New Books - 3rd and 4th Grade
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- +BAUER - The Secret of the Painted House by Marion Dane Bauer
When her family moves from Chicago to the country, nine-year-old Emily is drawn to a mysterious playhouse she finds in the woods and soon meets its sad, lonely inhabitant. - +CABOT - Allie Finkle's Rules for Girls Book One :--Moving Day by Meg Cabot
Nine-year-old Allie Finkle has rules for everything and is even writing her own rule book, but her world is turned upside-down when she learns that her family is moving across town, which will mean a new house, school, best friend, and plenty of new rules. - +COLEM - Shadows on Society Hill: An Addy Mystery by Evelyn Coleman
When her family moves to Philadelphia's Society Hill neighborhood in 1866, Addy discovers that her new home holds dangerous secrets--including one connected to the North Carolina plantation she had escaped from only two years earlier. Includes a brief overview of the experiences of African Americans during Reconstruction, the period immediately following the Civil War.Brand New Book! - +DOWEL - Phineas L. Macguire...Gets Slimed! by Frances O'Roark Dowell
When his new best friend, Ben, decides to run for class president, fourth-grade science whiz Phineas MacGuire reluctantly agrees to be his campaign manager in exchange for help with his latest experiment--cultivating exhibits for a mold museum.Brand New Book! - +FLEMI - The Fabled Fourth Graders of Aesop Elementary School by Candace Fleming
An unlikely teacher takes over the disorderly fourth-grade class of Aesop Elementary School with surprising results. - +GARDN - Into the Woods by Lyn Gardner
Pursued by the sinister Dr. DeWilde and his ravenous wolves, three sisters--Storm, the inheritor of a special musical pipe, the elder Aurora, and the baby Any--flee into the woods and begin a treacherous journey filled with many dangers as they try to find a way to defeat their pursuer and keep him from taking the pipe and control of the entire land.Brand New Book! - +GIFFO - Moxy Maxwell Does Not Love Stuart Little by Peggy Gifford
With summer coming to an end, about-to-be-fourth-grader Moxy Maxwell does a hundred different things to avoid reading her assigned summer reading book. - +GUTMA - Mr. Louie is Screwy! by Dan Gutman
When the hippie crossing guard, Mr. Louie, puts a love potion in the water fountain before Valentine's Day, everyone at Ella Mentry School falls in love. - +HOLT - Piper Reed: Navy Brat by Kimberly Willis Holt
Piper is sad about leaving her home and friends behind when her father, a Navy aircraft mechanic, is transferred yet again, but with help from her often-annoying sisters and a surprise from their parents, she finds happiness in their new home in Pensacola, Florida.Brand New Book! - +LETHC - Wishing Well by Jason Lethcoe
Even though Thomas Candlewick is again in charge of the Wishworks Factory, things are not back to normal with the Jinns threatening war, so Ben and his friends set off to find the last two missing magical weapons that can help protect Wishworks. - +MCCOM - Oops, I Lost My Best(Est) Friends by Karen McCombie
Indie Kidd gets so caught up in helping her stepbrother Dylan make friends, she forgets to pay attention to her own best friends and finds herself being shut out.Brand New Book! - +MCCOM - How to Be Good(Ish) by Karen McCombie
When Miss Levy asks the students to list their three top talents, ten-year-old Indie struggles to name just one.Brand New Book! - +MOSS - Amelia Tells All by Marissa Moss
Amelia creates a handwritten book about palm reading, fortune telling, and handwriting analysis, with games and quizzes included. - +ROSSE - Jack Jones and the Pirate Curse by Judith Rossell
With the death of his Great-Uncle Mungo, Jack learns to his dismay that, as the tenth-generation descendant of the Caribbean pirate Blackstrap Morgan, he is next in line to inherit the Pirate Curse and is fated to spend his life running from a vengeful band of pirates--unless he finds a way to outsmart them. - +ROVET - Hot Dog and Bob and the Dangerously Dizzy Attack of the Hypno Hamsters by L. Bob Rovetch
Having hidden the lunchbox in which the superhero Hot Dog from the planet Dogzalot always arrives on Earth, fifth-grader Bob and his best friend Clementine must stand alone against an evil alien who plans to hypnotise humans into thinking they are hamsters.Brand New Book! - +ROVET - Hot Dog and Bob and the Extremely Eggy Attack of the Game Gators by L. Bob Rovetch
When all of the fifth-graders from Lugenheimer Elementary School are transported to the domain of the rapping Gutter Gator to compete in life-or-death games, it is up to Bob, his best friend Clementine, and superhero Hot Dog from the planet Dogzalot to rescue them.Brand New Book! - +ROVET - Hot Dog and Bob and the Surprisingly Slobbery Attack of the Dog-Wash Doggies by L. Bob Rovetch
When alien dogs visit Lugenheimer Elementary School during the fifth-grade fundraiser--a dog wash--to select human pets for their home planet, Bowwowwowwow, Bob and Clementine and their superhero friend, Hot Dog, must stop them.Brand New Book! - +SOBOL - Encyclopedia Brown Cracks the Case by Donald Sobol
Ten brief cases allow the reader to match wits with ten-year-old crime-buster, Encyclopedia Brown, as he locates stolen jewels, retrieves a stuffed tiger, and more. Solutions are included at the back of the book.Brand New Book! - +SPINE - Summerhouse Time by Eileen Spinelli
The approach of summerhouse time at the beach brings back good memories of this annual tradition, of aunts, uncles, cousins, and grandparents cleaning, laughing, eating, playing, and relaxing.Brand New Book! - +STINE - Dumb Clucks by R.L. Stine
Bernie Bridges finds himself caught in a schoolyard battle between the Clucks and the Quacks after his idea to sell t-shirts featuring a popular cartoon character backfires.
