Racquel Blakely's Library
West Creek Elementary
| ISBN | Title | Author | Description | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deep In The Jungle | ||||
| 9780544103191 | Discovering Mars | Melvin Berger | ||
| 9780064431279 | Do You Want to Be My Friend? | Eric Carle | "Do you want to be my friend?" asks the lonely little mouse. He follows a tai1, but all he finds at its end is a rather unfriendly horse. The little mouse just wants someone to play with-but he'll have to follow a lot of tails before he can find just the right companion. | Harper Collins |
| 9780545649322 | Dogs in the Dead of Night | Mary Pope Osborne | Jack and Annie travel to a monastery in the Swiss Alps where, with the help of St. Bernard dogs and magic, they seek the second of four special objects necessary to break the spell on the wizard Merlin's beloved penguin, Penny. | |
| 9780545348416 | Dolphin Tale | Based on the extraordinary 3-D movie premiering September 2011! Inspired by the true story of Winter the dolphin, Dolphin Tale is about a young boy, Sawyer, who befriends an injured dolphin who lost her tail in a crab trap. Through their bond and friendship, Sawyer motivates everyone around him to help save the dolphin by creating a prosthetic appendage to replace the dolphin's missing tail. Winter's strong survival instincts become an inspiration to people with special needs throughout the world. | Scholastic Inc. | |
| 9780439686174 | Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus | No matter how hard he pleads and begs, the pigeon is not supposed to drive the bus while the driver is away, but pigeon tries every persuasive trick a young child knows to get you to say, "Yes." | ||
| 9780385372541 | Drop It, Rocket! | Tad Hills | Rocket, the beloved dog from the New York Times bestselling picture books How Rocket Learned to Read and Rocket Writes a Story, is back in a Step 1 leveled reader. Rocket is ready to find new words for his word tree with his teacher, the little yellow bird. He finds a leaf, a hat, and a star . . . but when he finds a red boot, he doesn’t want to let go. What will make Rocket drop it? With predictable patterns, simple words, lots of repetition, and bright, colorful illustrations, this Rocket book will charm young readers—and they can read it all by themselves! Step 1 Readers feature big type and easy words. Rhymes and rhythmic text paired with picture clues help children decode the story. For children who know the alphabet and are eager to begin reading. | Schwartz & Wade |
| 9780670011933 | Ducks Do Not Wear Socks | John Nedwidek | Emily, a serious girl, meets a duck who helps her see the more humorous side of life. | |
| 9780688139858 | Each Orange Had 8 Slices | Paul Giganti | If each orange has 8 slices and each slice has 2 seeds, how many seeds are there in all? You'll have fun wether you multiply, add or count your way through the math puzzles hiding in the world all around you. In this companion volume to How Many Snails?, dynamic illustrations and appealing words combine to introduce beginning math concepts and reinforce visual literacy. | Greenwillow Books |
| 9781432957926 | Earth | |||
| 9780062382023 | Earthquakes | Franklyn M. Branley | Read and find out about one of nature’s most mysterious forces—the earthquake. Some earthquakes are so small that you don’t even feel them, while others can make even big buildings shake! Learn why earthquakes happen, where they are most likely to occur, and what to do if one happens near you. Now rebranded with a new cover look and with updated text and art, this classic picture book describes the causes and effects of earthquakes (including a tsunami). This book features rich vocabulary and fascinating cross-sections of mountains, volcanoes, and faults in the earth’s moving crust. The text and art were vetted by Dr. Roland Burgmann, Professor of the Department of Earth and Planetary Science at the University of California, Berkeley. This is a Level 2 Let’s-Read-and-Find-Out Science title, which means the book explores more challenging concepts for children in the primary grades and supports the Common Core Learning Standards, Next Generation Science Standards, and the Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) standards. Let’s-Read-and-Find-Out Science is the winner of the American Association for the Advancement of Science/Subaru Science Books & Films Prize for Outstanding Science Series. | HarperCollins |
| 9781848354371 | Ed's Egg | Bedford, David | Ed Loves His Egg And Is Not At All Sure That He Wants To Leave It, But When He Finally Gives It Up He Discovers That There Is Something Better. | QED Books |
| 9781452182537 | El Patito Feo | An ugly duckling spends an unhappy year excluded by the other animals before he grows into a beautiful swan. | ||
| 9781426326189 | Elephants | Avery Hurt | Stomp around the African savanna, run around the forests of India, take a mud bath, and more as you learn all about elephants! Adult and child readers can learn together in this new Level 1 co-reader from National Geographic Kids, full of engaging photos and fun facts. | National Geographic Books |
| 9780064430777 | Emma | Wendy Ann Kesselman | On Emma's seventy-second birthday her four children, seven grandchildren, and fourteen great-grandchildren gave her a painting of the little village across the mountains where she grew up. "It's beautiful," she said, but that was not what she was really thinking. "That's not how I remember it at all," she said to herself. One day Emma bought paints and brushes and painted her village just the way she remembered it. This was the beginning of a whole new life for her. Wendy Kesselman's delightful story was inspired by the artist Emma Stern, who began late in life, and Barbara Cooney's exquisite illustrations are based on Emma Stern's paintings. | HarperCollins Publishers |
| 9780525429951 | Extraordinary Jane | Hannah E. Harrison | "Jane the dog doesn't have a unique talent in the circus like the rest of her family, until the ringmaster discovers what is truly special about her"--Provided by publisher. | Dial Books for Young Readers |
| 0736836640 | Farms ABC: An Alphabet Book (Alphabet Books) | Hoena, Blake A. | Capstone Press | |
| 9780545030151 | Five Little Monkeys Reading in Bed | Eileen Christelow | Mama has said it is time for "Lights out! Sweet dreams! No more reading in bed," but her five little monkeys cannot resist reading just a few more books to one another. | |
| 9781629794938 | Flashlight Night | Matt Forrest Esenwine | Flashlight Night is an ode to the power of imagination and the wonder of books. Three children use a flashlight to light a path around their backyard at night; in the flashlight’s beam another world looms. Our heroes encounter spooky woods, a fearsome tiger, a time-forgotten tomb, an Egyptian god, a sword-fighting pirate, and a giant squid. With ingenuity, they vanquish all, then return to their tree house—braver, closer, and wiser than before—to read the books that inspired their adventure. | Astra Publishing House |
| 9780545561624 | Flat Stanley at Bat | Jeff Brown | A latest early reader tale starring the whimsical Flat Stanley finds him trying out for the baseball team and outwitting the best players until the fairness of his "flat-vantage" is called into question. |