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Books with author Lisa Harrington

  • Rocky Mountain National Park

    Lisa M. Herrington

    Paperback (Children's Press, Sept. 1, 2017)
    Young readers will love exploring the snow-covered peaks that soar to the heights of Rocky Mountain National Park.Follow Ranger Rick as he gives the youngest reader (Ages 6-7) a fun and fascinating tour of some of the most spectacular places in the United States. Stunning photos, fun and informative text, and a helpful field guide introduce the wonder of America's national parks to the youngest readers. Young readers will love exploring the snow-covered peaks that soar to the heights of Rocky Mountain National Park. They'll also enjoy discovering the park's plants, animals, and other landforms.
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  • Daughter of Havenglade

    H.C. Harrington

    language (, Sept. 21, 2016)
    An Epic Quest Through The Magical World of HavengladeA sinister wizard. A mysterious teacher. A kingdom on the brink of collapse. In the ancient kingdom of Havenglade, a brutal enemy is ravaging the countryside making his way closer to Gradur Castle. An aging king seeks protection from a council of loyal wizards. A peasant girl finds herself at the center of it all after bonding with a magical crystal and absorbing its magical essence. After losing her parents, Laurena was given the chance of a lifetime to study wizardry under the mysterious and renowned teacher Unai. Can she learn to harness the powers inside her before it's too late?
  • The Statue of Liberty

    Lisa M. Herrington

    Paperback (Children's Press, Sept. 1, 2014)
    Learn all about how and why this symbol of liberty came to be.Rookie Read-About: American Symbols series gives the youngest reader (Ages 3-6) an introduction to history and significance of America's symbols. Each book includes chapters that help readers identify key details while the photographs, timelines and other text features encourage students to make connections between historical events.Shining like a beacon in New York Harbor, Lady Liberty represents freedom to all who see her.
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  • Beans to Chocolate

    Lisa M. Herrington

    Library Binding (Childrens Pr, Jan. 15, 2013)
    Introduce your learners to science! Through simple text and clear photographs, young minds will learn how some of their favorite things are made. Key Features: Step-by-Step recap with photos at the end of each book Fast facts - offering fun, sometimes little known facts about the subject Low, accessible reading level for emergent and struggling readers Glossary with pictures provides a visual review of important vocabulary terms Large, colorful photos provide a visual connection to the text Additional content for further learning on this subject available at www.factsfornow.scholastic.com
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  • The Goodbye Girls

    Lisa Harrington

    Paperback (Nimbus Publishing, April 26, 2018)
    The students at Lizzie's high school are notoriously terrible at breakups. Forget awkward conversations―they're dumping each other via text. Inspired by the terrible breakups around her, sixteen-year-old Lizzie, strapped for cash and itching to go on the school's band trip to NYC, teams up with her best friend, Willa, to create a genius business: personalized gift baskets―breakup baskets―sent from dumper to dumpee. The Goodbye Girls operate in secret, and business is booming. But it's not long before someone begins sabotaging The Goodbye Girls, sending impossibly cruel baskets to seemingly random targets, undermining everything Lizzie and Willa have built and jeopardizing their anonymity. Soon family, friendship, and a budding romance are on the line. Will Lizzie end up saying goodbye to the business for good?
  • Close Encounters of the Nerd Kind

    Kim Harrington

    Paperback (Sterling Children's Books, Aug. 1, 2017)
    Pokémon Go meets The Goonies in this exciting new adventure series! First they took on monsters. Now they have to face ALIENS. Come join Bex and Charlie on their second thrilling adventure in the GAMER SQUAD series! After their scary adventure, Bex and Charlie have sworn never to play Monsters Unleashed again. Then Veratrum Games Corp releases a new augmented reality game featuring aliens instead of monsters, and the best friends just can’t resist. After all, everyone loves it, even their science teacher, because it includes real star charts. But when they go to an observatory on a class trip, and open the game near a radio telescope, they get more than they bargained for: REAL aliens. One is sweet and kind; the other . . . not so much. Can Bex and Charlie capture the bad ET before it destroys their town?
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  • App of the Living Dead

