Joy Perkins' Library
Ringgold Elementary
| ISBN | Title | Author | Description | Publisher |
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| 978-0-374-36096-2 | The Pout-Pout Fish (A Pout-Pout Fish Adventure, 1) | Diesen, Deborah | A NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLERDeep in the water,Mr. Fish swims aboutWith his fish face stuckIn a permanent pout.Can his pals cheer him up?Will his pout ever end?Is there something he can learnFrom an unexpected friend?Swim along with the pout-pout fish as he discovers that being glum and spreading “dreary wearies” isn’t really his destiny. Bright ocean colors and playful rhyme come together in this fun fish story that’s sure to turn even the poutiest of frowns upside down.School Library JournalPreS-Gr 1- A rhythmic, rhyming text introduces a fish with a mouth that turns down at the corners and a correspondingly gloomy attitude. One by one, his ocean-dwelling friends try to cheer him up, but he resists their efforts with a pessimistic, yet snappy refrain: "I'm a pout-pout fish/With a pout-pout face,/So I spread the dreary-wearies/All over the place." Finally, a mysterious female fish approaches and silently plants a kiss "upon his pout." He is instantly struck by the epiphany that he is actually a "kiss-kiss fish/With a kiss-kiss face/For spreading cheery-cheeries/All over the place!" and demonstrates his newfound outlook by smooching his friends. Though the bouncy rhythm is appealing, many of the rhymes are forced, and the poetry doesn't always scan. On the positive side, the cartoon illustrations of undersea life are bright and clean and the protagonist's exaggerated expressions are entertaining. The layout is attractive, and the three-panel sequences showing the fish moping around during the refrain are especially well done.-Rachael Vilmar, Eastern Shore Regional Library, MD | Farrar, Straus and Giroux |
| 9780439136662 | The Shape of the Things | Dayle Ann Dodds | 1994 The Shape of Things (P) by Dayle Ann Dodds / Illustrated by Julie Lacome ***ISBN-13: 9780439136662 | Scholastic |
| 9780670844876 | The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales | Jon Scieszka | Madcap revisions of familiar fairy tales. | Viking Books for Young Readers |
| 9780545259880 | The Story of Ferdinand | Munro Leaf | Ferdinand likes to sit quietly and smell the flowers, but one day he gets stung by a bee and his snorting and stomping convince everyone that he is the fiercest of bulls. | |
| 9781789479843 | The Very Hungry Worry Monsters | Rosie Greening | A funny story to help children talk about their worries. | |
| 9780807592076 | The Woodshed Mystery | Gertrude Chandler Warner | Scholastic | |
| 9780807593660 | The Yellow House Mystery | Gertrude Chandler Warner | The spooky old house on Surprise Island intrigues Benny. | Albert Whitman |
| 9780671703790 | Third Grade Is Terrible | Barbara Baker | Liza is convinced third grade is going to be great until she gets to school that first day and everything starts going wrong. | Aladdin |
| 9780763642846 | Those Shoes | Maribeth Boelts, Noah Z. Jones | Jeremy, who longs to have the black high tops that everyone at school seems to have but his grandmother cannot afford, is excited when he sees them for sale in a thrift shop and decides to buy them even though they are the wrong size. | Candlewick Press |
| 9780763673154 | Tiny Creatures | Nicola Davies | Introduction of the world's tiniest living organisms. | Candlewick Press (MA) |
| 9781505091175 | Treasure Island | Robert Louis Stevenson | who can outsmart a pack of pirates and the murderous Long John Silver? Who is fearless enough to single-handedly board a ship and steal it back? Who else but the most daring lad of all-young Jim Hawkins! Get ready for excitement and terror from the moment Jim finds a treasure map to the final hunt for buried gold. | |
| 9780807580875 | Tree House Mystery (14) (The Boxcar Children Mysteries) | Albert Whitman & Company | ||
| 9780440409762 | Tricks And Treats (Pee Wee Scouts) | Judy Delton | As Halloween approaches, Mrs. Peters puts the Pee Wees to work earning their treats by writing scary stories, making costumes, and bringing food to the local food bank, all for the less fortunate kids in town. Original. | Yearling |
| 9780545351317 | Two of Everything | Lily Toy Hong | A poor old Chinese farmer finds a magic brass pot that doubles or duplicates whatever is placed inside it, but his efforts to make himself wealthy lead to unexpected complications. | |
