Patricia Cornett's Library
Moore Magnet Elementary
| ISBN | Title | Author | Description | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9780545649865 | The Monster Who Lost His Mean | Tiffany Strelitz Haber | Teased by the other monsters for being nice instead of mean, Onster prefers playing with children and helping them with their chores to frightening them. | |
| 9780811806473 | The Night I Followed the Dog | A boy follows his dog one night to see what exactly dogs do at night when they're on their own. Full color. | Chronicle Books | |
| 9780920236161 | The Paper Bag Princess | Robert Munsch, Robert N. Munsch, Michael Martchenko | Elizabeth decides to chase the dragon and get Ronald back. | Firefly |
| 9780531071397 | The Paperboy | Dav Pilkey | A boy and his dog savour the silence of the early morning as they deliver papers. | Scholastic |
| 9780545970952 | The Pirate Jamboree | Mark Teague | Pirates Blackbeard Johnson and his brothers, Eyepatch Sue, and others sail over to Peg Leg Jones' for a happily chaotic pirate jamboree--until the S.S. Clean Your Room (otherwise known as Mrs. Jones) arrives and playtime is definitely over. | Orchard Books |
| 9781338326437 | The Pout-Pout Fish and the Bully-Bully Shark | Deborah Diesen | Mr. Fish finds the courage to speak up for his friends when a shark comes to the park and bullies them. | |
| 9780590543446 | The Silly Story of Goldie Locks and the Three Squares | Grace Maccarone | A modern descendant of the Goldilocks of folklore fame makes a similar visit to a stranger's house--with a geometric twist. Includes related activities. | Cartwheel Books |
| 9780394800899 | The Sneetches | Includes four humorous verse fantasies: The Sneetches, The Zax, The Many Daves, and What was I Scared of? | Random House Books for Young Readers | |
| 9780425287446 | The Snowy Day : Un día De Nieve | Ezra Jack Keats | Las aventuras de un muchachito en la ciudad cuando hace mucha nieve. | |
| 9780142419472 | The Story of Ferdinand | Munro Leaf | A gentle bull who likes to sit quietly and smell the flowers is entered in a bullfight. | |
| 9780140502343 | The Story of Ferdinand | Munro Leaf | A true classic with a timeless message!All the other bulls run, jump, and butt their heads together in fights. Ferdinand, on the other hand, would rather sit and smell the flowers. So what will happen when Ferdinand is picked for the bullfights in Madrid?The Story of Ferdinand has inspired, enchanted, and provoked readers ever since it was first published in 1936 for its message of nonviolence and pacifism. In WWII times, Adolf Hitler ordered the book burned in Nazi Germany, while Joseph Stalin, the leader of the Soviet Union, granted it privileged status as the only non-communist children's book allowed in Poland.The preeminent leader of Indian nationalism and civil rights, Mahatma Gandhi—whose nonviolent and pacifistic practices went on to inspire Civil Rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr.—even called it his favorite book.The story was adapted by Walt Disney into a short animated film entitled Ferdinand the Bull in 1938. Ferdinand the Bull won the 1938 Academy Award for Best Short Subject (Cartoons). | Puffin Books |
| 9780439472265 | 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. | Scholastic Inc. |
| 9781338532241 | The Three Little Superpigs | Claire Evans (Illustrator) | When they arrive in Fairyland to settle down and build their own houses, everyone they meet warns the three little superpigs about the Big Bad Wolf, but only one of them pays much attention--and when the Wolf comes looking for a pork dinner, it is his brick house that saves his foolish brothers and earns them all the status of superheroes in Fairyland (which is what they have always dreamed of being). | |
| 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. | |
| 9780689815287 | The Three Little Wolves and the Big Bad Pig | Eugene Trivizas | When it comes time for the three little wolves to go out into the world and build themselves a house, their mother warns them to beware the big bad pig. But the little wolves' increasingly sturdy dwellings are no match for the persistent porker, who has more up his sleeve than huffing and puffing. It takes a chance encounter with a flamingo pushing a wheelbarrow full of flowers to provide a surprising and satisfying solution to the little wolves' housing crisis. Eugene Trivizas's hilarious text and Helen Oxenbury's enchanting watercolors have made this delightfully skewed version of the traditional tale a contemporary classic. | Margaret K. McElderry Books |
| 9780399255144 | The Three Ninja Pigs | Corey Rosen Schwartz | Practice makes perfect in this kick-butt fractured fairy tale. Why does this wolf think he can come to town and blow all the houses down? These three little pigs just aren't going to take it from that bully anymore! The first starts aikido lessons---he'll make mincemeat out of that wolf! His brother learns a little jujitsu--he'll chop that guy to pieces! But when the wolf actually appears, it turs out these two pigs aren't quite ready after all. Good thing their sister has been training every day to master some serious karate moves that save the day. KIYA! Corey Rosen Schwartz serves up a fun combination of smart-aleck dialogue and tongue-in-cheek rhymes that'll have kids howling, and rising star Dan Santat's spunky illustrations are sure to pack a punch! | Penguin |
| 9780689842443 | The Tiny Seed | Carle, Eric | Join the tiny seed on an adventure as it becomes a giant flower!Publishers WeeklySteve Lavis looks at animals foreign and domestic with two Peek-Through Board Books. On the Farm follows the wooly sheep as he searches out who has eaten its breakfast. As each page is turned, more animals become visible through the die-cut spaces. The culprits are found behind the tractor. In the Jungle follows the same format, only this time a crocodile is in hiding. "Here I am!" shouts the crocodile on the last spread. Then he asks, "Who wants to hide next?" ( Apr.) Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information. | Aladdin |
| 9780374482176 | The War Between the Vowels and the Consonants | Priscilla Turner | The unknown history of letters For as long as any letter could remember, Vowels and Consonants had been enemies. U without N? Q without U? Mpssh! you say. Yet once, long ago, P's and Q's minded their p's and q's, and though U and I deserved not one iota of respect. For their part, Vowels knew only that the dot on the youngest i was far moe important than the most capital W. And so they came to wage a fierce war to prove who were the better letters. But as S's outflank E's and O's surround H's, an enemy of all the alphabet appers on the horizon--one which neither Vowels or Consonants can conquer alone. In this hilarious look at the hidden life of letters, Priscilla and Whitney Turner reveal how sworn enemies become allies and discovered what you and I now take for granted: that the pen is mightier than the swrd. | Square Fish |
| 9781884734991 | The Way I Act | Metzger, Steve | Parenting Press | |
| 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. |