Brenda Claytor's Library
Rossview Elementary
| ISBN | Title | Author | Description | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9780064451246 | What Lives in a Shell? | Kathleen Weidner Zoehfeld | Describes such animals as snails, turtles, and crabs, which live in shells and use these coverings as protection. | Harpercollins Childrens Books |
| 9780064450508 | What Makes Day and Night (Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science 2) | Dr. Franklyn M. Branley | 'Accompanied by NASA photographs and Dorros's colorful, lively drawings, the text explains the Earth's rotation in clear and simple terms. An experiment using a lamp as the 'sun' further clarifies the principles introduced.' --BL. | HarperCollins |
| 9780152164454 | What Time Is It, Mister Crocodile? | Judy Sierra | Publisher Description | Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |
| 9781563978272 | What's a Pair? What's a Dozen? | Stephen R. Swinburne | An introduction to number-related words. | |
| 9780395912249 | What's in the Pond? | Anne Hunter | Describes a variety of pond animals, including the mayfly, red-winged blackbird, and painted turtle. | Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |
| 9780064451512 | What's It Like to Be a Fish? | Wendy Pfeffer | How can fish live in water? Why don’t they drown? The answer to this fishy question and more can be found in this latest addition to the Let’s-Read-and-Find-Out Science series. The book clearly explains how a fish’s body is perfectly suited to life underwater, just as our bodies are suited for life on land. 1996 ‘Pick of the Lists’ (ABA) Best Children’s Science Books 1995 (Science Books and Film) | Harper Collins |
| 9781563978814 | What's Opposite? | Stephen R. Swinburne | A photographic essay depicting opposites. | |
| 9780618152414 | When a Line Bends ... a Shape Begins | Rhonda Gowler Greene | Rhymed text describes how shapes are made from simple lines. Some of the verses appear on the page in the shape they describe. | Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |
| 9780439213196 | When Sophie Gets Angry-- Really, Really Angry-- | Molly Bang | A young girl is upset and doesn't know how to manage her anger but takes the time to cool off and regain her composure. | |
| 9781591982920 | When You Go Walking | Rozanne Lanczak Williams | This book tells the story of children who use their five senses to make observations while walking through their neighborhood and while on a class trip. The book includes activities that encourage readers to use their five senses to make observations and to use their notes to write a descriptive paragraph or poem. | Learn to Write |
| 9780064451147 | Where Does the Garbage Go? | Paul Showers | Follow that garbage truck! ...to the landfill to see how trash keeps piling up...to the incinerator to see how trash can be turned into energy ... to the recycling center to see how a soda bottle can be turned into a flowerpot. Filled with graphs, charts, and diagrams, Where Does the Garbage Go? explains how we deal with the problem of too much trash and provides ideas for easy ways to be a part of the solution. | Collins |
| 9780064431781 | Where the Wild Things Are | Maurice Sendak | Max is sent to bed without supper and imagines sailing away to the land of Wild Things,where he is made king. | Harper Collins |
| 9780064451307 | Who Eats What? | Patricia Lauber | An award-winning author and artist explain how every link in a food chain is important because each living thing depends on others for survival. "Clear, simple drawings illustrate the clear, simple text. Informative and intriguing, this basic science book leads children to think about the complex and interdependent web of life on Earth."'BL. Outstanding Science Trade Books for Children 1996 (NSTA/CBC) | Collins |
| 9780152060305 | Whoever You Are (Reading Rainbow Books) | Mem Fox | Enjoy this picture book celebration of diverse childhoods, and the essential things that make us all the same."A compelling exploration of the differences between children that make them unique as well as the common humanity that unites them." (Publishers Weekly)Every day all over the world, children are laughing and crying, playing and learning, eating and sleeping. They may not look the same. They may not speak the same language. Their lives may be quite different from each other. But inside, they are all alike.Stirring words and bold paintings weave their way around our earth, across cultures and generations and remind children to accept differences, to recognize similarities, and—most importantly—to rejoice in both. | Clarion Books |
| 9780152049355 | Why Epossumondas Has No Hair on His Tail | Coleen Salley, Janet Stevens | Epossumondas's mother tells him a story about how his great-great-grandfather became the first possum to have a hairless tail. | Harcourt Childrens Books |
| 9780064451994 | Wiggling Worms at Work | Wendy Pfeffer | Crawling through the dirt, worms are hard at work, helping plants to grow. Worms help the fruit and vegetables we eat by loosening the soil and feeding the plants. Read and find out about these wiggling wonders! | Harper Collins |
| 9780689854439 | Wind | Marion Dane Bauer | Illustrations and simple text explain what wind is, how it is used by plants, birds, and people, and how wind can become a storm. | Simon and Schuster |
| 9781574718317 | Working Together | Regina G. Burch, Creative Teaching Press | Focuses on and teaches positive peer interaction by using motivational readers to teach children the importance of character-building values, while promoting beginning reading skills and strategies. | Creative Teaching Press |
| 9781595661241 | World Art | Sally Hewitt, Sue Nicholson | Answers simple questions children may have regarding their sense of touch. | |
| 9780515158342 | Worse, Worser, Wurst #2 | Nancy Krulik | Princess Pulverizer may not be a knight yet, but she won't let that stop her from saving the day! There's trouble in the kingdom of Salamistonia! Ever since an evil wizard kidnapped Lester the jester, laughter and smiles have disappeared. Now Princess Pulverizer has the perfect opportunity to complete the next good deed on her Quest of Kindness: a rescue mission! With her friends Lucas and Dribble by her side, can Princess Pulverizer defeat the wizard, free Lester, and bring fun back to Salamistonia? | Penguin |