Brenda Claytor's Library
Rossview Elementary
| ISBN | Title | Author | Description | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9780064450935 | Fossils Tell of Long Ago (Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science 2) | Aliki | What is a fossil? Sometimes it's the imprint of an ancient leaf in a rock. Or it could be the skeleton of a dinosaur that has turned to stone! With clear prose and lovely, full-color illustrations, award-winning author and illustrator Aliki describes the different ways fossils are formed and what they tell us about life on Earth long ago. This book also includes an activity guide so kids can create their own fossils for someone to find a million years from now.This is a Stage 2 Let's-Read-and-Find-Out, which means the book explores more challenging concepts for children in the primary grades. Let's-Read-And-Find-Out is the winner of the American Association for the Advancement of Science/Subaru Science Books & Films Prize for Outstanding Science Series.Supports the Common Core Learning Standards and Next Generation Science Standards | HarperCollins |
| 9780794515041 | Frog on a Log | Phil Roxbee Cox | Frog, who likes to jog, meets a dog and a hog on his jog. | Usborne Books |
| 9780064451291 | From Caterpillar to Butterfly | Deborah Heiligman | A caterpillar comes to school in a jar. The class watches the caterpillar each day as it grows and changes. Soon, it disappears into a hard shell called a chrysalis. Then the chrysalis breaks, and a beautiful butterfly flies out of the jar! This is a perfect beginner's guide to the mystery of metamorphosis. Outstanding Science Trade Books for Children 1997 (NSTA/CBC) | Harper Collins |
| 0590274430 | From Head to Toe | |||
| 9780062381859 | From Seed to Pumpkin | Wendy Pfeffer | In the fall, pumpkins are everywhere: in the garden, in the supermarkets, and on doorsteps. But do you know how they grow from a tiny yellow seed to a pumpkin? In this classic Level 1 Let's-Read-and-Find-Out picture book, Wendy Pfeffer's lively text combines with James Graham Hale's beautiful watercolors to bring readers into the pumpkin patch to show them how little seeds transform into big pumpkins. Now rebranded with a new cover look, this book includes a find out more section with activities such as an experiment to show how plants use roots to drink water from the ground and a recipe for roasted pumpkin seeds. Both text and artwork were vetted for accuracy by Barbara J. Bromley, Mercer County Horticulturist. This is a Level 1 Let's-Read-and-Find-Out, which means the book explores introductory concepts perfect for children in the primary grades and supports the Common Core Learning Standards and Next Generation Science Standards. Let's-Read-and-Find-Out is the winner of the American Association for the Advancement of Science/Subaru Science Books & Films Prize for Outstanding Science Series. | HarperCollins |
| 9780064451239 | From Tadpole to Frog | Wendy Pfeffer | Wendy Pfeffer describes the amazing metamorphosis from tiny, jellylike egg, to little fishy tadpole, to great big bullfrog. Holly Keller has created the archetypal frog pond and we see it through the seasons as the tadpoles grow legs and lungs and eventually hop onto land: bullfrogs at last. "Well-designed ink drawings washed with soft-toned watercolors stretch across the double-page spreads, showing the action above and below water level. . . .an attractive, general introduction."—BL. 1994 "Pick of the Lists" (ABA) Best Children's Science Books, 1994 (Science Books and Films) | Harper Collins |
| 9780064467322 | Game Time! | Stuart J. Murphy | Game Time! Keep an eye on the clock as the Huskies and the Falcons gear up for their championship soccer match. Weeks, days, hours, minutes, and seconds--it's all game time! | Harper Collins |
| 9780439098670 | George Washington | Garnet Jackson, Cornelius Van Wright, Ying-Hwa Hu | Vocabulary and sentences for beginning readers. | Cartwheel Books |
| 9780516247823 | George Washington Carver | Jo S. Kittinger | A biography of the former slave who became a scientist and devoted his career to helping the South improve its agriculture. | Children's Press(CT) |
| 9780545552387 | Gilbert and the Lost Tooth | Diane De Groat | ||
| 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 |
| 9781932146684 | Goldie Socks and the Three Libearians | Jackie Hopkins | When Goldie Socks takes a shortcut through the woods when she is late for school, she comes across an intriguing cottage made of books. | |
| 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 | |
| 9780439649698 | Good Work, Amelia Bedelia | Peggy Parish | Literal-minded Amelia Bedelia does household chores and gets dinner ready. | |
| 9780515158311 | Grilled Cheese and Dragons #1 | Nancy Krulik | Meet the princess who'd rather wear a suit of armor than a crown! Princess Serena (or as she prefers, Princess Pulverizer) doesn't want to be a princess--she wants to be knight! But her father, King Alexander of Empiria, thinks she still has a lot to learn when it comes to exhibiting valiant behavior. So he presents a challenge: the princess must first go on a Quest of Kindness and perform good deeds to prove that she truly deserves to go to knight school. With help from a friendly dragon named Dribble and a perpetually terrified knight-in-training named Lucas, can she complete her quest and discover what it really takes to be a hero? | Penguin |
| 9780142408964 | Groundhog Gets a Say | Pamela C. Swallow | There’s so much more to being a groundhog than just putting on a show once a year, and Groundhog has decided it’s time to tell the world the Hog truth. With the help of a few of his fans, Groundhog is ready to tell everything about himself, from how loud he can whistle (loud), to how fast he can run (not fast), to how many things he uses his teeth for (a lot). Groundhog may be full of himself, but chances are good that, by the end of this book, you’ll agree he’s pretty wonderful! From the illustrator of the Junie B. Jones books and the author of the Melvil & Dewey books comes a funny, fact-filled look at what happens when one very proud groundhog speaks out. | Penguin |
| 0307290077 | Grover's Bad, Awful Day | Anna H. Dickson | Mommy comforts Grover after he has a bad, awful day. | |
| 9780823981960 | Guide Dogs | Abigail Richter | Learn what guide dogs are and what they do. | The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc |
| 9781554534838 | Have I Got a Book for You! | Melanie Watt | Al Foxword uses his charm and wit to sell anything to anyone at anytime. | Kids Can Press Ltd |
| 9780996099936 | Have You Filled a Bucket Today? | Carol McCloud | This heartwarming book encourages positive behavior by using the concept of an invisible bucket to show children how easy and rewarding it is to express kindness, appreciation and love by "filling buckets." Updated and revised, this 10th anniversary edition will help readers better understand that "bucket dipping" is a negative behavior, not a permanent label. It also explains that it's possible to fill or dip into our own buckets. | Bucket Fillers Incorporated |