Never Glue Your Friends To Chairs
Roscoe Riley, upset with the notion that his teacher could get in trouble, comes up with a plan to keep the bee antennae on the first graders' heads, and help the drummers stay in their seats for the open house play.
FIC
year: 2009
copies: 41
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 380
Don't Swap Your Sweater For A Dog
Determined to win a trophy of some kind, first-grader Roscoe swaps a hand-knitted sweater from his grandmother for the chance to enter his new neighbor's very clever dog in a trick contest.
FIC
year: 2016
copies: 56
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 380
Never Swipe A Bully's Bear
When first-grader Roscoe discovers that his stuffed pig is missing from his backpack, he accuses the class bully of "pig-napping" and gets even by taking the bully's teddy bear.
FIC
year: 2015
copies: 46
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 340
subjects: stuffed animals (toys), lost articles, schools, lost and found possessions, teddy bears, bullies, school stories, humorous fiction
Don't Tap-dance On Your Teacher
Roscoe cannot wait to tap dance in the school talent show until some older boys make fun of him and say that tap dancing is just for girls.
FIC
year: 2016
copies: 51
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 450
subjects: tap dancing, talent shows, self-confidence, school stories, humorous, schools, humorous fiction, humorous stories, humorous fiction, humorous stories
Never Swim In Applesauce
Roscoe Riley really wants to be on his best behavior for the class field trip to the apple orchard, but when his sister's magic ball falls into a vat of applesauce, he has no choice but to try get it back.
FIC
year: 2016
copies: 38
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 490
Never Walk In Shoes That Talk
Having gotten a pair of hard-to-find Walkie Talkie shoes, Roscoe is suddenly popular and wants his best friend, Gus, to join the fun, but before Gus's parents will buy him new shoes, he must wear out his long-lasting sneakers.
FIC
year: 2016
copies: 35
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 470
subjects: shoes, popularity, school stories, humorous fiction, schools, humorous fiction, humorous stories
The One And Only Ivan
Inspired by the true story of a captive gorilla known as Ivan, this illustrated novel is told from the point of view of Ivan himself.
FIC
year: 2017
copies: 317
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 570
subjects: gorilla, elephants, animal welfare, animals, gorillas, friendship, circus, children's audiobooks, large print books, large type books, animal fiction
Home Of The Brave
Kek, an African refugee, is confronted by many strange things at the Minneapolis home of his aunt and cousin, as well as in his fifth-grade classroom, and longs for his missing mother, but finds comfort in the company of a cow and her owner.
FIC
year: 2009
copies: 46
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
The Buffalo Storm
When Hallie and her parents join a wagon train to Oregon and leave her grandmother behind, Hallie must learn to face the storms that frighten her so, as well as other, newer fears, with just her grandmother's quilt to comfort her.
FIC
year: 2007
copies: 12
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 880
subjects: overland journeys to the pacific, frontier and pioneer life, grandmothers, fear, historical fiction
Never Race A Runaway Pumpkin
Roscoe is determined to guess the weight of a giant pumpkin in order to win books for his school library and candy for himself, but is overwhelmed by superstitions, especially about a certain black kitten.
FIC
year: 2017
copies: 36
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 490
subjects: superstition, luck, cats, animal babies, school stories, fortune, animals, schools, fate and fatalism, humorous fiction, kittens, humorous stories
Animorphs : The Alien
Ax, an Andalite warrior-cadet, is stranded on Earth when his spaceship is attacked by the evil Yeerks, and, although he has misgivings, he agrees to join forces with five humans who have been given the power to morph into animals to help him fight the Yeerks and avenge his brother's death.
FIC
year: 1997
copies: 9
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 480
Animorphs : The Capture
The Animorphs are in real trouble when they transform into flies to invade the new base of the alien Yeerks, and Jake becomes the enemy after falling into the Yeerk regeneration pool.
FIC
year: 1997
copies: 14
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 460
Animorphs : The Invasion
Jake and his friends are given the power to morph into animals by a dying alien who tells them the Earth is under attack by the invading Yeerks, and they are called upon to test their new abilities almost immediately when they learn that Vissar Three, deadliest of the Yeerks, is after them.
FIC
year: 1996
copies: 8
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 520
Animorphs : The Message
Cassie believes her strange dreams are just a side effect of having been given the alien power to morph into an animal, but when she learns that Tobias has been having the same dreams about the ocean, they realize someone is issuing a call for help.
FIC
year: 1996
copies: 8
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 560
Animorphs : The Predator
Marco is a reluctant Animorph, having been given the ability, along with four other friends, to change into animal forms by an Andalite prince, an alien who wants help in stopping an invasion of the enemy Yeerks, but when he discovers that his mom, who he believed was dead, has been taken over by the Yeerks, he finds a reason to fight.
FIC
year: 1996
copies: 6
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 490