Patricia Cornett's Library
Moore Magnet Elementary
| ISBN | Title | Author | Description | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9780545042208 | The Greedy Triangle | Marilyn Burns | Dissatisfied with its shape, a triangle keeps asking the local shapeshifter to add more lines and angles until it doesn't know which side is up. | Scholastic Paperbacks |
| 9780064434508 | The Grouchy Ladybug | Eric Carle | It's the Grouchy Ladybug's 20th birthday. To celebrate, we are introducing a new, larger format edition with brighter, more colorful pages created from Eric Carle's original artwork using the latest reproduction technology. The Grouchy Ladybug is bigger and brigher, as irascible but irresistable as ever and will surely delight new generations of readers, as well as her devoted fans of all ages. Happy Birthday, Grouchy Ladybug! | HarperCollins |
| 9780142403877 | The Gruffalo | Julia Donaldson | Julia Donaldson's trademark rhyming text and Axel Scheffler's brilliant, characterful illustrations come together in this perfect read aloud—a perfect gift for any special occasion! A mouse is taking a stroll through the deep, dark wood when along comes a hungry fox, then an owl, and then a snake. The mouse is good enough to eat but smart enough to know this, so he invents . . . the gruffalo! As Mouse explains, the gruffalo is a creature with terrible claws, and terrible tusks in its terrible jaws, and knobbly knees and turned-out toes, and a poisonous wart at the end of its nose. But Mouse has no worry to show. After all, there’s no such thing as a gruffalo. . . . | National Geographic Books |
| 9780803733718 | The Gruffalo | Julia Donaldson | A clever mouse uses the threat of a terrifying creature to keep from being eaten by a fox, an owl, and a snake--only to have to outwit that creature as well. | |
| 9780374328528 | The Hard-Times Jar | Ethel Footman Smothers | A look at the life of migrant workers through a child's eyes Emma Turner loves books and dreams of one day having the store-bought kind, but the Turners are migrant workers and money is tight. That means "no extras," so Emma must be content to make her own stories and books. Emma has a plan, though - she's going to save all the money she earns picking apples and put it in Mama's hard-times jar. Then there will surely be enough for extras. But when Mama tells Emma that this year she has to go to school instead of to work, it spoils everything. Now she will never own a store-bought book! But school turns out to have a wonderful surprise in store for Emma. Based on Ethel Footman Smothers's childhood, the story is brought to life with lush acrylic paintings, giving us a touching portrait of a book-hungry child. | Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR) |
| 9781582464503 | The Invisible Boy | Trudy Ludwig | Brian has always felt invisible at school, but when a new student, Justin, arrives, everything changes. | Knopf Books for Young Readers |
| 9780439329309 | The Jar of Fools | Eric A. Kimmel | Drawing on traditional Jewish folklore, these Hanukkah stories relate the antics of the people of Chelm, thought, perhaps wrongly, to be a town of fools. | |
| 9780590623513 | The Knight at Dawn | Mary Pope Osborne | Peacocks for dinner and boys in skirts? | |
| 9780439326049 | The Legend of Freedom Hill | Linda Jacobs Altman | During the California Gold Rush Rosabel, an African American, and Sophie, a Jew, team up and search for gold to buy Rosabel's mother her freedom from a slave catcher. | |
| 9780545427135 | The Legend of Spookley the Square Pumpkin | Joe Troiano | Spookley is ridiculed for his odd shape until his uniqueness saves the day. | |
| 9780698113596 | The Legend of the Bluebonnet | Tomie dePaola | When a killing drought threatens the existence of the tribe, a courageous little Comanche girl sacrifices her most beloved possession--and the Great Spirit's answer results not only in much needed rain but a very special gift in return. "An ideal complement to Native American and Texas studies..."Booklist | Puffin Books |
| 9780399244971 | The Legend of the Indian Paintbrush | Little Gopher follows his destiny, as revealed in a Dream-Vision, of becoming an artist for his people and eventually is able to bring the colors of the sunset down to the earth. | ||
| 9780375873485 | The Little Christmas Elf | Nikki Shannon Smith | Celebrate Christmas all year round with Nina, the littlest elf in Santa's workshop! Nina doesn't finish the teddy bear she's making in time for it to get loaded onto Santa's sleigh but, encouraged by Santa Claus himself to not give up, she works far into the night. While Santa is out delivering presents, a baby is born. Santa comes back for Nina's bear-and guess who he takes along to deliver it? | Golden Books |
| 9780153142987 | The Little Painter of Sabana Grande | Patricia Maloney Markun | Lacking paper, a young Panamanian artist paints the outside of his adobe home. A young Panamanian boy paints pictures on the walls of his family's home. | Harcourt School Publishers |
| 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 |
| 9780590411004 | The Magic Fish | Freya Littledale | An easy-to-read folktale for children 5-8 about a fish. | Scholastic Paperbacks |
| 9780590446839 | The Magic School Bus and the Electric Field Trip | Joanna Cole | Ms. Frizzle takes her class on a field trip through the town's electrical wires so they can learn how electricity is generated and how it is used. | Scholastic Inc. |
| 9780590414319 | The Magic School Bus on the Ocean Floor | Joanna Cole | On another special field trip on the magic school bus, Ms. Frizzle's class learns about the ocean and the different creatures that live there. | Scholastic Paperbacks |
| 9780399251696 | The Mine-O-Saur | Sudipta Bardhan-Quallan | The greedy Mino-o-saur learns the hard way that he needs to share the toys in order to make friends. | |
| 9780439510967 | The Missing Mummy | Ron Roy | Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose help ctch the thieves who have stolen the treasure from the museum's mummy exhibit. |