Shelby Jackson's Library
Montgomery Central Elementary
| ISBN | Title | Author | Description | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9781368003551 | We Don't Eat Our Classmates | Ryan T. Higgins | It's the first day of school for Penelope Rex, and she can't wait to meet her classmates. But it's hard to make human friends when they're so darn delicious! That is, until Penelope gets a taste of her own medicine and finds she may not be at the top of the food chain after all. . . . Readers will gobble up this hilarious new story from award-winning author-illustrator Ryan T. Higgins. | Disney-Hyperion |
| 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. | |
| 9781368059596 | We Will Rock Our Classmates | Ryan T. Higgins | Penelope the T. Rex was born to be a rock star. But playing her heart out is hard when her friends only see her as a dinosaur! | Disney-Hyperion |
| 9780689716836 | Weather Forecasting | Gail Gibbons | This fun and educational picture book describes forecasters at work in a weather station as they track and gauge the constant changes in the weather. Will I need my umbrella? Is it a good day for the beach? Will school close because of snow? These are the questions weather forecasters answer every day. They can tell us what the weather is doing at any time of the day or night. But how do they do it? Weather Forecasting tells how. With straightforward text and colorful pictures, this behind-the-scenes look at a modern weather station answers basic questions kids ask most, and makes weather forecasting more fun and accessible than ever. | Aladdin |
| 9780516449180 | Weather Library: What's the Weather Today? | Our libraries help students investigate topics even further. Each paperback library features 5 accessible books that make concepts easy to grasp, including both fiction and nonfiction titles. | ||
| 9780545301732 | Whale vs. Giant Squid | Jerry Pallotta | Examines killer whales and great white sharks, comparing such aspects as their sizes, brain structure, and abilities. | Who Would Win |
| 9780439022965 | What Can You See? | Merri Gutiérrez | A rabbit asks if anyone can see various body parts and then performs a trick for a squirrel. | |
| 9781338088175 | What Does It Mean To Be Kind? | DiOrio, Rana | Scholastic Inc. | |
| 9780545859226 | What if You Had an Animal Nose? | Sandra Markle | What if you woke up one morning and your nose wasn't yours? "What If You Had An Animal Nose?"--the next imaginative book in the What If You Had series--explores what would happen if you looked in the mirror and saw an animal's nose instead of your own! From the elephant's long trunk to a rhino's pointy horn, discover what it would be like if you had these special noses--and find out why your nose is just the right one for you! | Scholastic Incorporated |
| 9781338208788 | What if You Had an Animal Tail!? | Sandra Markle | What if you woke up one morning and you had sprouted a tail overnight? What If You Had An Animal Tail? -- the next imaginative book in the What If You Had series -- explores what would happen if you looked in the mirror and saw that you had an animal tail! From a peacock's showstopping tail to a scorpion's dangerous stinger, discover what it would be like if you had one of these special tails -- and find out why your own tailbone is just the right one for you! | Scholastic Reference |
| 9781338596670 | What if You Had an Animal Tongue!? | Sandra Markle | If you could have any animal's tongue, whose would you choose? What if you woke up one morning and your tongue wasn't yours? What If You Had an Animal Tongue!? -- the next imaginative book in the What If You Had series -- explores what would happen if you looked in the mirror and saw an animal's tongue instead of your own! From a Komodo dragon's split, yellow tongue (which can detect food from five miles away) to a woodpecker's long, thorny tongue (used to dig into trees for food), discover what it would be like if you had these special tongues -- and find out why your tongue is just the right one for you! | What If You Had |
| 9780545859264 | What if You Had Animal Ears? | Sandra Markle | What if you woke up one morning and your ears weren't yours? What If You Had Animal Ears explores what would happen if you looked in the mirror and saw an animal's ears instead of your own! The next imaginative book in the What If You Had series, explores incredible ears from the animal kingdom. From the elephant's tremendous ears to the jack rabbit's mood ears, discover what it would be like if you had these special ears--and find out why your ears are just the right ones for you! | Scholastic Nonfiction |
| 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 |
