Beth Robertson's Library
Barksdale Elementary
| ISBN | Title | Author | Description | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9780439842440 | The Penguin Who Wanted to Fly | Catherine Vase, Amy Steinberg, Bill Lobley, Nick Balaban, Scholastic Media | When Flip-Flop, a little penguin, wishes he could fly, he discovers that wishes can come true in unexpected ways. | |
| 9780545540537 | The Princess and the Pig | Jonathan Emmett | When a new baby princess accidentally changes places with a piglet, both of their lives are forever changed. | |
| 9781558580091 | The Rainbow Fish | Marcus Pfister | North-South Books | |
| 9780681410145 | The Runaway Whale | Keith Faulkner | A little humpback whale goes exploring on his own, but finds that he misses his mother. | |
| 9780152005788 | The Science Book of Air | Neil Ardley | Harcourt Brace Jovanovich | |
| 9780439577441 | The Snowman Mystery | Kathryn Cristaldi | ||
| 9780140501827 | The Snowy Day | Ezra Jack Keats | Winner of the 1963 Caldecott Medal No book has captured the magic and sense of possibility of the first snowfall better than The Snowy Day. Universal in its appeal, the story has become a favorite of millions, as it reveals a child's wonder at a new world, and the hope of capturing and keeping that wonder forever. The adventures of a little boy in the city on a very snowy day. "Keats's sparse collage illustrations capture the wonder and beauty a snowy day can bring to a small child."--Barnes & Noble "Ezra Jack Keats's classic The Snowy Day, winner of the 1963 Caldecott Medal, pays homage to the wonder and pure pleasure a child experiences when the world is blanketed in snow."--Publisher's Weekly "The book is notable not only for its lovely artwork and tone, but also for its importance as a trailblazer. According to Horn Book magazine, The Snowy Day was "the very first full-color picture book to feature a small black hero"--yet another reason to add this classic to your shelves. It's as unique and special as a snowflake."--Amazon.com | Puffin Books |
| 9780439574747 | The Solar System | Melvin Berger, Gilda Berger | The solar system is a great big family. Read and discover all about the solar system. -- back cover. | |
| 9780525420538 | The Tale of Pip & Squeak | Two mouse brothers, Pip and Squeak, usually try to compete with each other, but their relationship finally changes when they prepare for their annual party. | ||
| 9780545948784 | The Three Little Aliens and the Big Bad Robot | |||
| 9780545686624 | The Three Little Pigs and the Somewhat Bad Wolf | Mark Teague | In this original version of the traditional tale, the three little pigs are in their usual trouble with the somewhat bad wolf--who is really just very hungry and frustrated that the pizza parlor will not serve him. | |
| 9780545099516 | The Three Snow Bears | Jan Brett | Retells the story of Goldilocks, set in an Inuit village and featuring a family of polar bears and a girl named Aloo-ki, who happens upon their igloo while trying to rescue her huskies, who are adrift on an ice floe. | Scholastic |
| 9780399255717 | The Very Busy Spider | Eric Carle | The farm animals try to divert a busy little spider from spinning her web, but she persists and produces a thing of both beauty and usefulness. The pictures may be felt as well as seen. | |
| 9780399208539 | The Very Hungry Caterpillar | Eric Carle | THE all-time classic picture book, from generation to generation, sold somewhere in the world every 30 seconds! Have you shared it with a child or grandchild in your life? Carle's classic tale of a voracious caterpillar who eats his way through the days of the week and then changes into a eautiful butterfly has been reissued in a sumptuous twenty-fifth anniversary edition with a shiny, silver-coated cover and wonderfully thick, durably pages. —The Horn Book "The very hungry caterpillar literally eats his way through the pages of the book—and right into your child's heart..." —Mother's Manual "Gorgeously illustrated, brilliantly innovative..." —The New York Times Book Review Watch a Video | World of Eric Carle |
| 9780448458502 | The Very Lonely Firefly | Eric Carle | A lonely firefly goes out into the night searching for other fireflies. | Penguin Young Readers |
| 9780590615600 | The Whales | Cynthia Rylant | Poetically describes the wonder of whales--what they look like, how they behave, and where they live. | Blue Sky Press |
| 9780525478485 | The Wild Little Horse | Rita Gray | Little Horse cannot resist the call of the wind, which encourages him to run like a wild colt and cavort by the sea. | |
| 9780545561686 | There Was an Odd Princess Who Swallowed a Pea | Jennifer Ward | Set in a castle, this variation on the traditional, cumulative rhyme looks at the consequences of a princess's strange diet. | |
| 9780545060592 | There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Chick | Colandro, Lucille | Scholastic | |
| 9781338131864 | There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Turkey! | Lucille Colandro | "You won't believe why this old lady swallowed a turkey, a ball, a hat, a balloon, a boat, some wheels, and a horn of plenty!"--Publisher. |