Michele Wallace's Library
Carmel Elementary
| ISBN | Title | Author | Description | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9780545398343 | Skippyjon Jones | Judith Byron Schachner, Sarah Schachner | Skippyjon Jones, a Siamese cat who would rather be his Chihuahua alter ego, is determined to attend dog obedience school. | |
| 9780525477822 | Skippyjon Jones: Color Crazy | Judy Schachner | Everyone’s favorite kitty boy is ready to color—Skippy style! Skippy’s sky will be pink. His sun will be blue. As Skippyjon learns his colors and plays with crayons, he invites the very youngest fans to join in the fun. Who knows what color our mischievous Mr. Fuzzypants will be! | Dutton Books for Young Readers |
| 9780763623456 | Sky Color (Creatrilogy) | Reynolds, Peter H. | The sky’s no limit as the author-illustrator of The Dot and Ish winds up his Creatrilogy with a whimsical tale about seeing the world a new way. Marisol loves to paint. So when her teacher asks her to help make a mural for the school library, she can’t wait to begin! But how can Marisol make a sky without blue paint? After gazing out the bus window and watching from her porch as day turns into night, she closes her eyes and starts to dream. . . . From the award-winning Peter H. Reynolds comes a gentle, playful reminder that if we keep our hearts open and look beyond the expected, creative inspiration will come. | Candlewick |
| 9781984813558 | Stuck | Oliver Jeffers | Philomel Books | |
| 9781553377528 | Suki's Kimono | Chieri Uegaki | On her first day of first grade, despite the objections of her older sisters, Suki chooses to wear her beloved Japanese kimono to school because it holds special memories of her grandmother's visit last summer. | Kids Can Press Ltd |
| 9780714845302 | The Art Book For Children | Editors of Phaidon Press | Can dressing up be art? How do you paint feelings? Why did Giuseppe Arcimboldo choose a grocer s shop to find his inspiration? How do you make an Alberto Giacometti? Can you paint a noise? Why did Jeff Koons make a giant sculpture from 70,000 plants? This book explores the choices and attitudes of thirty different artists. It helps stimulate children s own creativity and imagination by asking them to wonder why artists create things in the way that they do. It explores the various ideas, meanings, roles and functions of art by looking at painting, sculpture, photography and prints and helps develop children s understanding of colour, form, texture and pattern. Simple, clear and fun, it is an ideal tool for teachers and parents, as well as a perfect introduction to all those approaching art for the first time. This book is the offspring of The Art Book, one of the best-selling and most recognizable art books ever published.Publishers WeeklyThe Art Book for Children by Gilda Williams Ruggi presents classic and contemporary works in a fun way that makes art accessible. Each spread or two in the oversize, paper-over-board book introduces a different artist and invites kids to think about the works in unconventional ways. For Cindy Sherman's tweaked self-portraits (in which she poses in staged photographs), for instance, the text asks, If you dress up, do you just change your clothes and paint your face... or do you also change the way you behave? Copyright 2005 Reed Business Information. | Phaidon Press |
| 9780698115729 | The Art Lesson (Paperstar Book) | dePaola, Tomie | Having learned to be creative in drawing pictures at home, young Tommy is dismayed when he goes to school and finds the art lesson there much more regimented.Publishers WeeklyA boy named Tommy loves to draw with his Binney & Smith Crayola crayons, and these pictures hang on his side of the room, in his mother's kitchen, at the barber shop where his father works, in the store of his Irish grandparents and in the home of his Italian grandmother Nana. Tommy? Nana? This work of picture-book fiction is really a gem of an autobiography, and readers familiar with dePaola's work will find wonderful, well-placed clues to his lifetime of artistry among these pages. Tommy starts school, and can't wait for the day when the art teacher comes. But there are a couple of hitches: the paints at school are cracked and powdery (and blow ``right off the paper''), and the art teacher only lets the children have one piece of paper, on which to ``copy'' her drawings. Tommy, who has been told by his aunts (twins, who are artists) that real artists never copy, has a crisis. But his teachers (including Tommy's regular classroom teacher) show themselves to be far more understanding than readers could have predicted, and all ends well. Inventive and revealing, dePaola provides a lyrical blend of text and art. This is an inspired and childlike offering, perhaps one of dePaola's best. Ages 5-8. (Apr.) | Puffin Books |
