My Booklist
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Fiction
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Blackwater Swamp
by Bill Wallace Year Published: AverageSuspense filled book that children love to hear read aloud.Note: This book is available in our Library.Blackwater Swamp
by Bill Wallace Year Published: AverageNote: This book is available in our Library.Cactus Hotel
by Brenda Z. Guberson Year Published:Describes the life cycle of the giant saguaro cactus, with an emphasis on its role as a home for other desert dweller.Caddie Woodlawn
by Carol Ryrie Brink Year Published:At age 11, Caddie Woodlawn is the despair of her mother and the pride of her father: a clock-fixing tomboy running wild in the woods of Wisconsin. In 1864, this is a bit much for her Boston-bred mother to bear, but Caddie and her brothers are happy with the status quo. Written in 1935 about Carol Ryrie Brink's grandmother's childhood, the adventures of Caddie and her brothers are still exciting over 60 years later. With each chapter comes another ever-more exciting adventure: a midnight gallop on her horse across a frozen river to warn her American Indian friends of the white men's plan to attack; a prairie fire approaching the school house; and a letter from England that may change the family's life forever. This Newbery Medal-winning book bursts at the seams with Caddie's irrepressible spirit. In spite of her mother's misgivings, Caddie is a perfect role model for any girl--or boy, for that matter. She's big-hearted, she's brave, and she's mechanically inclined!Charlotte's Web
by E.B. White Year Published:Wilbur, the pig is desolate when he discovers that he is destined to be the farmer's Christmas dinner until his spider friend, Charlotte, decided to help him.Dear Mr. Henshaw
by Beverly Cleary Year Published:In his letters to his favorite author, ten-year-old Leigh reveals his problems in coping with his parents' divorce, being the new boy in school, and generally finding his own place in the world.Dear Mr. Henshaw
by Beverly Cleary Year Published:In his letters to his favorite author, ten-year-old Leigh reveals his problems in coping with his parents' divorce, being the new boy in school, and generally finding his own place in the world.Freckle Juice
by Judy Blume Year Published:Andrew wants freckles so badly that he buys Sharon's freckle recipe for fifty cents.Holes
by Louis Sachar Year Published:A zany, mysterious, funny book about Stanley Yelnats and how he changes his family's bad luck.Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH
by Robert C. O'Brien Year Published:Having no one to help her with her problems, a widowed mouse visits the rats whose former imprisonment in a laboratory made them wise and long lived.Muggie Maggie
by Beverly Cleary Year Published:Maggie resists learning cursive writing in the third grade, until she discovers knowing how to read and write cursive promises to open an entirely new world of knowledge for her.Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes
by No Author Text Year Published:The Black Stallion
by Walter Farley Year Published:A shipwreck leaves young Alec stranded on a deserted island with a wild stallion.The Giving Tree
by Shel Silverstein Year Published:A young boy grows into manhood and old age experiencing the love and generosity of a tree which gives to him without thought of return.The Lorax
by Dr. Suess Year Published:The Once-ler describes the result of the local pollution problem.The Sign of the Beaver
by Elizabeth George Speare Year Published: AverageLeft alone to guard the family's wilderness home in eighteenth-century Maine, a boy is hard-pressed to survive until local Indians teach him their skills.The Westing Game
by Ellen Raskin Year Published:The mysterious death of an eccentric millionaire brings together an unlikely assortment of heirs who must uncover the circumstances of his death before they can claim their inheritance.There's a Boy in the Girls' Bathroom
by Louis Sachar Year Published: AverageAn unmanageable, but lovable, eleven-year-old misfit learns to believe in himself when he gets to know the new school counselor, who is a sort of misfit too.Tuck Everlasting
by Natalie Babbitt Year Published:10-year-old Winnie Foster discovers the magic spring that has given the Tuck family eternal life. Will she drink the water too?Verdi
by Janell Cannon Year Published:A young python does not want to grow slow and boring like the older snakes he sees in the tropical jungle where he lives.Weslandia
by Paul Fleishman Year Published:Wesley's garden produces a crop of huge, strange plants which provide him with clothing, shelter, food, and drink, thus helping him create his own civilization and changing his life.Non-Fiction
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Snowflake Bently
by Jacqueline Briggs Martin Year Published:A biography of a self-taught scientist who photographed thousands of individual snowflakes in order to study their unique formations.
