Most Circulated Titles

Esperanza rising

Ryan, Pam Muñoz.


5th grade reserve lit set. Book Report, January 2001. Booklist, March 2001. Bulletin (Center for Children's Books), December 2000. Horn Book, January 2001. Kirkus Review, October 2000. Notable/Best Books (A.L.A.), January 2001. Publisher's Weekly, October 2000. Riverbank Review, March 2001. School Library Journal Starred, October 2000. Voice of Youth Advocates (V.O.Y.A.), December 2000. When tragedy forces Esperanza and her mother to flee to California they must cope with the change from wealth to poverty and prejudice in the midst of the Great Depression.
Date Published:2000

5th grade reserve lit set. Book Report, January 2001. Booklist, March 2001. Bulletin (Center for Children's Books), December 2000. Horn Book, January 2001. Kirkus Review, October 2000. Notable/Best Books (A.L.A.), January 2001. Publisher's Weekly, October 2000. Riverbank Review, March 2001. School Library Journal Starred, October 2000. Voice of Youth Advocates (V.O.Y.A.), December 2000. When tragedy forces Esperanza and her mother to flee to California they must cope with the change from wealth to poverty and prejudice in the midst of the Great Depression.

Date Published:2000

McGuffey's Third Eclectic Reader.

McGuffy.



Date Published:1920

In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson

Lord, Bette.


In 5th grade Reserve Lit set. Book Links (A.L.A.), August 2000 Booklist Bulletin (Center for Children's Books) Child Study Children's Book Committee Five Owls, June 2003 Horn Book Notable/Best Books (A.L.A.) School Library Journal Wilson's Children, October 2010 Wilson's Junior High School, November 2005 In 1947, a Chinese child comes to Brooklyn, where she starts to feel at home and to make friend when she discovers baseball and the Brooklyn Dodgers.
Date Published:1984

In 5th grade Reserve Lit set. Book Links (A.L.A.), August 2000 Booklist Bulletin (Center for Children's Books) Child Study Children's Book Committee Five Owls, June 2003 Horn Book Notable/Best Books (A.L.A.) School Library Journal Wilson's Children, October 2010 Wilson's Junior High School, November 2005 In 1947, a Chinese child comes to Brooklyn, where she starts to feel at home and to make friend when she discovers baseball and the Brooklyn Dodgers.

Date Published:1984

The book with no pictures

Novak, B. J., 1979-


School Library Journal, September 2014. Publisher's Weekly, June 2014. Kirkus Starred, August 2014. Booklist, September 2014. New York Times, November 2014. Horn Book, November 2014. Kirkus Review Starred, August 2014. Publisher's Weekly, June 2014. School Library Journal, September 2014. In this book with no pictures, the reader has to say every silly word, no matter what.
Date Published:2014

Front desk

Yang, Kelly,


4-6 open lit set. Recent immigrants from China and desperate for work and money, ten-year-old Mia Tang's parents take a job managing a rundown motel in Southern California, even though the owner, Mr. Yao is a nasty skinflint who exploits them; while her mother (who was an engineer in China) does the cleaning, Mia works the front desk and tries to cope with demanding customers and other recent immigrants--not to mention being only one of two Chinese in her fifth grade class, the other being Mr. Yao's son, Jason.
Date Published:2018

4-6 open lit set. Recent immigrants from China and desperate for work and money, ten-year-old Mia Tang's parents take a job managing a rundown motel in Southern California, even though the owner, Mr. Yao is a nasty skinflint who exploits them; while her mother (who was an engineer in China) does the cleaning, Mia works the front desk and tries to cope with demanding customers and other recent immigrants--not to mention being only one of two Chinese in her fifth grade class, the other being Mr. Yao's son, Jason.

Date Published:2018

Around the world in a hundred years : from Henry the navigator to Magellan /

Fritz, Jean.


5th reserve lit set. Prince Henry the navigator -- Bartholomew Diaz -- Christopher Columbus -- Vasco de Gama -- Pedro Alvares Cabral -- John Cabot -- Amerigo Vespucci -- Juan Ponce de Le on -- Vasco N uånez de Balboa -- Ferdinand Magellan. Shows how great wave of 15th century European exploration resulted in more accurate maps.
Date Published:1994

Sammy Keyes and the hotel thief

Van Draanen, Wendelin.


Open Literature Set. Book Report, November 1998 Horn Book, July 1998 Kirkus Review, April 1998 L.A. Recommended Foreign Language, February 2000 Publisher's Weekly, April 1998 School Library Journal, July 1998 Wilson's Children, June 2000 Wilson's Junior High School, April 2001 Sammy Keyes can't get the police to believe her when she tells them about the man she saw pawing through a purse in the Heavenly Hotel so she must solve the mystery for herself.
Date Published:1998

Open Literature Set. Book Report, November 1998 Horn Book, July 1998 Kirkus Review, April 1998 L.A. Recommended Foreign Language, February 2000 Publisher's Weekly, April 1998 School Library Journal, July 1998 Wilson's Children, June 2000 Wilson's Junior High School, April 2001 Sammy Keyes can't get the police to believe her when she tells them about the man she saw pawing through a purse in the Heavenly Hotel so she must solve the mystery for herself.

