Kathy Melton's Library
Sango Elementary
| ISBN | Title | Author | Description | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9781564025968 | Martin Waddell, Helen Oxenbury | When a kind and hardworking duck nearly collapses from overwork, while taking care of a farm because the owner is too lazy to do so, the rest of the animals get together and chase the farmer out of town. | Candlewick Press (MA) | |
| 9781578050857 | Barbara Bash | Documents the life cycle and ecosystem of the giant saguaro cactus and the desert animals it helps to support. | Gibbs Smith | |
| 9781580894517 | Stuart J. Murphy | Friendship is tricky! This installment in the I See I Learn® series introduces youngsters to basic friend-making skills. Emma just moved to a new town. She wants to make friends with the girl next door, but what should she do? What if she smiles, asks to play, and shares her toys? Pre-readers and beginning readers will love this sweet story and learn valuable tips about making friends of their own. Part of the sixteen book I SEE I LEARN® series for happier, healthier, more confident children! | National Geographic Books | |
| 9781580894531 | Stuart J. Murphy | When Percy plays at the park, he's a monster! Roaring and growling, he climbs up the slide, stomps in the sandbox, and jumps off the swing. Will he ever learn how to be a safe monster? Part of the sixteen book I SEE I LEARN® series for happier, healthier, more confident children! | National Geographic Books | |
| 9781580894579 | Stuart J. Murphy | Planning a party is fun, but it's also a lot of work! This installment in the I See I Learn® series teaches youngsters sequencing and procedural skills for a shindig to remember. Freda's mom says that she can invite her friends to a picnic in her backyard. There is so much to do, from packing the picnic basket to cleaning up. Will Freda's plan be a success? Easy-to-follow diagrams and visual aids help readers grasp the beginnings of step-by-step thinking. Part of the sixteen book I SEE I LEARN® series for happier, healthier, more confident children! | Charlesbridge Publishing | |
| 9781580894593 | Stuart J. Murphy | Camille loves to build sand forts at the beach. But it's hard to build a big fort alone. Camille and her friends make a plan. They find that they can get more done--and have more fun--when they work together. Part of the sixteen book I SEE I LEARN® series for happier, healthier, more confident children! | National Geographic Books | |
| 9781580894630 | Stuart J. Murphy | Getting lost is scary! This installment in the I See I Learn® series equips youngsters with a basic skillset for finding their group again after getting separated. Freda is excited to be on a class field trip. But after she stops to look in a store window, she can't find her group. What does she do now? This gentle, clearly-illustrated book gives easy-to-follow tips for staying calm, finding help, and giving identifying details. Part of the sixteen book I SEE I LEARN® series for happier, healthier, more confident children! | Charlesbridge Publishing | |
| 9781580894654 | Stuart J. Murphy | Carlos wants to write his name like some of his friends can. After he practices over and over again, Carlos is proud to show his friends what he can do. Part of the sixteen book I SEE I LEARN® series for happier, healthier, more confident children! | Charlesbridge Publishing | |
| 9781590782552 | Patricia Zelver | The incredible artwork of an Italian immigrant who followed his dream of monumental proportions in the impoverished Watts neighborhood of Los Angeles is revealed in this fascinating and engaging true story. Simon (Sam) Rodia had no formal engineering or architectural training. Yet, over the course of three decades, he constructed an artistic masterpiece in his own backyard – the Watts Towers. Using all kinds of things other people had thrown away, such as broken bottles and tiles, pieces of mirror and glass, seashells, and bits of pottery, he adorned the collection of 17 interconnected sculptural towers. His imaginative salvaging and perseverance can be seen today, as people from all over the world still come to marvel at Sam’s dream. | Archie Comic Publications (Trade) | |
| 9781595722997 | Emily Jenkins | How small is itty--bitty? How large is COLOSSAL? Where does medium fit in? Young readers will be introduced to these and other lively, colorful characters in the wonderful world of relative sizes, classification, and measurement. Small Medium Large is a super--sized adventure featuring Teeny--weeny, Enormous, and their other friends. Vibrant illustrations showcase the size creatures to bolster the fun in learning early math concepts. | ||
| 9781609929855 | Nancy Dickmann | "We will never be able to visit the distant stars that twinkle overhead each night, but scientists are still learning more each day about the furthest reaches of the universe. This informative, colorful book will introduce students to the life and death of stars, the structure of galaxies, dark matter, and other fascinating areas of exploration beyond the solar system"-- | ||
| 9781617419317 | Kelli Hicks | Emergent readers explore various scientifc tools such as a microscope, magnifying glass, and ruler. | My First Science Library K-1 | |
| 9781633220683 | Walter Foster Jr. Creative Team | This clever take on classic nursery rhymes revises the stories we all know into fun, interactive, "who done it" style puzzles for each page. | Walter Foster Jr | |
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| 9781930900684 | Wende Devlin | Recipe for cranberry cookies on back cover. | Cranberryport | |
| 9798671241198 | Makoto Honda, Kathleen Honda | Venus flaytrap | ||
| OS_6425E1A2FCBE4200B5845EFE | Kate DiCamillo | Metaphor alert! An ode to a certain pig kicks off one wild school day in Kate DiCamillo’s latest stop on Deckawoo Drive. Stella Endicott loves her teacher, Miss Liliana, and she is thrilled when the class is assigned to write a poem. Stella crafts a beautiful poem about Mercy Watson, the pig who lives next door — a poem complete with a metaphor and full of curiosity and courage. But Horace Broom, Stella's irritating classmate, insists that Stella’s poem is full of lies and that pigs do not live in houses. And when Stella and Horace get into a shouting match in the classroom, Miss Liliana banishes them to the principal’s office. Will the two of them find a way to turn this opposite-of-a-poem day around? In the newest spirited outing in the Deckawoo Drive series by Kate DiCamillo, anything is possible — even a friendship with a boy deemed to be (metaphorically speaking) an overblown balloon. | National Geographic Books | |
| 9780064431026 | "Pardon?" Said the Giraffe | Colin West | A small frog hops from the ground onto bigger and bigger animals in order to be heard by a giraffe. | HarperCollins Publishers |
| 9780060001209 | 3 Little Firefighters | Stuart J. Murphy | We're missing all our buttons! Three firefighters scramble to find 3 sets of matching buttons before the big parade starts. A lively introduction to the simple math concept of sorting by attributes. | Harper Collins |
| 9780439598385 | A Bad Case of Stripes | David Shannon | In order to ensure her popularity, Camilla Cream always does what is expected, until the day arrives when she no longer recognizes herself. | Scholastic Paperbacks |