Third Grade Angels

Third Grade Angels
Author: Jerry Spinelli
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
Total Pages: 115
Release: 2012-09-01
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0545469600

The long-awaited prequel to the bestseller FOURTH GRADE RATSGeorge, aka "Suds," has just entered third grade, and he's heard the rhyme about "first grade babies/second grade cats/third grade angels/fourth grade rats," but what does this mean for his school year? It means that his teacher, Mrs. Simms, will hold a competition every month to see which student deserves to be awarded "the halo" - which student is best-behaved, kindest to others, and, in short, perfect. Suds is determined to be the first to earn the halo, but he's finding the challenge of always being good to be more stressful than he had anticipated. Does he have to be good even outside of school? (Does he have to be nice to his annoying little sister?) And if Mrs. Simms doesn't actually see him doing a good deed, does it even count?A warm, funny return to elementary school from master storyteller Spinelli.

Fourth Grade Rats

Fourth Grade Rats
Author: Jerry Spinelli
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
Total Pages: 106
Release: 2012-09-01
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0545348609

A fast, fun, friendship read from the Newbery-award winning author of , Maniac Magee. Fourth graders are tough. They aren't afraid of spiders. They say no to their moms. They push first graders off the swings. And they never, ever cry.Suds knows that now that he's in fourth grade, he's supposed to be a rat. But whenever he tries to act like one, something goes wrong. Can Suds's friend Joey teach him to toughen up...or will Suds remain a fourth grade wimp?

Punished!

Punished!
Author: David Lubar
Publisher: Millbrook Press ™
Total Pages: 48
Release: 2013-08-01
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1467731463

Logan and his friend Benedict run into the wrong guy at the library―literally. When Logan slams into the reference guy in the basement and gives him a little lip, Logan gets punished, really and truly punished. He has three days to complete three tasks before Professor Wordsworth will lift the magical punishment that keeps getting Logan in even more trouble.

Rich

Rich
Author: Nikki Grimes
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 130
Release: 2017-04-04
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0425288544

The second book in the Dyamonde Daniels series, by bestselling author Nikki Grimes, is great for fans of the Keena Ford, Judy Moody, and Magnificent Mya Tibbs series and includes illustrations by Coretta Scott King honor winner R. Gregory Christie. Dyamonde Daniel is excited about the local library's poetry contest, and so is her friend Free. The prize is one hundred dollars, and just think what they could buy with that much money! But when they find out that Damaris, one of their classmates, has been living in a homeless shelter, their ideas about what it means to be rich or poor start to change.

Marty McGuire

Marty McGuire
Author: Kate Messner
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
Total Pages: 146
Release: 2011
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 054514244X

Includes an excerpt from: Marty McGuire digs worms!

Strange Angels

Strange Angels
Author: Lili St. Crow
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 308
Release: 2009
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9781595142511

Dru Anderson has what her grandmother called the touch. When her dad turns up dead--but still walking--Dru knows she's next. Will Dru discover just how special she really is before coming face-to-fang with whatever is hunting her?

A to Z Mysteries: The Invisible Island

A to Z Mysteries: The Invisible Island
Author: Ron Roy
Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers
Total Pages: 97
Release: 1999-10-12
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0679894578

Help Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose solve mysteries from A to Z! Kids love collecting the entire alphabet and super editions! With over 8 million copies in print, the A to Z Mysteries® have been hooking chapter book readers on mysteries and reading for years. Now this classic kid favorite is back with a bright new look! I is for Island . . . It’s picnic time! Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose pack up a basket and wade out to Squall Island. Right away, they find a hundred-dollar bill in the sand! But when they come back the next day, the entire island has mysteriously disappeared. What is the secret of Squall Island?

When Angels Sing

When Angels Sing
Author: Michael Mahin
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 48
Release: 2018-09-04
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1534404147

Winner of a Pura Belpré Illustrator Honor and a Robert F. Sibert Honor! Celebrate music icon Carlos Santana in this vibrant, rhythmic picture book from the author of the New York Times Best Illustrated Children’s Book Muddy: The Story of Blues Legend Muddy Waters. Carlos Santana loved to listen to his father play el violín. It was a sound that filled the world with magic and love and feeling and healing—a sound that made angels real. Carlos wanted to make angels real, too. So he started playing music. Carlos tried el clarinete and el violín, but there were no angels. Then he picked up la guitarra. He took the soul of the Blues, the brains of Jazz, and the energy of Rock and Roll, and added the slow heat of Afro-Cuban drums and the cilantro-scented sway of the music he’d grown up with in Mexico. There were a lot of bands in San Francisco but none of them sounded like this. Had Carlos finally found the music that would make his angels real?

Looking Like Me

Looking Like Me
Author: Walter Dean Myers
Publisher: Lerner Publishing Group
Total Pages: 32
Release: 2018-01-01
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1430130253

"Dion Graham's confident, enthusiastic narration powerfully depicts a young African-American boy who is beginning to identify who he is in the world. Quincy Tyler Bernstine adds a dynamic array of female voices. No detail is overlooked in this production.... Realistic sound effects link the audio to the pictures and reflect the story's urban setting."-AudioFile

Secrets and Sapphires

Secrets and Sapphires
Author: Michelle Misra
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 128
Release: 2016-09-13
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1481458051

Angel-in-training Ella helps an injured bunny in this third magical book of the whimsical new Angel Wings series! The first angel in Ella’s grade has earned her sapphire halo—and Ella’s friends aren’t far behind. But Ella still has several halo points to collect, and she doesn’t want to be the last to earn her sparkling halo. When a magical bunny with an injury is brought to the school, nasty angel Primrose jumps at the opportunity to care for it. But all Primrose really cares about is collecting more halo points than anyone else. It’s up to Ella to take responsibility for the bunny, a task that she doesn’t mind at all. Ella loves animals! But will she ever get enough halo points to earn a sapphire halo of her own?