Date Published:1998

Maniac Magee : a novel /

Spinelli, Jerry.


4-6 open lit sets. Book Links (A.L.A.), March 1999. Booklist starred. Child Study Children's Book Committee. Horn Book. School Library Journal. Voice of Youth Advocates (V.O.Y.A.). Wilson's Children, November 1996. Wilson's Junior High School, April 2001. After his parents die, Jeffrey Lionel Magee's life becomes legendary, as he accomplishes athletic and other feats which awe his contemporaries.
Date Published:1990

The lion of Mars

Holm, Jennifer L.


Booklist starred, January 2021. Pub Weekly, December 2020. Horn Book, March 2021. Bulletin (Center for Children's Books), January 2021. Kirkus Review, December 2020. "Bell has spent his whole life--all eleven years of it--on Mars. But he's still just a regular kid--he loves cats, any kind of cake, and is curious about the secrets the adults in the US colony are keeping. Like, why don't have contact with anyone on the other Mars colonies? Why are they so isolated? When a virus breaks out and the grown-ups all fall ill, Bell and the other children are the only ones who can help. It's up to Bell--a regular kid in a very different world--to uncover the truth and save his family--and possibly unite an entire planet"--Publisher's website.
Date Published:2021

Booklist starred, January 2021. Pub Weekly, December 2020. Horn Book, March 2021. Bulletin (Center for Children's Books), January 2021. Kirkus Review, December 2020. "Bell has spent his whole life--all eleven years of it--on Mars. But he's still just a regular kid--he loves cats, any kind of cake, and is curious about the secrets the adults in the US colony are keeping. Like, why don't have contact with anyone on the other Mars colonies? Why are they so isolated? When a virus breaks out and the grown-ups all fall ill, Bell and the other children are the only ones who can help. It's up to Bell--a regular kid in a very different world--to uncover the truth and save his family--and possibly unite an entire planet"--Publisher's website.

Date Published:2021

Guts

Telgemeier, Raina.


School Library Journal starred, August 2019. Horn Book Starred, September 2019. Pub Weekly, May 2019. Booklist, June 2019. New York Times, October 2019. Bulletin (Center for Children's Books), September 2019. Kirkus Review, June 2019. In graphic novel form, Raina Telegmeier relates her struggles with stress and anxiety as a child.
Date Published:2019

How to be cool in the third grade

Duffey, Betsy.


3rd grd reserve lit set. Booklist Bulletin (Center for Children's Books) Child Study Children's Book Committee Horn Book Kirkus Review Library Talk School Library Journal Teacher Librarian When Robbie is marked as a target by a bully at school, he decides the only way to survive third grade is by being cool.
Date Published:1993

The Baby-sitters Club #13 : Mary Anne's bad luck mystery.

Cheng, Cynthia Yuan.


v. number from spine. "Based on the novel by Ann M. Martin"--Front cover. Based on: Mary Anne's bad luck mystery / Ann M. Martin. Mary Anne should never have thrown away that chain letter she got in the mail. Ever since she did, bad things have been happening to everyone in the Baby-sitters Club. With Halloween coming up, Mary Anne's even more worried--what kind of spooky thing will happen next? Then Mary Anne finds a new note in her mailbox: Wear this bad-luck charm, it says. OR ELSE. Mary Anne has to follow the note's instructions. But who sent the charm? And why did they send it to Mary Anne? The BSC might never see an end to their bad luck if they don't solve this mystery soon.
Date Published:2023

v. number from spine. "Based on the novel by Ann M. Martin"--Front cover. Based on: Mary Anne's bad luck mystery / Ann M. Martin. Mary Anne should never have thrown away that chain letter she got in the mail. Ever since she did, bad things have been happening to everyone in the Baby-sitters Club. With Halloween coming up, Mary Anne's even more worried--what kind of spooky thing will happen next? Then Mary Anne finds a new note in her mailbox: Wear this bad-luck charm, it says. OR ELSE. Mary Anne has to follow the note's instructions. But who sent the charm? And why did they send it to Mary Anne? The BSC might never see an end to their bad luck if they don't solve this mystery soon.

Date Published:2023

By the great horn spoon!

Fleischman, Sid, 1920-


The adventures of young Jack and his aunt's butler, Praiseworthy, as they stow away on a ship and head for their place in the Gold Rush of 1849.
Date Published:1963

Dog Man : The scarlet shedder.

