Brenda Claytor's Library
Rossview Elementary
| ISBN | Title | Author | Description | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9780689838576 | The Trees of the Dancing Goats | Patricia Polacco | When the Kremmel family gets sick with scarlet fever, Trisha and her family prepare to make their Christmas as good as possible and even add some of their own Jewish tradition into the festivities. Reprint. | Aladdin |
| 9780679861669 | The True Story of Pocahontas | Lucille Recht Penner | Learn about how Pocahontas helped early Americans survive! Filled with suspense and historical details, here's a very young biography of the Powhatan Indian princess who played a vital role in early Colonial and Native American relations. | Random House Books for Young Readers |
| 0525473580 | The Unconscious in Culture | Ino Rossi | On a visit to the zoo, a little boy imagines what it would be like to be various animals, such as a hippopotamus or a penguin, and listens as his mother explains how all parents keep their young ones safe. | |
| 9780899193137 | The Valentine Bears | Eve Bunting | Mrs. Bear plans a surprise Valentine's Day celebration for Mr. Bear despite their usual hibernating habits at that time of year. | Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |
| 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 |
| 9780689716676 | The Wartville Wizard | Don Madden | Wartville is being buried in trash! There are soda bottles under the flowers, juice cans by the mailbox, and newspapers along the road. Every day the piles grow higher and higher. Then one tidy old man realizes he has the power to get rid of all the trash forever. Wartville will finally be cleaned up once and for all! | Aladdin |
| 9780399221927 | The Wild Christmas Reindeer | Jan Brett | Rambunctious reindeer have a lot to learn before Santa's big night! Teeka has an important job training the reindeer in time for their Christmas Eve ride. The animals are spirited and mischievous, but kindness wins the day just in time. For two decades, readers have loved this classic Christmas story, which was one of the first children's books to hit the New York Times bestseller list. Now, this beautiful 20th anniversary edition, with a foil cover and a heartfelt note from Jan herself, makes a perfect introduction for new fans to this cherished yuletide story. Featuring the wintry northern setting and the border illustrations that have become a hallmark of Jan's work, readers will love watching Teeka's humorous attempts to control the reindeer and their energetic antics. | G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers |
| 9780807592076 | The Woodshed Mystery | Gertrude Chandler Warner | Scholastic | |
| 9780807593660 | The Yellow House Mystery | Gertrude Chandler Warner | The spooky old house on Surprise Island intrigues Benny. | Albert Whitman |
| 9780545104371 | There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed Fly Guy | Tedd Arnold | After accidentally swallowing her grandson's pet fly, Grandma tries to retrieve it by consuming progressively larger animals. | |
| 9781984837264 | There's a Hole in the Log on the Bottom of the Lake | Loren Long | An adaptation of the traditional folk song, "There's a Hole in the Bottom of the Sea," with additional repetition and tongue twisters. Includes sheet music. | Penguin Young Readers Group |
| 9780064442619 | This Book Is Haunted | Joanne Rocklin | We will not scare you… much! Children will love this tickling collection of poems and short tales...told by a ghost! | Harper Collins |
| 9780142426968 | This School Year Will Be the Best! | Kay Winters | On the first day of school, new classmates are asked to share what they would most like to happen in the upcoming year. Some kids' hopes are familiar while others are off-the-wall. Whether it's looking good on picture day or skateboarding at school, everyone's wishes are shown in humorously exaggerated illustrations. As the first day draws to a close, there can be no doubt—this school year will definitely be the best! | Penguin |
| 9780590265829 | Three by the Sea | Edward Marshall | Three friends relax after their picnic lunch by each telling his or her best story. | |
| 9780698115811 | Thunder Cake | Patricia Polacco | Grandma finds a way to dispel her grandchild's fear of thunderstorms. | Puffin |
| 9781860079733 | Tiger Cub | Monica Hughes | Read about the everyday life of a young tiger cub growing up in the rainforest. What do tigers look like? What do they eat? Where do they sleep? Why is the tiger in danger? The book includes a Q&A section to test the reader's comprehension and to encourage further discussion of the subject matter. | TickTock Books |
| 9780060576110 | Time for Kids: Thomas Edison | Editors of TIME For Kids | A fast-paced biography of Thomas Edison, the scientist who perfected the light bulb and propelled America into the twentieth century. | Harper Collins |
| 9781570915765 | To Be an Artist | Maya Ajmera, John D. Ivanko | Children around the world express themselves through art, be it music, dance, visual arts, or theater. Beautiful photographs and lyrical text highlight the many ways art can bring us together. A portion of the proceeds help support community-based projects benefiting children around the world. | Charlesbridge Publishing |
| 9780060245603 | Today I Feel Silly & Other Moods that Make My Day | Jamie Lee Curtis | Today I feel silly. Mom says it's the heat. I put rouge on the cat and gloves on my feet. I ate noodles for breakfast and pancakes at night. I dressed like a star and was quite a sight. Today I am sad, my mood's heavy and gray. There's a frown on my face and it's been there all day. My best friend and I had a really big fight. She said that I tattled and I know that she's right. Silly, cranky, excited, or sad--everyone has moods that can change each day. Jamie Lee Curtis's zany and touching verse, paired with Laura Cornell's whimsical and original illustrations, helps kids explore, identify, and, even have fun with their ever-changing moods. Here's another inspired picture book from the bestselling author-illustrator team of Tell Me Again About the Night I Was Born and When I Was Little: A Four-Year-Old's Memoir of Her Youth. | Harper Collins |
| 9780064467384 | Treasure Map | Stuart J. Murphy | Matthew has found a treasure map, and soon the Elm Street Kids' Club is off on a quest. The map guides them into a wonderful, magical world, but it's the real-life math skills of understanding distance, scale, direction, and symbols that will help Matthew, Sheri, Meg, Danny, and Jed -- with some assistance from Petey the parrot -- find a treasure hidden fifty years ago. | Harper Collins |