Blake Elementary Library: Kentucky Bluegrass Books 3-5

Visiting her grandmother in Australia, ten year-old Livy is reminded of the oath she made five years before to Bob, a strange, green creature in a disheveled chicken suit who cannot recall who or what he is. This magical story follows the rekindling of a friendship between Livy and Bob as she fulfills her promise to help him get home.

Rosie lives with her father who runs a doughnut shop and shares his love of reading until one day he has a stroke and everything changes. Rosie is placed in the care of her prickly grandfather, and her estranged mother gives away her beloved dog, Gus. Rosie is determined, however, to get Gus back no matter where her journey to find him takes her.

Ivy's animal-healing grandmother is going to need all the help she can get to clean up her overgrown yard in their town, Broomsweep, is going to win the title of "best town" in the kingdom. Getting things in order proves to be even more challenging when an injured griffin and a dragon with a cold unexpectedly descend upon grandmother's cottage.

Frederick Frederickson has a food-chain theory about life. There are lions, like the school bully. Gazelles, like the bullied kids. There are meerkats, and the fleas that live on the butts of meerkats. Frederick's a flea. That status changes as he finds himself at a camp for troubled boys and has to investigate the challenges of living a lie and preparing for a Category 5 hurricane that is barreling toward their camp.

One day, Mac, the smartest boy in his class in a small town in California, receives a telephone call from the Queen of England, recruiting him to find the crown jewels (well, actually just the Coronation Spoon). Soon, Mac embarks on his first adventure as a secret agent which will take him to France and eventually the Soviet Union with the Queen's corgi, Freddie, to help him through his hilarious encounters that include the King of France and a KGB officer.

Macy, a sixth grader who is deaf, is about to her life upended: her mom is remarrying, she is about to have six-year twins as stepsister, and she is moving into a new house. Frustrated, Macy, who has just been given a challenging genealogy school assignment, is told that she must help her elderly neighbor Iris, who is also getting ready to move to a nursing home. Despite their language barrier (Iris doesn't know sign language), an unusual but sweet friendship develops that may be just what Macy needs to help her face all the changes in her life.

A Scottish medieval adventure about the youngest in a war-band who must free her family from a castle prison after knights attack her home. One dark night, Drest's sheltered life on a remote Scottish headland is shattered when invading knights capture her family, but leave Drest behind. Her father, the Mad Wolf of the North, and her beloved brothers are a fearsome war-band, but now Drest is the only one who can save them. So she starts off on a wild rescue attempt, taking a wounded invader along as a hostage. Drest learns that the war-band is legendary for terrorizing the land. If she frees them, they'll not hesitate to hurt the gentle knight who's become her friend. Drest thought that all she wanted was her family back; now she has to wonder what their freedom would really mean. Is she her father's daughter or is it time to become her own legend?

In the late 1800s lived Lizzie Magie, a clever and charismatic woman with a strong sense of justice. Waves of urban migration drew Lizzie's attention to rising financial inequality. One day she had an idea: create a game that shows the unfairness of the landlord-tenant relationship. But game players seemed to have the most fun pretending to be wealthy landowners. Uncover the history of this game and its transformation into the beloved Monopoly game.

Louie doesn't have the best luck when it comes to nurturing small creatures. So when his father brings home a sickly newborn mini donkey, he's determined to save him. He names him Winslow. Taking care of him helps Louie feel closer to his brother, Gus, who is far, far away in the army. Everyone worries that Winslow won't survive, especially Louie's quirky new friend, Nora, who has experienced loss of her own. But as Louie's bond with Winslow grows, surprising and life-altering events prove that this fragile donkey is stronger than anyone could have imagined.

Fifth grader Lester, a space enthusiast and homeschool kid, suddenly finds himself thrust into the world of public elementary school. Lester faces the ups and downs of making friends, meeting bullies, learning about his autism diagnosis, and finding joy- and heartbreak - in the science fair. Join Lester on a journey to find his way in school and to discover that what is most important isn't what you can do, but who you are.