Books for 3rd - 4th Grade

Summer Bibliographies 2006

J/F/ASCH
Asch, Frank - Star Jumper: Journal of a Cardboard Genius
Alex will do anything to get away from his annoying little brother Jonathan. Alex thinks the farther he can get from Jonathan the better, so he builds a spaceship out of cardboard boxes that really works! 128p.

J/F/BAUER
Bauer, Marion Dane - A Bear Named Trouble
Jonathan, whose father is a new keeper at the Alaskan Zoo, tries to save a wild brown bear cub that digs his way into the zoo. 120p.

J/F/BAUER
Bauer, Marion Dane - The Blue Ghost
Liz sees a ghostly figure while visiting her grandmother's house. Is Liz imagining things, or has she really followed the ghost through a bedroom wall into the past? 85p.

J/F/BENTON
Benton, Jim - Frantastic Voyage
After mad scientist Franny K. Stein's doggie lab assistant swallows her latest invention, Franny miniaturizes herself and slips through his nose and down his throat to get it back before it blows up the world. 103p.

J/F/COLFER
Colfer, Eoin - Eoin Colfer's Legend of Captain Crow's Teeth
Willy's on his way home. He promised his parents he would not cross over the rocks known as Captain Crow's Teeth, but he's out of time and has to get home. Anyway, that old legend about a pirate ghost searching the rocks for a new cabin boy probably isn't real… 102p.

J/F/COX
Cox, Judy - That Crazy Eddie and the Science Project of Doom
Matt hopes to win the $50 prize for best science fair project, and he's relying on his best friend Eddie to come up with one his crazy ideas for the perfect project. 88p.

J/F/DALEY
Daley, Michael J. - Space Station Rat
Jeff encounters a lavender rat while he is living on a space station with his parents. The clever rodent is hiding from robot hunters, and Jeff needs a friend. 181 p

J/F.DICAMILLO
Dicamillo, Kate - The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane
Edward is a very fancy china rabbit that belongs to a girl named Abilene. He is accidentally lost at sea and begins a long journey, passed along from a fisherman to a hobo to a sick little girl, ending up in a doll shop before finding his way back home. 198p.

J/F/DYER
Dyer, Heather - The Girl with the Broken Wing
On a dark and stormy night, James and Amanda are surprised to find that a girl dressed in white, with a broken wing, has landed on their roof. Are the wings real? And what's she doing on their roof? 147p.

J/F/FEIFFER
Feiffer, Jules - A Room with a Zoo
Julie loves animals so much, she can't decide if she wants to be a zookeeper or a veterinarian when she grows up. With the help of her parents, she adopts a cat, turtle, hamster, fish and finally a dog. 182p.

J/COMIC HOLM
Holm, Jennifer L. - Babymouse: Queen of the World!
Babymouse should be happy spending the evening with her best friend Wilson, but she really, really wants to go to Felicia Furrypaws' slumber party. 91p.

J/F/JOHNSTON
Johnston, Tony - The Spoon in the Bathroom Wall
Martha Snapdragon lives with her janitor father in the boiler room of her school. One day a jeweled spoon appears, stuck into the bathroom wall along with a declaration that whoever can pull the spoon out of the wall will be King of Bloggins School! 134p.

J/F/JOOSSE
Joose, Barbara M. - Dead Guys Talk
Willie, Kyle and Lucy, the Scarface Detectives, take on a new case that involves a talking parrot, an anonymous note, the local cemetery, and a ghost named Loraine. 100p.

J/F/KING-SMITH
King-Smith, Dick - The Golden Goose
Farmer Skint is working hard to keep food on the table for his family, but nothing ever works out for him. Until… he becomes the proud owner of a marvelous golden goose who bestows all sorts of good fortune on the Skint family. 113p.

J/F/LAGUNA
Laguna, Sofie - Surviving Aunt Marsha
With their parents gone on vacation, Aunt Marsha takes charge of Bettina, Vince and Aiden. She serves kidney pie and Brussels sprouts, puts the dog outside and turns off the TV. It's going to be longest three weeks of their lives! 202p.

J/F/LIN
Lin, Grace - The Year of the Dog
Grace describes the events of her school year, including finding a new best friend, competing in the science fair, acting in the school musical, and struggling to find her own special talents during the Chinese Year of the Dog. 134p.

J/F/MCCALL SMITH
McCall Smith, Alexander - Akimbo and the Elephants
Akimbo tries to stop ivory poachers from killing elephants that live on the African game preserve where his father is a ranger. 68p.

J/F/MARTIN
Martin, Ann - A Dog's Life: The Autobiography of a Stray
A collie named Squirrel tells about living without a home after she is separated from her family. Her life is full of danger as she wanders the countryside searching for food and love. 182p.

J/F/NAYLOR
Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds - Roxie and the Hooligans
The school-yard bullies are after Roxie because of her huge ears. When they all land on a desert island and encounter bank thieves, it's up to Roxie to keep them safe and find a way home. 115p.

J/F/PERLMAN
Perlman, Rhea - Otto Undercover: Born to Drive
Otto is the youngest, fastest racecar driver in the world, but someone's out to stop him from winning the $1 million first-place prize in the next big race. 127p.

J/F/PROIMOS
Proimos, James - When Guinea Pigs Fly
When Brooks, Allen and Leone, three guinea pigs living in a pet store, are set free in the park, Brook's dream of living in the wild finally comes true. However, his dream didn't include a gang of rats, and the three friends will do whatever it takes to get back to their safe pet store. 105p.

J/F SMITH
Smith, Anne Warren - Tails of Spring Break
Katie launches a pet-sitting business during spring break, but things get crazy when her client's cat disappears and the mean girl across the street moves in for the week. 127p.

J/F/UMANSKY
Umansky, Kaye - The Silver Spoon of Solomon Snow
When Solomon was an infant he was found in a baby basket with a silver spoon in his mouth. Ten years later the only clue to his identity, the spoon, is missing so Solomon sets out into the world to find it. 289p.

J/F/VANDE VELDE
Vande Velde, Vivian - Three Good Deeds
When Howard is caught trying to steal eggs from the geese at the pond, the old woman who feeds them turns him into a goose! The only way back to being a boy is to do three good deeds, as a goose! 147p.

Prepared by Sharon Hyrcewicz, Sara Pemberton and Suzanne Thomas, May 2006