Reading Group Books
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Ghost Town at Sundown
by Mary Pope Osborne Year Published: ChallengingPart of the Magic Treehouse seriesGood Morning, Gorillas
by Mary Pope Osborne Year Published: ChallengingPart of the Magic Treehose seriesHow the Grinch Stole Christmas
by Dr. Seuss Year Published: AverageRemember this Christmas classic? Come see Mrs. DeBord's reading group perform it during our Holiday Reader's Theater Performance on Monday, December 17 at 8:30 a.m. You're in for quite a treat!Shark Tooth Tale
by Abby Klein Year Published: ChallengingSideways Stories from Wayside School
by Louis Sachar Year Published: ChallengingIf only every school were as interesting as Wayside School! This book definitely sparks the imagination and gets you wondering what Rancho Santa Fe Elementary would be like if the teachers were like the ones at Wayside!Sunset of the Sabertooth
by Mary Pope Osborne Year Published: ChallengingPart of the Magic Treehouse seriesThanksgiving on Thursday
by Mary Pope Osborne Year Published: ChallengingPart of the Magic Treehouse seriesThe BFG
by Roald Dahl Year Published: ChallengingWho is the BFG and why does he snatch Sophie out of her bed in the middle of the night? Will they become friends? And will Sophie become the BFG's protector? This is the perfect book for learning that first impressions about people may not always be right!The Giraffe and the Pelly and Me
by Roald Dahl Year Published: ChallengingWhat's moved into the old candy shop down the street? A young boy's curiosity gets the best of him in this story by one of our favorite authors.The Mystery of the Dark Old House
by Irene Schultz Year Published: ChallengingThe Phantom Tollbooth
by Norton Juster Year Published: ChallengingMilo is bored with everything in his life until he receives a mysterious gift of a tollbooth. He embarks on an adventure filled with word play and fascinating number problems, and learns to appreciate is everyday life.The Turkey Saves the Day
by Shelagh Canning Year Published: AverageWill Toby Turkey end up as Thanksgiving dinner? Or can he earn his way to a place of honor on the farm?The Witches
by Roald Dahl Year Published: ChallengingCan you really stop a Society of Witches who have a master plan to rid the world of children? Read one of my favorite books about how powerful children really are!Twister on Tuesday
by Mary Pope Osborne Year Published: ChallengingPart of the Magic Treehouse seriesWayside School is Falling Down
by Louis Sachar Year Published: ChallengingThe second book in the triolgy of fun stroies about the strangest school in print.Favorite Picture Books
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A Weekend with Wendell
by Kevin Henkes Year Published: AverageAlexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day
by Judith Viorst Year Published: AverageAlexander just can't seem to have anything go right! The class is going to see a musical based on this book on Tuesday, May 6th at the Tempe Center for the Performing Arts.Chester's Way
by Kevin Henkes Year Published: AverageChrysanthemum
by Kevin Henkes Year Published: ChallengingWhat's in a name? EVERYTHING! And Chrysanthemum's is absolutely perfect...or is it?First Day Jitters
by Julie Davidson Year Published: AverageThis book helps students through the first day of school by showing them that it's not only the students who get nervous!Hooray for Diffendoofer Day!