| The Best Teacher Ever | ||||
| 9780395797549 | The Etcher's Studio | Arthur Geisert | A young boy helps his grandfather, an etcher, prepare for a year-end studio print sale. The boy's most important task is to color each etching by hand. His work is tedious, and his mind begins to wander into the world of art as he imagines himself within the very pictures he is coloring. He soon finds himself exploring distant lands and flying over his town in a hot-air balloon. Using a young boy and his grandfather as guides, Arthur Geisert explains how drawings are engraved in copper and printed. He describes the process involved in the intricate art of etching, while his colorful illustrations demonstrate the elegance and beauty of this unique art form. | HMH Books for Young Readers |
| 9780060778637 | The Gingerbread Cowboy | Janet Squires | "Giddyup, giddyup as fast as you can. You can't catch me, I'm the Gingerbread Man!" The Gingerbread Cowboy can run from the rancher, he can dash past the javelinas, and he can giddyup right by the cattle grazing on the mesa. But what happens when he meets a coyote sleeping in the sun? Janet Squires and Holly Berry retell this classic tale with a Wild Western flair, filled with rodeo-romping fun. | Harper Collins |
| 9780439897501 | The Hello, Goodbye Window | Norton Juster | A little girl describes the magic kitchen window in her grandparents' home. | Scholastic |
| 9780394823379 | The Lorax | Dr. Seuss | Celebrate Earth Day with Dr. Seuss and the Lorax in this classic picture book about sustainability and protecting the environment! I am the Lorax. I speak for the trees. Dr. Seuss’s beloved story teaches kids to treat the planet with kindness and stand up and speak up for others. Experience the beauty of the Truffula Trees and the danger of taking our earth for granted in a story that is timely, playful, and hopeful. The book’s final pages teach us that just one small seed, or one small child, can make a difference. Printed on recycled paper, this book is the perfect gift for Earth Day and for any child—or child at heart—who is interested in recycling, advocacy, and the environment, or just loves nature and playing outside. Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It’s not. | Random House Books for Young Readers |
| 9780394856933 | The Random House Book Of Fairy Tales | A lush treasury of 19 fairy tales that generations of children have grown up on, lushly illustrated by Diane Goode. | Random House Books for Young Readers | |
| The Secret Birthday Message By ERIC CARLE | ||||
| 9780670784899 | The Story Of Fish And Snail | Deborah Freedman | Every day, Snail waits for Fish to come home with a new story.Today, Fish's story (about pirates!) is too grand to simply be told: Fish wants to show Snail. But that would mean leaving the familiar world of their book—a scary prospect for Snail, who would rather stay safely at home and pretend to be kittens. Fish scoffs that cats are boring; Snail snaps back. Is this book too small for the two feuding friends? Could this be THE END of The Story of Fish and Snail?Deborah Freedman, author of Blue Chicken, has created a sweet and playful story about friendship that truly jumps off the page. | Viking Books for Young Readers |
| 9780439077279 | Three Stories You Can Read to Your Cat | Sara Swan Miller | A cat hears three stories about a dull rainy day, a yummy bug, and a good day destroying things around the house. | |
| 9781452170336 | Tiny T. Rex And The Impossible Hug (Dinosaur Books, Dinosaur Books For Kids, Dinosaur Picture Books, Read Aloud Family Books, Books For Young Children) | Stutzman, Jonathan | Tiny T. Rex Wants To Cheer Up His Friend, Pointy, With A Hug, But He Is Frustrated Because Even As He Gets Bigger, His Arms Remain Too Small For Proper Hugging--but He Is Determined To Practice, Even When He Gets Into Trouble. | Chronicle Books |
| 9780673625472 | Wang Yani: Longing to Paint | Anne Sibley O'Brien | The story of Wang Yani who with her gift of painting became a famous Chinese painter of monkeys. | Pearson Scott Foresman |
| 9780762441976 | You Are My Work Of Art | DiCicco, Sue | Running Press Kids |