Kathy Melton's Library
Sango Elementary
| ISBN | Title | Author | Description | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9781570914980 | Leaf Jumpers | Carole Gerber | This vibrant poem celebrates the beauty of autumn while inviting us all to go ahead and jump in that big, colorful, pile of fall leaves. Leslie Evan’s bold artwork brings together gold, orange, yellow, red, and brown leaves into a literary pile creating the magic of autumn for young readers. The poetic text gives simple facts about different types of fall leaves making it easy for readers to identify leaves ranging from red maple to sycamore by color, shape, and other characteristics. Informative and fun, Carole Gerber brings us a wonderful introduction to seasons and science for the earliest of leaf jumpers. | Charlesbridge |
| 9780064467155 | Lemonade for Sale (MathStart 3) | Murphy, Stuart J. | Four kids and their sidekick, Petey the parrot, run a sometimes thriving lemonade stand whose patrons include all kinds of wacky neighbors—even a juggler. They create a bar graph to track the rise and fall of their lemonade sales. Illustrator Tricia Tusa has imbued the story with her delightful sense of humor and has made understanding bar graphs a breeze. The Elm Street Kids' Club decides to sell lemonade to earn money to fix up their clubhouse and they use a graph to keep track of their sales. | HarperCollins |
| 9780547009483 | Leo the Late Bloomer: Little Big Book Grade K | Reading | Journeys | |
| 9780060001261 | Less Than Zero | Stuart J. Murphy | “Kids, young and old, fall in love with math when they see how real-life and effortless it becomes thanks to these books.” —Kimberly D. Mueller, Ed.D., First Grade Teacher, Ashbrook School, Lumberton NJLess Than Zero is perfect for teaching negative numbers to second, third, and fourth graders. Perry the Penguin needs 9 clams to buy an ice scooter—but he's not very good at saving. As Perry earns, spends, finds, loses, and borrows clams, a simple line graph demonstrates the concept of negative numbers.Kids will love the story and the illustrations by Frank Remkiewicz. Parents and educators will love how the story and pictures make understanding the math concepts a breeze—as well as the concrete examples of how math works. The book contains activities for adults to do with kids to extend math into their own lives.Math skills are life skills, and the MathStart series supports success! This award-winning series by Stuart J. Murphy teaches math through stories and visual models 63 books divided into three levels with 21 books in each Fun activities kids will love are included to help parents and teachers emphasize the lessons Engaging and relatable stories, with each story revolving around practical applications of the math concept presented Lively art from top-notch illustrators Charts and other visual representations help children understand how the math works and promote deeper comprehensionMathStart's unique combination of stories, illustrations, and visual models helps teachers and parents in the teaching of math and provides all children with the opportunity to succeed.The math concepts taught in MathStart books conform to state and national standards. Level 1 is Pre-K–Kindergarten; Level 2 is Grades 1–3; Level 3 is Grades 2–4. The series follows math topics across grades so there is a foundational path to learning that runs through the levels.Help kids with their math skills plus their reading skills with the engaging and fun MathStart series! | HarperCollins |
| 9781338280067 | Let's Go for a Drive! | Mo Willems | Elephant Gerald and Piggie want to go for a drive, but as Gerald thinks of one thing after another that they will have to take along, they come to realize that they lack the most important thing of all. | |
| 9780688128975 | Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse | Kevin Henkes | Lilly loves everything about school, especially her cool teacher, Mr. Slinger. But when Lilly brings her purple plastic purse and its treasures to school and can't wait until sharing time, Mr. Slinger confiscates her prized possessions. Lilly's fury leads to revenge and then to remorse and she sets out to make amends. Lilly, the star of Chester's Way and Julius, the Baby of the World, is back. And this time she has her name in the title - something she's wanted all along. If you thought Lilly was funny before, you are in for a treat. So hurry up and start reading. Lilly can't wait for you to find out more about her. | Harper Collins |
