Claira Dowdy's Library
Kenwood Elementary
| ISBN | Title | Author | Description | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OS_643DAC7AEC7C6600B5F64848 | a color of his own | |||
| A Letter From Your Teacher On The First Day Of School | ||||
| 9781339034522 | Acorn Was A Little Wild | Jen Arena, Jessica Gibson | new | Scholastic, Inc. (2023) |
| Bad Kitty Vs Uncle Murray The Uproar At The Front Door | ||||
| 9780544103146 | Boy, Were We Wrong About Dinosaurs! | Kathleen V. Kudlinski | Examines what is known about dinosaur bones, behavior, and other characteristics and how different the facts often are from what scientists, from ancient China to the recent past, believed to be true. | |
| Cat On The Run | ||||
| 9781338747249 | Chicken Little And The Big Bad Wolf | Sam Wedelich | When Chicken Little Runs Into The Big Bad Wolf (literally), Her First Instinct Is To Fly, Like The Other Chickens, But She Decides To Investigate Instead--and Finds That This Particular Wolf Is Not Interested In Eating Chickens, He Is Just Looking For A Place To Call Home. | |
| OS_6435B76ABBC2D200B4852E57 | Chicken Sunday | Patricia Polacco | ||
| 9780545036191 | Clementine | Sara Pennypacker | While sorting through difficulties in her friendship with her neighbor Margaret, eight-year-old Clementine gains several unique hairstyles while also helping her father in his efforts to banish pigeons from the front of their apartment building. | |
| Collaboration Station | ||||
| Diary Of A Wimpy Kid Hard Luck | ||||
| 9780439902304 | Emma Kate | Patricia Polacco | Emma Kate and her best friend, a toy elephant, share many activities, such as homework and soccer practice, and even have their tonsils out at the same time! | |
| Eyes That Speak To The Stars | ||||
| 9780553499384 | Families, Families, Families! | Suzanne Lang | No matter your size, shape, or pedigree--if you love each other, you are a family! Moms, dads, sisters, brothers — and even Great Aunt Sue — appear in dozens of combinations, demonstrating all kinds of nontraditional families! Silly animals are cleverly depicted in framed portraits, and offer a warm celebration of family love. From School Library Journal PreS-Gr 1—Imagine a house with many rooms, whose walls each have a different color or wallpaper, accenting a family portrait hanging there. On a rustic wooden wall hangs the first portrait—a large family of ducks posing beside a still pond. The next spread shows three pandas in pink vests, much like the pink oriental wallpaper behind them. Each portrait features a gently rhyming line: "Some children live with their grandparents…/and some live with an aunt./Some children have many pets…/and some just have a plant." All of these appealing images demonstrate different ways of being a family. "Some children live with their father./ Some children have two mothers./Some children are adopted./Some have stepsisters and—brothers." The cartoon-style critters contrast pleasantly with more realistic elements—a bamboo plant, a slender ceramic dog, a fat ceramic cat. Families of hippos, tigers, lions, ostriches, and whales join the other family groups in the final spread. The loud-and-clear message is that "if you love each other, then you are a family." And imagine the many children who will be reassured because they have found a portrait of a family they will recognize as their own. A solid choice for most libraries.—Mary Jean Smith, formerly at Southside Elementary School, Lebanon, TN | Random House Books for Young Readers |
| I Ate A Cicada Today | ||||
| 9780399246685 | John Philip Duck | Patricia Polacco | During the Depression, a young Memphis boy trains his pet duck to do tricks in the fountain of a grand hotel and ends up becoming the Duck Master of the Peabody Hotel. | |
| 9780399257742 | Last Stop on Market Street | Matt de la Peña | #1 New York Times Bestseller A USA Today Bestseller Winner of the Newbery Medal A Caldecott Honor Book A Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor Book This award-winning modern classic—a must-have for every child’s home library—is an inclusive ode to kindness, empathy, gratitude, and finding joy in unexpected places, and celebrates the special bond between a curious young boy and his loving grandmother. Every Sunday after church, CJ and his grandma ride the bus across town. But today, CJ wonders why they don’t own a car like his friend Colby. Why doesn’t he have an iPod like the boys on the bus? How come they always have to get off in the dirty part of town? Each question is met with an encouraging answer from grandma, who helps him see the beauty—and fun—in their routine and the world around them. This energetic ride through a bustling city highlights the wonderful perspective only grandparent and grandchild can share, and comes to life through Matt de la Peña’s vibrant text and Christian Robinson’s radiant illustrations. | Penguin |
| 9780688132859 | Little Blue and Little Yellow | Leo Lionni | Little blue and little yellow share wonderful adventures. One day, they can't find one another. When they finally meet, they are overjoyed. They hug until they become green. But where did little blue and little yellow go? Are they lost? | Harper Collins |
| 9780063054059 | Lou | Breanna Carzoo | Don't miss this humorous and heartwarming picture book by debut creator Breanna Carzoo about an unlikely everyday hero: a fire hydrant! Perfect for fans of The Good Egg and The Bad Seed. Meet Lou. Lou has an important job . . . as the neighborhood toilet for dogs on their walks. Useful as he may be, he gets the feeling that deep down inside, there might be more to him than that. He just doesn't seem to know exactly what yet. When disaster strikes, will Lou find out what he's made of and save the day? From debut creator Breanna Carzoo comes a charming and funny story that reminds us to never let anyone--including yourself--hold you back from sharing your gifts with the world. Kids will fall in love with Lou and his journey of self-discovery as he saves the day from a fire that breaks out in an apartment building nearby. You'll never be able to look at a fire hydrant the same way again! | HarperCollins |
| 9780395401460 | Miss Nelson Is Missing! | Harry Allard, James Marshall | The arrival of a strict substitute convinces Miss Nelson's students that they must get their teacher back. | Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |