Brenda Claytor's Library
Rossview Elementary
| ISBN | Title | Author | Description | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9780140556636 | The Letters Are Lost! | Lisa Campbell Ernst | Once upon a time, all the letters of the alphabet were together. But now they're lost! One showed up in the Bath. There was one under a Hat, another one on a Quilt, and even one in the Sandbox. Where are the rest? Readers will delight in finding out in this vibrant, charming introduction to the alphabet. Inviting and stimulating. — Publishers WeeklyPublishers WeeklyPW called this ABC primer featuring wooden alphabet blocks inviting and stimulating. Ages 2-6. (Jan.) | Puffin Books |
| 9780807545461 | The Lighthouse Mystery | Gertrude Chandler Warner | Renting a lighthouse is unusual, but even more so is an unfriendly boy's peculiar behavior. | Albert Whitman |
| 9780899193496 | The Little Red Hen | Paul Galdone | Unaided by her three lazy animal companions, an industrious hen tends to all the chores on their New England farm. | Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |
| 9780307960306 | The Little Red Hen | Diane Muldrow | Beloved illustrator J. P. Miller’s graphic, colorful farm animals seem to jump right off the page—but they aren’t jumping to help the Little Red Hen plant her wheat! Young children will learn a valuable lesson about teamwork from this funny, favorite folktale. | National Geographic Books |
| 9781442496903 | The Lost Stone | Jordan Quinn | Welcome to the Kingdom of Wrenly—a new chapter book series full of fantasy and adventure. Meet Lucas, the eight year-old prince, and Clara, the daughter of the queen’s seamstress. Lucas is an only child who longs to make friends and go on adventures. Clara knows the kingdom well, so she and Lucas team up and explore the lands of Wrenly! In The Lost Stone, Lucas and Clara search for Queen Tasha’s missing emerald. On their exciting adventure, they travel to all the main attractions of Wrenly: Primlox (the island of fairies), Burth (the island of trolls), Crestwood (the island of dragons), Hobsgrove (the island of wizards), and the beautiful Mermaid’s Cove. King Caleb has promised to reward the person who finds the precious stone, and Lucas and Clara are determined to search the entire kingdom until they find it! With easy-to-read language and illustrations on almost every page, The Kingdom of Wrenly chapter books are perfect for beginning readers. | Little Simon |
| 9780590400244 | The Magic School Bus Gets Ants in Its Pants | Linda Beech, Joanna Cole | Ms. Frizzle's class decides to make a movie about ants for the school science fair. They follow an ant all the way into an anthill, and discover that it's crawling with activity. Join Ms. Frizzle and the Magic School Bus gang as they learn how ants work together. | Scholastic Inc. |
| 9780590414319 | The Magic School Bus on the Ocean Floor | Joanna Cole | On another special field trip on the magic school bus, Ms. Frizzle's class learns about the ocean and the different creatures that live there. | Scholastic Paperbacks |
| 9780590222969 | The Magic School Bus Plants Seeds | Patricia Relf, Joanna Cole | Ms. Frizzle's class shrinks to explore pollination. | Scholastic Inc. |
| 9780516244914 | The Moon | Carmen Bredeson | A simple introduction to the physical features, orbit, and efforts to explore the Earth's moon. | |
| 9780064450652 | The Moon Seems to Change | Franklyn M. Branley | Because the moon revolves around Earth, it seems to grow and shrink. Children can read about the phenomena of the moon’s phases and with an experiment using an orange, a pencil, and a flashlight, they can see why the moon looks different at different times of the month. ‘A welcome addition to science collections for young children.’ —SLJ. | Harper Collins |
| 9781481423670 | The Mystery Across the Secret Bridge | Harper Paris | While in Machu Picchu, Peru, with their parents, eight-year-old twins Ethan and Ella cross a secret bridge and discover a mysterious stone sculpture. | Simon and Schuster |
| 9781481402996 | The Mystery in the Forbidden City | Harper Paris | Separated from their parents in Beijing, China's Forbidden City, second-grade twins Ethan and Ella luckily find an ancient map that helps them find their way. | Simon and Schuster |
| 9781442497184 | The Mystery of the Gold Coin | Harper Paris | Second graders Ethan and Ella are sad about moving away from their hometown to travel the world with their mom, a journalist, and dad, who will home school them, but before they go they have a mystery to solve. | Simon and Schuster |
| 9781481414647 | The Mystery of the Lion's Tail | Harper Paris | "Twins Ethan and Ella are in the Maasai Mara in Kenya, and there's another mystery to solve. Where are all the lions? Ethan and Ella spot lots of cool animals, but the one they're most excited about, they can't seem to find"-- | Simon and Schuster |
| 9781442497214 | The Mystery of the Mosaic | Harper Paris | After arriving in Venice, Ethan and Ella embark on a high-speed gondola chase in the second book of this chapter book series about mystery, travel, and adventure. When Ethan and Ella first land in Venice, they are in awe of all the canals and tiny little streets. They’re especially excited to look for a five-hundred-year-old-mosaic near Calle Farnese that Grandpa Harry tells them about. While the twins are out getting gelato later that day, they notice someone looking around suspiciously as he unties a gondola from a dock. The next morning, the twins hear two gondoliers arguing, one of them accusing the other of stealing his most beautiful boat. The gondolier begs Ethan and Ella to help him find the boat. They agree, and also tell the man they need to get to Calle Farnese. Will the twins be able to find the stolen gondola and their Grandpa’s favorite mosaic...before dinner? With easy-to-read language and illustrations on almost every page, the Greetings from Somewhere chapter books are perfect for beginning readers. | Little Simon |
| 9781481414678 | The Mystery of the Suspicious Spices | Harper Paris | In a Mumbai market, twin detectives Ethan and Ella investigate why a spice seller's spices have suddenly gone bad. | Simon and Schuster |
| 9780152567088 | The Napping House | Audrey Wood, Carl Shaylen, Tims Project (Audrey Wood) | In this cumulative tale, a wakeful flea atop a number of sleeping creatures causes a commotion, with just one bite. | Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |
| 9780399251931 | The Night Before Christmas | Clement Clarke Moore | Presents the well-known poem about an important Christmas visitor. | Putnam Juvenile |
| 9780762416332 | The Nutcracker | E.T.A. Hoffmann | Celebrate the holidays with this bestselling Christmas classic. Adults as well as children look forward to attending an annual performance of The Nutcracker. To sweeten the anticipation and prolong the joy--or just to establish a lovely tradition--settle in with this charming retelling of a young girl's dreamy visit to the Land of the Sugarplum Fairy. The story is enhanced with magnificent color illustrations created especially for this edition by the late award-winning artist Don Daily. This high-quality, handsomely produced volume is destined to be a holiday favorite for years to come. | Running Press Kids |
| 9780399231162 | The Other Side | Jacqueline Woodson | Two girls, one white and one black, gradually get to know each other as they sit on the fence that divides the white part of town from the black part of town. | Nancy Paulsen Books |