Summer Reading: Grades 2 - 3 at Howard County Library

The 5,000-year-old puzzle : solving a mystery of ancient Egypt /

Author: Logan, Claudia.
ISBN: 0374323356;9780374323356
Year: 2002
Date added: 11/25/2002
Summary: An account of Dr. George Reisner's 1925 discovery and excavation of a secret tomb in Giza, Egypt, based on archival documents and records, but told through the fictionalized experiences of a young boy who accompanies his father on the dig.
Subjects: Archaeology - Fiction. - Jizah (Egypt) - Antiquities - Tombs - Egypt
Call number: JF LOG

Actual size /

Author: Jenkins, Steve,
ISBN: 0618375945;9780618375943
Year: 2004
Date added: 05/28/2004
Summary: Discusses and gives examples of the size and weight of various animals and parts of animals.
Subjects: Animals. - Body size.
Call number: E JEN

Alien eraser unravels the mystery of the pyramids /

Author: Moss, Marissa.
ISBN: 9780763635855
Year: 2009
Date added: 05/11/2009
Subjects: Imagination - Fiction - Pyramids - Egypt - Fiction. - Schools
Call number: JF MOS

The ant's nest : a huge, underground city /

Author: Aronin, Miriam.
ISBN: 9781597168687;1597168688
Year: 2010
Date added: 06/01/2011
Summary: "Welcome to the ant's huge underground city. Here you'll discover how the insects rest, take care of their queen, and raise their young. You'll also find out how some ants grow their own food and carry out other surprising tasks as they go about their bu
Subjects: Ants. - Insect societies.
Call number: J595.796A

Baby mammoth mummy : frozen in time! : a prehistoric animal's journey into the 21st century /

Author: Sloan, Christopher.
ISBN: 9781426308659
Year: 2011
Date added: 10/06/2011
Subjects: Mammoths. - Paleontology - Pleistocene.
Call number: J569.67S

Barnum's bones : how Barnum Brown discovered the most famous dinosaur in the world /

Author: Fern, Tracey E.
ISBN: 9780374305161
Year: 2012
Date added: 05/30/2012
Subjects: Brown, Barnum. - Paleontologists. - Dinosaurs. - Fossils.
Call number: JB BROWN F

Bink & Gollie /

Author: DiCamillo, Kate.
ISBN: 9780763632663
Year: 2010
Date added: 09/14/2010
Summary: Two roller-skating best friends--one tiny, one tall--share three comical adventures involving outrageously bright socks, an impromptu trek to the Andes, and a most unlikely marvelous companion.
Subjects: Humorous stories - Adventure and adventurers - Fiction. - Friendship - Fiction
Call number: JF DIC

Captain Awesome vs. Nacho Cheese Man /

Author: Kirby, Stan.
ISBN: 9781442440913
Year: 2012
Date added: 07/13/2012
Summary: When second-grader Eugene's favorite comic book goes missing, he blames his best friend Charlie even though he has no evidence.
Subjects: Lost and found possessions - Fiction. - Cartoons and comics - Fiction - Best friends - Friendship
Call number: JF KIR

Case of the secret sauce /

Author: Rosenberg, Aaron.
ISBN: 9780843199284
Year: 2011
Date added: 12/29/2011
Summary: When Pete and Penny's parents leave them with their uncle in charge of the family pizza parlor, they must solve a mystery after their secret sauce recipe is lost.
Subjects: Brothers and sisters - Fiction. - Literary recreations. - Uncles - Mystery and detective stories. - Pizza - Restaurants
Call number: JF ROS

Castle : how it works /

Author: Macaulay, David.
ISBN: 9781596437449;1596437448
Year: 2012
Date added: 09/18/2012
Subjects: Castles.
Call number: J623M

Caves /

Author: Rau, Dana Meachen,
ISBN: 9780761426653
Year: 2008
Date added: 08/07/2009
Summary: "Provides a basic introduction to caves, including geographical information and plant and animal life"--Provided by publisher.
Subjects: Cave ecology. - Caves.
Call number: GRL K

Clementine /

Author: Pennypacker, Sara,
ISBN: 0786838825;9780786838837;9780786838820
Year: 2006
Date added: 09/29/2006
Summary: While sorting through difficulties in her friendship with her neighbor Margaret, eight-year-old Clementine gains several unique hairstyles while also helping her father in his efforts to banish pigeons from the front of their apartment building.
Subjects: Apartment houses - Fiction. - Family life - Humorous stories - Schools - Friendship - Fiction
Call number: JF PEN

