Johanna Jones' Library
Minglewood Elementary
| ISBN | Title | Author | Description | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9781939100429 | The Kissing Hand | Audrey Penn | School is starting in the forest, but Chester Raccoon does not want to go. To help ease Chester's fears, Mrs. Raccoon shares a family secret called the Kissing Hand to give him the reassurance of her love any time his world feels a little scary. Since its first publication in 1993, this heartwarming book has become a children's classic that has touched the lives of millions of children and their parents, especially at times of separation, whether starting school, entering daycare, or going to camp. It is widely used by kindergarten teachers on the first day of school. Stickers at the back will help children and their parents keep their Kissing Hand alive. | Tanglewood |
| 9780064433228 | The Listening Walk | Paul Showers | Put on your socks and shoes -- and don't forget your ears! We're going on a listening walk. Shhhhh. Do not talk. Do not hurry. Get ready to fill your ears with a world of wonderful and surprising sounds. | Harper Collins |
| 9780590225618 | The Little Mouse. the Red Ripe Strawberry and the Big Hungry Bear | Don Wood, Audrey Wood | ||
| 9780064431835 | The Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything | Linda Williams | 0nce upon a time, there was a little old lady who was not afraid of anything! But one autumn night, while walking in the woods, the little old lady heard . . . CLOMP, CLOMP, SHAKE, SHAKE, CLAP, CLAP. And the little old lady who was not afraid of anything had the scare of her life! | Harper Collins |
| 9780394823379 | The Lorax | Dr. Seuss | Celebrate Earth Day with Dr. Seuss and the Lorax in this classic picture book about sustainability and protecting the environment! I am the Lorax. I speak for the trees. Dr. Seuss’s beloved story teaches kids to treat the planet with kindness and stand up and speak up for others. Experience the beauty of the Truffula Trees and the danger of taking our earth for granted in a story that is timely, playful, and hopeful. The book’s final pages teach us that just one small seed, or one small child, can make a difference. Printed on recycled paper, this book is the perfect gift for Earth Day and for any child—or child at heart—who is interested in recycling, advocacy, and the environment, or just loves nature and playing outside. Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It’s not. | Random House Books for Young Readers |
| 9780399251696 | The Mine-O-Saur | Sudipta Bardhan-Quallan | The greedy Mino-o-saur learns the hard way that he needs to share the toys in order to make friends. | |
| 9781606172117 | The Mitten | Several animals sleep snugly in Nicki's lost mitten until the bear sneezes. | ||
| 9781581735284 | The Night Before Big School | E. J. Sullivan | Children and adults will enjoy reading along as the characters in this illustrated book discover the magic and excitement of the first day of school. | |
| 9781338157628 | The Quickest Kid in Clarksville | Pat Zietlow Miller | Growing up in the segregated town of Clarksville, Tennessee, in the 1960s, Alta's family cannot afford to buy her new sneakers--but she still plans to attend the parade celebrating her hero Wilma Rudolph's three Olympic gold medals. | |
| 9780152712457 | The Seasons of Arnold's Apple Tree | Gail Gibbons | This book about nature and the changing seasons focuses on a young boy and a very special apple tree. In Gail Gibbons's bright illustrations, Arnold collects apple blossoms in spring, builds a tree house in summer, makes apple pie and cider in the fall, and hangs strings of popcorn and berries for the birds in winter, among other seasonal activities. Includes a recipe for apple pie and a description of how an apple cider press works. | Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |
| 9780590443579 | The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs | Jon Scieszka | The wolf gives his own outlandish version of what really happened when he tangled with the three little pigs. | |
| 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 |
| 9780689845000 | The Year at Maple Hill Farm | Alice Provensen, Martin Provensen | Observes life on an old-fashioned farm through the four seasons, celebrating the seasonal changes and growth in the lives of the people, the animals, and the countryside. Reprint. | Simon & Schuster/Paula Wiseman Books |
| 9781454919629 | Then & Now | Santiago Beascoa | From the way we send messages to the way we travel, technology is constantly changing. Then & Now provides a look at how everyday machines like cars and phones have evolved over the last century. | |
| 9780545931908 | There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Turkey! | Lucille Colandro | This old lady swallows a turkey and a whole range of other very strange items. | Cartwheel Books |
| 9780545477994 | There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed some Books! | Lucille Colandro | A twist on the classic tale of "There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly" takes the story even further as the lady goes about swallowing a variety of items related to school, including books, a ruler, and chalk. | |
| 9780375810992 | There's a Map on My Lap! | Tish Rabe | The Cat in the Hat introduces beginning readers to maps–the different kinds (city, state, world, topographic, temperature, terrain, etc.); their formats (flat, globe, atlas, puzzle); the tools we use to read them (symbols, scales, grids, compasses); and funny facts about the places they show us (“Michigan looks like a scarf and a mitten! Louisiana looks like a chair you can sit in!”). | Random House Books for Young Readers |
| 9780375975806 | Thidwick the Big-Hearted Moose | Random House | ||
| 9780698115811 | Thunder Cake | Patricia Polacco | Grandma finds a way to dispel her grandchild's fear of thunderstorms. | Puffin |
| 9780618618651 | Thunder-Boomer! | Shutta Crum | A farm family scurries for shelter from a violent thunderstorm that brings welcome relief from the heat and also an unexpected surprise. | Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |