Books for 3rd - 4th Grade

Summer Bibliographies 2007

J/F/CARRIS
Carris, Joan Davenport - Welcome to the Bed & Biscuit
Ernst the pig, Gabby the bird, and Millie the cat all help Grampa Bender run an animal boardinghouse. They know he loves them, but they are a little jealous when he comes home with something very small, wrapped in a blanket. 116p.

J/F/DART
Dart, Iris Rainer - Larry, the King of Rock and Roll
Larry, Clare's Maltese dog, has always had the ability to speak, but never has until he decides to help Claire's dad write a song and becomes a Rock 'n' Roll star. 165p.

J/F/DUNREA
Dunrea, Olivier - Hanne's Quest
Hanne is a hen who belongs to a sweet old lady named Mem Pockets. When Hanne learns there is no money to pay the tax bill, she goes on a magical quest to save the farm. 95p.

J/F/FIELDS
Fields, Bryan W. - Lunchbox and the Aliens
Two clueless aliens visit Earth and capture the first specimen they see—Lunchbox, a lazy basset hound. They train him to build a froonga machine to make their favorite food, but the machine might just blow up the planet instead. 183p.

J/F/FLEISCHMAN
Fleischman, Sid - The White Elephant
In old Siam, orphaned Run-Runs offends a prince, and for his punishment he must care for the prince's sacred white elephant. 95p.

J/F/FUNKE
Funke, Cornelia Caroline - Ghosthunters and the Incredibly Revolting Ghost
When Tom discovers a ghost in his basement, he is desperate to find a way to drive it out. Hetty Hyssop comes to the rescue with "spooktacu-lar" knowledge of ghostly characteristics, and the duo set off on a scary mission. 135p.

J/F/GIBLIN
Giblin, James - The Boy Who Saved Cleveland
Seth's family are pioneers in Ohio when everyone in his village falls sick with malaria—except him. How will he be able to save everyone? 64p.

J/F/GILLILAND
Gilliland, Judith Heide - Strange Birds
With her parents lost at sea, Anna finds comfort sitting in the tree out-side her window. She discovers that it is a magical tree which is also home to some amazing tiny winged horses, that need Anna's help. 231p.

J/F/GRAFF
Graff, Lisa - The Thing About Georgie
It isn't easy when your best friend finds a new best friend and your parents are obsessed with the new baby. It's even harder when you were born a dwarf like Georgie and you know that "Baby Godzilla" will be taller than you by the time she's five! 220p.

J/F/HAMILTON
Hamilton, Richard - Cal and the Amazing Anti-Gravity Machine
Cal and his talking dog, Frankie, discover that their zany neighbor is an inventor of unusual machines. While Mr. Frout is tinkering on an anti-gravity contraption, Cal presses the wrong lever and things go haywire in his neighborhood. 123p.

J/F/HANSON
Hanson, Mary Elizabeth - How to Save Your Tail
Bob, a cookie-baking rat, is caught by two palace cats and tries to save himself by entertaining them with stories of his adventurous relatives and batches of yummy cookies. 93p.

J/F/HOWE
Howe, James - Bunnicula Meets Edgar Allan Crow
When the creepy author, M.T. Graves comes to visit Pete's family, he arrives with his pet crow, Edgar, and a black bag he won't let anyone touch, Pete's pets are sure he has come to kidnap the family's vampire rabbit, Bunnicula. 138p.

J/F/HUNT
Hunt, Gene - The Accidental Spaceship
The Smith twins get an unusual surprise when a spaceship lands in their backyard! With a robot as a sidekick, they set off to become space traders. 142p.

J/F LOMBARD
Lombard, Jenny - Drita, My Homegirl
Maxine is assigned the unwelcome task of learning all about her class' new student, Drita, and her Albanian homeland. Drita is glad to be out of war-torn Kosovo but is still adjusting to 4th-grade in inner-city New York. The two girls are surprised to find that they have a lot in common. 135p.

J/F/LOIZEAUX
Loizeaux, William - Wings
Nick finds an abandoned baby mockingbird and takes her home. Thanks to Nick's unending search for worms, the orphaned bird survives and develops a close bond with her rescuer. 138p.

J/F/LUBAR
Lubar, David - Punished!
While roughhousing in the library, Logan crashes into an old man who punishes the boy with a "pun" spell. Now everything that comes out of Logan's mouth is a pun, much to the annoyance of his parents and teacher. To cure himself, he must find seven oxymorons, seven anagrams, and seven palindromes in three days. 96p.

J/F/MCCALL SMITH
McCall Smith, Alexander - The Five Lost Aunts of Harriet Bean
Harriet discovers her father has five sisters she's never met. She sets out to find her aunts whose unusual talents include super-strength, ventriloquism and mind-reading. 117p.

J/F/PENNYPACKER
Pennypacker, Sara - Clementine
Clementine doesn't understand what all the fuss is about. She had to chop off her friend Margaret's hair to remove the glue. Grownups never seem to appreciate Clementine's thinking—and she has lots of ideas, like how to use magic markers to touch up Margaret's new look. 136p.

J/F/QUATTLEBAUM
Quattlebaum, Mary - Jackson Jones and the Curse of the Outlaw Rose
Jackson and his friend, Reuben, steal a rose clipping from a gravesite. When they plant the rose in the neighborhood garden, it seems that a curse has followed them home. 100p.

J/F/ROBERTS
Roberts, Ken - Thumb on a Diamond
Thumb wants to see a big city. Playing baseball can get them to the playoffs in Vancouver. Never mind that they've never played baseball before. Never mind that their village has no baseball diamond—or room to build one. Those are just small obstacles on Thumb's road to the big city. 128p.

J/F/SAGE
Sage, Angie - My Haunted House
When crabby Aunt Tabby wants to sell their perfectly spooky mansion, Araminta Spookie devises a plan to scare off prospective buyers. Some friendly ghosts help her in her scheme. 132p.

J/F/SCIESZKA
Scieszka, Jon - Marco? Polo!
The Time Warp Trio's magic book has transported them from their YMCA pool to ancient China and the court of Kublai Kahn, where the scheming court astrologer plans to feed the boys to his trained leopards. 90p.

J/F/WALLACE
Wallace, Bill - The Legend of Thunderfoot
A rattler snakebite leaves a little roadrunner with swollen feet, a new name, and a lot of self-pity. When an old tortoise challenges him to get stronger or die, Thunderfoot trains himself to do what no roadrunner has ever done. 150p.

J/F/WILEY
Wiley - The Extraordinary Adventures of Ordinary Basil
When Basil Pepperell climbs aboard the hot air balloon of a mysterious professor, he is whisked away to Helios, a fantastic city in the sky, where he is caught up in an adventure involving evil scientists, pteranodons, and mechanical armies. 126p.

Prepared by Amanda Blau, Donna Dumtra-Froemming, Suzanne Thomas, May 2007