The crazy case of missing Thunder /

Author: Abbott, Tony,
ISBN: 9781606843406;1606843400;9781606841648
Year: 2012
Date added: 02/24/2012
Summary: Long-time friends and fellow sleuths Jeff Bunter, Brian Rooney, Mara Lubin, and Kelly Smitts, collectively known as the Goofballs, investigate the disappearance of Thunder the pony in their town of Badger Point.
Subjects: Humorous stories. - Lost and found possessions - Fiction. - Ponies - Mystery and detective stories.
Call number: JF ABB

Creepy carrots! /

Author: Reynolds, Aaron,
ISBN: 9781442402973
Year: 2012
Date added: 09/05/2012
Summary: The carrots that grow in Crackenhopper Field are the fattest and crispiest around and Jasper Rabbit cannot resist pulling some to eat each time he passes by, until he begins hearing and seeing creepy carrots wherever he goes.
Subjects: Carrots - Fiction. - Rabbits - Humorous stories. - Caldecott Medal.
Call number: E REY

The curse of the bologna sandwich /

Author: Trine, Greg.
ISBN: 0805078363;9780805078367
Year: 2006
Date added: 11/17/2008
Summary: After graduating from the superhero academy, Melvin Beederman heads for Los Angeles, where he unexpectedly teams up with Candace Brinkwater, school play actress, to nab the evil McNasty Brothers.
Subjects: Humorous stories - Los Angeles (Calif.) - Fiction. - Heroes
Call number: JF TRI

The Dunderheads /

Author: Fleischman, Paul.
ISBN: 9780763624989;9780763652395
Year: 2009
Date added: 07/14/2009
Summary: When Miss Breakbone confiscates Junkyard's crucial find, Wheels, Pencil, Spider, and the rest of the Dunderheads plot to teach her a lesson.
Subjects: School children - Fiction. - Revenge - Teachers
Call number: E FLE

The Dunderheads behind bars /

Author: Fleischman, Paul.
ISBN: 9780763645434
Year: 2012
Date added: 04/10/2012
Summary: The Dunderheads--a gang of misfits with unique and unusual talents--come to the aid of one of their own when Spider is falsely arrested for stealing jewelry.
Subjects: Humorous stories - Individuality - Fiction. - Mystery and detective stories.
Call number: E FLE

Easy snacks from around the world /

Author: Alexander, Heather,
ISBN: 9780766037670
Year: 2012
Date added: 02/06/2012
Summary: "Make simple snacks from countries around the world"--
Subjects: Snack foods. - International cooking. - Quick and easy cooking. - Cookbooks.
Call number: J641.53A

Egyptian treasures /

Author: Chambers, Catherine,
ISBN: 9780778799467
Year: 2011
Date added: 07/28/2011
Summary: Discover the secrets of ancient Egypt, the land of the pharaohs. Find out what's inside a mummy, how fast a chariot could race, and what weapons the Egyptian soldiers carried.
Subjects: Egypt - Civilization - To 332 B.C. - Antiquities.
Call number: J932C

Extreme places : could you live here? /

Author: Hawes, Alison,
ISBN: 9780778799405
Year: 2011
Date added: 07/28/2011
Summary: Describes inhabited locations on Earth with some of the most extreme climates and weather patterns, including the coldest place on Earth and the most polluted city.
Subjects: Extreme environments.
Call number: J910H

Fifty cents and a dream : young Booker T. Washington /

Author: Asim, Jabari,
ISBN: 9780316086578
Year: 2012
Date added: 12/04/2012
Subjects: Washington, Booker T., - Childhood and youth. - African Americans - Biography. - Educators.
Call number: JB WASHINGTON A

Flight of the phoenix / by R.L. LaFevers ; illustrated by Kelly Murphy.