    Kim Harrington

    Paperback (Sterling Children's Books, Oct. 3, 2017)
    Pokémon Go meets The Goonies in this exciting new adventure series! Monsters. Aliens. What’s next? Use your BRAINS and figure it out! In their third exciting adventure, Bex and Charlie battle the living dead—ZOMBIES. After all they’ve gone through, Bex and Charlie have no intention of playing the new zombie game that Veratrum Games Corp just released. But everyone else in town is hooked, and when a flu sweeps the school, turning teachers and students into the undead, it turns out that only non-players are immune. Now, Charlie and Bex have to find a way to save their friends and neighbors—and stop the company from unleashing more of their deadly games.
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  • The Goodbye Girls

    Lisa Harrington

    eBook (Nimbus, June 6, 2018)
    The students at Lizzie's high school are notoriously terrible at breakups. Forget awkward conversations—they're dumping each other via text. Inspired by the terrible breakups around her, sixteen-year-old Lizzie, strapped for cash and itching to go on the school's band trip to NYC, teams up with her best friend, Willa, to create a genius business: personalized gift baskets—breakup baskets—sent from dumper to dumpee. The Goodbye Girls operate in secret, and business is booming. But it's not long before someone begins sabotaging The Goodbye Girls, sending impossibly cruel baskets to seemingly random targets, undermining everything Lizzie and Willa have built and jeopardizing their anonymity. Soon family, friendship, and a budding romance are on the line. Will Lizzie end up saying goodbye to the business for good?
  • How Do You Know It's Spring?

    Lisa M. Herrington

    Paperback (Children's Press, Sept. 1, 2013)
    How do you know its spring?Through vivid photos and engaging nonfiction text, this fun and fact-filled Rookie Read-About Science book answers the question, How do you know its spring? Covering everything from weather patterns to animal behaviors to seasonal activities, How Do You Know Its Spring? gives readers (Ages 6-7) an in-depth look at this season of renewal.
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  • Seed to Plant

    Lisa M. Herrington

    Paperback (C. Press/F. Watts Trade, March 1, 2014)
    Nothing says summer is here like the big, bright blossoms of a sunflower!In this book, readers (Ages 6-7) learn how this towering plant starts out life-as a small black seed. They also learn about the different parts of the plant and how they all work together to help it grow and thrive.
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  • Close Encounters of the Nerd Kind

    Kim Harrington

    eBook (Sterling Children's Books, Aug. 1, 2017)
    Pokémon Go meets The Goonies in this exciting new adventure series! First they took on monsters. Now they have to face ALIENS. Come join Bex and Charlie on their second thrilling adventure in the GAMER SQUAD series! After their scary adventure, Bex and Charlie have sworn never to play Monsters Unleashed again. Then Veratrum Games Corp releases a new augmented reality game featuring aliens instead of monsters, and the best friends just can’t resist. After all, everyone loves it, even their science teacher, because it includes real star charts. But when they go to an observatory on a class trip, and open the game near a radio telescope, they get more than they bargained for: REAL aliens. One is sweet and kind; the other . . . not so much. Can Bex and Charlie capture the bad ET before it destroys their town?
  • Giant Pandas

    Lisa M. Herrington

    Paperback (Children's Press, Feb. 1, 2019)
    Did you know that a giant panda eats more than 600 bamboo stems a day?Nature's Children series provides young readers (Ages 8-10) with fascinating information about the planet's most incredible wildlife species. Each title offers a complete picture of the animal- from birth to adulthood- and describes its place in our world, including how humans impact it and its environment. Did you know that a giant panda eats more than 600 bamboo stems a day-but that it doesn't stop these bears from being expert tree climbers?
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