3rd and 4th Grade new books

Adventure-Animal stories Comtemporary and School stories Fantasy/SciFic Historical Humorous Mystery Series

ADVENTURE / MYSTERY

FIC AVI
Avi. The end of the beginning
Avon the snail and Edward, a take-charge ant, set off together on a journey to an undetermined destination in search of unspecified adventures - funny.
FIC BAU
Bauer, Marion Dane. The blue ghost. and latest Secret of the painted house
While visiting her grandmother's log cabin, Liz encounters the ghost of her great-great-great grandmother and suddenly finds that she has been transported back in time
FIC BRU
Bruchac, Skeleton Man and latest Bearwalker
After her parents disappear and she is turned over to the care of a strange "great-uncle," Molly must rely on her dreams about an old Mohawk story for her safety and maybe even for her life.
FIC BYA
Byars, Betsy. Tornado
As they wait out a tornado in their storm cellar, a family listens to their farmhand tell stories about the dog that was blown into his life by another tornado when he was a boy.
FIC DiC
DiCamillo, Kate. The miraculous journey of Edward Tulane SLJ Best Book 2006
Edward Tulane, a cold-hearted and proud toy rabbit, loves only himself until he is separated from the little girl who adores him and travels across the country, acquiring new owners and listening to their hopes, dreams, and histories
EC DUF
Duffey, Betsy. Cody unplugged.
Concerned that his television and video habits have gotten out of hand, Cody's parents send him to Camp Bear where he learns to experience real life rather than virtual reality.
FIC DOY
Doyle,Roddy. Meanwhile adventures also author of the Giggler Treatment
When Mister Mack gets arrested for supposedly robbing the bank, it is up to Rover the dog and the Mack children to rescue him and find their Guinness-record-breaking mother who is running around the world
FIC ENR part of the Melendy family books, The Saturdays, was the first
Enright, Elizabeth, Then there were five
A summer that promises to be eventful turns into something extra special when the four Melendy children become friends with the orphaned Mark Heron.
FIC HIR
Hirsch, Odo. Bartlett and the Ice Voyage also Bartlett and the City of Flames
When an impatient queen longs to taste the delicious but fragile melidrop fruit, two explorers use "Inventiveness, Desperation, and Perseverance" to try to bring it to her.
FIC MOR
Morpurgo, Michael. Kensuke's kingdom Sasquatch Reading Award nominees for 2006
When Michael is swept off his family's yacht, he washes up on a desert island, where he struggles to survive--until he finds he is not alone.
FIC NAY
Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds. Bernie Magruder & the bats in the belfry.
Many residents of Middleburg, Indiana, are already going crazy from the ever-ringing church bells and now, after a bat is spotted in the hotel run by Bernie's
FIC PAU
Paulsen, Gary. Brian's hunt - latest in the Hatchet series
Two years after having survived a plane crash into the Canadian wilderness, a sixteen-year-old returns to the wild to befriend a wounded dog and hunt a rogue bear.
FIC PAU
Wright, Betty Ren Princess for a week
When a confident girl named Princess arrives to spend a week at Roddy's house, she encourages him to help her investigate the suspicious activities happening at a supposedly haunted house.

ANIMAL STORIES
FIC ARM Armstrong, Alan W., Whittington. Newbery honor award 2005
Whittington, a feline descendant of Dick Whittington's famous cat of English folklore, appears at a rundown barnyard plagued by rats and restores harmony while telling his ancestor's story
FIC AVI
Avi. The mayor of Central Park Young Reader's Choice nominee 2006
Oscar Westerwit, a squirrel who loves baseball and Broadway musicals, fights back when a gangster rat named Big Daddy Duds and his thugs move uptown in the year 1900, invade Central Park, and evict Oscar and his animal friends from their homes
FIC AVI Avi, Poppy's return. and others in the series
Poppy, accompanied by her troublesome son Junior, his skunk friend, and Uncle Ereth the porcupine, responds to a summons to return to herancestral home, Gray House, to save the mice there from destruction by a bulldozer.
FIC BAU
Bauer, Marion Dane. Runt. Young Reader's Choice Award nominee 2005
Runt,the smallest wolf cub in the litter, seeks to prove himself to his father King and the rest of the pack and to earn a new name
FIC BIR
Birney, Betty. The world according to Humphrey Sasquatch Reading Award WINNER 2007
Humphrey, pet hamster at Longfellow School, learns that he has an important role to play in helping his classmates and teacher. also Friendship according to Humphrey
FIC BYA
Byars, Betsy. Little Horse Followed by Little Horse on his own
Little Horse falls into the stream and is swept awy into a dangerous adventure and a new life.
FIC DiC
DiCamillo, Kate. Mercy Watson goes for a ride and Mercy Watson to the rescue and latest Mercy Watson Princess in Disguise
Mr. Watson's usual Saturday drive in his Cadillac with his favorite pig, Mercy, turns into an adventure when an unexpected passenger shows up in the back seat and Mercy finds herself behind the wheel.
FIC FIN
Fine, Anne. The diary of a killer cat and latest Return of the Killer Cat
Tuffy the pet cat tries to defend himself against accusations of terrifying other animals and murdering the neighbor's rabbit.
FIC HAA
Haas, Jessie. The birthday pony Sasquatch Reading Award nominee 2007 and latest Jigaw Pony
Grandma Aggie tries to help her granddaughter Jane and the independent pony Popcorn, who were born on the same day, become riding partners. see also Jigsaw Pony
FIC HOB
Hobbs, Valerie. Sheep
After a fire destroys the farm where he was born, a young border collie acquires a series of owners and learns about life as he seeks a home and longs to fulfill his life's purpose of shepherding sheep.
FIC HUR
Hurwitz, Johanna. One small dog Sasquatch Reading Award nominee 2004
Curtis gets a dog when his parents divorce, but his beloved new dog causes problems that he did not expect.
FIC KIN
King-Smith, Dick. Lady Lollipop and its sequel Clever Lollipop
A quick-witted swineherd and a pig named Lollipop are royally rewarded after they reform a spoiled princess
FIC McK
McKay, Hilary. Dog Friday.
