Ashley Sparks' Library
West Creek Elementary
| ISBN | Title | Author | Description | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9780789202505 | The Story Of Chess | Horacio Cardo | After a steady stream of inventors, artists, and storytellers tried and failed, a man appeared with a box and a gameboard. So begins the story.The man explains how each piece moves, and why. For example, the king is all-powerful, so he can move in any direction. But because a ruler must be cautious, he can move only one square per turn. he animosity of the kings is so great that they can never occupy adjacent squares, and their importance is such that if a side loses its king, it has lost the war. Each piece is given similar treatment, as are such moves as check, checkmate, castling, and en passant. The highly individualistic illustrations help demonstrate the mechanics of the game explained in the text, and a more conventional board-and -piece icon on each page show that more literal interpretation of the move. Through an illustrated story of the creation of chess, this book provides narratives and visual devices for learning the game and remembering the moves.The Story of Chess will excite and teach children new to the game and will emphasize each piece's importance for those already familiar with the rules. | Abbeville Kids |
| 9780723268154 | The Tale of Peter Rabbit | Beatrix Potter | Level Two Follow the story of naughty Peter Rabbit as he squeezes under the gate into Mr. McGregor's garden and finds himself in all kinds of trouble! Beatrix Potter's original artwork and text have been adapted for this easy-to-read version of the classic tale. | Penguin |
| 9780439438940 | The Talent Show From the Black Lagoon | Mike Thaler, Jared D. Lee | When his teacher requires that everyone in class take part in the talent show, a boy asks his mother for suggestions and she insists he start taking piano lessons. | Scholastic Paperbacks |
| 9780439438940 | The Talent Show From the Black Lagoon | Mike Thaler, Jared D. Lee | When his teacher requires that everyone in class take part in the talent show, a boy asks his mother for suggestions and she insists he start taking piano lessons. | Scholastic Paperbacks |
| 9780439351560 | The Tall Tale Of John Henry | David Neufeld | Scholastic | |
| 9780316315975 | The Tapper Twins Go to War (with Each Other) | Geoff Rodkey | This bestselling first book in the Tapper Twins series is a hilariously authentic showcase of what it's like to be in middle school in our digitally-saturated world, told as a colorful "oral history" with photos, screenshots, text messages, chat logs, and online gaming digital art. Twelve-year-old twins, Claudia and Reese, who couldn't be more different...except in their determination to come out on top in a vicious prank war. But when the competition escalates into an all-out battle that's fought from the cafeteria of their New York City private school all the way to the fictional universe of an online video game, the twins have to decide if their efforts to destroy each other are worth the price. In a starred review, Publishers Weekly declared "This uproarious series opener... is packed with both laugh-out-loud moments and heart." Don't miss the further adventures of the Tapper Twins in The Tapper Twins Tear Up New York, The Tapper Twins Run for President, and The Tapper Twins Go Viral. | Little, Brown Books for Young Readers |
| 9780316315975 | The Tapper Twins Go to War (with Each Other) | Geoff Rodkey | This bestselling first book in the Tapper Twins series is a hilariously authentic showcase of what it's like to be in middle school in our digitally-saturated world, told as a colorful "oral history" with photos, screenshots, text messages, chat logs, and online gaming digital art. Twelve-year-old twins, Claudia and Reese, who couldn't be more different...except in their determination to come out on top in a vicious prank war. But when the competition escalates into an all-out battle that's fought from the cafeteria of their New York City private school all the way to the fictional universe of an online video game, the twins have to decide if their efforts to destroy each other are worth the price. In a starred review, Publishers Weekly declared "This uproarious series opener... is packed with both laugh-out-loud moments and heart." Don't miss the further adventures of the Tapper Twins in The Tapper Twins Tear Up New York, The Tapper Twins Run for President, and The Tapper Twins Go Viral. | Little, Brown Books for Young Readers |
