Racquel Blakely's Library
West Creek Elementary
| ISBN | Title | Author | Description | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9780545040426 | The New Girl | Cabot, Meg | allie Finkle's Starting Her First Day Of School At Pine Heights Elementary! Plus, She's Getting A New Kitten, The First Pick Of Show Cat Lady Serena Archibald's Litter! but Being The New Girl Is Turning Out To Be Scary, Too, Especially Since One Of The Girls In Allie's New Class -- Rosemary -- Doesn't Like Her. In Fact, Rosemary Says She's Going To Beat Allie Up After School. everyone Seems To Have An Opinion On How Allie Should Handle The Situation. How Can Allie Tell Who's Right? Who Knew It Was Going To Be So Hard Being The New Girl?meg Cabot Is The Author Of The New York Times Bestselling Series The Princess Diaries Which Was Made Into Two Wildly Popular Disney Films Of The Same Name. Other Books Include Airhead, All-american Girl, Ready Or Not, Teen Idol, Avalon High, How To Be Popular, Pants On Fire, And The Mediator And 1-800-where-r-you Series. Meg Divides Her Time Between New York City And Key West, Florida, And Can Be Visited Online At Megcabot.com And Alliefinklerules.comchildren's Literatureit's Always Difficult And Stressful For A Young Girl To Start Her First Day At Elementary School. It Is Not Any Different For Allie Finkle In This Second Book Of The New Girl Series. Allie Has Her Hands Full In This Tale, Not Only Because She Is Starting Her First Day At Pine Heights Elementary School But Also Because She Is Getting A New Kitten. In Addition, Allie Runs Into Problems When One Of The Girls In Her New Class, Named Rosemary, Decides She Doesn't Like Allie. What's Worse Is That Rosemary Even Threatens To Beat Up Allie After School. This Book Is A Charmer That Any Child Can Relate To. The Chapter Titles Alone Would Draw A Child Into Reading This Book, From Rule #1: When You Are Starting Your First Day Ever At A Brand New School, You Have To Wear Something Good, So People Will Think You're Nice, Through Rule #4: When Someone Decides She's Going To Beat You Up, The Best Thing To Do Is Hide, The Reader Is Drawn Into The Routine Problems Of Kids This Age. A Winner. Reviewer: Joan Elste | Scholastic Press |
| 9780439897877 | The Night Before First Grade | Natasha Wing | Penny's excitement over the start of first grade turns to sadness when she and her best friend are placed different classrooms, but they make the best of it--and some new friends--in this poem based on "The Night Before Christmas." | |
| 9780448425009 | The Night Before Kindergarten | Natasha Wing | In the narrative tradition of "The Night Before Christmas," shows children from all over town preparing for their first day of kindergarten, imagining what wonders they will see. | Night Before |
| 9781338238457 | The Ninjabread Man | C. J. Leigh | In this adaptation of the traditional Gingerbread man, Ninjabread Man escapes the Sensei, and defeats Ninja Bear, Ninja Snake and Ninja Mouse, only to be eaten by the clever Ninja Fox. | Orchard Books |
| 9780547027036 | The Pigs | Judy K. Ferrell | ||
| 9781452129365 | The Quickest Kid in Clarksville | Pat Zietlow Miller | It's the day before the big parade. Alta can only think about one thing: Wilma Rudolph, three-time Olympic gold medalist. She'll be riding on a float tomorrow. See, Alta is the quickest kid in Clarksville, Tennessee, just like Wilma once was. It doesn't matter that Alta's shoes have holes because Wilma came from hard times, too. But what happens when a new girl with shiny new shoes comes along and challenges Alta to a race? Will she still be the quickest kid? The Quickest Kid in Clarksville is a timeless story of dreams, determination, and the power of friendship. | Chronicle Books |
| 9780064432993 | The Right Number of Elephants | Sheppard, Jeff | "[In] a joyous twist on the counting-book concept, a girl decides how many elephants are needed to pull a train out of a tunnel, paint the ceiling, go to the beach. . . .Bond's well-executed illustrations [project] a contagious sense of movement. A puckish sense of humor prevails among elephants who skateboard, don sunglasses, act tough, and even wink at the audience." —SLJ. 1993 "Pick of the Lists" (ABA) | HarperCollins |
| 9781338565676 | The Ruby Princess Runs Away | Jahnna N. Malcolm | Issued with a detachable page of stickers. | Scholastic Paperbacks |
| 9780916119386 | The Seed Song | Judy Saksie | Repetitive, predictable story lines and illustrations that match the text provide maximum support to the emergent reader. Engaging stories promote reading comprehension, and easy and fun activities on the inside back covers extend learning. Great for Reading First, Fluency, Vocabulary, Text Comprehension, and ESL/ELL! | Creative Teaching Press |
| 9781781710821 | The Short-Sighted Giraffe (Storytime) | QED Publishing, a division of Quarto Publishing plc | ||
| 9780590543446 | The Silly Story of Goldie Locks and the Three Squares | Grace Maccarone | A modern descendant of the Goldilocks of folklore fame makes a similar visit to a stranger's house--with a geometric twist. Includes related activities. | Cartwheel Books |
| 9780679883432 | The Snowman Storybook | Raymond Briggs | When his snowman comes to life, a little boy invites him home and in return is taken on a flight high above the countryside. | Random House Books for Young Readers |
| 9780670062591 | The Snowy Day | Ezra Jack Keats | The adventures of a little boy in the city on a very snowy day. | |
| 9780142419472 | The Story of Ferdinand | Munro Leaf | A gentle bull who likes to sit quietly and smell the flowers is entered in a bullfight. | |
| The Swimmers | ||||
| 9780723268154 | The Tale of Peter Rabbit | Beatrix Potter | Level Two Follow the story of naughty Peter Rabbit as he squeezes under the gate into Mr. McGregor's garden and finds himself in all kinds of trouble! Beatrix Potter's original artwork and text have been adapted for this easy-to-read version of the classic tale. | Penguin |
| 9780663592463 | The Tale of Rabbit and Coyote | Tony Johnston | Rabbit outwits Coyote in this Zapotec tale which explains why coyotes howl at the moon. | |
| 9780689710537 | The Thanksgiving Story | Alice Dalgliesh | Aladdin | |
| 9781442414020 | The Tree Lady | H. Joseph Hopkins | Documents the true story of the nature pioneer and activist who, after becoming the first woman to earn a science degree from the University of California, took a teaching position in the desert region of San Diego and single-handedly launched a movementto transform the area with trees and gardens. | |
| 9780140544510 | The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs | Jon Scieszka, A. Wolf | The wolf gives his own outlandish version of what really happened when he tangled with the three little pigs. | Puffin |