Moxy Maxwell Does Not Love Stuart Little
by Peggy Gifford
Hardcover, English. ISBN: 9780375839153
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It wasn't as if Moxy Maxwell hadn't "tried "to do her summer reading. She and "Stuart Little "had been inseparable all summer, like best friends. If "Stuart Little "wasn't in her backpack, it was in her lap . . . or holding up the coffee table . . . or getting splashed when Moxy went swimming. But now it's the end of August--the day before fourth grade. And if Moxy doesn't read "all "of "Stuart Little "immediately, there are going to be "consequences."
It may look like Moxy is doing nothing, but actually she is very busy with a zillion highly crucial things - like cleaning up her room (sort of) and training her dog and taking a much-needed rest in the hammock. Just look at the pictures her twin brother Mark takes to document it all--they're scattered throughout--and you'll see why it's so difficult to make time for a book about a mouse.
Of course our heroine does manage to finish her book, falling so in love with it that she finds herself reading under the covers with a flashlight, late into the night.
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The Magic School Bus and the Climate Challenge
by Joanna Cole
Hardcover, English. ISBN: 9780590108263
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In another humorous outing, Ms. Frizzle's class returns to get really up-to-date information on global warming for their school play. Readers follow as the kids travel to the Arctic to see melting ice, view worldwide effects of climate change (which appear in comic booklike panels), and catch rides on sunbeams to learn about the greenhouse effect. Notebook pages with the students' notes round out this fun and fact-filled adventure. Ages 710. "(Mar.)" Copyright 2010 Reed Business Information.
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Mallory Goes Green!
by Laurie B Friedman
Hardcover, English. ISBN: 9780822588856
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Mallory McDonald is going green! As an official member of the Fern Falls Elementary Environmental Committee, Mallory is super excited to make her school and home more environmentally friendly. She's even selected to be class representative for the all-school Green Fair. But the minute Mallory goes green, everything goes wrong. No one wants her "expert" opinion on how to help the environment. Her classmates don't want to participate in the Green Fair project she's created. And worst of all, by the time the fair rolls around, many of them aren't even speaking to Mallory. Can Mallory find a way to save the planet and her friendships?
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Stand Straight, Ella Kate: The True Story of a Real Giant
by Kate Klise
Hardcover, English. ISBN: 9780803734043
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The Klise sisters (the Little Rabbit books) tell the story of Ella Kate Ewing, who turned what could have been a miserable existence into a life of dignity. Gigantism, not understood in the 19th century, made Ella a child who needed a specially made desk and wore size 12 shoes. The advice her parents gave her forms the title of the book, but Ella, 84 by age 22, suffered, and Kate Klise portrays her plight with sensitivity: I was too big for the world. As a museum exhibit in Chicago, the discomfort of public display is offset by the phenomenal pay; at 18, she makes more in five months than her fathers farm makes in five years. Wealth brings independence, a house, and a thirst for new experiences: [T]he more I saw of the world, the more I wanted to see. Because as big as I was, the world was so much bigger. And I intended to see it all. M. Sarah Klises acrylic paintings give a sense of the historical setting without drawing attention to themselves; modest colors and conventional forms echo Ellas humility. A quiet story with unexpected impact.
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