Author: LaFevers, R. L.
ISBN: 9780547238654
Year: 2009
Date added: 06/09/2010
Summary: In 1928, when timid ten-year-old Nate learns that his parents have been lost at sea, he joins his father's cousin on a flight to Arabia where they must oversee the death and rebirth of the phoenix, thus beginning his training as a "beastologist."
Subjects: Phoenix (Mythical bird) - Fiction. - Animals, Mythical - Bedouins - Middle East - Orphans - Cousins - Adventure and adventurers
Call number: JF LAF

Ghost pirate treasure /

ISBN: 9780545307444
Year: 2012
Date added: 03/02/2012
Summary: Creepella investigates mysterious holes around Squeakspeare's mansion - could legendary pirate Morgan Blackwhisker be searching for his lost buried treasure?
Subjects: Haunted houses - Fiction. - Stilton, Geronimo (Fictitious character) - Buried treasure - Mice - Ghosts
Call number: CHILDREN'S SERIES

Giants beware! /

Author: Aguirre, Jorge.
ISBN: 9781596435827
Year: 2012
Date added: 04/17/2012
Summary: Claudette wants nothing more than to slay a giant but her little village is too safe and quiet.
Subjects: Graphic novels. - Fairy tales.
Call number: J741.59A

Gold! Gold from the American River! : January 24, 1848, the day the gold rush began /

Author: Brown, Don,
ISBN: 9781596432239;1596432233
Year: 2011
Date added: 02/21/2013
Summary: Introduces young readers to the history of the California gold rush, describing the journey to California, the process of panning for gold, and the fortunes that this gold brought many different people.
Subjects: California - Gold discoveries. - History - 1846-1850. - Frontier and pioneer life - California. - Gold mines and mining
Call number: J979.4B

Goldilocks and the three dinosaurs /

Author: Willems, Mo.
ISBN: 9780062104182;0062104187
Year: 2012
Date added: 09/11/2012
Summary: Once upon a time, there were three hungry Dinosaurs: Papa Dinosaur, Mama Dinosaur . . . and a Dinosaur who happened to be visiting from Norway. One day--for no particular reason--they decided to tidy up their house, make the beds, and prepare pudding of
Subjects: Humorous stories. - Picture books. - Dinosaurs - Fiction.
Call number: E WIL

Gooney Bird Greene /

Author: Lowry, Lois.
ISBN: 0618238484;9780440419600;0440419603
Year: 2002
Date added: 10/11/2002
Summary: A most unusual new student who loves to be the center of attention entertains her teacher and fellow second graders by telling absolutely true stories about herself, including how she got her name.
Subjects: Humorous stories - Storytelling - Fiction. - Schools
Call number: JF Low

Hanging off Jefferson's nose : growing up on Mount Rushmore /

Author: Coury, Tina Nichols.
ISBN: 9780803737310
Year: 2012
Date added: 05/14/2012
Subjects: Borglum, Lincoln, - Sculptors. - Mount Rushmore National Memorial (S.D.)
Call number: JB BORGLUM C

Harlem's little blackbird /

Author: Watson, Renee.
ISBN: 9780375869730
Year: 2012
Date added: 10/17/2012
Subjects: Mills, Florence, - Singers. - African Americans - Biography. - Women
Call number: JB MILLS W

Heroes of the surf : a rescue story based on true events /

Author: Carbone, Elisa Lynn.
ISBN: 9780670063123
Year: 2012
Date added: 05/09/2012
Summary: When the huge steamship on which they are traveling runs aground off the New Jersey coast in 1882, two boys and their families are among the passengers dramatically rescued by members of the U.S. Life Saving Service. Includes notes about the event on whic
Subjects: Shipwrecks - Fiction. - United States. - New Jersey - History - 19th century
Call number: E CAR

Horse heroes : true stories of amazing horses /

Author: Petty, Kate.
ISBN: 9780756692964;0756692962
Year: 2012
Date added: 06/18/2012
Summary: Tells seven stories of heroic and amazing horses.
Subjects: Horses.
Call number: J636.1P

Hot diggity dog : the history of the hot dog /

Author: Sylver, Adrienne.
ISBN: 9780525478973
Year: 2010
Date added: 06/04/2010
Subjects: Frankfurters.
Call number: J641.36S

How does my garden grow? : [grow plants for food and fun-packed projects].