Ten-year-old Robin Brogan is determined to keep the dog he finds abandoned on the beach from being impounded by the police - laugh out loud funny
EC McK McKissack, Pat, Tippy Lemmey. Sasquatch Book Award nominee 2006
Leandra, Paul, and Jeannie keep trying to avoid a dog named Tippy Lemmey until they discover that he is not really their enemy.
FIC MYE
Myers, Laurie. Lewis and Clark and me: a dog's tale Beverly Cleary Children's Choice 2005
Meriwether Lewis's Newfoundland dog, describes Lewis and Clark's expedition, which he accompanied from St. Louis to the Pacific Ocean
FIC NAG
Nagda, Ann Whitehead. Meow means mischief Sasquatch Book Award nominee 2006
A stray kitten turns out to be the perfect way to help Rana make friends in her new school and to feel more comfortable with her grandparents, who are visiting from India while her parents are away. Also author of Dear Wiskers
FIC NAY
Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds. Great chicken Debacle, Sasquatch Reading Award nominee 2005
Hoping to earn a trip to an amusement park, the three Morgan children agree to take care of a chicken that their father plans to give their mother as a birthday surprise
FIC STA
Staples, Suzanne Fisher. The green dog: a mostly true story
During the summer before fifth grade, Suzanne, a daydreaming loner who likes to fish and walk through the woods, acquires a canine companion.
FIC WAL
Wallace, Bill Goosed! Sasquatch Reading Award nominee 2005
When Jeff's girlfriend leaves a Labrador retriever puppy with his family for a week, his dog T.P. and cat Cord hope the energetic puppy does not stay any longer
FIC WHY
Whybrow, Ian. Little Wolf : terror of the Shivery Sea.
In a series of letters to his parents, Little Wolf tells of setting sail to find the lost treasure of his legendary ancestor, Blackfur the Pirate. (latest in the series of Little Wolf books)

CONTEMPORARY, REALISTIC FICTION -- some in other countries
FIC BIR
Birdsall, Jeanne. The Penderwicks : a summer tale of four sisters, two rabbits, and a very interesting boy. ALA notable bok 2006 and National Book winner 2006
While vacationing with their widowed father in the Berkshire Mountains, four lovable sisters, ages four through twelve, share adventures with a local boy, much to the dismay of his snobbish mother.
FIC BON
Bonners, Susan. Edwina victorious.
Edwina follows in the footsteps of her namesake great-aunt when she begins to write letters to the mayor about community problems and poses as Edwina the elder.
FIC BYN
Byng, Georgia. Molly Moon's incredible book of hypnotism Sasquatch Reading Award nominee 2005 (followed by Molly Moon stops the worid)
Unlucky and unloved, Molly Moon, living in a dreary orphanage in a small English town, discovers a hidden talent for hypnotism and hypnotizes her way to stardom in New York City
FIC CAM
Cameron, Ann, 1943-. Gloria rising. Sasquatch Reading Award nominee 2005 also Gloria's Way
A chance meeting with a woman astronaut encourages Gloria to try to be her best self, even with her difficult fourth-grade teacher, Mrs. Yardley.
FIC CHE
Cheng, Andrea. Honeysuckle house
An all-American girl with Chinese ancestors and a new immigrant from China find little in common when they meet in their fourth grade classroom, but they are both missing their best friends and soon discover other connections.
FIC CHI Child, Lauren. Clarice Bean spells trouble see also Utterly Me, Clarice Bean and latest Don't look now
Clarice Bean, aspiring actress and author, unsuccessfully tries to avoid getting into trouble as she attempts to help a friend inneed by following the rules of the fictional, "exceptionordinarily" spy, Ruby Redfort
FIC CLE
Clements, Andrew The Jacket
Sixth-grader Phil comes to an awareness of his own racial prejudice after he sees Daniel, an African-American boy, wearing his brother's one-of-a-kind jacket and leaps to the conclusion that Daniel has stolen the coat.
FIC COL
Colfer, Eoin. The Legend of Spud Murphy - and latest Legend of Captain Crow's teeth
When their mother starts dropping them off at the library several afternoons a week, nine-year-old William and his brother dread boredom and the overbearing librarian, but they are surprised at how things turn out.
FIC CRE
Creech, Sharon. Granny Torrelli makes soup Young Reader's Choice nominee 2006
With the help of her wise old grandmother, twelve-year-old Rosie manages to work out some problems in her relationship with her best friend, Bailey, the boy next door.
FIC CUT
Cutler, Jane. Leap frog
Edward and his new friend Charley prepare for the First Annual Mark Twain Memorial Jumping Frog Contest
FIC FRI
Friedman, Laurie. Honestly Mallory
When Mallory cannot decide what to be on Career Day, it makes her feel like she is not good at anything and she ends up telling a lie that quickly gets out of control.. see also Mallory vs. Max, Happy birthday Mallory, Back to school Mallory, In business with Mallory
FIC HAD
Haddix, Margaret. Say What? Beverly Cleary Award nominee 2007
When their parents begin saying the wrong thing every time six-year-old Sukey and her older brothers misbehave, the children discover that it is a plot and fight back with their own wrong phrases.
FIC HAN
Hannigan, Katherine. Ida B. - and her plans to maximize fun, avoid disaster, and (possibly) save the world /
In Wisconsin, fourth-grader Ida B spends happy hours being home-schooled and playing in her family's apple orchard, until her mother begins treatment for breast cancer and her parents must sell part of the orchard and send her to public school.
FIC HOF Hoffmann, Mary. Bravo, Grace
Grace has mixed feelings when she finds out that her mom and step-dad are going to have a baby and confides those feelings to her grandmother also. Encore Grace
FIC HOR
Horvath, Polly. Everything on a waffle. Newbery Honor book 2003
Eleven-year-old girl Primrose, who lives in a small fishing village in British Columbia, recounts her experiences and all that she learns about human nature and the unpredictability of life in the months after her parents are lost at sea
FIC HUR
Hurwitz, Johanna. One small dog Sasquatch Reading Award nominee 2004
Curtis gets a dog when his parents divorce, but his beloved new dog causes problems that he did not expect.
