Karen Phillips' Library
Pisgah Elementary
| ISBN | Title | Author | Description | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9780060278670 | If You Take a Mouse to the Movies | Laura Numeroff | Mouse is back for the holidays! A first sequel to If You Give a Mouse a Cookie, starring Mouse! The famous little mouse from the children's classic If You Give a Mouse a Cookie is back in another irresistible tale full of holiday antics. This time, if you take him to the movies, he'll ask you for some popcorn. If you give him the popcorn, he'll want to string it all together. Then he'll want to hang it on a Christmas tree. In the fourth in this mega–selling series, Felicia Bond and Laura Numeroff have created another high–energy story featuring the adorable and demanding mouse that has delighted millions of readers. Ages 10+ | Harper Collins |
| 0590481738 | It Begins With an A | Stephanie Calmenson | An alphabet book that has children guessing what begins with that letter. | Scholastic Books |
| 0439188172 | It Could Have Been Worse | AH Benjamin and Tim Warnes | Mouse is on his way home and he is having terrible luck. | Scholastic |
| 0590463802 | Jessica | Kevin Henkes | A child has a pretend friend when she starts kindergarten. She finds a real one. | Scholastic Books |
| 9781423101147 | John, Paul, George, and Ben | Lane Smith | A fresh and funny introduction to the United States' Founding Fathers looks at the lives of John Hancock, Paul Revere, George Washington, and Ben Franklin as well as Tom Jefferson. 250,000 first printing. | Hyperion |
| 9780439640213 | K Is for Kissing a Cool Kangaroo | Giles Andreae | Simple rhymes introduce all the letters of the alphabet. | Scholastic Incorporated |
| 9780698113893 | Kites Sail High | Ruth Heller | Encourages an appreciation for the study of language with an introduction to verb usage. | Puffin Books |
| 9780689804786 | Let's Count It Out, Jesse Bear | Nancy White Carlstrom | On a trip to an amusement park, Jesse Bear counts things from one silly (giggle) to ten rocks, counting on up to twenty at the end of the book. | Simon & Schuster Books For Young Readers |
| 9780590738033 | Let's Find Out About Money | Kathy Barabas | Text and photographs depict the process of making money, from ores to finished coins. | |
| 9780688128975 | Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse | Kevin Henkes | Lilly loves everything about school, especially her cool teacher, Mr. Slinger. But when Lilly brings her purple plastic purse and its treasures to school and can't wait until sharing time, Mr. Slinger confiscates her prized possessions. Lilly's fury leads to revenge and then to remorse and she sets out to make amends. Lilly, the star of Chester's Way and Julius, the Baby of the World, is back. And this time she has her name in the title - something she's wanted all along. If you thought Lilly was funny before, you are in for a treat. So hurry up and start reading. Lilly can't wait for you to find out more about her. | Harper Collins |
| 9780753452202 | Little Rabbits' First Time Book | Alan Baker | 'Tick-tock, it's 8 o'clock. Wake up, Little Rabbits! It's time for breakfast. Rise and shine!' White Rabbit, Brown Rabbit, and Black and White Rabbit can't waste any time this morning. Their good friend Gray Rabbit is coming to visit and there's plenty to do! Will the Little Rabbits have time to clean the house, do the shopping, and make a special surprise dinner all before Gray Rabbit arrives? Young children will enjoy moving the hands on the clock on every colorful spread as they learn to associate the time of day with each of the Little Rabbits' activities. The Little Rabbits' busy schedule - getting up, having breakfast, and going shopping - is reassuringly familiar to young children and gently introduces the concept of time into their world. Alan Baker's lively art includes dozens of brightly colored everyday objects for children to point to and talk about with their parents. On each spread, clear instructions explain how to move the clock hands to match the time shown on both traditional and digital clock faces, while simple questions help parents reinforce newly learned skills, and build confidence in every child. | Kingfisher |
| 0590683209 | Look Whooo's Counting | Suse MacDonald | Owl goes for a flight and sees so many things to count. | Scholastic |
| 9781591983477 | Lost Puppy, Found Puppy | Rozanne Lanczak Williams | Creative Teaching Press | |
| 9781338612417 | Love | Stacy McAnulty | Love can be seen every day, everywhere, and everyone can show it. | |
| 0439232082 | M & Ms Counting Book | Barbara Barbieri McGrath | A counting book | Scholastic |
| 9780448403168 | Many Luscious Lollipops | Brief text in rhyme and pictures introduce adjectives and their uses. | ||
| 9780670861941 | Math Curse | Jon Scieszka | Did you ever wake up to one of those days where everything is a problem? You have 10 things to do, but only 30 minutes until your bus leaves. Is there enough time? You have 3 shirts and 2 pairs of pants. Can you make 1 good outfit? Then you start to wonder: Why does everything have to be such a problem? Why do 2 apples always have to be added to 5 oranges? Why do 4 kids always have to divide 12 marbles? Why can't you just keep 10 cookies without someone taking 3 away? Why? Because you're the victim of a Math Curse. That's why. But don't despair. This is one girl's story of how that curse can be broken. | Penguin |
| 9780698116429 | Merry-Go-Round | Ruth Heller | Perfect for introductory grammar lessons! What is a noun? Explore language and discover the uses of nouns and their many grammatical forms from proper nouns to common nouns to abstract nouns. “Heller explores types of nouns: common, proper, abstract, concrete, compound, collective, singular, plural, and possessive... Its lush, exuberant full-color artwork will grab kids' attention.”—Booklist “With humor, style, and succinct, admirable precision, Heller summarizes everything most people will ever need to know about this particular area of grammar. ... A treasure.”—Kirkus Reviews “To say that Heller has a way with words is to understate a multifaceted talent... The rhymed text of this book is as witty and smooth as its predecessors ... Rarely does a book offer children so much to look at, listen to and learn.”—Publishers Weekly “Striking graphic design with large clear objects in bold colors overflowing each double-page spread make the book a visual treat. The use of bold type for all the nouns is particularly pleasing and will make for easy reading aloud... Those who have found the others in the series successful will want this one.”—School Library Journal About the Explore! series: Dedicated to helping children learn a variety of nonfiction subjects, the Explore series uses pitch-perfect rhyming text and brilliantly illustrated images to make learning fun. Books in the series: Explore Language! 1. Behind the Mask: A Book About Prepositions 2. Cache of Jewels: And Other Collective Nouns 3. Fantastic! Wow! and Unreal!: A Book About Interjections and Conjunctions 4. Kites Sail High: A Book About Verbs 5. Many Luscious Lollipops: A Book About Adjectives 6. Mine, All Mine!: A Book About Pronouns 7. Merry-Go-Round: A Book About Nouns 8. Up, Up and Away: A Book About Adverbs Explore Nature! 1. Animals Born Alive and Well: A Book About Mammals and Their Young 2. Chickens Aren't the Only Ones: A Book About Animals Who Lay Eggs 3. The Reason for a Flower: A Book About Flowers, Pollen, and Seeds 4. Plants that Never Ever Bloom: A Book About Fungi, Ferns, and Other Plants Without Flowers | Penguin |
| 0439208599 | Monster Math | Anne Miranda | Little Monster has a birthday party and there is lots of counting as guests arrive. | Scholastic |
| 0590107348 | More Than One | Miriam Schlein | Discusses things that are considered one but are more than one like one pair of socks | Scholastic |