How the Moon Regained Her Shape

How the Moon Regained Her Shape
Author: Janet Ruth Heller
Publisher: Arbordale Publishing
Total Pages: 38
Release: 2007-04-01
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1934359025

After the sun insults her, the moon gets very upset and disappears, but with the help of her friends, the moon gains more self-confidence each day until she is back to her full size. Includes facts about the moon's phases and related activities.

How the Moon Regained Her Shape

How the Moon Regained Her Shape
Author: Janet Ruth Heller
Publisher: Arbordale Pub
Total Pages: 32
Release: 2006-02
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9781607187042

The moon, insulted by the sun, becomes a sliver of herself, but with the help and encouragement of her friends, returns to her former glory, in this story that explains the phases of the moon.

So That's how the Moon Changes Shape!

So That's how the Moon Changes Shape!
Author: Allan Fowler
Publisher: Children's Press(CT)
Total Pages: 0
Release: 1991
Genre: Moon
ISBN: 9780516049175

A simple explanation of the moon and why it changes shape throughout the month.

Mole Catches the Sky

Mole Catches the Sky
Author: Ellen Tarlow
Publisher: Star Bright Books
Total Pages: 37
Release: 2023-11-08
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1595725113

Mole lives underground, but she wishes she could catch the sky and bring the sun’s warmth and light and the cool breeze into her home. Her friends, Squirrel, Bird, and Frog, try to help by grabbing a handful of sky–as a special gift for Mole. Down, down, down they go into the darkness.

Good Job, Ajay!

Good Job, Ajay!
Author: Stuart J Murphy
Publisher: Charlesbridge
Total Pages: 35
Release: 2010-07-01
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1607342332

Ajay's friends encourage him as he practices throwing a ball. Includes questions about the text and notes to parents on visual learning.

Go, Billy, Go!

Go, Billy, Go!
Author: Wiley Blevins
Publisher: Red Chair Press
Total Pages: 28
Release: 2015-08-01
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1634400054

Billy is a typical boy who loves to ride his bike and play video games. But when Billy tells his family and friends he wants to be a cheerleader, everyone is surprised and tells him boys don't do that. But Billy practices and practices and when he shows his skills at the big game, everyone knows Billy is really good and are proud of him. All because Billy kept after his goal despite the teasing.

Kersplatypus

Kersplatypus
Author: Susan K. Mitchell
Publisher: Arbordale Publishing
Total Pages: 18
Release: 2008-02-10
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1607180251

A little creature with a flat, furry body, webbed feet, and a duck bill does not know the answer when other animals ask what kind of creature he is, but he is willing to try climbing a tree, flying, and swimming to help them figure it out. Includes facts about platypus.

The Reinvention of Edison Thomas

The Reinvention of Edison Thomas
Author: Jacqueline Houtman
Publisher: Boyds Mills Press
Total Pages: 123
Release: 2016-11-04
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 162979595X

Eddy Thomas can read a college physics book, but he can't read the emotions on the faces of his classmates at Drayton Middle School. He can spend hours tinkering with an invention, but he can't stand more than a few minutes in a noisy crowd, like the crowd at the science fair, which Eddy fails to win. When the local school crossing guard is laid off, Eddy is haunted by thoughts of the potentially disastrous consequences and invents a traffic-calming device, using parts he has scavenged from discarded machines. Eddy also discovers new friends, who appreciate his abilities and respect his unique view of the world. They help Eddy realize that his "friend" Mitch is the person behind the progressively more distressing things that happed to Eddy. By trusting his real friends and accepting their help, Eddy uses his talents to help others and rethinks his purely mechanical definition of success in this Tofte/Wright Children's Literature Award winner.

Anya's Secret Society

Anya's Secret Society
Author: Yevgenia Nayberg
Publisher: Charlesbridge Publishing
Total Pages: 36
Release: 2019-03-12
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1580898300

Left-handed Anya draws with great passion . . . but only when she's alone. In Russia, right-handedness is demanded--it is the right way. This cultural expectation stifles young Anya's creativity and artistic spirit as she draws the world around her in secret. Hiding away from family, teachers, and neighbors, Anya imagines a secret society of famous left-handed artists drawing alongside her. But once her family emigrates from Russia to America, her life becomes less clandestine, and she no longer feels she needs to conceal a piece of her identity.

Scoop, the Ice Cream Truck

Scoop, the Ice Cream Truck
Author: Patricia Keeler
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 34
Release: 2024-02-20
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1510780246

Boys and girls, mothers and fathers, meet your new best friend! Scoop the Ice Cream Truck doesn’t quite fit in with modern times. He tries to change to make himself more popular just to fit in, only to discover, through friendship, that he is fine just the way he is! Scoop the Ice Cream Truck has seen a lot of summers selling his vanilla ice cream cones across the city. But he’s getting old, and the new trucks are getting fancier. Now they have waffle cones, jumbo sundaes, flash frozen ice cream, twenty-seven flavors and six special toppings. Feeling like he’s fallen behind, Scoop decides that it’s time for a redesign. But when his old frame can’t handle the new upgrades, can Scoop discover his own value and find the right spot to sell his vanilla cones? With beautiful full-color art, and a lesson to teach, here is a big that will be a joy for parents and children at bedtime, or any time. This paperback edition includes supplemental information about the history of ice cream trucks at the back of the book.