Megan Koewler's Library
Norman Smith Elementary
| ISBN | Title | Author | Description | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9780669302325 | The Cow that Went Oink | Bernard Most | A cow that oinks and a pig that moos are ridiculed by the other barnyard animals until each teaches the other a new sound. | |
| 9780916119287 | The Four Seasons | Rozanne Lanczak Williams | Seasons follow one another in a continuous pattern, during which changes in nature can be observed (cut-paper illustrations show birds, flowers, leaves, snowflakes). | Creative Teaching Press |
| 9780545042994 | The Fox and the Falling Leaves | Julia Rawlinson | Originally titled 'Fletcher and the falling leaves'. | |
| 9780545163606 | The Gingerbread Cowboy | Janet Squires | A freshly baked gingerbread cowboy escapes from the rancher's wife's kitchen and eludes his pursuers in this western United States version of the "Gingerbread Boy." | |
| 9780545061605 | The Gingerbread Girl | Lisa Campbell Ernst | Like her older brother, the Gingerbread Boy, who was eventually devoured by a fox, the Gingerbread Girl eludes the many people who would like to eat her but also has a plan to escape her sibling's fate. | |
| 9780590410564 | The Gingerbread Man and Other Tales. | Includes : Jack and the Beanstalk ; The Three Billy Goats Gruff ; and The Little Red Hen. | ||
| 9780590431767 | The Icky Bug Alphabet Book | Jerry Pallotta | Introduces the characteristics and activities of insects and other crawly creatures from A to Z, beginning with the ant and concluding with the zebra butterfly. | |
| 9780064432276 | The Important Book | Margaret Wise Brown | The important thing about The Important Book -- is that you let your child tell you what is important about the sun and the moon and the wind and the rain and a bug and a bee and a chair and a table and a pencil and a bear and a rainbow and a cat (if he wants to). For the important thing about The Important Book is that the book goes on long after it is closed.What is most important about many familiar things -- like rain and wind, apples and daisies -- is suggested in rhythmic words and vivid pictures. 'A perfect book . . . the text establishes a word game which tiny children will accept with glee.' -- K. | Harper Collins |
| 9780545312905 | The Leaves on the Trees | Thom Wiley | Follows a group of children as they enjoy the sights and smells of fall, including the crunchy leaves and those that have changed color. Based on the song "The wheels on the bus." | Scholastic Inc. |
| 9780545427135 | The Legend of Spookley the Square Pumpkin | Joe Troiano | Spookley is ridiculed for his odd shape until his uniqueness saves the day. | |
| 9780545906579 | The Little School Bus | |||
| 9780439454414 | The Missing Mitten Mystery | |||
| 9780545068925 | The New Bear at School | Carrie Weston | When a new bear comes to school, all the other animals are afraid of him until he saves them from the Rat Pack bullies. | |
| 9780439897877 | The Night Before First Grade | Natasha Wing | Penny's excitement over the start of first grade turns to sadness when she and her best friend are placed different classrooms, but they make the best of it--and some new friends--in this poem based on "The Night Before Christmas." | |
| 9780590108379 | The Squirrels' Thanksgiving | Steven Kroll | A brother and sister squirrel appreciate each other more after being exposed to their really naughty cousins at Thanksgiving dinner. | |
| 9780590439688 | The Story of Ruby Bridges | Robert Coles | For months six-year-old Ruby Bridges must confront the hostility of white parents when she becomes the first African American girl to integrate Frantz Elementary School in New Orleans in 1960. | |
| 9781338315905 | The Three Little Superpigs | Claire Evans (Illustrator) | After their triumph over the Big Bad Wolf, the pigs fancied themselves as crime fighters, so when the Wolf escapes the residents of Fairyland call on the brothers to capture the villain--but the Wolf is planning his own revenge (and a pork dinner) so it will be up to the cleverest pig to once again rescue his brothers and save Fairyland. | |
| 9780547028293 | The Treasure Map | Delilah Sampson | Houghton Mifflin Harcourt School Publishers | |
| 9781338230000 | Thelma the Unicorn | Aaron Blabey | Told in rhyme, Thelma the pony wants to be a unicorn--but when her wish comes true she discovers that there is a downside to fame, and realizes that she was happier at home with her friend. | |
| 9780439471091 | There Was a Cold Lady Who Swallowed some Snow! | Lucille Colandro | For use in schools and libraries only. This time, the old lady is swallowing everything from snow to a pipe, some coal, a hat, and more! With rollicking, rhyming text and funny illustrations, this lively version will appeal to young readers. And this time, there is a surprise at the end no re | Cartwheel Books |