ISBN: 9780756671945;0756671949
Year: 2011
Date added: 09/06/2011
Summary: A collection of gardening activities, scientific experiments, art projects, cooking ideas, and magic tricks helps youngsters learn about the structure and life cycles of plants, as well as offering advice on how to grow their own gardens.
Subjects: Gardening. - Gardens.
Call number: J635H

How the dinosaur got to the museum /

Author: Hartland, Jessie.
ISBN: 9781609050900
Year: 2011
Date added: 11/04/2011
Summary: "Dinosaurs roamed the earth for millions and millions of years. Museum visitors are awed by the massive skeletons/fossils/creatures on display. But how did the fossils of a colossal diplodocus make the 145-million-year journey from the prehistoric plains
Subjects: Paleontology. - Diplodocus. - National Museum of Natural History (U.S.) - Dinosaurs.
Call number: J567.9H

Huge earthmovers /

Author: Goldish, Meish.
ISBN: 1597169552;9781597169554
Year: 2010
Date added: 06/01/2011
Subjects: Earthmoving machinery.
Call number: J624.152G

Hurricane Katrina, 2005 /

Author: Tarshis, Lauren.
ISBN: 9780545206969
Year: 2011
Date added: 02/28/2012
Summary: Barry's family tries to evacuate before Hurricane Katrina hits their home in New Orleans. But when Barry's little sister gets terribly sick, they're forced to stay home and wait out the storm. At first, Katrina doesn't seem to be as bad as predicted. But
Subjects: African Americans - Fiction. - Floods - Survival - Hurricane Katrina, 2005 - New Orleans (La.)
Call number: CHILDREN'S SERIES

Imagine a place /

Author: Thomson, Sarah L.
ISBN: 9781416968023;1416968024
Year: 2008
Date added: 02/12/2009
Summary: Illustrations and evocative text show how imagination can reveal the extraordinary in the everyday.
Subjects: Imagination - Fiction.
Call number: E THO

The incredible book eating boy /

Author: Jeffers, Oliver.
ISBN: 9780399247491
Year: 2006
Date added: 05/18/2007
Summary: Henry loves to eat books, until he begins to feel quite ill and decides that maybe he could do something else with the books he has been devouring.
Subjects: Food habits - Fiction. - Books
Call number: E JEF

It's a dog's life : how man's best friend sees, hears, and smells the world /

Author: Goodman, Susan E.,
ISBN: 9781596434486
Year: 2012
Date added: 08/09/2012
Subjects: Dogs. - Dogs - Habits and behavior.
Call number: J636.7G

It's all about me-ow : a young cat's guide to the good life /

Author: Talbott, Hudson.
ISBN: 9780399254031
Year: 2012
Date added: 12/04/2012
Summary: A cat gives three kittens advice on how to charm, entertain, and communicate with their new human family.
Subjects: Cats - Fiction. - Humorous stories.
Call number: E TAL

It's moving day! /

Author: Hickman, Pamela.
ISBN: 9781554530748
Year: 2008
Date added: 08/12/2008
Subjects: Burrowing animals. - Animals - Habitations.
Call number: J591.564H

Ivy + Bean break the fossil record /

Author: Barrows, Annie.
ISBN: 9780811856836;9780811862509
Year: 2007
Date added: 10/30/2008
Summary: Everyone in second grade seems set on breaking a world record and friends Ivy and Bean are no exception, deciding to become the youngest people ever to discover a dinosaur skeleton.
Subjects: World records - Fiction. - Fossils - Fiction - Friendship
Call number: JF BAR

January joker /

Author: Roy, Ron,
ISBN: 9780375856617
Year: 2009
Date added: 03/09/2012
Summary: Seven-year-olds Bradley, Brian, Nate, and Lucy make observations and gather clues that convince them that their older siblings, cousin, and animals have been captured by hungry space aliens.
Subjects: Cousins - Fiction. - Twins - Practical jokes - Extraterrestrial beings - Brothers and sisters - Mystery and detective stories.
Call number: CHILDREN'S SERIES

Lemonade : and other poems squeezed from a single word /

Author: Raczka, Bob.
ISBN: 9781596435414
Year: 2011
Date added: 03/15/2011
Subjects: American poetry - Collections.
Call number: J811.6R

Libby of High Hopes /

Author: Primavera, Elise.
ISBN: 9781416955429
Year: 2012
Date added: 06/08/2012
Summary: When ten-year-old Libby Thump stumbles upon High Hopes Horse Farm and finds her dream horse, Princess, a prize-winning jumping horse that has been put out to pasture, Libby tries to convince her parents to give her riding lessons.
Subjects: Horses - Fiction. - Horsemanship
Call number: JF PRI

