Amber Davenport's Library
Northeast Elementary
| ISBN | Title | Author | Description | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9781338114140 | Rooster Who Would Not Be Quiet! | Carmen Agra Deedy | El alcalde de la ruidosa ciudad de La Paz instituye nuevas leyes que prohíben todo el canto, pero un gallo valiente decide que debe cantar, a pesar de los castigos progresivamente severos que recibe por seguir cazando. El populacho silenciado, vigorizado por la valentía del gallo, derroca al tirínico alcalde y devuelve su ciudad a su estado libre y clamoroso. | Scholastic en Espanol |
| 9780590478991 | Sacajawea | Elaine Raphael, Don Bolognese | Tells the life story of Sacajawea, the Native American woman who accompanied Lewis and Clark on their expedition to the American Northwest, then shows how to draw her and some of the people and things she saw on her journey. | |
| 9780021851065 | Save Our Park Trees | Barbara Adams | The important role of mature trees in city parks is presented. | |
| 9780545393874 | Scaredycrow | Christopher Hernandez, Kyle Poling | In a corn field stands a scarecrow called Scaredycrow who is as afraid of all the animals he sees as they are afraid of him--but one little brown field mouse is not scared. | Cartwheel Books |
| 9781435147102 | Seed to Sunflower | Camilla De la Bédoyère | Learn what happens from a seed to a sunflower in this book that is packed with fantastic facts about its life cycle. Amazing photographs show children the processes that sunflowers go through on their way to being fully grown. | |
| 9780545033077 | Sharks | Catriona Clarke | Fun facts in this shark-infested book. | |
| 9781620141472 | Sky Dancers | Connie Ann Kirk | A young boy misses his father who is in New York City working on building the Empire State Building. | |
| 9781848796898 | Slithering Snakes | Sarah Creese | Introduces various snakes, including the grass snake, green tree python, and boa constrictor. | Ready to Read: Level 1 (Make B |
| 9780399541162 | Slow, Slow Sloths | Bonnie Bader | This adorable book all about sloths is perfect for young animal-lovers! This fact-and-photo-filled book features one of the cutest and most unique animals out there--the sloth! Did you know that sloths sleep up to twenty hours a day? Did you know they descend from their trees once a week to go to the bathroom? In this nonfiction reader, kids will learn all about this sleepy, slow-moving mammal. | Penguin |
| 9781416906957 | Smelly Locker | Alan Katz | Well-known songs, including "Oh Susannah" and "Take Me Out to the Ballgame," are presented with new words and titles, such as "Heavy Backpack!" and "I Don't Want to Do Homework!" | Margaret K McElderry |
| 9781580898812 | Sonny's Bridge | Barry Wittenstein | This groovy, bebopping picture book biography chronicles the legendary jazz saxophonist Sonny Rollins's search for inspiration on the Williamsburg Bridge after quitting the jazz scene in 1959. Rollins is one of the most prolific sax players in the history of jazz, but, in 1959, at the height of his career, he vanished from the jazz scene. His return to music was an interesting journey--with a long detour on the Williamsburg Bridge. Too loud to practice in his apartment, Rollins played on the New York City landmark for two years among the cacophony of traffic and the stares of bystanders, leading to the release of his album, The Bridge. Written in rhythmic prose with a bebop edge, this picture-book biography of Sonny Rollins's journey to get his groove back will delight young and old fans alike. | National Geographic Books |
| 9780062116017 | Splat the Cat: Splat and Seymour, Best Friends Forevermore | Rob Scotton | Splat and Seymour learn how much they value their friendship in this warm I Can Read book from New York Times bestselling author-artist Rob Scotton. When Splat plans a sweet surprise for his best pal, he unintentionally makes Seymour worry that their friendship is coming to an end. Will all the silliness split this pair apart or bring them closer than ever? Beginning readers will practice the -ore sound and delight in the hilarious measures Splat takes to surprise his best friend in this easy-to-read addition to the Splat series. Splat the Cat: Splat and Seymour, Best Friends Forevermore is a Level One I Can Read book, which means it’s perfect for children learning to sound out words and sentences. | HarperCollins |
| 9780399255854 | Stand Tall, Molly Lou Melon | Patty Lovell | ||
| 9780545379649 | Stanley's Christmas Adventure | Jeff Brown | When Santa quits his job a few days before Christmas because of too many greedy children, his daughter whisks young Stanley Lambchop and his family off to the North Pole to help change the old man's mind. | |
| 9780399255816 | Strega Nona's Harvest | Tomie DePaola | After helping Strega Nona plant her vegetable garden just so, Big Anthony takes some extra seeds and sows another garden willy nilly, then must find a way to deal with the consequences. | |
| 9781584302520 | Summer Sun Risin' | W. Nikola-Lisa, Don Tate | Wake up, little one - summer sun's a-risin'! So begins a young boy's busy day as Ma gently wakes him. After a hearty breakfast he sets out to help Pa do the morning chores. After the noontime meal, he's out again with Pa to mow the fields of hay, help Ma in the vegetable garden and fish in the stream. As the sun slips lower in the sky, it's time for a dinner, a bedtime story and a night of sleep under a starry sky. | Lee & Low Books |
| OS_642B2FD82D052900B518A5AE | Super-Completely, and totally the Messiest | Judith Viorst | Aladdin Paperbacks | |
| 9780679874720 | Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt | Deborah Hopkinson | 2013 marks the 20th anniversary of Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt! As a seamstress in the Big House, Clara dreams of a reunion with her Momma, who lives on another plantation--and even of running away to freedom. Then she overhears two slaves talking about the Underground Railroad. In a flash of inspiration, Clara sees how she can use the cloth in her scrap bag to make a map of the land--a freedom quilt--that no master will ever suspect. | Dragonfly Books |
| 9781600602771 | Sweet Potato Pie | Kathleen D. Lindsey | During a drought in the early 1900s, a large, loving African American family finds a delicious way to earn the money they need to save their family farm. | |
| 9780394800196 | Ten Apples up on Top! | Theo LeSieg, Dr. Seuss | A lion, tiger, and dog are balancing ten apples on their heads when two irritable bears start to chase them, in a re-release of a classic to celebrate the one-hundredth anniversary of Dr. Seuss. Reissue. | Random House Books for Young Readers |