Leah Wadsworth's Library
Glenellen Elementary
| ISBN | Title | Author | Description | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9780590266017 | The Cows Are in the Corn | James Young | Everyone in the family is upset when the farm animals get into the crops, but Mother remains calm and knows just what to do. | Cartwheel Books |
| 9781589252769 | The Crunching Munching Caterpillar | Sheridan Cain | Caterpillar wants to fly like Butterfly, Bumblebee, and Sparrow, and Butterfly thinks his wish may come true. | |
| 9780399255373 | The Day the Crayons Quit | Drew Daywalt | The hilarious, colorful #1 New York Times bestselling phenomenon that every kid wants! Gift a copy to someone you love today. Poor Duncan just wants to color. But when he opens his box of crayons, he finds only letters, all saying the same thing: His crayons have had enough! They quit! Blue crayon needs a break from coloring all those bodies of water. Black crayon wants to be used for more than just outlining. And Orange and Yellow are no longer speaking—each believes he is the true color of the sun. What can Duncan possibly do to appease all of the crayons and get them back to doing what they do best? With giggle-inducing text from Drew Daywalt and bold and bright illustrations from Oliver Jeffers, The Day the Crayons Quit is the perfect gift for new parents, baby showers, back-to-school, or any time of year! Perfect for fans of Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus by Mo Willems and The True Story of the Three Little Pigs by Jon Sciezka and Lane Smith. Praise for The Day the Crayons Quit: Amazon’s 2013 Best Picture Book of the Year A Barnes & Noble Best Book of 2013 Goodreads’ 2013 Best Picture Book of the Year Winner of the E.B. White Read-Aloud Award * “Hilarious . . . Move over, Click, Clack, Moo; we’ve got a new contender for the most successful picture-book strike.” –BCCB, starred review “Jeffers . . . elevates crayon drawing to remarkable heights.” –Booklist “Fresh and funny.” –The Wall Street Journal "This book will have children asking to have it read again and again.” –Library Media Connection * “This colorful title should make for an uproarious storytime.” –School Library Journal, starred review * “These memorable personalities will leave readers glancing apprehensively at their own crayon boxes.” –Publishers Weekly, starred review “Utterly original.” –San Francisco Chronicle | Penguin |
| 9780545303033 | The Dot | Peter Reynolds | Vashti believes that she cannot draw, but her art teacher's encouragement leads her to change her mind. | |
| 9781484707265 | The Friend Ship | Kat Yeh | Little Hedgehog is very lonely. But then she overhears passersby talking about something that gives her hope-something called a Friend Ship! Hedgehog imagines a ship filled with friends of all kinds, and soon she's ready to hit the open seas in a boat of her own to track it down. Along the way, she meets other lonely animals eager to join her quest. They search north. They search south. They search east. But Hedgehog and her new friends can't find the Ship anywhere! Until she realizes she knows just where the Friend Ship is. . . This heartwarming tale by Kat Yeh, with charming illustrations by Chuck Groenink, proves that sometimes, what you're searching for is right in front of you. | Disney-Hyperion |
| 9780590729666 | The Grouchy Ladybug | Eric Carle | A grouchy ladybug who is looking for a fight challenges everyone she meets regardless of their size or strength. | |
| 9780590057226 | The Grumpy Morning | Pamela Duncan Edwards | A cow's moo sets off a chain reaction which causes the other animals on the farm to speak out in their own way to let the farmer's wife know she is late to feed them. | |
| 9780545005180 | The Haunted Road Trip | Gail Herman | The Mystery, Inc. gang's road trip turns scary when a monster of a storm forces them to spend the night at the Creepy Motel. | Scholastic Paperbacks |
| 9781524738747 | The Hueys in What's the Opposite? | Oliver Jeffers | Quirky egg-shaped creatures known as the Hueys explore the concept of opposites. | Philomel Books |
| 9781781867549 | The Lambaroo | Diana Kimpton, Rosalind Beardshaw | When motherless Lamb and childless Kangaroo find and adopt each other, they come to realize that their awkward differences are not nearly as important as their love for each other. | Parragon |
| 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 |
| 9780448457147 | The Little Engine that Could | Watty Piper | Although she is not very big, the Little Blue Engine agrees to try to pull a stranded train full of toys over the mountain. On board pages. | Grosset & Dunlap |
| 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 |
| 9780590262675 | The Lunch Box Surprise | Grace Maccarone | When Sam's mother forgets to pack his lunch, his friends in the first grade come to his rescue. | Cartwheel Books |
| 9780545007320 | The Moon | Lydia Carlin | A look at our moon | Scholastic |
| 9780140548709 | The Mysterious Tadpole | Steven Kellogg | It soon becomes clear that Louis's pet tadpole is not turning into an ordinary frog. | Puffin |
| 9780448425009 | The Night Before Kindergarten | Natasha Wing | In the narrative tradition of "The Night Before Christmas," shows children from all over town preparing for their first day of kindergarten, imagining what wonders they will see. | Night Before |
| 9781524790011 | The Night Before Kindergarten Graduation | Natasha Wing | From decorating their classroom to practicing their graduation song to picking out their clothes, Miss Sunrise's kindergarten class prepares for graduation in this rhyming tale based on "The Night Before Christmas." | Grosset & Dunlap |
| 9780618055449 | The Red Wolf | Margaret Shannon | Roselupin, a princess locked in a tower by her overprotective father, uses yarn to knit a red wolf suit to free herself. | Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |
| 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 |