Rhonda Gregorek's Library
Byrns L. Darden Elementary
| ISBN | Title | Author | Description | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9780590273787 | Frog's Lunch | Dee Lillegard | A hungry frog finds his lunch when a fly happens by the pond. | Scholastic Incorporated |
| 9780545244558 | From Chick to Robin | Melvin Berger, Gilda Berger | ||
| 9781481495318 | From Tree to Sea | Shelley Moore Thomas | “An original book with wide appeal.” —School Library Journal “A delight to share again and again.” —School Library Connection “Simple on the surface, this sweet story imparts important truisms about the planet we call home.” —BookPage “Thomas’s exhortations celebrate both natural beauty and human virtue in a kind of gentle eco-theology.” —Publishers Weekly “Encourages readers to find inspiration everywhere.” —Booklist From a child’s point of view, this lyrical picture book looks at the relationship of nature to the human world and the place we call home. From the edge of the sea to a high mountain top, everything has its place in the world and all living things are connected. The world around us has a lot to tell us if we take the time to look and listen. This tender and comforting picture book celebrates the wisdom in many of the things great and small that make up our wonderful world. | Simon & Schuster/Paula Wiseman Books |
| 9780439719865 | George Washington's Teeth | Deborah Chandra | A rollicking rhyme portrays George Washington's lifelong struggle with bad teeth. A timeline taken from diary entries and other nonfiction sources follows. | |
| 9780679883395 | Ghost Town at Sundown | Mary Pope Osborne | Their magic tree house takes Jack and Annie back to the Wild West, where they experience excitement and danger and try to solve a riddle. | Random House Books for Young Readers |
| 9780545264945 | Gilbert, the Surfer Dude | Diane De Groat | Gilbert the opossum imagines himself as Surfer Dude on a fun-filled day at the beach. | |
| 9780439146975 | Gingerbread Baby | Jan Brett | The story of the little Gingerbread Baby and the characters who pursue him through a tiny Swiss village. | Scholastic |
| 9780399234446 | Gingerbread Baby | Jan Brett | Jan Brett's Gingerbread Baby is not about to get eaten in this delicious twist on a favorite Christmastime tale! It all begins when Matti opens the oven too soon and out jumps a cheeky little Gingerbread Bay. He leads Matti's mother and father, the dog and the cat, and a whole colorful cast of characters on a rollicking chase through the village and into the forest, staying just out of reach, daring them to catch him along the way. But Matti's not with them. He's at home in the borders making what turns out to be a gingerbread house into which the Gingerbread Baby runs. Only Matti knows he is safely inside. And readers will too when they look under the lift-the-flap gingerbread house at the end of the story, and there he is! | Penguin |
| 9780545140300 | Gingerbread Mouse | Katy Bratun | An accident sends Mouse in search of a new home at Christmas time and she finds what seems to be the perfect one inside of a much larger house, but she meets a new friend with a better idea. | |
| 9781426324482 | Giraffes | Laura Marsh | Discusses the facts, habits and behaviors of giraffes. | National Geographic Books |
| 9780439287203 | Giraffes Can't Dance | Giles Andreae | Gerald the giraffe is too clumsy to dance with all the other animals at the Jungle Dance, until he finds the right music. | |
| 9780064467018 | Give Me Half! | Stuart J. Murphy | Splitting things in half may seem like an easy thing to do, but when two siblings and a pizza are involved, things can get messy. Children learn about fractions at school but fractions are also an important part of everyday life outside the classroom.In this riotous book, Stuart J. Murphy and G. Brian Karas introduce the simplest of fractions, 1/2. | Harper Collins |
| 9781599530185 | Go To Sleep, Dear Dragon (Beginning To Read-Dear Dragon) | Margaret Hillert | After reading a book about medieval times, a boy falls asleep and dreams that he is in a medieval setting where he finds a big egg out of which a baby dragon hatches. Includes reading activities. | Norwood House Pr |
| 9780140564402 | Goggles | Ezra Jack Keats | Generations of children have read, re-read, and loved Ezra Jack Keats's award-winning, classic stories about Peter and his neighborhood friends. Now, for the first time, Peter's Chair, A Letter to Amy, and Goggles! are available in paperback exclusively from Puffin. "A well-loved character, a familiar childhood situation, and an urban setting are the components of this winning picture book, one of Keats's best." -- Booklist Ezra Jack Keats (1916-1983) was the beloved author and/or illustrator of over eighty-five books for children. | Penguin |
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| 9781584533665 | Going to School | Michèle Dufresne, Pioneer Valley Books | Bella and Rosie get to go to school to meet the children. | |
| 9780545946025 | Goldilocks and the Three Dinosaurs | Mo Willems | As Retold by Mo Willems | |
| 9780375806148 | Good Morning, Gorillas | Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca | Jack and Annie are ready for their next fantasy adventure in the bestselling middle-grade series-the Magic Tree House! Gentle giants or giant monsters? That's the question Jack and Annie have about gorillas when the Magic Tree House sweeps them to the mountains of Africa. There they meet a group of amazing and sometimes frightening mountain gorillas. Annie knows how to play with the creatures right away. But Jack is left out. Will the gorillas be able to teach him some special magic? Visit the Magic Tree House website! MagicTreeHouse.com | |
| 9780698116498 | Good Night, Gorilla | Peggy Rathmann | "Good night, Gorilla," says the zookeeper. But mischievous Gorilla isn't quite ready to go to sleep. He'd rather follow the zookeeper on his rounds and let all of the other animals out of their cages. Little night owls can sneak along with Gorilla and see who gets the last laugh in this riotous goodnight romp. Practically wordless yet full of expressive art and hilarious, adorable detail, this book from Caldecott Medal winning author Peggy Rathmann is sure to become a beloved part of children's own bedtime rituals. ALA Notable Children's Book for 1994 Bulletin Blue Ribbon 1994 Horn Book Fanfare 1995 selection Parenting Magazine "Best Children's Books of 1994" New York Public Library 1995 "Children's Books 100 Titles for Reading and Sharing" "In a book economical in text and simple in illustrations, the many amusing, small details, as well as the tranquil tome of the story, make this an outstanding picture book." --The Horn Book, starred review “The amiable cartoon characters, vibrant palette, and affectionate tone of the author’s art recall Thatcher Hurd’s cheerful illustrations. Delightful.”--Kirkus Reviews, starred review "A clever, comforting bedtime story." --School Library Journal, starred review "Jaunty four-color artwork carries the story and offers more with every look." --Booklist | Puffin Books |
| 9781636470528 | Goodbye, First Grade | Anna DiGilio | (L) Read all about what I do in first grade. |