| 9780805078824 | The Teddy Bear | David McPhail | A teddy bear, lost by the little boy who loves him, still feels loved after being rescued by a homeless man. | Macmillan |
| 9780805078824 | The Teddy Bear | David McPhail | A teddy bear, lost by the little boy who loves him, still feels loved after being rescued by a homeless man. | Macmillan |
| 071009004993 | The Tent | |||
| 9780689710537 | The Thanksgiving Story | Alice Dalgliesh | Aladdin | |
| 9780545686624 | The Three Little Pigs and the Somewhat Bad Wolf | Mark Teague | In this original version of the traditional tale, the three little pigs are in their usual trouble with the somewhat bad wolf--who is really just very hungry and frustrated that the pizza parlor will not serve him. | |
| 9780689842443 | The Tiny Seed | Carle, Eric | Join the tiny seed on an adventure as it becomes a giant flower!Publishers WeeklySteve Lavis looks at animals foreign and domestic with two Peek-Through Board Books. On the Farm follows the wooly sheep as he searches out who has eaten its breakfast. As each page is turned, more animals become visible through the die-cut spaces. The culprits are found behind the tractor. In the Jungle follows the same format, only this time a crocodile is in hiding. "Here I am!" shouts the crocodile on the last spread. Then he asks, "Who wants to hide next?" ( Apr.) Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information. | Aladdin |
| The True-Or-False Book Of Horses | ||||
| 0590470736 | The Valentine Bears | |||
| 9780689817212 | The View From Saturday | E.L. Konigsburg | From the Newbery Medal–winning author of the beloved classic From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler comes four jewel-like short stories—one for each of the team members of an Academic Bowl team—that ask questions and demonstrate surprising answers. How had Mrs. Olinski chosen her sixth-grade Academic Bowl team? She had a number of answers. But were any of them true? How had she really chosen Noah and Nadia and Ethan and Julian? And why did they make such a good team? It was a surprise to a lot of people when Mrs. Olinski’s team won the sixth-grade Academic Bowl contest at Epiphany Middle School. It was an even bigger surprise when they beat the seventh grade and the eighth grade, too. And when they went on to even greater victories, everyone began to ask: How did it happen? It happened at least partly because Noah had been the best man (quite by accident) at the wedding of Ethan’s grandmother and Nadia’s grandfather. It happened because Nadia discovered that she could not let a lot of baby turtles die. It happened when Ethan could not let Julian face disaster alone. And it happened because Julian valued something important in himself and saw in the other three something he also valued. Mrs. Olinski, returning to teaching after having been injured in an automobile accident, found that her Academic Bowl team became her answer to finding confidence and success. What she did not know, at least at first, was that her team knew more than she did the answer to why they had been chosen. | Atheneum Books for Young Readers |
| 9780021850990 | The Visitor's Club Grade 2 (Mcgraw-Hill Leveled Reading) | Judith lechner | McGraw-Hill School Division | |
| 9780525651857 | The Water Brought Us: The Story Of The Gullah-Speaking People | Muriel Miller Branch | A portrait of the Gullah-speaking people living in the West Indies and America traces their culture to its roots in the maroons, castles, and forts along the West African coast. | Dutton Books for Young Readers |
| 9781419700545 | The Wimpy Kid Movie Diary | Jeff Kinney | Go behind the scenes with Jeff Kinney and the making of the Diary of a Wimpy Kid movie! If you've ever wondered how a movie gets made, you're not alone. Author and illustrator Jeff Kinney didn't know either, but when his bestselling series, Diary of a Wimpy Kid, was turned into a live-action movie by 20th Century Fox, he learned how a book gets adapted into a major motion picture. Complete with photographs, script pages, storyboard sketches, costume designs, and original art by Jeff Kinney, The Wimpy Kid Movie Diary is the perfect companion to the bestselling series. | |
| 9781580891141 | The World That We Want | Kim Michelle Toft | Lyrical text and striking illustrations weave together the air, rain forest, mangrove, beach, tide pool, reef, atoll, and ocean to show how these habitats are all interconnected, in an in-depth look at these environments and the animals that call them home. Simultaneous. | Charlesbridge Publishing |