FIC KEL Kelly, Katy, -. Lucy Rose, here's the thing about me and other Lucy Rose books
Eight-year-old Lucy Rose keeps a diary of her first year in Washington, D.C., her home since her parents separation, where she spends time with her grandparents, makes new friends, and longs to convince her third grade teacher to let her take care of the class pet during a holiday.
FIC KER
Kerrin, Jessica Scott, Martin Bridge ready for take-off also Martin Bridge on the lookout and Martin Bridge: blazing ahead ALA Notable book 2006
Contains three stories in which a boy's plans for a rocket, a bus driver, and an old hamster go wrong.
FIC LOO
Look, Lenore. Ruby Lu, brave and true and Ruby Lu, Empress of Everything ALA Notable Book 2007
"Almost eight year old" Ruby Lu spends time with her baby brother, goes to Chinese school, performs magic tricks and learns to drive, and has adventures with both old and new friends
FIC MAR
Marsden, Carolyn Silk Umbrellas author of Gold-threaded dress
Eleven-year-old Noi worries that she will have to stop painting the silk umbrellas her family sells at the market near their Thai village and be forced to join her older sister in difficult work at a local factory instead
FIC NAY
Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds. Great chicken Debacle Sasquatch Reading Award nominee 2005
Hoping to earn a trip to an amusement park, the three Morgan children agree to take care of a chicken that their father plans to give their mother as a birthday surprise
FIC TES
Testa, Maria. Some kind of pride Sasquatch Reading Award nominee 2004
Eleven-year-old Ruth, named after one of the greatest baseball players of all time, begins to question her dream of becoming a major league player after she overhears her father lamenting the fact that her talent is being wasted on a girl.
FIC WOJ
Wojciechowski, Susan.Beany and the meany
When Meany's best friend Carol Ann pairs with the new girl at school to create a science project, Beany must work with Kevin the bully. See also Beanie goes to camp and Beany (not Beanhead) and the magic crystal

CONTEMPORARY - SCHOOL STORIES, some HUMOROUS
FIC AMA
Amato, Mary. Snarf attack, underfoodle, and the secret of life : the Riot brothers tell all and latest Drooling and dangerous : the Riot Brothers return
Contains three stories in which brothers and best friends Wilbur and Orville Riot catch a thief, overthrow a king, and find a treasure, and includes rules to some of their made-up games.
FIC AUC
Auch, Mary Jane I was a third grade bodyguard
When Brian takes care of the third grade class's pet chicken during Christmas vacation, Arful, his talking dog, has his paws full watching over it..
FIC BAR
Barrows, Ann. Ivy and Bean ALA Notable Book 2007 and newest Ivy and Bean and the ghost that had to go
When seven-year-old Bean plays a mean trick on her sister, she finds unexpected support for her antics from Ivy, the new neighbor, who is less boring than Bean first suspected.
FIC CHI
Child, Lauren. Clarice Bean gets in trouble
Calrice Bean, aspriing actresss and author, unsuccessfully tries to avoid getting into trouble as she attempts to help a friend in need by following the rules of the fictional spy, Ruby Redfort. See also Clarice Bean spells trouble.
FIC CLE Beverly Cleary Children’s Choice nominee 2004
Clements, Andrew Jake Drake, know-it-all and others about Jake Drake
Jake strives to win the grand prize for his school's first science fair.
FIC COD
Codell, Esme Raji. Sahara Special Young Reader's Choice nominee 2006
Struggling with school and her feelings since her father left, Sahara gets a fresh start with a new and unique teacher who supports her writing talents and the individuality of each of her classmates.
EC COX
Cox, Judy. Third grade pet. and others by author Butterfly Buddies
Fearing for the safety of the third grade's class pet, Cheese the rat, Rosemary takes him home in her backpack and creates chaos in the household.
EC CUY
Cuyler, Margery. Invisible in the third grade
Alex has fun fooling his family and his fellow third graders when he finds a brand of bubble gum that turns him invisible, but his pranks get out of hand on Halloween.
FIC DeG
DeGroat, Diane. Annie Pitts, artichoke ……..and Annie Pitts, swamp monster
When Annie and her third grade class put on a play about nutrition, it has more surprises than the teacher expected
FIC DiS
DiSalvo, DyAnne. The sloppy copy slipup
Fourth-grader Brian Higman worries about how his teacher Miss Fromme--nicknamed The General--will react when he fails to hand in a writing assignment, but he ends up being able to tell his story, after all.
EC DUF
Duffey, Betsy. How to be cool in the third grade.
When Robbie York is marked as a target by a bully at school, he decides that the only way to survive the third grade is by being cool.
EC DUF
Duffey, Betsy. Spotlight on Cody. and others in series
Nine-year-old Cody Michaels is bound for stardom in the third grade talent show just as soon as he figures out his talent.
FIC GRE
Greenwald, Shelia. Rosy Cole's memoir explosion .............
When Rosy writes a memoir about herself and her friends for a school assignment, she is surprised when they are not thrilled with the result.
EC HAD
Haddix, Margaret. The girl with 500 middle names Beverly Cleary Children's Choice 2004
Janie's parents move to the suburbs so she can go to a better school, but when she discovers that all the other students are richer than she is, she feels out of place--until she realizes that there are more important things than money.
FIC HUR
Hurwitz, Johanna. Fourth Grade fuss.
A yard sale, ice skating, class pictures, and a surprise party are a few of the things that make fourth grade fun for Julio and his friends, but they must get serious about studying as the statewide end-of-year test approaches.