Pilkey, Dav, 1966-,


Publisher Annotation: Our canine superhero returns in DOG MAN: THE SCARLET SHEDDER, the suspenseful and hilarious twelfth graphic novel in the #1 worldwide bestselling series by award-winning author and illustrator Dav Pilkey!
Date Published:2024

Rules

Lord, Cynthia.


Newbery Honor Book, CYRM 2009 nominee (middle school) Booklist, February 2006 Bulletin (Center for Children's Books), May 2006 Horn Book, October 2006 Kirkus Review, March 2006 Notable/Best Books (A.L.A.), January 2007 Publisher's Weekly, April 2006 School Library Journal, April 2006 Wilson's Children, October 2007 Wilson's Junior High School, August 2007 Twelve-year-old Catherine makes lots of rules for her autistic younger brother to keep him from embarrassing her, but when she makes friends with a paraplegic boy she begins to learn more about acceptance and what is "normal"
Date Published:2006

Newbery Honor Book, CYRM 2009 nominee (middle school) Booklist, February 2006 Bulletin (Center for Children's Books), May 2006 Horn Book, October 2006 Kirkus Review, March 2006 Notable/Best Books (A.L.A.), January 2007 Publisher's Weekly, April 2006 School Library Journal, April 2006 Wilson's Children, October 2007 Wilson's Junior High School, August 2007 Twelve-year-old Catherine makes lots of rules for her autistic younger brother to keep him from embarrassing her, but when she makes friends with a paraplegic boy she begins to learn more about acceptance and what is "normal"

Date Published:2006

Dogtown

Applegate, Katherine,


Booklist, Horn Book Guide, Kirkus Review, Publishers Weekly, School Library Journal Starred, Friendly three-legged Chance has lived at Dogtown shelter ever since her owners unwittingly left her with a neglectful dog-sitter who skipped town, but everything changes when an uncharacteristically empathic robot dog, Metal Head, arrives at Dogtown. Metal Head asks Chance and his friend Mouse to help him break out, and the trio embarks on a journey to find their forever home.
Date Published:2024

Booklist, Horn Book Guide, Kirkus Review, Publishers Weekly, School Library Journal Starred, Friendly three-legged Chance has lived at Dogtown shelter ever since her owners unwittingly left her with a neglectful dog-sitter who skipped town, but everything changes when an uncharacteristically empathic robot dog, Metal Head, arrives at Dogtown. Metal Head asks Chance and his friend Mouse to help him break out, and the trio embarks on a journey to find their forever home.

Date Published:2024

Big Nate : here goes nothing /

Peirce, Lincoln.


"These strips first appeared in newspapers from June 9, 2008 through January 10, 2009."--T.p. verso. A collection of two hundred Big Nate comic strips, originally published from June 2008 through January 2009, following the adventures of rebellious sixth-grader Nate Wright and his friends.
Date Published:2012

Wings of fire 2. : lost heir, graphic novel /

Sutherland, Tui, 1978-,


Chiefly illustrations. She can't believe it's finally happening. Tsunami and her fellow dragonets of destiny are journeying under the water to the great SeaWing Kingdom. Stolen as an egg from the royal hatchery, Tsunami is eager to meet her future subjects and reunite with her mother, Queen Coral. But Tsunami's triumphant return doesn't go quite the way she'd imagined. Queen Coral welcomes her with open wings, but a mysterious assassin has been killing off the queen's heirs for years, and Tsunami may be the next target. The dragonets came to the SeaWings for protection, but this ocean hides secrets, betrayal, and perhaps even death." --
Date Published:2019

Chiefly illustrations. She can't believe it's finally happening. Tsunami and her fellow dragonets of destiny are journeying under the water to the great SeaWing Kingdom. Stolen as an egg from the royal hatchery, Tsunami is eager to meet her future subjects and reunite with her mother, Queen Coral. But Tsunami's triumphant return doesn't go quite the way she'd imagined. Queen Coral welcomes her with open wings, but a mysterious assassin has been killing off the queen's heirs for years, and Tsunami may be the next target. The dragonets came to the SeaWings for protection, but this ocean hides secrets, betrayal, and perhaps even death." --

Date Published:2019

The Baby-sitters club #11 : good-bye Stacey, good-bye.

Epstein, Gabriela.


v. number from spine. Based on: Good-bye Stacey, good-bye / Ann M. Martin. Stacey McGill is moving back to New York, and her friends must face the sadness of saying good-bye, hunt down the perfect farewell gift, and take on the difficult task of filling Stacey's place in the Baby-sitters Club.
Date Published:2022

I survived the battle of D-Day, 1944

Tarshis, Lauren,


"Based on the novel in the New York Times bestselling series by Lauren Tarshis." Based on: The battle of D-Day, 1944 / Lauren Tarshis. "When Paul, a French boy living in a Nazi controlled village, finds an American paratrooper in a tree near his home, he has a chance to play a role in the Allies plan to crush the Nazis"--OCLC.
Date Published:2024