The Chocolate Touch

The Chocolate Touch
Author: Patrick Skene Catling
Publisher: Harper Collins
Total Pages: 132
Release: 2013-07-02
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0062283618

In this zany twist on the legend of King Midas and his golden touch, a boy acquires a magical gift that turns everything his lips touch into chocolate! Kids will eat this up for summer reading or anytime! Can you ever have too much of your favorite food? John Midas is about to find out…. The Chocolate Touch has remained a favorite for millions of kids, teachers, and parents for several generations. It's an enjoyable story that pulls in even reluctant readers.

John Midas in the Dreamtime

John Midas in the Dreamtime
Author: Patrick Skene Catling
Publisher: William Morrow
Total Pages: 128
Release: 1986
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9780688061074

While visiting the site of sacred cave paintings in the middle of the Australian outback, John Midas slips back thousands of years and finds himself among a prehistoric aboriginal tribe.

Do Animals Think?

Do Animals Think?
Author: Clive D. L. Wynne
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Total Pages: 286
Release: 2004
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 9780691113111

Does your dog really know when you've had a bad day? Noted animal expert Wynne takes aim at the work of such renowned animal rights advocates as Peter Singer and Jane Goodall for falsely humanizing animals.

Chocolate Fever

Chocolate Fever
Author: Robert Kimmel Smith
Publisher:
Total Pages: 93
Release: 2006
Genre: Chocolate
ISBN: 9781101061831

Henry breaks out in brown bumps as a result of eating too much chocolate. He then gets caught up in a hijacking and learns a valuable lesson about self-indulgence.

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.

Silver

Silver
Author: Gloria Whelan
Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers
Total Pages: 66
Release: 2011-01-12
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0307786935

Deep in the Alaskan wilds, 9-year-old Rachel dreams of owning and racing a sled dog one day. When her father, who breeds and races huskies, gives her the runt of the litter, Rachel names the puppy Silver and sets out to prove he's a champion.

A Dog on His Own

A Dog on His Own
Author: Mary Jane Auch
Publisher: Holiday House
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2009-03-31
Genre: Adventure stories
ISBN: 9780823422432

A funny and moving middle-grade novel for dog lovers by popular author Mary Jane Auch. Other dogs are K-9s. But K-10 is a cut above other dogs, and his mother gave hime the name to prove it when he was a puppy. Now K-10 is grown up and all on his own, because K-10 doesn't need friends--canine or human. He spends his time running away from owners and doing time in dog shelters, and that's just fine with him. But after K-10 escapes from a shelter with some other dogs, everything changes. These new dogs aren't so easy to forget, and all they can bark about is finding old and new owners. Will K-10 go back to being a loner, or can this not-so-old dog learn a new trick--friendship?

Top Secret

Top Secret
Author: John Reynolds Gardiner
Publisher: Perfection Learning
Total Pages: 0
Release: 1995-10
Genre:
ISBN: 9780780767508

Everyone scoffs when nine-year-old Allen claims to have discovered a way to turn sunlight into food for humans. Everyone, that is, except the president of the United States!

You and Me and Home Sweet Home

You and Me and Home Sweet Home
Author: George Ella Lyon
Publisher: Atheneum/Richard Jackson Books
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2009-10-20
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9780689875892

The whole community comes together to help Sharonda and Mama build their house!

Genius

Genius
Author: Leopoldo Gout
Publisher: Macmillan
Total Pages: 305
Release: 2016-05-03
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1250045819

Three teen geniuses from around the world must win a Game witht he highest of stakes in this action-packed novel.