EC JAC
Jacobson, Jennifer. Andy Shane and very bossy Dolores Starbuckle andAndy Shane and the Pumpkin Trick
Andy Shane hates school, mainly because of a tattletale know-it-all named Dolores Starbuckle, but Granny Webb, who has taken care of him all his life, joins him in class one day and helps him solve the problem
FIC JON
Jones, Miranda Double Trouble (Little Genie) also Castle magic, Puff of Pink, and Make a wish
Ali uses one of her magical wishes so that she and Little Genie can trade places and Ali can stay home from school.
FIC KEL
Kelly, Katy, -. Lucy Rose, busy like you can't believe sequel to Lucy Rose, here's the thing about me .
Now in fourth grade, palindrome-enthusiast Lucy Rose learns about the perils of eavesdropping while also confiding in her diary her worries that her recently divorced mother is beginning to date.
FIC LOW
Lowry, Lois. Gooney the fabulous sequel to Gooney Bird Green and Gooney Bird and the room mother
Gooney Bird Greene takes charge of a class project as she and her fellow students in Mrs. Pidgeon's second grade class learn about fables by each making up their own based on an animal that begins with the same letter as their first name.
FIC MAC
MacDonald, Amy. No more nasty and also No more nice
When Simon's Great Aunt Matilda becomes the substitute teacher for his unruly fifth-grade class, her unique way of looking at things gives the students a new perspective on learning.
FIC MAR
Marsden, Carolyn. The gold-threaded dress and Quail Club
When Oy and her Thai American family move to a new neighborhood, her third-grade classmates tease and exclude her because she is different.
FIC McD
McDonald, Megan. Judy Moody declares independencee and others about Judy Moody
After learning about the American Revolution on a family trip to Boston, Judy Moody makes her own Declaration of Independence and tries to prove that she is responsible enough to have more freedoms, such as a larger allowance and her own bathroom..
FIC McD
McDonald, Megan Stink and the world's worst stinking sneakers and also Stink and the incredible super galactic jawbreaker
A class visit to the Gross-Me-Out exhibit at the science museum inspires Stink Moody to create a variety of terrible smells to put on the sneakers he plans to enter in the World's Worst Super-Stinky Sneaker contest.
FIC MIL
Mills, Claudia 7 x 9 = trouble Beverly Cleary Children's Choice Award nominees 2005
Third-grader Wilson struggles with his times-tables in order to beat the class deadline
FIC NAG
Nagda, Ann Whitehead Dear Whiskers. Beverly Cleary Children's Choice nominee 2003
Jenny is discouraged when her second grade pen pal turns out to be a new student from Saudi Arabia who does not speak English very well, but as she works with her they slowly become friends.
EC PEN
Pennypacker, Sara Stuart's cape Beverly Cleary Children's Choice Award nominees 2005
Bored because there is nothing to do in the house to which his family has just moved and worried about starting third grade in a new school, Stuart makes a magical cape out of his uncle's ties and has a series of adventures. And the latest Stuart goes to school
FIC PEN
Pennypacker, Sara Clementine SLJ Best Book 2007 and now Talented Clementine
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
FIC ROB
Robinson, Barbara The Best/Worst Halloween ever
The six horrible Herdman children create mayhem during Halloween
FIC SEU
Seuling, Barbara. Robert and the practical jokes- - and others about Robert
As a boys-versus-girls war of practical jokes escalates in his third-grade classroom, Robert finds it difficult to ask a girl's help in learning to dance in time for a family wedding reception.
FIC SMI
Smith, Anne Warren. Turkey monster Thanksgiving Beverly Cleary Award nominees 2006
When her perfectionist classmate and neighbor plans an elaborate Thanksgiving dinner, Katie begins to wonder if the relaxed day she, her father, and her messy little brother usually enjoy means they are not a "real" family.
FIC SPI
Spinelli, Jerry. Loser
Even though his classmates from first grade on have considered him strange and a loser, Daniel Zinkoff's optimism and exuberance and the support of his loving family do no tallow him to feel that way about himself.
FIC VAN
Van Draanen, Wendelin Secret Identity (Shredderman series) Beverly Cleary Choice nominee 2007
Fifth-grader Nolan Byrd, tired of being called names by the class bully, has a secret identity--Shredderman!
FIC WAR
Warner, Sally. Only Emma and Not so weird Emma also Super Emma
Third-grader Emma's peaceful life as an only child i disrupted when she has to temporarily share her tidy bedroom with four-year-old Anthony Scarpetto, a bona fide "pain in the patootie.".
FIC WON
Wong, Janet S. Minn and Jake Sasquatch Book Award nominee 2006
Fifth-grader Minn, the tallest girl in school, begins a rocky friendship with Jake, a new student who is not only very short, but is also afraid of the worms and lizards that Minn likes to collect

FANTASY/SCIENCE FICTION/ MAGIC
FIC AMA
Amato, Mary. The word eater. Sasquatch Book Award Nominee 2003
Lerner Chanse, a new student at Cleveland Park Middle School, finds a worm that magically makes things disappear, and she hopes it will help her fit in, or get revenge, at her hated school.
FIC AND
Anderson, M. T. Whales on Stilts ALA Notable book 2006 see also latest Clue of the linoleum lederhosen
Racing against the clock, shy middle-school student Lily and her best friends, Katie and Jasper, must foil the plot of her father's conniving boss to conquer the world using an army of whales.
FIC ASH
Asch, Frank: Star Jumper: a journal of a cardboard genius
Self-proclaimed genius inventor Alex decides to build a cardboard spaceship to escape his annoying little brother.
FIC BAK
Baker, E.B. The Frog Princess and the next Dragon's Breath about an otter
After reluctantly kissing a frog, an awkward, fourteen-year-old princess suddenly finds herself a frog, too, and sets off with the prince to seek the means--and the self-confidence--to become human again.
FIC BAU
Bauer, Marion Dane. The blue ghost.
While visiting her grandmother's log cabin, Liz encounters the ghost of her great-great-great grandmother and suddenly finds that she has been transported back in time
FIC BRE
Brennan, Herbie. Fairy Nuff : a tale of Bluebell Wood and also Nuff said
After mistakenly burning down his own cottage, Fairy Nuff finds that not only are the Widow Buhiss and some African ants after him, but also that the Queen urgently needs his help.
