Claudia Mills
Author
Series
Mason Dixon ; 1
Language
English
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Description
Nine-year-old Mason's parents keep trying to get him a pet, but until he and his best friend Brody adopt a three-legged dog, he's not interested.
Author
Series
Publisher
Random House Children's Books
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
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Description
Here's the second entry in veteran author Claudia Mills' charming middle-grade series, which finds the lovably sardonic title character starting the fourth grade, which he's dreading: everyone in fourth grade is expected to join the school choir. And sing. In front of everyone. Mason can't think of many things he enjoys less than singing. But performing in front of other people might come close; Mason devises a foolproof plan that will keep him out...
Author
Series
Publisher
Random House Children's Books
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Formats
Description
Here's the third entry in Claudia Mills' charming middle-grade series. Mason Dixon survived the school choir. He survived adopting his now-beloved dog named, uh, Dog. But now he faces his biggest challenge yet: joining the local basketball team. Not by choice, of course. Not only do his parents encourage it, but his dad even volunteers to be his coach. Now, with his best pal Brody and a team of misfits even worse at basketball than him (if that's...
11) Gus and grandpa
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
1997.
Language
English
Description
Gus and Grandpa have a loving, warm relationship.
12) 7X9 = Trouble!
Author
Publisher
Recorded Books, Inc
Pub. Date
2018
Language
English
Description
The two things that Wilson Williams likes best about 3rd grade are drawing and taking care of the class pet, Squiggles the hamster. What he likes the least are timed multiplication tests. Why think about all those numbers when he could be drawing pictures of Squiggles? With gentle humor, Claudia Mills works through a common childhood problem to a surprising resolution.
14) 7 x 9 = trouble!
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Third-grader Wilson struggles with his times-tables in order to beat the class deadline.
Author
Series
Publisher
Margaret Ferguson Books, Farrar Straus Giroux
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Annika hopes to change her best friends' hatred of math by winning a Sudoku contest, but she does not realize how important their lack of mathematical ability is until they make a mistake at the school carnival.
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
English
Description
When he is assigned Teddy Roosevelt as his biography project in school, fourth-grader Riley finds himself inspired by Roosevelt's tenacity and perseverance and resolves to find a way to get what he most wants--a saxophone and music lessons.
Author
Series
Publisher
Margaret Ferguson Books/Farrar Straus Giroux
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Simon Ellis and the rest of the third grade Franklin School Friends participate in a spelling bee where Simon's competitive spirit takes over until he realizes that sometimes the best way to win is to take a chance and let other people shine.