Malina Craig's Library
Pisgah Elementary
| ISBN | Title | Author | Description | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9780763622015 | Some Dogs Do | Jez Alborough | When Sid tries to convince his doggy classmates that he flew to school, they do not believe him. | Candlewick Press (MA) |
| 9780670036646 | Someone Says | Carole Lexa Schaefer | A day at preschool has leaping frogs, dancing ponies, flapping wings, eating like tigers, and all the things that children can dream. | Viking Juvenile |
| 9780679819950 | Song and Dance Man | Karen Ackerman | Grandpa entertains his three grandchildren with a magic trick, a song, and a tap dance, while he relives his days in vaudeville. | Dragonfly |
| 9780823415076 | Stargazers | Gail Gibbons | After the sun sets, on clear nights points of light begin to appear in the sky. But when we look up at the night sky, what are we seeing? Basic facts about the stars, as well as how we look at and learn about them, are introduced through simple text and bold illustrations. From ancient names for constellations to modern innovations in telescope technology, this book covers a broad range of ideas without overwhelming the reader. It introduces and reinforces important vocabulary for the aspiring astronomer, explaining everything in clear, simple phrases. Nonfiction master Gail Gibbons "has taught more preschoolers and early readers about the world than any other children’s writer-illustrator" according to The Washington Post. This book includes a brief timeline of major advances in astronomy, written in concise, kid-friendly language, and a wealth of fun facts and trivia about the stars. | Holiday House |
| 9780545649292 | Such a Little Mouse | Alice Schertle | In every season, a little mouse pops out of his hole in the meadow and explores his world, gathering the food and supplies he will need when winter comes. | Orchard Books |
| 9780590107310 | Sun | Susan Canizares, Daniel Moreton | Photographs and simple text describe how the sun brings light and warmth to all living things from sunrise to sunset. | Scholastic |
| 9780152019525 | Sunflower House | Eve Bunting | A young boy creates a summer playhouse by planting sunflowers and saves the seeds to make another house the next year. | Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |
| 9780590275569 | Swing, Swing, Swing | Gail Tuchman | A young girl's swing is too small for her and her animal friends. | |
| 9780547889665 | Talking with Birds | Ann Sheridan | ||
| 9780060208721 | Thanksgiving at the Tappletons' | You're invited! Join the Tappletons, the nicest bunch of wolves ever, for a very special Thanksgiving meal. Everyone has a job to do. Mrs. Tappleton is making the turkey. Mr. Tappleton is buying the pies. Kenny is in charge of the salad. Jenny is mashing the potatoes. It seems like everything is going smoothly. But be prepared for a big surprise when the rest of the family starts to arrive for Thanksgiving at the Tappletons'! | HarperCollins Publishers | |
| 9781416967880 | The Adventures of a Plastic Bottle | Alison Inches | Learn about recycling from a new perspective! Peek into this diary of a plastic bottle as it goes on a journey from the refinery plant, to the manufacturing line, to the store shelf, to a garbage can, and finally to a recycling plant where it emerges into it's new life...as a fleece jacket! Told from the point of view of a free-spirited plastic bottle, kids can share in the daily experiences and inner thoughts of the bottle through his personal journal. The diary entries will be fun and humorous yet point out the ecological significance behind each product and the resources used to make it. Readers will never look at a plastic bottle the same way again! | Little Simon |
| 9780439267120 | The Ants Go Marching | Presents an illustrated version of the traditional song. | ||
| 9780663593484 | The Apple Farm | Claire Daniel | A family travels to an apple orchard. | |
| 9780547026350 | The Battle of Monmouth | Daniel Rosen | ||
| 9780803735118 | The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind | William Kamkwamba, Bryan Mealer | A picture book adaptation of a best-selling memoir follows the experiences of 14-year-old William Kamkwamba, who built a windmill out of junkyard scraps to bring electricity to his famine-stricken Malawi village. | Penguin |
| 9780740620348 | The Chicken and the Egg | Jill McDougall, ETA/Cuisenaire (Firm) | Leveled reader that supports comprehensive literacy instruction and actively engages students in reading, writing, listening, and speaking. (Single Book) | SunSprouts |
| 9780316015479 | The Curious Garden | Peter Brown | Liam discovers a hidden garden and, with careful tending, spreads color throughout the dark, gray city, in this imaginative picture book with an environmental theme. | Little Brown & Company |
| 9781883220679 | The Dandelion Seed | Joseph Anthony, Cris Arbo | A dandelion seed has an adventure and when spring comes it begins to grow and become a new dandelion. | Dawn Publications (CA) |
| 9780425287477 | The First Strawberries | A quarrel between the first man and the first woman is reconciled when the Sun causes strawberries to grow out of the earth. | ||
| 9780881069006 | The Freshwater Alphabet Book | Jerry Pallotta | Come take a swim with freshwater creatures from around the world! Meet a fish that has no eyes and one that has four of them. Get to know an eel that carries enough electricity to light up a light bulb and a glacier-dwelling worm with blood that works like antifreeze. Jerry Pallotta has done it again! The acclaimed alphabet-book author has joined forces with illustrator David Biedrzycki to create an exquisite and informative introduction to freshwater dwellers. | Charlesbridge Publishing |