Life-size zoo : from tiny rodents to gigantic elephants, an actual-size animal encyclopedia /

Author: Komiya, Teruyuki.
ISBN: 9781934734209
Year: 2009
Date added: 03/01/2010
Summary: See life-size photographs of various animals, with fold-out pages and charts of interesting facts.
Subjects: Zoo animals.
Call number: J590.744K

Lulu and the brontosaurus /

Author: Viorst, Judith.
ISBN: 9781416999614
Year: 2010
Date added: 09/14/2010
Summary: Lulu's parents refuse to give in when she demands a brontosaurus for her birthday and so she sets out to find her own, but while the brontosaurus she finally meets approves of pets, he does not intend to be Lulu's.
Subjects: Behavior - Fiction. - Apatosaurus - Birthdays - Pets
Call number: JF VIO

Lulu and the duck in the park /

Author: McKay, Hilary.
ISBN: 9780807548080
Year: 2012
Date added: 08/30/2012
Summary: Lulu, who loves animals, brings an abandoned duck egg to school, even though her teacher has banned Lulu from bringing animals to school ever again.
Subjects: Animals - Fiction. - Schools - Humorous stories.
Call number: JF MCKA

Marty McGuire digs worms! /

Author: Messner, Kate.
ISBN: 9780545142458;9780545142472;0545142474
Year: 2012
Date added: 04/12/2012
Summary: With help from her Grandma Barb, Marty builds a habitat for worms in her school cafeteria as part of the Save the Earth Project.
Subjects: Environmental protection - Fiction. - Worms - Recycling (Waste) - Schools - Grandmothers
Call number: JF MES

Mossy /

Author: Brett, Jan,
ISBN: 9780399257827
Year: 2012
Date added: 09/19/2012
Summary: Mossy, a turtle with a garden growing on her shell, is taken from her home and new friend to become an exhibit in a museum, until the director's niece, Tory, notices how sad Mossy is and helps arrange for her to go home.
Subjects: Turtles - Fiction. - Museums
Call number: E BRE

Mrs. Noodlekugel /

Author: Pinkwater, Daniel Manus,
ISBN: 9780763650537
Year: 2012
Date added: 04/23/2012
Summary: Nick and Maxine have a new babysitter--the eccentric Mrs. Noodlekugel who lives in the funny little house behind their drab high-rise apartment building along with her feline butler, Mr. Fuzzface, and three myopic mice.
Subjects: Humorous stories. - Babysitters - Fiction.
Call number: JF PIN

My best friend is as sharp as a pencil : and other funny classroom portraits /

Author: Piven, H?anokh,
ISBN: 9780375853388
Year: 2010
Date added: 06/01/2010
Summary: When her grandma asks her about school, a girl draws a class portrait, adding details that show what makes each person special.
Subjects: Portraits - Fiction. - Individuality - Schools
Call number: E PIV

National Geographic book of animal poetry : 200 poems with photographs that squeak, soar, and roar! /

ISBN: 9781426310096
Date added: 09/10/2012
Subjects: Animals - Poetry.
Call number: J808.81N

National Geographic Kids everything ancient Egypt /

Author: Boyer, Crispin.
ISBN: 9781426308413
Year: 2012
Date added: 02/15/2012
Subjects: Egypt - Civilization - To 332 B.C. - History
Call number: J932B

North : the amazing story of Arctic migration /

Author: Dowson, Nick.
ISBN: 9780763652715
Year: 2011
Date added: 11/29/2011
Subjects: Animal migration. - Migratory animals. - Arctic regions.
Call number: J591.568D

Nurk : the strange, surprising adventures of a (somewhat) brave shrew /

Author: Vernon, Ursula.
ISBN: 9780152063757
Year: 2008
Date added: 07/17/2008
Summary: Nurk, a sort-of brave shrew, packs up a few pairs of clean socks and sails off on an accidental adventure, guided by wisdom found in the journal of his famously brave and fierce grandmother, Lady Surka the warrior shrew.
Subjects: Dragonflies - Fiction. - Letters - Courage - Fiction - Shrews - Adventure and adventurers - Diaries
Call number: JF VER

Nursery rhyme comics : [50 timeless rhymes from 50 celebrated cartoonists] /

ISBN: 9781596436008
Year: 2011
Date added: 11/03/2011
Summary: Presents fifty traditional nursery rhymes in comic book format, with illustrations by well-known cartoonists.
Subjects: Graphic novels. - Nursery rhymes.
Call number: J741.59N

