Titles selected by Lisa Von Drasek. All are available in the Bank Street Library.
Levy, E. Something Queer at the Library.
Gwen and Jill's discovery of some mutilated library books strangely links up with a dog show in which they have entered their dog.
Call# J P L
Steptoe, J. L. (1987). Mufaro's beautiful daughters. New York, NY: Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Books.
Two sisters, one mean-tempered and one sweet, go before the king who is in search of a wife.
Call# J P S
Adler, D. A. (1993). Cam Jansen and the chocolate fudge mystery. New York, NY: Viking.
Cam uses her photographic memory to foil a crime.
Call# J F A
Atwater, R. (1966). Mr. Popper's penguins.
Twelve penguins join the Popper family.
Call# J F A 1988
Blume, J. (1971). Freckle juice. New York, NY: Simon & Schuster.
Andrew wants freckles so badly that he buys a freckle recipe.
Call# J F B
Cameron, A. (1981). The stories Julian tells. New York, NY: Pantheon Books.
Episodes in seven-year-old Julian's life from losing a tooth to finding a new friend.
Call# J F C
Christian, M. B. Sebastian (Super Sleuth)
A young boy detective and his capable dog solve cases.
Call# J F C
Cleary, B. (1965). Mouse and the motorcycle. New York, NY: W. Morrow.
Ralph S. Mouse gets wheels.
Call# J F C
Cone, M. (1976). Mishmash and the Venus flytrap. Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin.
A classroom dog has many adventures.
Call# J F C
Conford, E. Jenny Archer.
Jenny uses her great imagination in everything she does.
Call# J F C
Estes, E. (1974). The hundred dresses. New York, NY: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich.
If she has a hundred dresses at home, why does she wear the same one every day?
Call# J F E
Gannett, R. S. (2008). My father's dragon. New York, NY: Random House.
Elmer Elevator sets out to rescue a baby dragon.
Call# J F G
Hesse, K. (1994). Sable. New York, NY: Holt.
Tate Marshall is delighted when a stray dog turns up in the yard one day, but Sable, named for her dark, silky fur, causes trouble with the neighbors and has to go.
Call# J F H
Howe, J. (1990). Pinky and Rex. New York, NY: Atheneum.
Rex and her best friend Pinky.
Call# J F H
Kline, S. (1989). Horrible Harry and the ant invasion. New York, NY: Viking.
Horrible Harry of classroom 2B cuts back on his mischievous pranks after falling for Song Lee.
Call# J F K
Le Guin, U. K. (1988). Catwings. New York, NY: Orchard Books.
Four young cats with wings search for a safe place to live.
Call# J F L
Sachar, L. (1990). Sideways stories from Wayside School. New York, NY: Alfred A. Knopf.
Funny stories from the class on the thirtieth floor.
Call# J F S
Scieszka, J. (1991). Knights of the kitchen table. New York, NY: Viking.
Joe gets a magic book for his birthday.
Call# J F S
Selden, G. (1960). The cricket in Times Square. New York, NY.
Our favorite cricket.
Call# J F S
Service, P. F. (1988). Stinker from space. New York, NY: Scribner's.
An alien secret agent crash lands on Earth and must transfer his mind to another life form - a skunk!
Call# J F S
Sobol, D. J. (1963). Encyclopedia Brown boy detective. New York, NY.
The first in a series of short mysteries with the solutions in the back of the book.
Call# J F S
Steig, W. (1976). Abel's island. New York, NY: Farrar, Straus and Giroux.
A mouse's resourcefulness and endurance are tested as he struggles to survive a shipwreck.
Call# J F S
Aliki. (1979). Mummies made in Egypt. New York, NY: Crowell.
Techniques and reasons for the making of mummies.
Call# J 393 A
Kellogg, S. (1984). Paul Bunyan, a tall tale. New York, NY: W. Morrow.
Recounts the life of the extraordinary lumberjack.