| 9780545630856 | What if You Had Animal Hair? | Sandra Markle | Discusses the ways that different animals use their hair to survive, including the polar bear, reindeer, and porcupine. | Scholastic Paperbacks |
| 9781338666144 | What if You Had Animal Scales!? | Sandra Markle | If you could have any animal's coat, whose would you choose? What if you woke up one morning and discovered your body was covered in an animal's scales, feathers, or fur instead of your own skin? How would that change your life? What If You Had Animal Scales!? is the next imaginative book in Sandra Markle's popular What If You Had series. If you had a chinchilla's fur, you'd never need to worry about bug spray. If you had a hammerhead shark's scales, you'd be the fastest swimmer on the team! And if you had a honeybee's coat, you'd always bring home the biggest haul on Halloween. Discover what your life would be like if you had these special coats -- and find out why your skin is just right for you! | Scholastic Press |
| 9780545484381 | What if You Had Animal Teeth? | Sandra Markle | Describes the characteristics of different animals' teeth, including beavers, camels, Bengal tigers, and narwhals. | Scholastic Reference |
| 9780062381958 | What Is the World Made Of? | Kathleen Weidner Zoehfeld | Can you make an ice cube disappear? Put it on a hot sidewalk. It melts into water and then vanishes! The ice cube changes from solid to liquid to gas. This Level 2 Let's-Read-and-Find-Out picture book is a fascinating exploration of the three states of matter. Now rebranded with a new cover look, this classic picture book features rich vocabulary and uses simple, fun diagrams to explain the difference between solids, liquids and gases. This book also includes a find out more section with experiments designed to encourage further exploration and introduce record keeping. Both text and artwork were vetted for accuracy by Dr. Leonard Fine, formerly of Columbia University, and Dr. Karin Block of the Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences at the City College of New York. This is a Level 2 Let's-Read-and-Find-Out, which means the book explores more challenging concepts perfect for children in the primary grades and supports the Common Core Learning Standards and Next Generation Science Standards. Let's-Read-and-Find-Out is the winner of the American Association for the Advancement of Science/Subaru Science Books & Films Prize for Outstanding Science Series. | HarperCollins |
| 9780062381972 | What Makes Day and Night | Dr. Franklyn M. Branley | If you lived on the moon, you would have two straight weeks of daylight and then two weeks of night! On earth, we have both day and night in just twenty-four hours, thanks to the quick rotation of our planet. Now rebranded with a new cover look, this classic picture book uses simple, fun diagrams and a guided experiment to explain what makes day and night. This book also includes a find out more section with additional activities to track nocturnal animals and to compare different times of day around the world. This picture book is written by children's book veteran and former Chairman of the American Museum–Hayden Planetarium Franklyn M. Branley and features illustrations from Pura Belpré Award Honoree Arthur Dorros. Both text and artwork were expert-vetted for accuracy. This is a Level 2 Let's-Read-and-Find-Out, which means the book explores more challenging concepts perfect for children in the primary grades and supports the Common Core Learning Standards and Next Generation Science Standards. Let's-Read-and-Find-Out is the winner of the American Association for the Advancement of Science/Subaru Science Books & Films Prize for Outstanding Science Series. | HarperCollins |
| 9780064450508 | What Makes Day and Night (Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science 2) | Dr. Franklyn M. Branley | 'Accompanied by NASA photographs and Dorros's colorful, lively drawings, the text explains the Earth's rotation in clear and simple terms. An experiment using a lamp as the 'sun' further clarifies the principles introduced.' --BL. | HarperCollins |
| 9780545862615 | When I Grow up: Taylor Swift (Scholastic Reader, Level 3) | Inc. Scholastic, Lexi Ryals | Get to know the real Taylor Swift in this easy reader biography and discover how she made her dream of becoming a star come true! Taylor Swift is a music superstar with millions of fans around the world. But before she was famous, Taylor was just a young girl who loved to sing and dreamed of becoming a star. Learn how she made it all the way to the top in this exciting Level 3 biography! | Scholastic Incorporated |