Natalie Briggs' Library
Montgomery Central Elementary
| ISBN | Title | Author | Description | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9780698115590 | The Reason for a Flower | Ruth Heller | “[An] extravagantly beautiful creation. It is unusual in its ingenious way of teaching botany and interesting words to the littlest of readers.” —Publishers Weekly “Ms. Heller’s colors and drawings are as electrifying as ever.” —Los Angeles Times The reason for a flower is to manufacture seeds, but Ruth Heller shares a lot more about parts of plants and their functions in her trademark rhythmic style. | Penguin |
| 9780439384728 | The Sort-of-Super Snowman | Rachel Vail | Mama Rex and T decide to build the world's greatest snowman, but T soon discovers that it is hard work! | |
| 9780063045415 | The Sour Grape | Jory John | Don't miss the sixth picture book in the #1 New York Times bestselling Food Group series that's ripe with humor from Jory John and Pete Oswald! The Sour Grape holds grudges for every reason under the sun. Lime never returned a scarf they borrowed? Grudge! Orange never called back? Grudge! But when a friend holds a grudge against the Sour Grape without listening to an explanation, the Sour Grape realizes how unfair grudges can be. Could a bunch of forgiveness and compassion be enough to turn a sour grape sweet? Jory John and Pete Oswald serve up another heaping plate of laughs and lessons with this empowering, witty, and charming addition to their #1 New York Times bestselling series! Check Out Jory John and Pete Oswald's other funny bestselling books for kids 4-8 and anyone who wants a laugh: The Bad Seed The Good Egg The Cool Bean The Couch Potato The Smart Cookie The Good Egg Presents: The Great Eggscape! The Bad Seed Presents: The Good, the Bad, the Spooky! The Cool Bean Presents: As Cool As It Gets! That's What Dinosaurs Do | HarperCollins |
| 9780865056886 | The Space Shuttle | Jacqueline Langille, Bobbie Kalman | Discover what it is like to live and work aboard the space shuttle. Fabulous color photographs and diagrams show the shuttle, its living conditions and its role in our future. | New York ; Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ont. : Crabtree Pub. |
| 9780395629772 | The Wall | Eve Bunting | A young boy and his father visit the Vietnam Veterans Memorial. | Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |
| 9781884734717 | The Way I Feel | Illustrations and rhyming text portray children experiencing a range of emotions, including frustration, shyness, jealousy, and pride. | Parenting Press, Inc. | |
| 9780140558777 | The Year of the Perfect Christmas Tree: An Appalachian Story (Picture Puffin Books) | Gloria Houston | This unforgettable tale, illustrated by Caldecott Medalist Barbara Cooney, has become a seasonal classic-a touching and joyful story about courage and the power of family. | Puffin Books |
| 9780060932749 | There's A Hair In My Dirt! A Worm's Story | Gary Larson | " There's a Hair in My Dirt! is hysterical . . . more entertaining than any science class I remember and the foreword by biologist Edward O. Wilson proves it's legit." — Washington PostOnce upon a time in a place far away, lived a man named Gary Larson who used to draw cartoons. It was a cartoon that appeared for many years in daily newspapers and was loved by millions. (And was confusing to millions more.) But one day he stopped. He went into hiding. He made a couple short films. He threw sticks for his dogs. They threw some back.Gary was restless. He couldn't sleep nights. Something haunted him. Something that would return him to his roots in biology, drawing and dementia--a tale called There's a Hair in My Dirt! A Worm's Story.It begins a few inches underground, when a young worm, during a typical family dinner, discovers there's a hair in his plate of dirt. He becomes rather upset, not just about his tainted meal but about his entire miserable, wormy life. This, in turn, spurs his father to tell him a story--a story to inspire the children of invertebrates everywhere.And so Father Worm describes the saga of a fair young maiden and her adventuresome stroll through her favorite forest, a perambulator's paradise. It is a journey filled with mystery and magic. Or so she thinks.Written and illustrated in a children's storybook style, There's a Hair in My Dirt! A Worm's Story is a twisted take on the difference between our idealized view of Nature and the sometimes cold, hard reality of life for the birds and the bees and the worms (not to mention our own species).Told with his trademark off-kilter humor, this first original non--Far Side book is the unique work of a comic master.Now Larson can finally sleep at night. Question is, will you? | Harper Perennial |
| 9780590431620 | This Is the Way We Go to School | Edith Baer, Steve Björkman | Describes, in text and illustrations, the many different modes of transportation children all over the world use to get to school. | Scholastic Paperbacks |
| 9780663594252 | Three Wishes | Polly Peterson | A man and his wife wish for silly things when a tree gives them three wishes. | |
| 9780547009384 | Turtle Splash!, Little Big Book Level K Unit 3 Book 14 | Houghton Mifflin Company | As they are startled by the activities of other nearby creatures, the number of turtles on a log in a pond decreases from ten to one. Includes factual information about the animals mentioned in the story. | Houghton Mifflin School |
| 9780545681186 | Ultimate Ocean Rumble | Jerry Pallotta | What would happen if sixteen sea creatures met in a tournament? Who will be the ocean champion? Who do you think would win? -- | Who Would Win |
| 9781423199571 | Waiting Is Not Easy! (An Elephant and Piggie Book) (Elephant and Piggie Book, An) | Willems, Mo | Gerald Is Careful. Piggie Is Not. Piggie Cannot Help Smiling. Gerald Can. Gerald Worries So That Piggie Does Not Have To. Gerald And Piggie Are Best Friends. In Waiting Is Not Easy!, Piggie Has A Surprise For Gerald, But He Is Going To Have To Wait For It. And Wait. And Wait Some More... | Hyperion Books for Children |
| 9780021794751 | We Keep a Store | Anne Shelby, John Clarence Ward | A girl describes her family's business and what she considers to be the benefits of running a store. | |
| 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 |
| 9780439213196 | When Sophie Gets Angry-- Really, Really Angry-- | Molly Bang | A young girl is upset and doesn't know how to manage her anger but takes the time to cool off and regain her composure. | |
| 9780618689248 | Word Wizard | Cathryn Falwell | At breakfast one morning, Anna discovers magic in her bowl of alphabet cereal. The letters in her spoon can be arranged to form several different words. She's a word wizard! Wielding her magic spoon, Anna helps a lost little boy named Zack find his way home-turning a wave-tossed ocean into a canoe and producing a horse once they reach the shore. Accompanied by Cathryn Falwell's ingenious collage pictures, this lively adventure is an enticing introduction to a creative form of wordplay. A concluding note encourages children to become word wizards by collecting letters and words from newspapers and magazines to form their own anagrams. | Clarion Books |
| 9781423119838 | Yoko | When Yoko brings sushi to school for lunch, her classmates make fun of what she eats--until one of them tries it for himself. | Hyperion |