Leah Wadsworth's Library
Glenellen Elementary
| ISBN | Title | Author | Description | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9780547170381 | Up, Down, and Around Big Book Unit 5 Level 1 | Reading | A garden produces a variety of edible plants, such as corn that grows up, onions that grow down, and tomato vines that twine all around. | Houghton Mifflin School |
| 9781338240948 | Wallace and Grace Take the Case | Heather Alexander | In their first adventure, Wallace and Grace meet a rabbit who is sure he saw a ghost! Something is spooking the garden . . . Can Wallace and Grace solve this case? | |
| 9780064441919 | Weather | Lee Bennett Hopkins | "From the catchy nonsense of X. J. Kennedy's 'Snowflake Souffle' to the simple, surprising imagery of Valerie Worth's 'Sun' to Hopkins's own onomatopoeic 'Thunder,' the short lines, satisfying rhyme, and physicalness of the words can lure beginning readers—and also younger listeners—to the joy of sounds that make sense."—BL. | Harper Collins |
| 9780689716836 | Weather Forecasting | Gail Gibbons | This fun and educational picture book describes forecasters at work in a weather station as they track and gauge the constant changes in the weather. Will I need my umbrella? Is it a good day for the beach? Will school close because of snow? These are the questions weather forecasters answer every day. They can tell us what the weather is doing at any time of the day or night. But how do they do it? Weather Forecasting tells how. With straightforward text and colorful pictures, this behind-the-scenes look at a modern weather station answers basic questions kids ask most, and makes weather forecasting more fun and accessible than ever. | Aladdin |
| 9781429693646 | Weather in Spring | Martha E. H. Rustad | Describes the different kinds of weather that occur during the spring, including sunshine, rain, and storms. | Capstone Classroom |
| 9780516449180 | Weather Library: What's the Weather Today? | Our libraries help students investigate topics even further. Each paperback library features 5 accessible books that make concepts easy to grasp, including both fiction and nonfiction titles. | ||
| 9780823410309 | Whales | Gail Gibbons | Immerse yourself in the sea in this illustrated look at the world's largest mammals for the littlest learners. Simple text and watercolor art explore the anatomy, evolution, diet, and much more of these majestic ocean creatures. Captions identify different species, vocabulary words (with pronunciations), and key facts. The gray whale has the longest migration route at about 6,000 miles! A "Whale Tales" section with bonus trivia is included at the end. Gail Gibbons is a titan in the field of children's nonfiction, having published over 100 nonfiction books for kids. | National Geographic Books |
| 9781484603536 | What Can You See in Fall? | Sian Smith | "Books in this series introduce emergent readers to the four seasons. In Fall, children are taken on a tour of things they can see in fall including typical fall activities and changes in the natural world. Beautiful photos, very simple repeated text, high frequency and decodeable words and strong photo-to-text matching make this a perfect book for early readers to enjoy"--Provided by publisher. | Capstone Classroom |
| 9781484603543 | What Can You See in Spring? | Sian Smith | "Books in this series introduce emergent readers to the four seasons. In Spring, children are taken on a tour of things they can see in spring including typical spring activities and new life and growth in the natural world. Beautiful photos, very simple repeated text, high frequency and decodeable words and strong photo-to-text matching make this a perfect book for early readers to enjoy"--Provided by publisher. | Capstone Classroom |
| 9781484603567 | What Can You See in Winter? | Sian Smith | "Books in this series introduce emergent readers to the four seasons. In Winter, children are taken on a tour of things they can see in winter including typical winter activities and changes in the natural world. Beautiful photos, very simple repeated text, high frequency and decodeable words and strong photo-to-text matching make this a perfect book for early readers to enjoy"--Provided by publisher. | Capstone Classroom |
| 9780545733120 | What if You Had Animal Feet? | Sandra Markle | Explains how certain animals use their feet to help them survive, including a gray wolf, barn owl, and mountain goat. | Scholastic Paperbacks |
| 9781467744973 | What Is a Forecast? | Jennifer Boothroyd | What does it mean to forecast the weather? How do weather forecasters do their jobs? Readers will learn the ins and outs of weather forecasting in this book. Accessible text and appealing photos show forecasters at work and encourage students to think about how forecasting works and what weather forecasts mean to them. | Lerner Publishing Group |