FIC BOS
Boston, L. M. (Lucy Maria), The children of Green Knowe. and others in the series
Tolly comes to live with his great-grandmother at the ancient house of Green Knowe and becomes friends with three children who lived there in the seventeenth century.
FIC BRI
Briggs, Anita. Hobart
Four budding artists, a tap dancer, a poet, a singer, and an acrobat, who just happen to be pigs, live out their dreams and avoid becoming bacon.
FIC CHR
Christian, Peggy Bookstore Mouse
A mouse living in an antiquarian bookstore learns the true power of words when he literally falls into a medieval tale and helps defeat the dragon Censor.
FIC COV
Coville, Bruce. Jeremy Thatcher, dragon catcher (part of Magic Book series)
Small for his age but artistically talented, twelve-year-old Jeremy Thatcher unknowingly buys a dragon's egg.
FIC COV
Coville, Bruce. Monsters of Morley Manor Sasquatch Reading Award WINNER 2004
Anthony and his younger sister discover that the monster figures he got in an unusual box at an estate sale are alive, but they have no way of knowing that the "monsters" will lead them on fantastical adventures to other worlds in an effort to try to save Earth.
FIC COV Coville, Bruce. The evil elves. Moongobble series
In order to complete his third task and become a member of the Society of Magicians, Moongobble embarks on a quest to recover a magical stone and help his old elf friends at the same time.
FIC COW Cowell, Cressida. How to be a pirate.
Follows the further adventures and misadventures of Hiccup Horrendous Haddock the Third as his Viking training continues and his father leads a stranger and the Hairy Hooligans to the Isle of Skullions in search of a pirate's treasure. .
FIC COW
Cowell,Cressida. How to speak dragonese see also How to train your dragon and How to cheat a dragon's curse
Recounts the further escapades of Hiccup Horrendous Haddock the Thurd as he continues his Viking training during which he escapes from a boatload of Roman soldiers and searches for his kidnapped dragon..
FIC DEL
Delaney, Michael. Birdbrain Amos, Mr. Fun sequel to Birdbrain Amos
Amos the hippopotamus takes his tick bird, Amoeba, and her family on what he hopes will be a fun vacation, but he finds himself competing with Amoeba's imaginary friend.
see also Birdbrain Amos. Beverly Cleary Children's Choice Award nominees 2005
FIC DiC
DiCamillo, Kate. The tale of Despereaux: Newbery WINNER 2004
The adventures of Desperaux Tilling, a small mouse of unusual talents, the princess that he loves, the servant girl who longs to be a princess, and a devious rat determined to bring them all to ruin
FIC DOW
Downer, Anne. Hatching Magic and Dragon of Never-Was
When a thirteenth-century wizard confronts twenty-first century Boston while seeking his pet dragon, he is followed by a rival wizard and a very unhappy demon, but eleven-year-old Theodora Oglethorpe may hold the secret to setting everything right.
FIC DRA
Drake, Salamanda, Dragonsdale and the start of a series
Cara loves taking care of the dragons in her father's stable even though she has been forbidden to ride since the accident that caused her mother's death, but rather than just watch as all her friends begin preparing their dragons for the Island Championships, she decides to train the wild dragon Skydancer in secret.
FIC EAS
Easton, Patricia Harrison. Davey's blue-eyed frog. Beverly Cleary Award nominees 2006
Davey finds a talking frog that claims to be a princess and plans to take her to school to show off, until he begins to consider the consequences of his actions
FIC FOR
Forrester, Sandra. The everyday witch and others in the series
On the eve of her twelfth birthday, Beatrice Baily is surprised to find that the decision about her classification as a witch has not been made and that she must first perform a task involving the evil Dally Rumpe.
FIC FOX
Fox, Helen. Eager Sasquatch Reading Award nominee 2007
Unlike Grumps, their old-fashioned robot, the Bell family's new robot, Eager, is programmed to not merely obey but to question, reason, and exercise free will, and when the new model robots, BDC4s, begin to takeover, Eager must step in and help.
FIC FUN
Funke, Cornelia. Dragon Rider. Young Readers' Choice nominee 2007
Firedrake, Ben and their furry friend Sorrel are in search of the mythical place where dragons can live in peace forever, and their journey takes them to magical lands where they meet marvelous creatures and one ruthless villain.
FIC GAR
Gardner, Sally. The Princess’s calamity
Five dolls, abandoned in a park, are rescued by Mr. and Mrs. Mouse who provide a home for them and protect them through various adventures, despite the horrible behavior of the doll called the Countess.
FIC GRA
Gray, Luli. Falcon and the Charles Street Witch and the sequel Falcon's egg
Twelve-year-old Falcon must find the courage to save the day--and the dragon, Egg--after having a series of magical misadventures caused by her little brother, a distracted old dragon, and a bumbling witch.
FIC HAP
Haptie, Charlotte Otto and the Flying twins and Otto and the Bird Charmers
Young Otto comes to the rescue when he discovers that his family and city are the last remnants of an ancient magical world now under threat from the Normal Police.
FIC HEA
Hearne, Betsy. Wishes, kisses and pigs
After eleven-year-old Louise makes a wish on the first evening star and her brother turns into a pig, she uses wishes, kisses, and spells to try to put things right again.
FIC HOR
Horvath, Polly. The Pepins and their problems author of The Trolls and now Vacation
The reader is invited to help solve the Pepin family's unusual problems, which include having a cow who creates lemonade rather than milk and having to cope with a competitive neighbor.
FIC HOW
Howe, James, It came from beneath the bed - and others in the Bunnicula series
With help from his Uncle Harold, who wrote books about Bunnicula, Howie the wire-haired dachshund writes a story in which he saves the world from a science experiment gone awry.
FIC HOR
Hurwitz, Johanna. Lexi's tale ......and other stories like PeeWee's tale
Lexi the squirrel and his guinea pig friend Pee Wee, who live in Central Park, help a hungry stranger with a funny hat.
