Calvin Coconut : dog heaven [Calvin Coconut]by Salisbury, Graham 

Paperback(Wendy Lamb Books, 2010)

BTSB #: 774766 Available

Dewey: FAges: 7-10   
AR: 2.8 LG RC: 2.3 3-5 Lexile: 390

Genres: Humorous Fiction Animals

Subjects: Dogs - Fiction Writing - Fiction School stories Family life - Hawaii - Fiction

Summary: When his teacher asks him to write a persuasive argument about something he really wants, fourth-grader Calvin creates a unique way to express his desire for a dog.

Canto de los elefantes by Engle, Margarita 

BTSB PreboundSPANISH(Vintage Espanol, 2023)

BTSB #: 311533 Available

Dewey: FAges: 8-12   


Genres: Spanish Language Animals

Subjects: Spanish language - Reading materials Cuban Americans - Fiction Writing - Fiction Novels in verse Elephants - Fiction Animal rescue - Fiction

Summary: Cuban-born eleven-year-old Oriol lives in Santa Barbara, California, where she struggles to belong. Then Gabriela Mistral, the first Latin American winner of a Nobel Prize in Literature, moves to town, and aspiring writer Oriol finds herself opening up. As she begins to create a world of words for herself, Oriol learns it will take courage to stay true to herself and do what she thinks is right--attempting to rescue a baby elephant in need. In Spanish.

It's a sign! [Elephant & Piggie like reading!]by Pumphrey, Jarrett 

BTSB Prebound(Hyperion Books for Children, 2022)

BTSB #: 735093 Available

Dewey: EAges: 5-8   
AR: 1.7 LG

Genres: Animals Humorous Fiction

Subjects: Cooperativeness - Fiction Friendship - Fiction Clubs - Fiction Writing - Fiction Problem solving - Fiction

Summary: One, Two, Kat, and Four want to form a club so together they figure out how to make a sign saying what their club should be called.

Little Plane learns to write by Savage, Stephen 

BTSB Prebound(Roaring Brook Press, 2017)

BTSB #: 779867 Available

Dewey: EAges: 3-6   
AR: 2 LG

Genres: General Fiction

Subjects: Airplanes - Fiction Writing - Fiction

Summary: Little Plane learns to write by practicing his skywriting.

Opinions and opossums by Braden, Ann 

BTSB Prebound(Nancy Paulsen, 2023)

BTSB #: 143213 Available

Dewey: FAges: 10-14   


Genres: General Fiction

Subjects: Curiosity - Fiction Perception - Fiction Friendship - Fiction Writing - Fiction

Summary: Raised to keep her head down and not ask questions, when twelve-year-old Agnes befriends her older anthropologist neighbor, she begins to think--and write--about things from new perspectives.

Singing with elephants by Engle, Margarita 

BTSB Prebound(Viking, 2022)

BTSB #: 311493 Available

Dewey: FAges: 8-12   
AR: 6.6 MG Lexile: NP F&P: W

Genres: Animals

Subjects: Cuban Americans - Fiction Writing - Fiction Novels in verse Elephants - Fiction Animal rescue - Fiction

Summary: Cuban-born eleven-year-old Oriol lives in Santa Barbara, California, where she struggles to belong. Then Gabriela Mistral, the first Latin American winner of a Nobel Prize in Literature, moves to town, and aspiring writer Oriol finds herself opening up. As she begins to create a world of words for herself, Oriol learns it will take courage to stay true to herself and do what she thinks is right--attempting to rescue a baby elephant in need.

Top story [Front Desk Novel Volume: #5]by Yang, Kelly 

BTSB Prebound(Scholastic Press, 2023)

BTSB #: 971398 Available

Dewey: FAges: 8-12   
AR: 4.4 MG

Genres:

Subjects: Family life - Fiction Vacations - Fiction Chinese Americans - Fiction Writing - Fiction Chinatown (San Francisco, Calif.) - Fiction

Summary: Mia is spending winter break with Mom, Lupe, Jason, and Hank in San Francisco's Chinatown! Rich with history and hilarious aunties and uncles, it's the place to find a great story--one she hopes to publish while attending journalism camp at the Tribune. But this trip has as many bumps as the hills of San Francisco.