Kimberly Wooley's Library
Pisgah Elementary
| ISBN | Title | Author | Description | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9780545104555 | How Do Dinosaurs Go to School? | Jane Yolen | Explains how little dinosaurs should behave during a typical school day. | Scholastic Incorporated |
| 9780590316828 | How Do Dinosaurs Say Good Night? | Jane Yolen | Mother and child ponder the different ways a dinosaur can say goodnight, from slamming his tail and pouting to giving a big hug and kiss. | |
| 9780545330763 | How Do Dinosaurs Say I Love You? | Jane Yolen | Illustrations and rhyming text present some of the different ways a well-behaved dinosaur can celebrate the eight days and nights of Chanukah. | |
| 9780545840613 | How Do Dinosaurs Stay Safe? | Jane Yolen | Young dinosaurs take precautions in order to stay safe throughout the day, both at home and at play. | |
| 9780439664745 | How I Became a Pirate | Melinda Long | Jeremy Jacob joins Braid Beard and his pirate crew and finds out about pirate language, pirate manners, and other aspects of their life. When Braid Beard's pirate crew invites Jeremy Jacob to join their voyage, he jumps right on board. Buried treasure, sea chanteys, pirate talk--who wouldn't go along? Soon Jeremy Jacob knows all about being a pirate. He throws his food across the table and his manners to the wind. He hollers like thunder and laughs off bedtime. It's the heave-ho, blow-the-man-down, very best time of his life. Until he finds out what pirates don't do--no reading bedtime stories, no tucking kids in. ... Maybe being a pirate isn't so great after all. Caldecott Honor-winning illustrator David Shannon teams up with witty storyteller Melinda Long for a hilarious look at the finer points of pirate life. | Scholastic |
| 9781338246018 | I Am Thankful | Suzy Capozzi | ||
| 9780590451628 | If You Lived with the Sioux Indians | Ann McGovern | Describes the daily life of the Sioux Indians--their clothing, food, games, customs, etc.--before and after the coming of the white man. | Scholastic Paperbacks |
| 9780152013066 | Insectlopedia | Douglas Florian | Presents twenty-one short poems about such insects as the inchworm, termite, cricket, and ladybug. | Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |
| 9780448411309 | Johnny Appleseed | Patricia Demuth | Recounts the story of the man who traveled West planting apple seeds to make the country a better place to live. | |
| 9780763660536 | Journey | Aaron Becker | Using a red marker, a young girl draws a door on her bedroom wall and through it enters another world where she experiences many adventures, including being captured by an evil emperor. | Candlewick Press |
| 9780803735583 | Ladybug Girl and Bumblebee Boy | David Soman, Jacky Davis | Lulu, dressed as Ladybug Girl, goes to the playground and makes new friends, including Bumblebee Boy. | |
| 9780021850136 | Lee in the Lake | McGraw Hill | ||
| 9781338245417 | Let It Snow | Holly Hobbie | Toot and Puddle celebrate Christmas and learn that the best kind of present for the best kind of friend is one that shows just how much you care. | |
| 9780988325371 | Little Red Riding Hood | Teresa Mlawer | Traditional fables, designed especially for early childhood and the emergent reader | Timeless Fables |
| 9780920668375 | Love You Forever | Robert N. Munsch | As her son grows up from little boy to adult man, a mother secretly rocks him each night as he sleeps. | Firefly Books |
| 9781891627927 | Mat Man Shapes | Jan Z. Olsen, Molly Delaney | In MAT MAN SHAPES (hardcover), The popular Mat Man™ character comes to life in an imaginative tale that takes children to a world of shapes and rhymes. A friendly hero opens students' minds to shapes, rhyming verse, imagination, exploration, and community in the first book of the Mat Man™ reading series. | Get Set for School/Handwriting Without Tears |
| 9780152531843 | Merry Christmas, Strega Nona | As the Christmas holidays approach in Calabria, Stega Nona abandons her usual pursuits to prepare her annual feast for the entire town. | Houghton Mifflin Harcourt | |
| 9780140505399 | Miss Rumphius | Barbara Cooney | Alice made a promise to make the world a more beautiful place, then a seed of an idea is planted and blossoms into a beautiful plan. This beloved classic and celebration of nature—written by a beloved Caldecott winner—is lovelier than ever! Barbara Cooney's story of Alice Rumphius, who longed to travel the world, live in a house by the sea, and do something to make the world more beautiful, has a timeless quality that resonates with each new generation. The countless lupines that bloom along the coast of Maine are the legacy of the real Miss Rumphius, the Lupine Lady, who scattered lupine seeds everywhere she went. Miss Rumphius received the American Book Award in the year of publication. The illustrations have been reoriginated, going back to the original art to ensure state-of-the-art reproduction of Cooney's exquisite artwork. The art for Miss Rumphius has a permanent home in the Bowdoin College Museum of Art. | Puffin Books |
| 9780823440061 | My Awesome Summer by P. Mantis | Paul Meisel | Get a bug's-eye-view on the life cycle of the praying mantis, in this hilarious, scientifically accurate Nature Diary following an insect through her whole summer. Finalist for the AAAS/Subaru SB&F Prize for Excellence in Science Books "May 17: I was born today! It's a beautiful, sunny spring day!" This is the diary of P. Mantis, one of 150 brothers and sisters born on a garden bush. P. Mantis is an amazing bug: she can make herself look like a stick to hide from predators, she can swivel her head all the way around, and when she's grown up she'll even be able to fly! In dated journal entries P. Mantis describes the entirety of her life, sharing the fun and beauty of her world as well its little ups and downs ("I ate one of my brothers. Okay, maybe two"). Colorful, bold art helps illustrate the different stages of the mantis life cycle, and the engaging, narrative text is paired with more detailed information about praying mantises on the heavily-illustrated endpapers. Washington Children's Choice Book Award 2019 Nominee A New York Public Library Staff Pick for Children Don't miss the other hilarious entries in The Nature Diary Series! Each one explores the life cycle of an animal in dated journal entries, showing young readers how they grow and change through the seasons-- and offering a few laughs, too! Brightly illustrated and vetted by experts, Paul Meisel's books are a perfect introduction to your backyard neighbors. My Happy Year by E. Bluebird A Junior Library Guild Selection My Stinky Summer by S. Bug A Junior Library Guild Selection | National Geographic Books |
| 9780763616991 | My Penguin Osbert | Elizabeth Cody Kimmel | When a boy finally gets exactly what he wants from Santa, he learns that owning a real penguin may not have been a good idea after all. | Candlewick Press |