Kathy Melton's Library
Sango Elementary
| ISBN | Title | Author | Description | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9780064467230 | Stuart J. Murphy | After 7 days Pepper opens his eyes. After 2 months Pepper can leave his mother and come home with Lisa and Joey. After 3 months he needs a checkup at the vet's. In her journal Lisa writes down all the important events of Pepper's first year - and readers will learn all about days, weeks, months, and years as they find out just how much fun a new kitten can be. Together, Stuart J. Murphy and Marsha Winborn introduce the concept of calendar time and show all the fun and important things to do in a kitten's first year. | HarperCollins | |
| 9780064467285 | Stuart J. Murphy | The yellow cars beep! The red cars vroom! As Molly plays with her big brother’s toy cars, readers will see and recognize patterns, an essential first step in learning to reason from the specific to the general. But can Molly put the cars back in the right order before her brother returns? | Harper Collins | |
| 9780064467292 | Stuart J. Murphy | Josh is the best collector on the block. And now he has something new to collect - rocks! Soon Josh and his best friend, Amy, have so many rocks they need to organize their collection. But how? Young collectors will be fascinated by all there is to know about rocks and about classifying - sorting and organizing objects by attributes like color, shape, or size. Grab your rock hammer and join the fun with this entertaining story by Stuart J. Murphy and lively art by Cat Bowman Smith. | Harper Collins | |
| 9780064467353 | Stuart J. Murphy | Shark Swimathon The Ocean City Sharks have to swim 75 laps by the end of the week, and every day they figure out how many laps are left to go. Swimming and subtraction are all part of the fun! | Harper Collins | |
| 9780064467360 | Stuart J. Murphy | It's slimy. It's smelly. Its green and it's gooey. It's seaweed soup -- and its Turtle's favorite lunch! Turtle has made enough seaweed soup for everyone. But it looks awful and smells worse! Nobody wants to even taste it. How can they tell Turtle without hurting his feelings? As Turtle serves lunch to his reluctant guests, young readers can learn about matching sets (also called one-to-one correspondence) by keeping track of all the different bowls, cups, spoons, and napkins on the table. Lighthearted art and a surprise ending make this a story readers will eat up. | Harper Collins | |
| 9780140505344 | Kate Duke | What goes into a really good story? Only the best ingredients—a heroine, a hero, excitement, a little romance, and even a villain or two. They are all here, as Aunt Isabel and her niece concoct a delightful story within a story. Fun to read aloud, this book is a lively yarn, a visual treat, and a charming introduction—all in one. | Puffin Books | |
| 9780142401255 | Jan Brett | Bo, an adventurous, near-sighted armadillo, leaves his mother and brothers to follow a girl heading to a rodeo wearing new red boots which Bo mistakes for another armadillo. | Puffin | |
| 9780142401392 | Joseph Slate | Miss Bindergarten and her kindergarteners are stepping out of the classroom and going to all sorts of places. Franny gets to decorate a cake at the bakery, Jessie learns to Stop, Drop, and Roll at the fire station, Patricia gets to push the mail at the post office, and all of the kindergarteners read colorful picture books at the library! They even have time to play at the park and have a picnic. Miss Bindergarten's kindergarten is having so much fun! | Penguin | |
| 9780142402702 | Jan Brett | Daisy, an unhappy hen in China, floats down the river in a basket and has an adventure. | Puffin | |
| 9780152010072 | Jane Yolen | Three moles live underground, and then one of them finally ventures upward to find out what the world is like "Up Above." | Voyager Books/Libros Viajeros | |
| 9780152014834 | Sherry Garland | A Vietnamese family is forced to flee from their homeland to escape a devastating civil war. | Houghton Mifflin Harcourt | |
| 9780152026318 | Mary Ann Hoberman | Everyone works hard to help the garden grow . . . but whose garden is it? | Houghton Mifflin Harcourt | |
| 9780152045555 | Bill Martin | Describes the characteristics of each month of the year in rhyming text and illustrations. | Houghton Mifflin Harcourt | |
| 9780152054359 | Audrey Wood | When the contented King Bidgood refuses to get out of his magnificent bathtub, one by one all the members of the court become involved in luring the stubborn monarch from his tub. | Sandpiper | |
| 9780142500767 | Tomie De Paola | Strega Nona sends home gifts of candy and bubble bath while on vacation, but when Bambolona grabs the candy, Big Anthony is left with a lot of bubbles. | Puffin | |
| 9780153148651 | Heather Nicole | Harcourt | ||
| 9780153148729 | Mary West | Harcourt | ||
| 9780156119078 | Tomie DePaola | When Big Anthony borrows Strega Nona's magic ring to turn himself into a handsome man, he gets more trouble than fun. | Houghton Mifflin Harcourt | |
| 9780310766391 | Zondervan | Fiona the Hippo is s heroine for children and adults everywhere, smart, sassy, fearless Fiona will steal hearts and give readers the courage to face whatever challenges they might have in their own lives. Fiona the Hippo, by New York Times bestselling artist Richard Cowdrey of Bad Dog, Marley fame, tells the story of Fiona, the adorable internet sensation from the Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Gardens, who captured hearts around the world with her inspiring story and plucky personality. Born prematurely, at only 29 pounds, Fiona was not expected to live. But her spunk and determination (along with lots of love and support from her caregivers at the zoo) helped her thrive and become a happy, healthy hippopotamus. With every challenge she faced, Fiona let out a snort, wiggled her ears, and said "I've got this." And she did In this delightful story, inspired by the real adventure of this heroic hippo, join Fiona and her lovable animal friends at the zoo as she is introduced to the world in this whimsical and inspiring tale of perseverance and friendship. Fiona the Hippo Has a beautiful cover highlighted with foil Illustrated by New York Times bestselling Richard Cowdrey Is an inspirational story for all readers and hippo lovers everywhere | A Fiona the Hippo Book | |
| 9780316265232 | Todd Parr | In a brand-new companion to his beloved classic It's Okay to Be Different, New York Times bestselling author Todd Parr encourages kids to be proud of who they are inside. Be who you are! Be proud of where you're from. Be a different color. Speak your language. Wear everything you need to be you. Who better than Todd Parr to remind kids that their unique traits are what make them so special? With his signature silly and accessible style, Parr encourages readers to embrace all their unique qualities. | Little, Brown Books for Young Readers |