Lauren Wade's Library
Byrns L. Darden Elementary
| ISBN | Title | Author | Description | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| orcalftub7xd00p651qp3tlqdi15 | Do You Want to be My Friend? | |||
| 9781484767603 | Drawn Together | Minh Lê | When a young boy visits his grandfather, their lack of a common language leads to confusion, frustration, and silence. But as they sit down to draw together, something magical happens-with a shared love of art and storytelling, the two form a bond that goes beyond words. With spare, direct text by Minh L and luminous illustrations by Caldecott Medalist Dan Santat, this stirring picturebook about reaching across barriers will be cherished for years to come. | Disney-Hyperion |
| 9780439698887 | Dreaming of America | Eve Bunting | Annie Moore care for her two younger brothers on board the ship sailing from Ireland to America where she becomes the first immigrant processed through Ellis Island, January 1, 1892, her fifteenth birthday. | |
| 9780545201193 | Duck at the Door | Jackie Urbanovic | When Max the duck decides to stay behind when his flock flies south, Irene invites him to stay with her and her pets for the winter. | |
| 9780545291330 | Duck Soup | Jackie Urbanovic | Maxwell Duck is trying to invent a soup that everyone will remember him for, but when he goes out to look for the missing ingredient and his friends show up, they think he has fallen into the soup. | |
| 9780439403122 | Earthquake in the Early Morning | Mary Pope Osborne | The magic tree house takes Jack and Annie to San Francisco in 1906, in time for them to experience one of the biggest earthquakes the United States had ever known. | |
| 9780590437714 | Eating Fractions | Bruce McMillan | Food is cut into halves, quarters, and thirds to illustrate how parts make a whole. Simple recipes included. | Scholastic Paperbacks |
| 9781570918926 | Equal Shmequal | Virginia Kroll | Mouse and her friends want to play tug-of-war, but they’ll need to use some everyday math to figure out how to make teams that are equal. As Mouse looks at various solutions she is not sure what it means to be equal. Nothing works until Mouse starts to think about it mathematically and divides the teams based on weight. Wonderful illustrations capture Mouse and her animal friends from whiskers to tails as they work to measure and equalize their teams based on size, weight, and effort. A perfect addition to any STEM/STEAM collection that shows readers how math can be used in everyday problem solving. | Charlesbridge Publishing |
| Explorers From Columbus To Armstrong | ||||
| 9780142410349 | Fantastic Mr. Fox | Roald Dahl | Nobody outfoxes Fantastic Mr. Fox! Someone's been stealing from the three meanest farmers around, and they know the identity of the thief—it's Fantastic Mr. Fox! Working alone they could never catch him; but now fat Boggis, squat Bunce, and skinny Bean have joined forces, and they have Mr. Fox and his family surrounded. What they don't know is that they're not dealing with just any fox—Mr. Fox would rather die than surrender. Only the most fantastic plan can save him now. | National Geographic Books |
| 9781580890618 | First Day Jitters | Julie Danneberg | Everyone knows that sinking feeling in the pit of the stomach just before diving into a new situation. Sarah Jane Hartwell is scared and doesn't want to start over at a new school. She doesn't know anybody, and nobody knows her. It will be awful. She just knows it. With much prodding from Mr. Hartwell, Sarah Jane reluctantly pulls herself together and goes to school. She is quickly befriended by Mrs. Burton, who helps smooth her jittery transition. This charming and familiar story will delight readers with its surprise ending. Fun, energetic illustrations brighten page after page with the busy antics surrounding Sarah Jane. FIRST DAY JITTERS is an enchanting story that is sure to be treasured by anyone who has ever anticipated a first day of school. | Charlesbridge Publishing |
| 9780590480352 | Five Famous Writers | Lynda Jones | This inspiring chapter biography depicts the lives of talented African American writers James Langston Hughes, Richard Wright, Gwendolyn Brooks, Virginia Hamilton, and Walter Dean Myers. | |
| 9780545343503 | Flat Stanley's Worldwide Adventure #6 - The African Safari Discovery | Greenhut, Josh | Scholastic | |
| 9780545314466 | Footprints in the Snow | |||
| 9780545251624 | Fractions, Decimals, And Percents | Adler, David | Fractions, Decimals, And Percents Are Everywhere! Just Take A Stroll Around A County Fair. There Are Fractions At The Pie-eating Contest, Decimals In The Arcade, And Percent Signs In The Prize Booth. Each Time You See A Fraction, Decimal, Or Percent, You Can Easily Convert It Into Its Equivalent. This Entertaining Picture Book Is Sure To Earn 100% From Math Students And Teachers-- | Holiday House |
| 9781479519521 | Frankly, I Never Wanted to Kiss Anybody! | Nancy Loewen | Introduces the concept of point of view through the prince's retelling of the classic fairy tale "The Frog Prince" -- | Capstone |
| 9781621572602 | Freddy The Frogcaster And The Huge Hurricane | Janice Dean | Freddy the Frogcaster is tracking the weather at Frog News Network when he realizes a huge hurricane is coming! Can the town of Lilypad prepare for the storm in time? Can Freddy report the weather on TV and make sure his family and friends are safe? Fox News Meteorologist Janice Dean "The Weather Machine" continues her beloved Freddy the Frogcaster series in this whirlwind adventure that will leave readers with lasting real-life advice on how to prepare for hurricane season. | Regnery Kids |
| 9781553370000 | Frog Princess, The | Rosalind Allchin | Frog has always imagined how wonderful life would be -- if only she were a princess. Now her wish is about to come true. The Prince has lost his golf ball in the palace pond and has promised anything to the one who can find it! But being a princess is not at all what Frog expects. Frog must make public appearances on the royal balcony, at a ship launch and at a jousting tournament -- and all this before lunch! Tired, confused and utterly famished, Frog hopes to find food at the evening ball. When she discovers, with horror, what delicacies are being served, she decides that the life of a princess is not for her. With frogs' legs a-flying (both hers and those on the platters!), Frog makes a quick getaway and returns to her simple life. | Kids Can Press |
| 9780545398145 | Gary Paulsen LAWN BOY RETURNS [Scholastic Paperback] by Gary Paulsen (2010-05-03) | Paulsen, Gary | Scholastic, Inc | |
| 9780439098670 | George Washington | Garnet Jackson, Cornelius Van Wright, Ying-Hwa Hu | Vocabulary and sentences for beginning readers. | Cartwheel Books |