Angela Lyle's Library
Barksdale Elementary
| ISBN | Title | Author | Description | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9780399255731 | Mary and Her Little Lamb | Will Moses | In 1810s Massachusetts, young Mary Elizabeth Sawyer nurses a sickly lamb back to health and becomes the subject of a famous nursery rhyme. Includes facts about the real Mary, John Roulstone who wrote the rhyme, and Lowell Mason who set it to music. | |
| 9780399255939 | Miss Maple's Seeds | 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. | ||
| 9780140505399 | Miss Rumphius | Barbara Cooney | Alice made a promise to make the world a more beautiful place, then a seed of an idea is planted and blossoms into a beautiful plan. This beloved classic and celebration of nature—written by a beloved Caldecott winner—is lovelier than ever! Barbara Cooney's story of Alice Rumphius, who longed to travel the world, live in a house by the sea, and do something to make the world more beautiful, has a timeless quality that resonates with each new generation. The countless lupines that bloom along the coast of Maine are the legacy of the real Miss Rumphius, the Lupine Lady, who scattered lupine seeds everywhere she went. Miss Rumphius received the American Book Award in the year of publication. The illustrations have been reoriginated, going back to the original art to ensure state-of-the-art reproduction of Cooney's exquisite artwork. The art for Miss Rumphius has a permanent home in the Bowdoin College Museum of Art. | Puffin Books |
| 9780823422722 | Money Madness | David A. Adler | What's all this madness about money? Long ago, people traded rocks or sheep for the items they wanted, but rocks were heavy and sheep ran away. This beginning guide to economics will have readers thinking about the purpose, and not just the value, of money. | National Geographic Books |
| 9780439680646 | Mouse's Hide-and-Seek Words | Kathryn Heling, Deborah Hembrook | By dropping the first letters of a variety of words, Mouse makes new rhyming words. | |
| 9780679882824 | Mr. Brown Can Moo! Can You? | Dr. Seuss | This simple, silly, sturdy book for babies of all ages focuses on the wacky and wonderful sounds that children hear all the time. (Baby/Preschool) | Random House Books for Young Readers |
| 9780590127011 | My Great-Aunt Arizona | Gloria Houston | An Appalachian girl, Arizona Houston Hughes, grows up to become a teacher who influences generations of schoolchildren. | |
| 9780399247026 | My Lucky Day | Keiko Kasza | When a young pig knocks on a fox's door, the fox thinks dinner has arrived, but the pig has other plans. | G. P. Putnam's Sons |
| 9780142404560 | My Lucky Day | Keiko Kasza | Who's having a lucky day is in this clever, hilarious trickster tale? When a delicious-looking piglet knocks on Mr. Fox's door "accidentally," the fox can hardly believe his good luck. It's not every day that dinner just shows up on your doorstep. It must be his lucky day! Or is it? Before Mr. Fox can say grace, the piglet has manipulated him into giving him a fabulously tasty meal, the full spa treatment (with bath and massage), and . . . freedom. In a funny trickster tale of her own, Kasza keeps readers guessing until the surprise ending when they'll realize it was piglet's lucky day all along. | Puffin Books |
| 9780663593279 | Night Animals | Gale Clifford | A little girl reads a bedtime book about creatures of the night. | |
| 9780673612724 | Night Songs | Linda Yoshizawa | ||
| 9780375822780 | Oh the Pets You Can Get! | Tish Rabe | Teaches how to keep pets healthy, safe, and happy, using the Cat in the Hat to explain the food, shelter, exercise, and medical care pets need and the love and companionship they crave. | Random House Books for Young Readers |
| 9780673612762 | Oh, Good! | Judy Nayer | Pearson Scott Foresman | |
| 9780673613202 | Our Place | Anne Phillips | Scott Foresman | |
| 9780673612847 | Peas Please | Susan Hood, Debbie Palen | Scott Foresman | |
| 9781575650012 | Penny Hen | Barbara DeRubertis | Penny Hen wants to be Jenny's only pet, then decides that having company might be nice after all. | Let's Read Together (R) |
| 9780545903516 | Pete the Cat | James Dean | Garnering attention after painting a picture of his new pet goldfish, Pete the cat receives so many requests to make paintings for his neighbors that he devises an uproarious solution. | |
| 9781338034356 | Pete the Cat and His Magic Sunglasses | James Dean, Kim Dean | ||
| 9780062675187 | Pete the Cat and the Lost Tooth | James Dean | New York Times bestselling author and artist James Dean brings readers along for a fun and surprising adventure with Pete the Cat! In Pete the Cat and the Lost Tooth, the tooth fairy asks Pete for some help. But it’s not easy being the tooth fairy for Pete when a tooth goes missing—will he be able to find the lost tooth before it’s too late? Beginning readers will love Pete's adventure as the tooth fairy in this My First I Can Read story, complete with original illustrations from the creator of Pete the Cat, James Dean. My First I Can Read books are perfect for shared reading with a child. | HarperCollins |
| 9780062404282 | Pete the Cat and the Surprise Teacher | James Dean | Everyone, even teachers, can learn something new at school in this Pete the Cat I Can Read adventure from New York Times bestselling author-illustrator, James Dean. When Pete goes to school, he finds out his teacher is out sick and the substitute teacher is . . . his mom! It’s up to Pete to teach the teacher what school is all about. Beginning readers will enjoy this story about Pete and his mom working together to make the most awesome teaching team ever! Pete the Cat and the Surprise Teacher is a My First I Can Read book, which means it’s perfect for shared reading with a child. | HarperCollins |