FIC IBB
Ibbotson, Eva. Island of the aunts. Sasquatch Book Award nominee 2003
As they get older, several sisters decide that they must kidnap children and bring them to their secluded island home to help with the work of caring for an assortment of unusual sea creatures.
FIC IBB
Ibbotson, Eva. The great ghost rescue - and others by the author
A young English boy decides to establish a sanctuary for an assortment of ghosts when the homes they have haunted are replaced by highways and other modern "improvements.".
FIC JAC
Jacques, Brian. Rakkety Tam
Two warrior squirrels lead the battle against Gulo, a bloodthirsty wolverine who will stop at nothing to recover the Walking Stone that will give him the authority to rule the lands of ice beyond the Great Sea
FIC JEN
Jenkins, Emily Toys go out
Six stories relate the adventures of three best friends, who happen to be toys
FIC JOH
Johnston, Tony. The spoon in the bathroom wall
Living in the boiler room of the school where her father is janitor seems normal to fourth grader Martha Snapdragon, until she has experiences with an evil principal, the class bully, and a mysterious giant spoon, all reminiscent of the Arthurian legends
FIC KEN
Kennemore, Tim. The circle of doom
Thirteen-year-old Lizzie uses ingredients both ordinary and not so ordinary to make a series of magic potions, to the growing astonishment of her younger brothers.
FIC LEV
Levine, Gail Carson. For Biddle's sake.
In this humorous retelling of Andrew Lang's "Puddocky," a young maiden who has been transformed into a toad by a jealous fairy relies on her newly honed magical abilities to charm a prince into marriage.
FIC LEV
Levine, Gail Carson. Fairy dust and the quest for the egg and latestFairy Haven and the quest for the wand
Tinker Bell and the other residents of Fairy Haven do not know what to make of Prilla, the new fairy who is quite strange, clumsy, and seemingly talentless, but when Never Land is in danger, Prilla's talent emerges, in this enchanting tale that features a four-page gatefold panorama of Never Land
FIC LEV
Levine, Gail Carson. The fairy's return. and others
In a retelling of the Grimm Brothers' "The Golden Goose," the good-natured son of a baker wins the heart of a princess, with the help of a fairy and a magic goose.
FIC LIS
Lisle, Rebecca. Copper
Pursued by enemies of the family she never knew she had, ten-year-old Copper Beach flees to Spindle House, her paternal home, and decides to uncover the truth about a feud between the Stone and Wood clans that sent her into exile six years earlier
EC MAH
Mahy, Margaret. The five sisters.
Before Sally's Nana can finish filling in the faces on a row of paper dolls which she has cut out, the five sisters are whisked off on a series of extraordinary adventures.
FIC MAR
Marciano, John. Harold's tail
As a result of an experiment stripping the fur from his tail, Harold the squirrel finds himself homeless and mistaken for a rat on the unfamiliar streets of New York City.
FIC MAR
Martin, Ann M. The meanest doll in the world - sequel to The doll People
Annabelle Doll and Tiffany Funcraft are two dolls who have been best friends since they met in Kate Palmer's house at 26 Wetherby Lane. In this sequel to The Doll People, they hitch a ride in Kate's backpack and find themselves in the biggest adventure of their lives, a day at school! But when an attempt to return home lands them in the wrong house, they're in far deeper trouble than they imagined.
FIC NAP
Napoli, Donna Jo The prince of the pond : otherwise known as De Fawg Pin
Having been turned into a frog by a hag, a frog-prince makes the best of his new life as he mates, raises a family, and instills a new kind of thinking into his frog family.
FIC NAP
Napoli, Donna Jo. Ugly
When all the other birds of Dove Lake turn against him, Ugly's mother has no choice but to protect her family and leave her darling chick behind - but armed with his natural curiosity, he finds his way alone with the friendship of a few wonderful characters.
FIC ORM
Ormondroyd, Edward. David and the Phoenix
A young boy climbs the hill behind his house and meets the Phoenix who lives there. They begin a practical education that includes finding ways to outwit the scientist who wants to capture and study the Phoenix.
FIC PEA
Pearce, Phillippa. The little gentleman
A young girl's dull life is transformed when she meets and befriends an extraordinary talking mole that likes to be read to and tell of his own past exploits throughout the centuries - humorous, moving novel.
FIC PIN
Pinkwater, Daniel Manus, . Fat camp commandos and it's sequel Fat Camp Commandos go west
Ralph and Sylvia Nebula and their friend Mavis Goldfarb are bitter at being sent to a bogus weight-loss camp, so they decide to escape and find a way to take revenge on those responsible for promoting the idea that thin is better.
FIC POT
Potter, Ellen. Olivia Kidney and the next book Olivia Kidney and the Exit Academy
Twelve-year-old Olivia explores her new apartment building and finds a psychic, talking lizards, a shrunken ex-pirate, an exiled princess, ghosts, and other unusual characters.
FIC PUL
Pullman, Philip I was a rat! Sasquatch Reading Award nominee 2003
A little boy turns life in London upside down when he appears at the house of a lonely old couple and insists he was a rat.
FIC ROD
Rodda, Emily. Rowan of Rin. Sasquatch Reading Award nominee 2004 and others in series
Because only he can read the magical map, young, weak and timid Rowan joins six other villagers to climb a mountain and try to restore their water supply, as fears of a dragon and other horrors threaten to drive them back. Latest is Rowan and the Ice Creepers
FIC STR
Strauss, Linda A fairy called Hilary
A fairy named Hilary comes to stay with Caroline and uses her magic to enliven trick-or-treating on Halloween, the making of a giant snowman, a friend's party, an airplane trip, and a garden show.
FIC TAY
Taylor, Theordore. The boy who could fly without a motor
In 1935, living at a lighthouse near San Francisco, a lonely nine-year-old boy inadvertently summons a magician who teaches him the secret of flying.
