All books are located in the children’s fiction or Bridges sections of the Santa Monica Public Library unless otherwise noted. Check your local library's catalog or your local bookstore for additional availability.

Fiction

Atwater, Richard.  Mr Popper’s Penguins How do you take care of penguins when you don’t live in the Antarctic?  Mr. Popper finds a way.

Barrows, Annie.  Ivy and Bean series. Bean finds support from Ivy, the new neighbor, who is less boring than Bean first suspected.

Christopher, Matt.  Zero’s Slider Zero discovers that he can throw a slider when there's a big bandage on his injured thumb.  One of the Peach Street Mudders series.

Cleary, Beverly.  Ramona series. Ramona Quimby copes with the ups and downs of life at home and at school.

Conford, Ellen.  Jenny Archer series. Jenny follows her own path in this funny series of books.

Dadey, Debbie.  Bailey School Kids series (XPBF) The third graders at Bailey School have many adventures.

Duffey, Betsy.  The Gadget War Kelley Sparks is determined to prove that she is a better inventor than Albert Einstein Jones.

Freeman, Martha.  The Trouble with Cats After a difficult first week of third grade, Holly begins to adjust to her new school and her stepfather's four cats.

Greene, Stephanie.  Owen Foote series. Owen and his friends play soccer, build a treehouse, and find ways to get money in this series.

Haas, Jessie.  Birthday Pony When Jane receives a pony named Popcorn for her birthday, she must learn how to tame her newfound friend. 

Hoffman, Mary.  Starring Grace Grace and her friends have many adventures during their summer vacation.

Hurwitz, Johanna.  Oh No, Noah! Noah tries to impress the kids he meets when he and his family move to a new house.

Kerrin, Jessica Scott.  Martin Bridge series. Martin’s plans don’t always work out the way he planned.

Klein, Abby.  Ready Freddy! Series. Freddy has many experiences in the classroom.

Kline. Suzy.  Herbie Jones series. Herbie and his classmates experience many new things at school and at home.

Livingstone, Star.  Harley Harley the llama does not get along with other llamas, so he becomes a guard llama. 

McDonald, Megan.  Judy Moody series. Judy has a unique way of looking at the world.  Also try the new series about her brother, Stink.

McKissack, Patricia C.  Scraps of Time series. Grandmother Gee tells her grandchildren stories about African-American ancestors.

Moss, Marissa.  Amelia series. Amelia records her thoughts, likes and dislikes in a series of notebooks.

Nixon, Joan Lowery.  Gus & Gertie and the Missing Pearl Arriving for a vacation on Holiday Island, penguins Gus and Gertie stumble into a hotel full of Bad Guys.

Orr, Wendy.  Ark in the Park Sophie’s parents take her to visit a very special pet store in the park.

Pennypacker, Sara.  Clementine series. Eight-year-old Clementine gains several unique hairstyles and helps her father banish pigeons from their apartment building.

Pinkney, Andrea Davis.  Solo Girl Although she is good at math, Cass wishes that she could jump rope as well as the group she watches in her new neighborhood.

Wojciechowski, Susan.  Beany Goes to Camp Beany definitely does not want to go to camp, but in spite of bugs and a bossy tent-mate, she has a good time.

Yep, Laurence.  Cockroach Cooties Teddy and his little brother Bobby devise strategies using bugs to defeat the school bully.

Nonfiction

Osborne, Will and Mary Pope. Knights and Castles (X940.1 Osborne) A Magic Tree House Reseach Guide in which Jack and Annie learn the facts about knights and castles.

St. George, Judith.  So You Want to Be an Explorer?  (X910.9 St. George) A collection of exploration tales, from the well-known to the obscure.

Winner, Cherie.  Everything Bug  (X595.7 Winner) Twenty-five questions and answers about insects and spiders, including why bugs are important, how long they've existed, and whether spiders make noise.

April 2008 (eb/jb)