Three Terrible Trins

Author	Douglas Evans
ISBN	0440416507

WHAT’S THE STRANGEST HOTEL ROOM YOU’VE EVER STAYED IN? WHATEVER IT IS, THE WILSON FAMILY CAN TOP IT. BECAUSE FOR THREE DAYS, THEY LIVE IN AN ELEVATOR.

For the Wilson family, only the best will do! So when they arrive at the San Francisco Hotel and discover that there are no available rooms,...

Author	Zilpha Keatley Snyder
ISBN	0440411521

I picked this book up at the Goodwill, not really knowing what it was about other than running, which I have an interest in. Surprisingly, it was about the Dust Bowl era, my current topic of particular interest! Therefore, I may have liked it more than I would have otherwise. But all in all, it was a very good...

Author	Hilda van Stockum
ISBN	1883937051

The five Mitchell children are based on the author's own family. In the first of three books about their adventures, Daddy has just gone off to World War II. One of his final words to his daughter Joan is, "No dogs " She would dearly love such a pet, but life is full and so many new friends -- pets as well as people...

Author	Robin Jarvis
ISBN	1587172771

The second book of the Deptford Histories brings readers into a time when a series of dark wars between the bats and the squirrels has raged for years. The squirrel leader, the Starwife, has been betrayed and poisoned. As she lies dying, she summons a falcon to take the magic Silver Acorn to safety. Far...

Author	Bill Martin Jr.
ISBN	1416939717

The definitive anthology of children's poetry, collected by a beloved author Years in the making, this full-color treasury contains nearly two hundred poems, all of them handpicked by Bill Martin Jr. Traditional children's poems are presented alongside contemporary pieces, and the collection...

Author	Mary James
ISBN	0590430300

Found out about this when I was looking into Kockroach, a recent reverse-Metamorphosis tale. This one's a kids' book from about 15 years ago with a similar premise: a cockroach wakes up one morning to find he's turned into a person. That's what I call awesome-strange; the actual book, however, is...bizarre-confusing-strange....

Author	Betsy Byars
ISBN	0142405647

The book Dead Letter by Betsy Byars is a mystery-thriller book for young adults. The story starts when the main protagonist, a girl named Herculeah Jones, mysteriously comes across an attractive coat at a thrift shop. She is drawn to it in an awkward way, and buys it. She explains her peculiar experience...

Author	Alison Hart
ISBN	1561453986

In the first book of this engrossing middle-grade trilogy set during the Civil War, a young Kentucky slave dares to pursue his dream of becoming a jockey.
The year is 1864 and twelve-year-old Gabriel hopes to one day become a famous jockey. Although he is a the son of a free black father and a slave mother-making...

Author	Ben Mikaelson
ISBN	1562825232

Ever since Josh's older brother died, his father has been drinking too much and taking his anger out on Josh. But when he orphans a bear cub, it's more than Josh can stand. Josh insists on rescuing the bear cub--only to find that he must surrender it to game officials.

Knowing the cub will be sent...

Author	Eve Bunting
ISBN	0449704556

Jessie and her best friends in boarding school have always loved their teacher, Miss Müller. Half-German and half-Irish, she's as beautiful as a movie star. But ever since their country, Ireland, went to war with Germany, they don't feel the same way. In fact, the girls now think there's something...

Author	Marion Dane Bauer
ISBN	0618517383

Ten-year-old Jonathan practically lives at the Anchorage Zoo, where his father is a keeper. He loves animals, and even imagines himself inside their bodies, seeing what they see, feeling what they feel.

Meanwhile, a young brown bear is wandering through the woods near Anchorage, alone and...

Author	Rachel Vail
ISBN	0439087635

Rachel Vail has started her book in Morgan's class room during their homework presentations. Morgan has a troubled background. Her father has left her family and her mother is very hard on Morgan. Her family does not have a lot of money which causes her to not have the same things that her friends have....

Author	Jean Craighead George
ISBN	0064406822

It’s people versus owls in this laugh-out-loud story about one family’s love for a special little owl, from bestselling nature writer and Newbery Medal winner Jean Craighead George!

Borden Watson’s father is out of job, and it’s all the spotted owls’ fault. The birds are endangered,...

Author	Vivian Vande Velde
ISBN	0440416108

Amy Prochenko has spent most of fifth grade avoiding both the bully Katilyn Walker, whose bark is as bad as her bite, and Sean Gorman, the only kid less popular than Amy. As if life isn't hard enough, along comes Sherlock.

After escaping from a research laboratory, all Sherlock wants is to be an...

Author	Kathleen Duey
ISBN	0525467122

Sierra is a feisty young filly when natural disaster separates her from her herd of free horses. Alone and struggling to survive in the harshelements, she encounters another horse who leads her to a Lakota encampment. But can Sierra find a place with them without sacrificing her freedom and independence?...

Author	Alexander McCall Smith
ISBN	1599900343

Akimbo can't believe his luck when his father allows him to visit his uncle Peter's snake park. And when a local village calls to report a sighting of a green mamba snake—the rarest and most deadly one of all—Akimbo hopes to help his uncle catch it for the park. But little does he expect to find himself...

Author	Peggy Christian
ISBN	0152002030

Caudill Nominee: 1999

An odd little book with a adventurous story, The Bookstore Mouse is the tale of Cervantes the mouse and Sigfried, the scribe. As they journey through the words in books in a bookstore on Ninth and Market Streets, the save the dragon-captured troubadours who still have...

Author	Michael Morpurgo
ISBN	1406300764

Short story collections seem a good idea for busy people. This book stands out from others on my shelves as the author, Michael Morpurgo shares the genesis of his stories, indeed, his writing journey. His raison d'être.
"I am a grower of stories. I farm them as surely as a farmer does his corn." he...

Author	Elvira Woodruff
ISBN	0440410339

I was forced to read this book as a teen but fall in love from the very beginning. Which is hard to believe since one I wouldn't read unless made to because from an early age I knew I was ADHD, dyslexia and also phonics illiterate. So if you know a child like that you understand how hard reading may be for them...

Author	Jon Scieszka
ISBN	0142400467

Fred, Sam and Joe are bored with the cowboy movie they're watching at a sleepover. Having traveled in time before to the time of pirates, giants and wizards, they wonder aloud what it would be like to see real cowboys. When the green mist starts rising from the magic book, they know they are on their way....

Author	David A. Adler
ISBN	0142402060

Age 7-10
Grade: 3rd
Genre: Mystery
This mystery book is one of many adventure chapter books that young readers can read and learn from. I chose this book because in it, students can not only learn that stealing is a crime that should come with consequences, but that it is good to share with...