Ocean sunlight : how tiny plants feed the seas /

Author: Bang, Molly.
ISBN: 9780545273220
Year: 2012
Date added: 04/30/2012
Subjects: Photobiology. - Marine life. - Plants. - Sunshine.
Call number: J571.455B

Pirate ships ahoy! /

Author: Jenson-Elliott, Cynthia L.
ISBN: 9781429686105
Year: 2013
Date added: 12/31/2012
Summary: "Describes different types of pirate ships, how they were used, and how pirates kept their ships in good shape"--Provided by publisher.
Subjects: Pirates. - Sailing ships.
Call number: J910.45J

Prehistoric actual size /

Author: Jenkins, Steve,
ISBN: 9780618535781;0618535780
Year: 2005
Date added: 10/13/2005
Summary: Learn what it's like to come face-to-face with some of the dinosaurs that once roamed the Earth through these "actual-size" illustrations.
Subjects: Dinosaurs - Size.
Call number: E JEN

The rabbit problem /

Author: Gravett, Emily.
ISBN: 9781442412552
Year: 2010
Date added: 12/03/2010
Summary: In Fibonacci's Field, Lonely and Chalk Rabbit meet, snuggle together, and then spend a year trying to cope with their ever-increasing brood and the seasonal changes that bring a new challenge each month. Presented in calendar format with one pop-up illust
Subjects: Seasons - Fiction. - Family life - Counting - Fibonacci numbers - Toy and movable books. - Months - Rabbits
Call number: E GRA

A rock is lively /

Author: Aston, Dianna Hutts.
ISBN: 9781452106458
Year: 2012
Date added: 09/07/2012
Subjects: Rocks. - Minerals.
Call number: J552A

The secret cave : discovering Lascaux /

Author: McCully, Emily Arnold.
ISBN: 9780374366940
Year: 2010
Date added: 10/01/2010
Subjects: Lascaux Cave (France). - Art, Prehistoric. - Cave paintings.
Call number: J944.72M

Secrets of the garden : food chains and the food web in our backyard /

Author: Zoehfeld, Kathleen Weidner.
ISBN: 9780517709900
Year: 2012
Date added: 03/01/2012
Summary: Depicts a family of four who make their garden their summer home as they prepare the soil, plant seeds, water the garden, and watch for a harvest of vegetables.
Subjects: Gardens. - Gardening. - Food chains (Ecology)
Call number: J635Z

Seeing symmetry /

Author: Leedy, Loreen.
ISBN: 9780823423606
Year: 2012
Date added: 06/28/2012
Summary: An assortment of dozens of diverse and colorful examples from quilts to kites to cupcakes invites the reader to discover both line and rotational symmetry.
Subjects: Symmetry. - Ratio and proportion.
Call number: J513.1L

Shiver me timbers : pirate poems & paintings /

Author: Florian, Douglas.
ISBN: 9781442413214;1442413212
Year: 2012
Date added: 08/23/2012
Subjects: Pirates - Poetry. - American poetry.
Call number: J811.54F

Space & art activities /

Author: Goodman, Polly.
ISBN: 0778711129
Year: 2002
Date added: 01/26/2009
Summary: Information about various topics related to astronomy forms the foundation for projects about the sun and moon, planet rotation, space travel, black holes, and more.
Subjects: Astronomy. - Handicraft.
Call number: J520G

Space, stars, and the beginning of time : what the Hubble telescope saw /

Author: Scott, Elaine,
ISBN: 9780547241890
Year: 2011
Date added: 02/14/2011
Subjects: Hubble Space Telescope (Spacecraft)
Call number: J522.29S

Stella Batts needs a new name /

Author: Sheinmel, Courtney.
ISBN: 9781585361854
Year: 2012
Date added: 02/23/2012
Summary: When a classmate makes fun of her name, eight-year-old Stella picks a new one for herself, but discovers that the name she abandoned suits her just fine.
Subjects: Family life - Fiction. - Nicknames - Names, Personal - Teasing - Schools
Call number: JF SHE