| 9780545175715 | Lion vs. Tiger | Jerry Pallotta | What would happen if a lion and a tiger met each other? What if they were both hungry? What if they had a fight? Who do you think would win? | |
| 9780395854020 | Listen, Buddy | Helen Lester, Lynn Munsinger | A lop-eared rabbit named Buddy finds himself in trouble with the Scruffy Varmint because he never listens. | Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |
| 9780547010229 | Listen, Listen, Read Aloud Level K Unit 2 Book 6 | Phillis Gershator, Reading | Part of a 31 book set of Kindergarten readers. | Houghton Mifflin School |
| 9780545916523 | Little Puppy and the Big Green Monster | Mike Wohnoutka | A puppy invites a monster to play with him, but soon discovers that the monster is not very good at such games as tag or hide-and-seek. | |
| 9780689847233 | Little Quack | Lauren Thompson | Little Quack is a duck out of water. As his brothers and sisters splish, splash, and splosh their way into the pond behind their mama, he is left all alone on the shore. Little Quack wants to join his family. Can he find the courage to be a very small duck in a very big pond?Count along and find out! The QUACK-U-LATOR keeps score, adding a splash of math to all the fun! | Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers |
| 9781338125818 | Little Red and the Very Hungry Lion | Alex T. Smith | In this version of Little Red Riding Hood, set on the African plains, Little Red realizes what the Very Hungry Lion is up to, and teaches him a lesson before generously sharing her donuts with him. | Scholastic Press |
| 9780711241008 | Llamas | Camilla De la Bedoyere | What is a llama? What do llamas look like? Let's find out! Learn about llamas in this simple information book that helps build reading confidence. | |
| 9781580896955 | Lola Plants a Garden (Lola Reads) | Anna McQuinn | In this Lola Reads picture book, Lola learns how to plant a flower garden in this simple and sweet story about gardening and patience.After Lola reads a book of garden poems, she wants to plant some flowers. She gets books from the library and chooses her plants. Then Lola and her mommy buy the seeds, make the garden, and mark the rows. Lola finds it hard to wait, but at last the flowers bloom. Now it's time for a party with her friends!The Lola Reads series celebrates family time and togetherness through reading, special activities, and new adventures. | Charlesbridge |
| 9780670883783 | Look Out Kindergarten, Here I Come! | Nancy L. Carlson | Even though Henry is looking forward to going to kindergarten, he is not sure about staying once he first gets there. | Puffin |
| 9780545682510 | Looking at Lincoln | Maira Kalman | A brief look at the life of United States president Abraham Lincoln. | |
| 9780805046465 | Lunch | Denise Fleming | It's time for lunch, and one little mouse is famished! In fact, he's so hungry that once he starts eating, he can't stop. He sinks his teeth into a crisp white turnip, gobbles up some orange carrots, devours an ear of yellow corn, then tosses back some tender green peas. He's full, but this mouse keeps on munching until his bulging belly won't hold another bite.Parents will see their own toddlers in this perky tale, and toddlers won't get enough of the gregarious little mouse. They'll proudly identify the colors of his (and their) favorite foods, and enjoy guessing what fruit or vegetable he'll eat next. Color-savvy readers are sure to spot the rainbow contained in the background pages-- and almost everyone will agree that this is one book about colors that makes the plain old primaries look positively pale!An ALA Notable Book | Square Fish |
| 9781338660685 | Macca the Alpaca | Matt Cosgrove | When Macca runs into a llama who tries to bully him, he uses his brains and his kindness to teach the llama some important lessons. | |
| 9780545849289 | Maggi and Milo | Juli Brenning | Maggi and her dog Milo work as partners in perfecting the art of froghunting. | |
| 9780060557775 | Mall Mania | Stuart J. Murphy | Shopping, counting, and a birthday present all add up to a surprise ending on Mall Mania Day! A lighthearted look at addition strategies | Harper Collins |