soup, to Wonthoo, where the water shrinks you down to nothingness.
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Dust was in their food. Dust was in their water. They breathed it in, and heard it whistle in the wind all night long. Nothing could stop it. On the plains, far from home, will Orry and Mildred survive the Day of the Black Blizzard?
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Maybelle the cockroach is tired of eating crumbs off the floor. She can’t resist the yummy food on the table, but a little slurp of soup leads to a big adventure!
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Kate is a third grader who loves adventures. She gets an unexpected one after a fall and trip to the hospital with a broken bone. Kate learns all about the job of an orthopedist and becomes a bone expert!
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Max has a new school and new bullies to deal with...fortunately, he also has Adventure Time when he can go on all kinds of escapades with his trusty dog without ever leaving his room!
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Daisy Dawson loves to dawdle. There are too many interesting things to look at on the way to school. One morning Daisy has a brush with a magical butterfly. Now she can talk to the animals and they can talk to her. This makes it even harder to get to school on time.
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Hamish has listened to his Grandfather read books in his acting voice, and he knows he can do the same thing. Hamish's stories have lots of imagination. He makes his classmates laugh, but he can't read.
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Primrose Drive is a nice ordinary street until the Wolfbanes move in and add a swamp to the yard and a dungeon for a kitchen. What is a normal family to do with neighbors like these — except maybe make friends!
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Emma and Annie Pat are best friends. Then a new girl joins their third-grade class. Suddenly, Emma wants to make the new girl, Krysten, her new best friend.
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Lizard-loving Minn and video-gaming city boy Jake are faraway friends this summer. Staying in touch isn't always easy even with a cell phone and a trip to Disneyland together.
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Oh, no! Brenda's Uncle Harry eloped and now she doesn't get to wear her gold flower girl dress at the wedding. Will she ever forgive him and her new Aunt Florrie for ruining a special EVENT?
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Ziefert* |
Pizza and Other Stinky Poems |
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Silly, smelly rhymes full of funny flavor!
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* Try others by this author
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Compiled
by Santa Clara County Library
Children's Services Librarians
2008-2010 |
