Rebecca Griskey's Library
West Creek Elementary
| ISBN | Title | Author | Description | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9780439540148 | High Tide in Hawaii | Mary Pope Osborne | Jack and Annie travel in their Magic Tree House back to a Hawaiian island of long ago where they make friends, learn how to surf, and encounter a tsunami. | |
| 9780822546436 | Home Then and Now | Robin Nelson | Presents a brief look at how homes in the United States have changed over the years. | LernerClassroom |
| 9780590706469 | Hour of the Olympics | Mary Pope Osborne | Their magic tree house takes Jack and Annie back to retrieve a lost story in ancient Greece, where they witness the original Olympic games and are surprised to find what girls of the time were not allowed to do. | |
| 9781338765199 | How Many Penguins?: Counting Animals (Nature Numbers): Counting Animals 0-100 | Jill Esbaum | K-2 math concepts include counting 1-100. Let's count the animals around the world!This book encourages kids to count groups of animals from reindeer to elephant seals to lemurs in a tour around the globe with amazing nature pictures! Math challenges guide kids to practice adding and subtracting within 1-25 and counting up to 100.ABOUT THE SERIES:In Nature Numbers, math is beautiful, recognizable, and all around us! Highly engaging pictures of animals and nature scenes, along with cool chalk illustrations, are used to introduce basic math concepts and encourage kids to see a world of numbers all around them. | Children's Press |
| 9780062382030 | How Mountains Are Made | Kathleen Weidner Zoehfeld | A mountain might be thousands of feet high, but it can still grow taller or shorter each year. This classic picture book explores how mountains are made—including how Mount Everest grew from a flat plain under an ocean to become 29,028 feet tall! Now rebranded with a new cover look, this book features simple activities and fascinating cross-sections of the earth’s moving crust that clearly explain plate tectonics. Both text and artwork were vetted for accuracy by an expert in the field. This is a Level 2 Let’s-Read-and-Find-Out Science title, which means the book explores more challenging concepts for children in the primary grades and supports the Common Core Learning Standards, Next Generation Science Standards, and the Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) standards. Let’s-Read-and-Find-Out Science is the winner of the American Association for the Advancement of Science/Subaru Science Books & Films Prize for Outstanding Science Series. | HarperCollins |
| 9781532239052 | I Want A Pound Of Plums! | Paulina Ugarte Chelén | A little girl has a plum tree. She wants to makea plum cake for her dad. But her tree doesn'thave any plums yet. What can she do? | Benchmark Education Company |
| 9780062432407 | I Want To Be A Doctor (I Can Read Level 1) | Driscoll, Laura | Explains What A Doctor Is And What Their Responsibilities Are, Including Helping People Who Are Sick Or Hurt.-- | HarperCollins |
| 9780062989628 | I Want To Be A Firefighter (I Can Read Level 1) | Laura Driscoll | For the child who says, "I want to be a firefighter when I grow up!" And for any child who wants a gentle behind-the-scenes look at being a firefighter.My brother and I both want to be firefighters, but we can’t decide what kind to be. When firefighters from Fire District 1 visit our school for Fire Safety Day, we learn that there are firefighters who fight forest fires and work at airports to help with airplane emergencies. Did you know that there are other kinds of firefighters too? There are firefighters who figure out how a fire started and fight fires before they even happen. Maybe I’ll be a firefighter, too?With this story blending narrative with nonfiction, readers meet the many different kinds of firefighters who do so much to support our communities.I Want to Be a Firefighter is part of an I Can Read series that introduces young readers to important community helpers. This Level One I Can Read and Guided Reading Level J is perfect for children learning to sound out words and sentences. Whether shared at home or in a classroom, the short sentences, familiar words, and simple concepts of Level One books support success for children eager to start reading on their own.For anyone looking for books about community helpers for kids, the I Can Read My Community books are a great choice. The books are bright and upbeat and feature characters who are diverse in terms of gender, race, age, and body type. Kids ages 3-6 will enjoy finding out more about the people who do so much to help all of our communities. | HarperCollins |
| 9780439288798 | Junie B. Jones Has a Peep in Her Pocket | Barbara Park | When Junie B. learns that her kindergarten class is going on a field trip to a farm, she worries about being attacked by a rooster. | |
| 9780439569668 | Junie b., First Grader | Barbara Park | Junie B. Jones learns some interesting things about the Tooth Fairy when she becomes the first student in Room One to lose an upper tooth. | |
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| 9780545442558 | Leprechaun in Late Winter - Magic Tree House #43 | Mary Osborne | Scholastic | |
| 9780062381903 | Light Is All Around Us | Wendy Pfeffer | Light is all around you! It comes in many forms: Light from the sun brightens our day, firelight flickers in the night, electric lights fill our homes—and some animals even make the sea glow! With lively illustrations and diagrams and clear, engaging text, this Level 2 Let's-Read-and-Find-Out picture book is a fascinating look into the many ways that light brightens our world. Now rebranded with a new cover look, this book features rich vocabulary and uses simple, fun diagrams to clearly explain concepts like light speed. This book also includes a find out more section with activities that show why plants need light to grow and why our shadows look different throughout the day. Both text and artwork were vetted for accuracy by Russell P. Leslie, Professor and Associate Director of the Lighting Research Center at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. This is a Level 2 Let's-Read-and-Find-Out, which means the book explores more challenging concepts perfect for children in the primary grades and supports the Common Core Learning Standards and Next Generation Science Standards. Let's-Read-and-Find-Out is the winner of the American Association for the Advancement of Science/Subaru Science Books & Films Prize for Outstanding Science Series. | HarperCollins |
| 9780590706377 | Lions at Lunchtime | Mary Pope Osborne | Before Jack finds out where the lions are, Annie starts to help hundreds of wildebeests cross a rushing river. | |
| 9781479521869 | Lookin' for Light | Eric Braun | "Engaging text and colorful illustrations and photos teach readers about light"-- | Capstone |
| 9780439559638 | Lost Treasure of the Emerald Eye | Geronimo Stilton | Geronimo, Thea, and Trap set sail across the high seas on a hunt for buried treasure. | |
| 9780425288894 | Miss Maple's Seeds | Eliza Wheeler | After gathering lost seeds during the summer, a kind woman tends and instructs them throughout the fall and winter before sending them out in the spring to find roots of their own. | Penguin |
| 9780545148825 | Monday with a Mad Genius | Mary Pope Osborne | Jack and Annie travel 500 years back in time to Florence, Italy, and spend a day helping Leonardo da Vinci in the hope of learning another secret of happiness. | |
| 9781442494268 | Moonbear's Shadow | Frank Asch | Moonbear tries to outwit his troublesome shadow in this charming reissue of a beloved classic by award-winning author and illustrator Frank Asch. One sunny day Bear decides to go fishing, but his shadow keeps scaring the fish away, time and time again. Bear tries everything he can think of to get rid of this pesky nuisance. And at last he succeeds—or so he thinks! This refreshed edition of a beloved classic features the original text and art with an updated cover. | Aladdin |
| 9780545299497 | MOONGLIGHT ON THE MAGIC FLUTE - MAGIC TR | Mary Pops Osborne | Scholastic |