by Dr. Seuss, Jack Prelutsky, and Lane Smith Year Published: ChallengingIn Dr. Seuss's final work before his death (and completed by Jack Prelutsky and Lane Smith), he explores the topic of standardized tests. I love to read this to my students right before AZACs and the Terra Nova to ease their anxiety - they already know more than they think they know!If You Give a Cat a Cupcake
by Laura Numeroff Year Published: AverageIf You Give A Mouse A Cookie
by Laura Numeroff Year Published: AverageJulius, the Baby of the World
by Kevin Henkes Year Published: AverageLilly's Purple Plastic Purse
by Kevin Henkes Year Published: AverageOne of my all time favorites, this book shows just how much a teacher can affect a student - and how a student can learn proper behavior in school through a hard lesson.Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch
by Trinka Haber Nobles Year Published: AverageMiss Nelson Has A Field Day
by Harry G. Allard Year Published: AverageViola Swamp is back to coach the school's football team. But Miss Nelson isn't missing this time! Just who is Miss Viola Swamp, anyway?Miss Nelson is Missing!
by Harry G. Allard Year Published: AverageWhat happens to the class when Miss Nelson has had enough of their naughty behavior? They get a visit from Miss Viola Swamp, of course. Can she whip the class into shape, or is Miss Nelson going to have the worst class ever?My Teacher For President
by Kay Winters Year Published: AverageOwen
by Kevin Henkes Year Published: AverageSheila Rae, the Brave
by Kevin Henkes Year Published: AverageStellaluna
by Janell Cannon Year Published: AverageLittle Stellaluna is separated from her mother and ends up trying to fit in with a family of birds. Eventually, she learns that just because you have things in common doesn't mean you can't stay yourself - and just because you're different doesn't mean you can't be friends!The Substitute Teacher From The Black Lagoon
by Mike Thaler Year Published: AverageSubstitutes are just like real teachers...aren't they?The Teacher from the Black Lagoon
by Mike Thaler Year Published: AverageSometimes our imaginations get carried away, but is Hubie's teacher really as terrible as he imagines?The Thingumajig Book of Manners
by Irene and Dick Keller Year Published: AverageWhat a funny and memorable way to reinforce good manners and appropriate behavior!Two Bad Ants
by Chris Van Allsburg Year Published: ChallengingWemberly Worried
by Kevin Henkes Year Published: AverageFairy Tales
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The Real Story of the Three Little Pigs
by No Author Text Year Published:
Mrs. DeBord's Read-alouds
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Beezus and Ramona
by Beverly Cleary Year Published: ChallengingLittle sisters can be exasperating, but little sisters also depend on big sisters to be a good example. See how big sister Beezus and little sister Ramona get along in the first book of the Ramona series.Fudge-a-mania
by Judy Blume Year Published: ChallengingYou just can't seem to stop Fudge - especially on vacation!Ralph S. Mouse
by Beverly Cleary Year Published: ChallengingRamona Quimby, age 8
by Beverly Cleary Year Published: AverageRamona is finally in 3rd grade! It certainly isn't as easy as she hoped it would be, but somehow everything always seems to work itself out. Newberry Honor winner.Ramona The Pest
by Beverly Cleary Year Published: ChallengingRamona's back - and discovers what school is really about!Runaway Ralph
by Beverly Cleary Year Published: ChallengingRalph continues his adventures with his motorcycle as he runs away to summer camp. But will he ever go back to his family?Superfudge
by Judy Blume Year Published: ChallengingFudge is up to it again! Can Peter survive his little brother, a new little sister, and a move to a new neighborhood?Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing
by Judy Blume Year Published: ChallengingThis is the first book of the Fudge series. Readers are introduced to Peter Hatcher and his trouble-making little brother Fudge, as Peter tries to get the reader to understand how hard it is to be a 4th grader with a brother named Fudge.The Best School Year Ever!
by Barbara Robinson Year Published: ChallengingThe Mouse and the Motorcycle
by Beverly Cleary Year Published: ChallengingRalph Mouse discovers that he can ride a motorcycle! Laugh your way through his adventures and fall in love with a mouse in this Beverly Cleary classic.
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