2007 3-5 Master List
- Becoming Naomi Leon/by Pam Munoz Ryan
- Scholastic Press (September 1, 2004) (Hardcover) ISBN: 0439269695 $16.95
- When Naomi's absent mother resurfaces to claim her, Naomi runs away to Mexico with her great-grandmother and younger brother in search of her father.
- Chicken Boy/ by Frances O'Roark Dowell
- Atheneum (June 21, 2005) (Hardcover) ISBN: 0689858167 $15.95
- Since the death of his mother, Tobin's family life and school life have been in disarray, but after he starts raising chickens with his seventh-grade classmate, Henry, everything starts to fall into place.
- Each Little Bird That Sings/Deborah Wiles
- Gulliver Books (March 1, 2005) (Hardcover) ISBN: 0152051139 $16.00
- Comfort Snowberger is well acquainted with death since her family runs the funeral parlor in their small southern town, but even so the ten-year-old is unprepared for the series of heart-wrenching events that begins on the first day of Easter vacation with the sudden death of her beloved great-uncle Edisto.
- How to Be the Funniest Kid in the Whole Wide World (or Just in Your Class)/Jay Leno; S. B. Whitehead ill.
- Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing (September 27, 2005) (Hardcover) ISBN: 1416906312 $12.95
- Filled with mini-routines, knock-knock jokes, silly questions, and animal jokes, this guide to learning humor provides young readers with a collection of raw material suitable for parties and playgrounds alike.
- The Last Holiday Concert/Andrew Clements
- Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing (October 5, 2004) (Hardcover) ISBN: 0689845162 $15.95
- Life is usually easy for popular fifth grader Hart Evans, but when his music teacher puts him in charge of the holiday concert, Hart must use all of his leadership skills to unite the other students.
- The Liberation of Gabriel King/K. L. Going
- Putnam Juvenile (June 16, 2005) (Hardcover) ISBN: 039923991X $15.99
- In Georgia during the summer of 1976, Gabriel, a white boy who is being bullied, and Frita, an African American girl who is facing prejudice, decide to overcome their many fears together as they enter fifth grade.
- Little Cricket/by Jackie Brown
- Hyperion; 1st edition (June 1, 2004) (Hardcover) ISBN: 0786818522 $15.99
- After the upheaval of the Vietnam War reaches them, twelve-year-old Kia and her Hmong family flee from the mountains of Laos to a refugee camp in Thailand and eventually to the alien world of Saint Paul, Minnesota.
- The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane/Kate Dicamillo; Bagram Ibatoulline ill.
- Candlewick (February 14, 2006) (Hardcover) ISBN: 0763625892 $18.99
- Edward Tulane, a cold-hearted and proud toy rabbit, loves only himself until he is separated from the little girl who adores him and travels across the country, acquiring new owners and listening to their hopes, dreams, and histories.
- Mr. Chickee's Funny Money/Christopher Paul Curtis
- Wendy Lamb Books (October 11, 2005) (Hardcover) ISBN: 0385327722 $15.95
- Flint Future Detective Club members Steven Carter, his friend Russell, and Russell's huge dog Zoopy solve the mystery of a quadrillion-dollar bill with the image of James Brown on it.
- The Penderwicks : A Summer Tale of Four Sisters, Two Rabbits, and a Very Interesting Boy/Jeanne Birdsall
- Knopf Books for Young Readers (June 14, 2005) (Hardcover) ISBN: 0375831436 $15.95
- While vacationing with their widowed father in the Berkshire Mountains, four lovable sisters, ages four through twelve, share adventures with a local boy, much to the dismay of his snobbish mother.
- The Pepins and Their Problems/Polly Horvath; Marylin Hafner ill.
- Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR) (August 11, 2004) (Hardcover) ISBN: 0374358176 $16.00
- The reader is invited to help solve the Pepin family's unusual problems, which include having a cow who creates lemonade rather than milk and having to cope with a competitive neighbor.
- Poppy's Return/Avi; Brian Floca ill.
- HarperCollins (July 26, 2005) (Hardcover) ISBN: 0060000120 $15.99
- Poppy, accompanied by her troublesome son Junior, his skunk friend, and Uncle Ereth the porcupine, responds to a summons to return to her ancestral home, Gray House, to save the mice there from destruction by a bulldozer.
- Project Mulberry/by Linda Sue Park
- Clarion Books (April 18, 2005) (Hardcover) ISBN: 0618477861 $16.00
- While working on a project for an after-school club, Julia, a Korean American girl, and her friend Patrick learn not just about silkworms, but also about tolerance, prejudice, friendship, patience, and more. Between the chapters are short dialogues between the author and main character about the writing of the book.
- Rainbow Soup: Adventures in Poetry/Brian P. Cleary; Neal Layton ill.
- Carolrhoda Books (February 2004) (Library Binding) ISBN: 157505597X $16.95
- An introduction to poetry that uses humorous poems, illustrations, and annotations to clarify terms and explain different types of poems, such as macaronic verse, concrete poems, and limericks.
- Replay/Sharon Creech
- Joanna Cotler (September 27, 2005) (Hardcover) ISBN: 0060540192 $15.99
- While preparing for a role in the school play, twelve-year-old Leo finds an autobiography that his father wrote as a teenager and ponders the ways people change as they grow up. Includes the text for the play, "Rumpopo's Porch."
updated: Thursday, 03-Aug-2006 14:19:28 EDT