Brenda Claytor's Library
Rossview Elementary
| ISBN | Title | Author | Description | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9780064452182 | Did Dinosaurs Have Feathers? | Kathleen Weidner Zoehfeld | Did Dinosaurs Have Feathers? Birds have feathers, but did you know some dinosaurs did too? New fossils have shown that as long as 145 million years ago, some dinosaurs had feathers, just as birds do. The birds you see outside your window are relatives of these ancient creatures. Ages 5-9 | Harper Collins |
| 0060271418 | Dinosaur Babies | Kathleen Weidner Zoehfeld | Describes the parenting habits of the Maiasaura, a dinosaur whose way of raising children bore similarities to that of birds. | HarperCollins Publishers |
| 9780679824114 | Dinosaurs Before Dark | Mary Pope Osborne | Eight-year-old Jack and his younger sister Annie find a magic treehouse, which whisks them back to an ancient time zone where they see live dinosaurs. | Random House Books for Young Readers |
| 9780064452106 | Dolphin Talk | Wendy Pfeffer | center Dolphins are smart. They are so smart that they can talk to each other. Dolphins communicate underwater for the same reason people talk on land: to let others know who they are, where they are, and maybe even how to feel. Also included are activities that explore how dolphins talk to each other. | Harper Collins |
| 9780439658546 | Dolphins at Daybreak | Mary Pope Osborne | Magic Tree House #09. | |
| 9780679883883 | Dolphins at Daybreak | Mary Pope Osborne | It's sink or swim for Jack and Annie when the Migic Tree House whisks them off to the Middle of the ocean. Luckily, for they find a mini-submarine on a coral reff. Unluckily, they are about to meet a giant octopus and one very hungry shark. Will the dolphins save the day? Or are Jack and Annie doomed to be dinner? | Random House Books for Young Readers |
| 9780679823513 | Don't Pollute Anymore | Stan Berenstain, Jan Berenstain | ||
| 9780448450605 | Double Trouble | Sue Bentley | Ten-year-old Kim's longed-for visit with her cousin Mia is already going badly when the kitten Kim finds in the back yard is attacked by Mia's pedigreed Persian, but the discovery of a robins' nest draws the girls together. | Magic Kitten |
| 9780516269641 | Dr. Seuss | Dana Meachen Rau | Presents a brief look at the life of Dr. Suess. | Children's Press(CT) |
| 9780593531129 | Drop | Emily Kate Moon | Library of Congress | |
| 9780545275743 | Duchess | Ellen Miles | When Mia discovers that Duchess's owner is moving, she offers to help. But it won't be easy finding someone who will want to spoil the pretty white Persian. | Scholastic Inc. |
| 9780689716690 | Earrings! | Judith Viorst | Now in paperback for the first time, the story of Charlie, a kid who knows how to be ready for any situation…. Just in Case . If a downpour turns into a flash flood or the grocery store should close indefinitely, Charlie knows exactly what he’ll do. But as Charlie is about to discover, sometimes not being ready is even better than being prepared for everything. She wants them. She needs them. She loves them. Earrings! What won’t a girl do to finally get her ears pierced? Find out in this delightful tale that perfectly captures the yearnings of a young girl in desperate need of beautiful, glorious earrings! According to Olivia—who is practically perfect—her younger sister Sophie isn’t very neat. But she’s not just messy, either…. She’s Super-Completely and Totally the Messiest! Olivia’s family tries to show her that Sophie is plenty of things besides a slob, but Olivia is unconvinced. Pictures from Robin Preiss Glasser, illustrator of Fancy Nancy, make this book super-completely and totally fun! | Atheneum Books for Young Readers |
| 9780060001292 | Earth Day--Hooray! (MathStart 3) | Murphy, Stuart J. | Earth Day is on the way, and Ryan, Luke, and Carly have a plan. If they manage to collect and recycle 5,000 aluminum cans, they can make enough money to buy some beautiful flowers for nearby Gilroy Park.CAN they do it?Counting the cans gives Ryan, Luke, and Carly — along with readers — a lesson in place value. And facts about recycling throughout the story will help readers understand how important it is to take care of the earth.Sharon Salluzzo - Children's LiteratureThe students from the Maple Street School Save-the-Planet Club were cleaning up Gilroy Park on Earth Day when they realized that if they took the cans to the recycling center they could use the money to purchase flowers for the entrance to the park. They bagged the cans but the park trash collector inadvertently took them to the dump. The students enlisted the entire school and the community and eventually had enough cans to purchase the flowers. This Level 3 book on place value is part of the Math Start series. By using the idea of bags containing ten cans, a hundred cans, and a thousand cans, the reader can visually see how numbers are formed. Scattered throughout the book are mini facts about recycling, such as, In 1999, recycling and composting kept about 64,000,000,000 ((64 billion) tons of trash from ending up in landfills or being burned. The cartoon-style illustrations provide a touch of levity to the math topic. 2004, HarperCollins, Ages 7 to 9. | HarperCollins |
| 9781846430121 | Egg, Tadpole, Frog | Arthur John Hommedieu | All living things change as they grow. Follow the fascinating life cycle of a frog in this beautifully engineered cardboard book. | Childs Play International Limited |
| 9781591982982 | Emily Santos, Star of the Week | Rozanne Lanczak Williams | Motivates and encourages young readers to want to write on their own. | Creative Teaching Press |
| 9780689710513 | Everybody Needs a Rock | Byrd Baylor | Everybody needs a rock -- at least that's the way this particular rock hound feels about it in presenting her own highly individualistic rules for finding just the right rock for you. | Aladdin |
| 9781591983019 | Fairy Tale Mail | Rozanne Lanczak Williams | This book tells the story of Fairy Tale Land, where popular childhood fairy tale characters write letters to the Queen asking for her help. She write letters back with her point of view of the problem. The book includes activities that encourage readers to write letters from their point of view. | Creative Teaching Press |
| 9780061236099 | Fancy Nancy and the Boy From Paris | Jane O'Connor | There's a new boy in school, and he's from Paris. Nancy cannot believe her luck. But this Parisian may not be as fancy as Nancy expects! | Harper Collins |
| 9780061236075 | Fancy Nancy at the Museum | Jane O'Connor | Nancy's class is going on a trip to the museum. Even after a bumpy bus ride, Nancy finds a way to make the day extra-fancy! | HarperCollins |
| 9780061236112 | Fancy Nancy Sees Stars | Jane O'Connor | Nancy absolutely adores stars. She loves how they sparkle in the sky, and she can even name the constellations. Nancy can hardly wait for her class visit to the planetarium! Young readers will delight in this newest addition to the Fancy Nancy I Can Read series, sharing in Nancy's anticipation and disappointment when the trip doesn't go as planned. But with her trademark panache, Nancy manages to make even this frustrating situation fun—and, of course, fancy. | Harper Collins |