Stink and the Midnight Zombie Walk /

Author: McDonald, Megan.
ISBN: 9780763656928
Year: 2012
Date added: 03/14/2012
Summary: Stink and his friends try to earn money to buy the latest book in the Nightmare on Zombie Street series and go to the book release party.
Subjects: Books and reading - Fiction. - Moneymaking projects - Zombies
Call number: JF MCDO

A superhero cookbook : simple recipes for kids /

Author: Schuette, Sarah L.,
ISBN: 9781429659987;142965998
Year: 2012
Date added: 04/04/2012
Summary: "Provides instructions and step-by-step photos for making a variety of simple snacks and drinks with a superhero theme"--Provided by publisher.
Subjects: Cooking. - Quick and easy cooking. - Snack foods. - Superheroes. - Cookbooks.
Call number: J641.5S

The superheroes' employment agency /

Author: Singer, Marilyn.
ISBN: 9780547435596
Year: 2012
Date added: 07/16/2012
Subjects: Superheroes - Poetry. - American poetry.
Call number: J811.54S

Thea Stilton and the secret city /

ISBN: 9780545150613
Year: 2010
Date added: 06/15/2010
Summary: "When Paulina gets a phone call from home telling her that a friend is missing, the Thea Sisters travel to Peru to help solve the mystery. There, the five mice climb the Andes Mountians in search of a missing archeologist. Along the way, they stumble upon
Subjects: Peru - Fiction. - Mice
Call number: CHILDREN'S SERIES

Third grade angels /

Author: Spinelli, Jerry.
ISBN: 9780545387729
Year: 2012
Date added: 08/31/2012
Summary: "George 'Suds' Morton competes with his third-grade classmates to earn the first 'halo' of the year for good behavior, but being good turns out to be more stressful than he anticipated"--
Subjects: Friendship - Fiction. - Conduct of life - Schools
Call number: JF SPI

The truth about princesses /

Author: Allen, Nancy Kelly,
ISBN: 9781404857476
Year: 2010
Date added: 06/03/2010
Subjects: Princesses. - Fairy tales.
Call number: J398.21A

Unspoken : a story from the Underground Railroad /

Author: Cole, Henry,
ISBN: 9780545399975
Year: 2012
Date added: 11/08/2012
Summary: In this wordless picture book, a young Southern farm girl discovers a runaway slave hiding behind the corn crib in the barn and decides to help him.
Subjects: Underground Railroad - Fiction. - Fugitive slaves - African Americans
Call number: E COL

What in the world is a green garden? /

Author: Gaarder-Juntti, Oona,
ISBN: 9781616131883
Year: 2011
Date added: 12/09/2010
Subjects: Sustainable agriculture.
Call number: J635G

Wiggly earthworms /

Author: Lunis, Natalie.
ISBN: 9781597167512;1597167517
Year: 2009
Date added: 04/21/2010
Summary: An introduction to the lowly earthworm, which--though thought of as gross--is one of the most important animals on the earth.
Subjects: Earthworms.
Call number: J592.64L

Wild animal atlas : Earth's astonishing animals and where they live.

ISBN: 9781426306990;1426306997
Year: 2010
Date added: 07/03/2012
Summary: Combines informational text, facts, maps, and photographs to teach children about geography, animals, habitats, endangered species, and more.
Subjects: Animal distribution. - Animal ecology. - Habitat (Ecology)
Call number: J591.9W

Wildlife gardening /

Author: Cox, Martyn.
ISBN: 9780756650896
Year: 2009
Date added: 03/11/2010
Summary: A fun and informative introduction to gardening and garden wildlife that is full of simple, step-by-step gardening activities that can be explored anywhere, from the city to the suburbs.
Subjects: Gardening to attract wildlife. - Gardening to attract birds.
Call number: J636.96C

You wouldn't want to be a 19th-century coal miner in England! : a dangerous job you'd rather not have /

Author: Malam, John,
ISBN: 0531149714;9780531149713
Year: 2007
Date added: 04/27/2007
Subjects: Coal mines and mining. - Coal miners.
Call number: J622.334M

You wouldn't want to be a pyramid builder! : a hazardous job you'd rather not have /

Author: Morley, Jacqueline.
ISBN: 0531123510
Year: 2004
Date added: 10/13/2004
Summary: Describes the construction of an Egyptian pharaoh's tomb, the life and various jobs of the workers, and the burial of the pharaoh.
Subjects: Egypt - Social life and customs - To 332 B.C. - Pyramids - Egypt.
Call number: J932M