| 9781984850270 | Uni Goes to School (Uni the Unicorn) | Amy Krouse Rosenthal | Uni the Unicorn for early readers! This Step 2 Step into Reading book about Uni and friends going to school is great for back-to-school time, or any day of the year! It's the first day of school! Join Uni on this all-new adventure in the land of unicorns! Unicorns can fix things with their horns, and Uni wants to learn. But learning anything takes time, practice, and belief in yourself. And unicorn magic only works if you're helping others. At first, Uni doesn't have a very magical horn. Will Uni be able to fix a nest and help the birds? Uni the unicorn is a charming and relatable character! Fans of the picture books, as well as new Uni fans, will be excited to join this bighearted unicorn on an amazing journey. Look for all the Uni stories, including Uni's First Sleepover and more! Step 2 readers use basic vocabulary and short sentences to tell simple stories. They are perfect for children who recognize familiar words and can sound out new words with help. | Random House Books for Young Readers |
| 9780590257831 | Unicorns Don't Give Sleigh Rides (The Adventures of the Bailey School Kids, No. 28) | Dadey, Debbie, Jones, Marcia Thornton, Jones, Marcia T. | there Are Some Pretty Weird Grown-ups Living In Bailey City. when Liza Takes A Spill At The Local Stables And Hurts Her Knee, She Could Swear A Magical Creature Comes To Her Rescue. Her Friends Don't Believe Her, But Liza Is Sure That It Was No Ordinary Horse Pulling That Sleigh. Could Mr. Withers, The Man Who Runs The Stables, really Be Keeping A Unicorn?children's Literatureliza And Her Friends Melody, Eddie And Howie Are Headed To The Bailey City Stables To Take Care Of The Pony Liza Rides. Liza Is Limping Because Of A Fall She Took Slipping On Ice The Evening Before. She Tells Her Friends She Was Rescued By A Unicorn Pulling A Sleigh, But They Don't Believe Her. Still, They Begin To Discover Little Miracles, Like Poinsettias Growing Through The Snow Beside The Barn. As Liza Points Out, Poinsettias Are Tropical Plants And Would Freeze In Snowy Country. She Also Mentions The Myth That Magical Flowers Grow Where A Unicorn Walks. Eddie Gets Mad At His Friends Because They Tease Him, Which He Hates—not That He Minds Teasing Others. He Stays Outside When The Others Go Into The Barn, And He Discovers A Snowy White Horse That Leads Him To An Abandoned Barn. There, He Finds A Kitten Which He Takes Back To His Friends. Liza Insists The Horse Eddie Saw Is Magic. Eddie Says He's Going To Prove Her Wrong. The Next Day, The Group Takes A Sleigh Ride. They Find Poinsettias Growing By The Abandoned Barn. Liza Is Sure The Plants Are There To Lead Them To Something. Sure Enough, They Find An Abandoned Puppy. Eddie's Plan To Prove Liza Wrong Backfires, And Howie's Plan To Search All The Stalls For The Unicorn Nets Them The Job Of Cleaning Out The Stalls. Then, Liza Comes Up With The Idea Of Mr. Withers, The Stables Owner, Donating The Abandoned Barn To The City For An Animal Shelter. The Book Is From The Adventures Of The Bailey School Kids Series. It's A Nice Read With A Good Message About Caring For Others. Reviewer: Sarah Maury Swan | Scholastic |
| 9781585360338 | V Is for Volunteer | Michael Shoulders | Each letter of the alphabet is represented by some historical, geographical, or cultural fact about Tennessee. | Discover America State by Stat |
| 9780679890614 | Viking Ships at Sunrise | Mary Pope Osborne | In search of another story in jeopardy, Jack and Annie go to ancient Ireland where they visit a monastery. When the Vikings land, Jack and Annie have to escape! | Random House Books for Young Readers |
| 9780448446783 | Vote For Suzanne (Katie Kazoo, Switcheroo) | Krulik, Nancy | everyone In Cherrydale Has Election Fever! While The Adults Get Ready To Vote For Town Mayor, The Fourth Graders Are Holding An Election For A Fourth Grade Mayor! Both Katie And Suzanne Are Nominated, And Suzanne Really (really, Really!) Wants To Win. She Even Tries To Sabotage Katie's Campaign! Katie Is Furious At Her Ex-best Friend, Until Two Hilarious Switcheroos Teach Her That Politics Is A Tricky Business—and Not Worth Losing Her Best Friend Over. | Grosset & Dunlap |
| 9781338240948 | Wallace and Grace Take the Case | Heather Alexander | In their first adventure, Wallace and Grace meet a rabbit who is sure he saw a ghost! Something is spooking the garden . . . Can Wallace and Grace solve this case? |