| 9780439576956 | What Teachers Can't Do | Douglas Wood | Details the many things that teachers cannot do, from buying their own apples to going down the tube slide at recess. | |
| 9780062381989 | What Will the Weather Be? | Lynda DeWitt | Will it be warm or cold? Should we wear shorts or pants? Shoes or rain boots? This picture book explores why the weather can be so hard to predict. Now rebranded with a new cover look, this classic picture book uses colorful, simple diagrams to explain meteorology in a fun, engaging way. Perfect for young readers and budding meteorologists, this bestseller is filled with rich climate vocabulary and clear explanations of everyday weather instruments like thermometers and barometers. Both text and artwork were vetted for accuracy by Dr. Sean Birkel of the Climate Change Institute at the University of Maine. This is a Level 2 Let's-Read-and-Find-Out, which means the book explores more challenging concepts perfect for children in the primary grades and supports the Common Core Learning Standards and Next Generation Science Standards. Let's-Read-and-Find-Out is the winner of the American Association for the Advancement of Science/Subaru Science Books & Films Prize for Outstanding Science Series. | HarperCollins |
| 9780063041509 | What Would You Do in a Book About You? | Jean Reidy | For fans of Oh, The Places You'll Go! and The Wonderful Things You Will Be, What Would You Do in a Book About You? will empower kids to reach for their dreams. From Zolotow Honor award-winning author Jean Reidy (Truman) and illustrated by Joey Chou, this lyrical picture book has pitch-perfect rhythm and rhyme and makes for a great read-aloud. No dream is too big or too small in this heartwarming, heart-building book about you! So, stop. Dream. Think it through. And remember, there is so much you can do. Here is an exuberant book that asks what wonderful, endless possibilities your story and your future might hold, making YOU the author of your own powerful tale. Perfect for a graduation, a new baby, a birthday, or any milestone in a child's or adult's life, this book celebrates everything you are capable of doing and becoming. For after all, the best stories are the ones that you will write . . . | HarperCollins |
| 9780064451321 | What's Alive? | Kathleen Weidner Zoehfeld | How to tell the difference between living and nonliving things—an essential first skill in scientific sorting and classifying—is explored with hands-on activities and colorful diagrams. Best Children’s Science Book List 1995 (S) | Harper Collins |
| 9781477535318 | When I Build With Blocks | Niki Alling | Step into the block area of a Pre-K / Kindergarten classroom, through the eyes and imagination of a child. When I Build With Blocks, transports an everyday classroom into various imaginative scenes - from outer space to the ocean. Any young child, who has ever built with blocks, can identify with this book. Each block structure included originated from ideas in actual Pre-K and Kindergarten classrooms. | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform |
| 9780062331397 | When Spring Comes | Kevin Henkes | The award-winning, bestselling husband-and-wife team of Kevin Henkes and Laura Dronzek collaborate on this beautiful picture book celebrating the arrival of spring. Before spring comes, the trees are dark sticks, the grass is brown, and the ground is covered in snow. But if you wait, leaves unfurl and flowers blossom, the grass turns green, and the mounds of snow shrink and shrink. Spring brings baby birds, sprouting seeds, rain and mud, and puddles. You can feel it and smell it and hear it—and you can read it! Kevin Henkes uses striking imagery, repetition, and alliteration to introduce basic concepts of language and the changing of the seasons. And Laura Dronzek’s gorgeous, lush paintings show the transformation from quiet, cold winter to the joyful newborn spring. Watch the world transform when spring comes! | Greenwillow Books |
| 9780399242618 | When the Elephant Walks | Keiko Kasza | When the elephant walks he scares the bear who runs away and scares the crocodile who runs away and scares the wild hog, in a board-book version of a seemingly never-ending animal story. | G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers |
| 9781950416844 | When We're Together | Claire Freedman | Being together is laughter and singing, And sharing each bright sunny day. It's splashing through puddles or reading together-It's special in every way! Being together makes each day special-whether playing, exploring, or just doing nothing at all. |