Call# J 398.2 K
Maestro, B. (1986). The story of the Statue of Liberty. New York, NY: Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Books.
Its history told through many illustrations.
Call# J 974.7 K
Monjo, F. N. (1993). The drinking gourd: A story of the underground railway. New York, NY: HarperCollins.
Tommy discovers his house is a station on the Underground Railroad in this beginning reader.
Call# J 974.7 M
Parker, N. W. (1990). Frogs, toads, lizards, & salamanders. New York, NY: Greenwillow Books.
Sixteen species carefully explained and drawn.
Call# J 597.6 P
Simon, S. (2006). Volcanoes. New York : Smithsonian/HarperCollins.
Beautiful photographs and brief text explain volcanoes.
Call# J 551.21 S
Schwartz, D. M. (1994). How much is a million? New York, NY: Mulberry Books.
An entertaining and very informative picture book introduction to "big" numbers.
Call# J 513.2 S
Zelinsky, P. O. (1986). Rumpelstiltskin. New York, NY: E.P. Dutton.
Illustrated by Paul Zelinsky. A strange little man helps the miller's daughter spin straw into gold.
Call# J 398.2 Z
Fritz, J. (1973). And then what happened, Paul Revere? New York, NY: Coward, McCann & Geoghegan.
Everything you want to know about his exciting life.
Call# J B R
Pinkney, A. D. (1994). Dear Benjamin Banneker. San Diego, CA: Harcourt Brace.
Biography of the African American astronomer who wrote to Thomas Jefferson about slavery.
J B Banneker
Stanley, D. (1991). The last princess: The story of Princess Ka`iulani of Hawai`i. New York, NY: Four Winds Press.
The life of the last American princess, told in a picture book biography.
Call# J B Kaiulani
Bunting, E. (1994). Nasty, stinky sneakers. New York, NY: HarperCollins.
Ten-year-old Colin has lost his sure-to-be prize winning entry for the stinkiest sneakers in the world contest.
Call# J F B, Call# B
Cohen, B. (1983). Molly's Pilgrim. New York, NY: Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Books.
Molly's Thanksgiving doll, made by her Russian immigrant mother, looks different from others in her class.
Call# J F C, Call# C
Danziger, P. (1994). Amber Brown is not a crayon. New York, NY: Putnam's.
The year she is in the third grade is a sad time for Amber because her best friend Justin is getting ready to move.
Call# J F D, Call# D
Eager, E. (1984). Half magic. San Diego, CA: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich.
Four good friends find a magic coin.
Call# J F E, Call# E
Hurwitz, J. (1976). Busybody Nora. New York, NY: W. Morrow.
Relates the adventures of an inquisitive little girl who lives in a large apartment building in New York.
Call# J F H, Call# H
McMullan, K. (1998). Class trip to the cave of doom. New York, NY: Grosset & Dunlap.
Wiglaf joins the other students of Dragon Slayers' Academy in searching the Dark Forest for the Cave of Doom.
Call# J F M, Call# M
Pinkwater, D. M. (1999). The Hoboken chicken emergency. New York, NY: Aladdin Paperbacks.
Arthur goes to pick up the Thanksgiving turkey but returns with a 266 pound chicken.
Call# P
Walter, M. P. (2010). Justin and the best biscuits in the world. New York, NY: Amistad, HarperCollins.
The life of the only boy in a family full of females.
Call# J F W & Call# W
Grimes, N. (1995). Meet Danitra Brown. New York, NY: Lothrop, Lee & Shepard.
A lively collection of poems about a young girl and her favorite things.
Call# J 811 G
Sachar, L. (1990). Sideways stories from Wayside School. New York, NY: Alfred A. Knopf.
McMullan, K. (1998). Class trip to the cave of doom. New York, NY: Grosset & Dunlap.
Walter, M. P. (2010). Justin and the best biscuits in the world. New York, NY: Amistad, HarperCollins.
Scieszka, J. (1991). Knights of the kitchen table. New York, NY: Viking.
