Books for 3rd - 4th Grade

Summer Bibliographies 2003

J/F/BAUER
Bauer, Marion Dane - Runt
Runt, the smallest and last-born of a litter of wolf pups, struggles to prove his worth to the wolf pack despite his size. 138p.

J/F/BLUME
Blume, Judy - Double Fudge
Peter's little brother Fudge is driving the family crazy with his money obsession. He's even printing his own Fudge Bucks! 213p.

J/F/BRENNAN
Brennan, Herbie - Nuff Said: Another Tale of Bluebell Wood
Before his garden party even begins, Fairy Nuff has his hands full with hungry African ants, worried Javanese termites, hot weather, an exploding castle and a visit from the outrageous Widow Buhis. 159p.

J/F/BYARS
Byars, Betsy Cromer - The Keeper of the Doves
All her life, Amie's sisters have scared her with stories about Mr. Tominski, the strange hermit who lives on the family estate. Amie had always hoped they'd never meet, but then one day their paths do cross and she learns his secret. 121p.

J/F/BYARS
Byars, Betsy Cromer - Little Horse
Little Horse is happy living with his mother and playing with the other colts, but one day he is swept away from home. He finds himself in a strange new place, and soon discovers just how little he really is! 45p.

J/F/CLEMENTS
Clements, Andrew - Jake Drake, Class Clown
The new teacher is strict and way too serious; the students are frightened and much too quiet. Jake can't take it anymore so he decides to liven things up with a little humor. 72p.

J/F/CUTLER
Cutler, Jane - Leap, Frog
When Charley and his best friend Edward enter the first annual Mark Twain Frog-Jumping Contest, he leads everyone on a merry chase and the contest ends in chaos! 197p.

J/F/DAVID
David, Lawrence - Horace Splattly: The Cupcaked Crusader
Horace ate the disgusting-looking cupcakes just to make his sister happy. Now he has special powers—he can fly. 137p.

J/F/DELANEY
Delaney, M.C. - Birdbrain Amos
Amos is a hippopotamus with a problem. His tickbird built a nest on his head and the other hippos are laughing at him. 153p.

J/F/GOODMAN
Goodman, Susan E. - Cora Frear: A True Story
One day Cora and her father are caught in a prairie fire. You can't just phone the fire department in the early 1900s, but you better know how to stay calm and think. 51p.

J/F/GREENE
Greene, Stephanie - Falling into Place
Grandma's lonely (and a little stubborn) in her new retirement home so Margaret decides to find some friends for her. While on her mission, Margaret discovers that these older people are pretty cool. 124p.

J/F/GRIFFIN
Griffin, Adele - Witch Twins at Camp Bliss
When Claire and Luna go to summer camp, strange happenings suggest the presence of a renegade witch. 138p.

J/F/GRIFFIN
Griffin, Adele - Hannah, Divided
Hannah can calculate numbers in her head faster than she can jump rope, but she can barely read. She is given an opportunity to try to win a scholarship, but can she pass the scholarship test? 264p.

J/F/HALE
Hale, Bruce - This Gum for Hire: From the Tattered Casebook of Chet Gecko
One by one, members of the football team are disappearing, and detective Chet Gecko is on the case. Of course, he is a lizard. But that's okay, because his client is a Gila monster, and the football coach is a groundhog. 115p.

J/F/HERSHENHORN
Hershenhorn, Esther - The Confe$$ion$ and $ecret$ of Howard J. Fingerhut
Howie is so certain that his lawn care business will win him the H. Marion Muckley Junior Businessperson of the Year Award that he decides to write a book to tell everyone about the secrets of his success. 125p.

J/F/KENNEMORE
Kennemore, Tim - Circle of Doom
Lizzie decides to become a witch and concocts a magical potion to get rid of her problem neighbors, the Postswards. The very next day the Potswards move away forever! Now convinced of her magical powers, Lizzie creates potions to deal with a mean teacher and her brother's class bully. 203p.

J/F/KINSEY-WARNOCK
Kinsey-Warnock, Natalie - A Doctor Like Papa
Margaret lives in rural Vermont in the early 1900s and dreams of studying medicine and becoming a doctor like her father. When a terrible flu epidemic threatens the entire state, Margaret must use everything she has learned from him to protect her family. 73p.

J/F/KVASNOSKY
Kvasnosky, Laura McGee - One Lucky Summer
Steve has the worst luck. He's just moved to a new town leaving his best friend and his baseball team behind. But his luck begins to improve when he and his new neighbor Lucinda take on the care of an orphaned baby squirrel. 148p.

J/F/LABATT
Labatt, Mary - The Mummy Lives!
Sam is a big Old English Sheepdog who thinks she's a world-famous dog detective. Now Sam is convinced that an ancient Egyptian has come back to life in order to turn her into a dog mummy. 116p.

J/F/LEVY
Levy, Elizabeth - Vampire State Building
Sam loves playing online chess with his friend Vlad in Romania. Pesty cousin Mabel insists that Vlad is a vampire, and now Sam is starting to wonder the same thing. 100p.

J/F/MARSDEN
Marsden, Carolyn - The Gold-Threaded Dress
Things are not going well for Oy at her new school. One boy calls her Chinese (she's Thai), and the girls won't invite her into their club. 71p.

J/F/MEDDAUGH
Meddaugh, Susan - Lulu's Hat
While traveling with her uncle as his magic assistant , Lulu discovers that the hat she has chosen for her costume has magical powers. 74p.

J/F/MILLS
Mills, Claudia - 7 x 9 = Trouble!
To Wilson, everything in third grade is fun except for math. Can he pass all twelve times-table tests in order to earn an ice-cream cone from his teacher? 103p.

J/F/NAYLOR
Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds - Starting With Alice
Alice has her ups and downs adjusting to a new home and a new school. The crossing guard treats her like a criminal, three girls snub her, another girl wants to be Alice's one-and-only best friend, and the boy next door says the dumbest things. 181p.

J/F/SEULING
Seuling, Barbara - Robert and the Weird and Wacky Facts
Robert and Paul try to memorize all the facts they can, hoping to get on the Instant Millionaire Show. When the plan fails, their teacher holds a classroom trivia competition between the boys and the girls. 112p.

J/F/WEBER
Weber, Susan Bartlett - The Seal Island Seven
For years, the people on Seal Island have constructed twig fairy houses in the woods, but lately, someone has been destroying the little buildings. Pru and her classmates try to solve this mystery. 70p.

Prepared by D. Drumtra-Froemming, M. Beckman, May 2003