FIC TOW
Townley , Roderick The Great Good Thing and his latest Into the labyrinth
Twelve-year-old girl Princess Sylvie's storybook kingdom really is a storybook, where nothing ever changes, even the character's mad scramble to reach their places whenever the book is opened, until Sylvie discovers she can enter new worlds with the Reader, and find new adventures
FIC ULL
Ullman, Barb Bentler. The fairies of Nutfolk Wood
After her parents divorce and she moves to the country with her mother, fourth-grader Willa Jane, anxious and unhappy with the changes in her life, discovers a world of little people called Nutfolk living in the woods around her new home.

FANTASY SERIES
SER CHI
Children of the Red King , by Jenny Nimmo -- up to #5 Charlie Bone and the Hidden king
When an ancient enchanter is released from the grounds of Bloor's Academy, threatening both of Charlie Bone's parents, the only way Charlie and his friends can defeat him is by finding the red king himself.
SER EDG
Edge Chronicles, by Paul Stewart - up to #7 Freeglader
Thirteen-year-old Twig, having always looked and felt different from his woodtroll family, learns that he is adopted and travels out of his Deepwoods home to find the place where he belongs.
Far Flung Adventures, by Paul Stewart
Nine-year-old Fergus Crane's life is filled with classes on the school ship Betty Jeanne, interesting neighbors, and helping with his mother's work until a mysterious box flies into his window and leads him toward adventure.
SER FAI
Fairy Realm series by Rodda, Emily -- up to #9 The Peskie Spell
When Jessies searches for her ill grandmother's missing charm bracelet, she is led to a magical world and finds she has a reason and right to be there.
SER GUA
Guardians of Ga'Hoole series, by Kathryn Lasky -- up to #9 The Outcasts
SER KEY
Keys to the Kingdom, by Garth Nix - up to #5 Sir Thursday
When Arthur is drafted into the Glorious Army of the Architect by Sir Thursday, he must survive basic training, avoid getting posted to the Front, and figure out how to free Part Four of the Will, while Leaf tries to banish Arthur's doppleganger on Earth.
SER LAN
Land of Elyon series, by Patrick Carman -- up to #4 The Tenth City
Alexa reveals the origin of the Land of Elyon while defending it against the evil Abaddon and his sinister forces, with not only the last Jocasta, but also the nature of the land itself, at stake.
SER MOS
Mostly Ghostly, by R. L Stine (also wrote Goosebump series ) -- up to #6 Let's get this party started
Max's twelfth birthday party turns into a major disaster when ghosts Nicky and Tara boycott it and sinister events spin out of control.
SER SPI
Spiderwick Chronicles by Holly Black -- up to #5 The Wrath of Mulgarath
The Grace children, Jared, Simon, and Mallory, having discovered a field guide to fairies and other magical creatures at their Aunt Lucinda's house, find themselves the victims of mean tricks designed to get them to give up the book.

HISTORICAL FICTION/ADVENTURE
FIC COH
Cohen, Miriam. Mimmy and Sophie all around the town
Describes the experiences of two sisters growing up in Brooklyn in the time of Shirley Temple movies and trolleys
FIC DEA
Gregory, Kristiana. Five smooth stones : Hope's diary. (My America series)
In her diary, a young girl writes about her life and the events surrounding the beginning of the American Revolution in Philadelphia in 1776.
FIC DEA
Hermes, Patricia. The starving time. (My America series)
Nine-year-old Elizabeth keeps a journal of her experiences in the New World as she encounters Indians, suffers hunger and the death of friends, and helps her father build their first home.
FIC DEA
McMullan, Kate. As far as I can see : Meg's diary (My America series)
In her diary for 1856, nine-year-old Meg describes the long, dangerous journey she and her younger brother make from Missouri to Kansas, as well as the new life they find there.
FIC GUT
Gutman, Dan Satch & me
With his ability to travel through time using vintage baseball cards, Joe takes Flip with him to find out whether Satchel Paige really was the fastest pitcher ever.
FIC HAR
Harlow, Joan Hiatt. Star in the storm. Sasquatch Reading Award nominee 2003 and Thunder and the sea
In 1912, fearing for the safety of her beloved Newfoundland dog Sirius because of a new law outlawing non-sheepherding dogs in her Newfoundland village, twelve-year-old Maggie tries to save him by keeping him hidden.
FIC HOL
Holm, Jennifer L. Boston Jane : an adventure and others in the series
Schooled in the lessons of etiquette for young ladies of 1854, Miss Jane Peck of Philadelphia finds little use for manners during her long sea voyage to the Pacific Northwest and while living among the American traders and Chinook Indians of Washington Territory.
FIC KIN
Kinsey-Warnock, Natalie. A doctor like papa Beverly Cleary Children's Choice Award nominees 2005
When the influenza epidemic of 1918 comes to Vermont, eleven-year-old Margaret, who has always wanted to be a physician, finds out what doctoring is like. also Lumber Camp Library
FIC LOV
Love, Anne. The puppeteer’s apprentice.
A medieval orphan girl called Mouse gains the courage she needs to follow her dreams of becoming a puppeteer's apprentice.
FIC McK
Mckissack, Pat Scraps of time series: Song for Harlem -- Abby takes a stand -- Away West
In the summer of 1928, Lilly Belle Turner of Smyrna, Tennessee, participates in a young author's writing program, taught by Zora Neale Hurston and hosted by A'Lelia Walker in her Harlem teahouse at the height of the Harlem Renaissance.
FIC PAU
Paulsen, Gary. The Quilt sequel to Alda's song and The Cookcamp
During World War II, while his father is in Europe fighting and his mother is working in Chicago, a five-year-old boy goes to live with his grandmother in a rural Norwegian American community in Minnesota. Based on events from the author's life.
FIC VAN
Van Leeuwen, Jan. Cabin on Trouble Creek Sasquatch Reading Award nominee 2007
In 1803 in Ohio, two young brothers are left to finish the log cabin and guard the land while their father goes back to Pennsylvania to fetch their mother and younger siblings.
FIC WHE
Whelan, Gloria. The wanigan : a life on the river.
In 1878, eleven-year-old Annabel and her parents survive a year of adventure which includes floating downriver in two shacks along with a group of Michigan lumbermen moving logs.

HUMOROUS

FIC BAB
Babbitt, Natalie. Jack Plank tells tales
Jack Plank is too nice to be a pirate and is looking for a new career. Each night he tells tales of why the one job he looked into that day is wrong.
FIC KIN
King-Smith, Dick. Funny Frank
Gertie the hen is appalled when her son Frank wants to swim with the ducks, but Jemima and her mother, the farmer's wife, make him a special outfit so that his dream can come true.
FIC KIN
King-Smith, Dick. The cuckoo child.
With the unknowing help of his pet geese, eight-year-old Jack Daw decides to raise an ostrich on his father's farm.
FIC KIN Beverly Cleary Children’s Choice nominee 2004
King-Smith, Dick. Lady Lollipop. and the latest Clever Lollipop
A quick-witted swineherd and a pig named Lollipop are royally rewarded after they reform a spoiled princess.
FIC COL
Colfer, Eoin. Legend of the worst boy in the world also - Legen of Spud Murphy and also Legend of Captian Crow's teeth
Will Woodman has a hard time getting anyone in his family to listen to him, so he turns to his grandfather, who, in turns out, has more terrible sob stories than Will.
FIC COR
Corman, Carolyn. Big house
When Ivy and Ray's parents are sent to jail, and left in the custody of their parent's accusers, they decide to look for evidence that will "spring" their parents.
FIC MYE
Myers, Walter Dean, Three swords for Granada.
In 1420 Spain, three young cat friends join the warrior cats as they struggle to save their beloved Granada from the vicious dogs of the Fidorean Guard.
FIC PIN
Pinkwater, Daniel Fat Camp Commandoes
Ralph and Sylvia Nebula and their friend Mavis Goldfarb are bitter at being sent to a bogus weight-loss camp, so they decide to escape and find a way to take revenge on those responsible for promoting the idea that thin is better.
EC PIN
Pinkwater, Daniel Manus, The lunchroom of doom.
Billy Furball, member of the Werewolf Club, is kicked out of the lunchroom for having a food fight with himself and ordered to see a psychiatrist who tries to convince him that he is not really a werewolf, but when aliens invade the town, Billy knows it is time to revert to his true nature.
FIC REI
Reiche, Dietlof I Freddy -- and the latestThe Haunting of Freddy
Freddy, a remarkably intelligent golden hamster, learns how to read and how to write on a computer and escapes captivity to become an independent and civilized creature.
FIC WHY Sasquatch Reading Award nominee 2003
Whybrow, Ian. Little Wolf's book of badness and others in series Terror of the Shivery Seas is latest
Little Wolf has been behaving too courteously, so his parents send him to his uncle's Big Bad Wolf school to learn to be a proper wolf.
EC WIS
Wisniewski, David. Halloweenies.
Curse of the werewuss -- Frankenstein's hamster -- Attack of the space toupees -- I forgot what you did last summer -- The abonimable showman Five stories offer comical rewrites of well-known horror movies.

MYSTERY

FIC ERI
Ericson, Helen Harriet spies again.
A companion to Harriet the Spy, by Louise Fitzhugh
Harriet M. Welsch is up to her old spying tricks when her beloved nanny Ole Golly, who had married and moved to Montreal, returns without her husband, Harriet's friend Sport announces he has a crush on a schoolmate, and the people across the street appear to be holding a child hostage.
FIC JOO
Joose, Barbara. Dead guys talk: a Wild Willie mystery
In the dead middle of summer, the Scarface Detectives investigate their creepiest case yet when a mysterious client sends them to Oak Hill Cemetery, where Loonie Loraine is buried.
FIC KEH
Kehret, Peg. Stranger next door Sasquatch Reading Award nominees for 2005 see also Trapped and Spy Cat
A clever cat's heroism helps two twelve-year-old boys become friends after their families, one of which is in a witness protection program, move to neighboring houses in Hilltop, Washingtons.
FIC NAP
Napoli Donna Jo., Sly the Sleuth and the pet mysteries and also Sly the Sleuth and the food mysteries
Sly the Sleuth, also known as Sylvia, solves three mysteries for her friends and neighbors, all involving pets, through her detective agency, Sleuth for Hire.
FIC NAY
Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds. Bernie Magruder & the bats in the belfry. . Many residents of Middleburg, Indiana, are already going crazy from the ever-ringing church bells and now, after a bat is spotted in the hotel run by Bernie's father.
FIC SEU
Seuling, Barbara. Robert and the great escape Third grader Robert Dorfman and hisbest friend, Paul, investigate the disappearance of the class pet, Sally the snake, which leads them to the dark and creepy depths of the school basement. And other ROBERT books
FIC SHI
Shipton, Paul. Bug Muldoon : the garden of fear
Something strange is going on in the garden and Bug Muldoon, beetle private investigator, tries to figure out how the ants and the wasps are involved.

SERIES
A is for Amber
A to Z mysteries
Airy Fairy
Babysitter's Club
Bailey School House
Barkley's School for dogs
Boxcar Children mysteries
Bunnicula series
Cam Jamsen
Chet Gecko mysteries
Cody unplugged
Deltora Quest
Disney fairies
Dragon Slayers' Academy
Edge Chronicles
Encyclopedia Brown, detective
Fairy Realm
Fairy School
Ghosthunters
Guardians of Ga'hoole
Hank the cowdog
Hardy Boys
Horace Splattly, the cupcaked crusader
Horrible Harry
Jenny Archer mysteries
Jigsaw Jones mysteris
Julian stories
Land of Elyon
Little House chapter books
The Littles
Magic Tree House
Marvin Redpost
Melvin Beederman, super hero
My name is America
My Weird School
Nancy Drew
Nate the great
PeeWee scouts
Pixie Tricks
Pony pals
Princess tales
Rainbow fairies - Weather fairies - Jewel fairies
Secrets of Droon
Spiderwick Chronicles
Time Warp Trio
Zach files