The Handiest Things in the World

The Handiest Things in the World
Author: Andrew Clements
Publisher: Atheneum
Total Pages: 48
Release: 2010-05-25
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9781416961666

Celebrates in verse, accompanied by photographs, the many things hands can do.

Please Take Me For a Walk

Please Take Me For a Walk
Author: Susan Gal
Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers
Total Pages: 41
Release: 2012-06-27
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0375985565

Please Take Me for a Walk is a celebration of dogs and kids and community. The book stars a very persuasive pup pleading with his best friend—the reader!—to take him for a walk. He recounts all the fun things they can see and do: chase squirrels in the yard, greet neighbors on their block, visit the shopkeepers downtown, swing by the schoolyard, and then run and play in the park. The dog run at the park is filled with all kinds of amazing purebreds and mutts, and our puppy wants them all to see "my best friend and me." Susan Gal uses this story of a dog's best walk ever to catalog all the favorite places in a child's world. She starts in the house and the yard, then widens her scope to the block, the neighborhood, downtown, and the park. And she captures the magical way the people of a community can be brought together through their pets. The dog's enthusiastic voice and eagerness to go out walking will resonate with any dog owner. And Susan Gal's artwork is so enticing and adorable it will have even confirmed cat lovers heading for the pound! Happy walking, everyone!

Big Box of Shapes

Big Box of Shapes
Author: Wiley Blevins
Publisher: Rocking Chair Kids – Red Chair Press
Total Pages: 28
Release: 2016-01-01
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1634400879

Triangles, circles, squares. To most of us, these are just simple shapes. But in the imaginations of Lulu and Max, these shapes found in a box take on exciting new meanings. What will you see?

Reading Wonders, Grade K, Your Turn Practice Book

Reading Wonders, Grade K, Your Turn Practice Book
Author: McGraw-Hill Education
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
Total Pages: 304
Release: 2012-04-25
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 9780021193639

Your students will engage in their first guided practice with fresh reading selections every week! Students can directly interact with text by underlining, circling, and highlighting text to support answers with text evidence.

Reading Picture Books with Children

Reading Picture Books with Children
Author: Megan Dowd Lambert
Publisher: Charlesbridge Publishing
Total Pages: 180
Release: 2015-11-03
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1580896626

A new, interactive approach to storytime, The Whole Book Approach was developed in conjunction with the Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art and expert author Megan Dowd Lambert's graduate work in children's literature at Simmons College, offering a practical guide for reshaping storytime and getting kids to think with their eyes. Traditional storytime often offers a passive experience for kids, but the Whole Book approach asks the youngest of readers to ponder all aspects of a picture book and to use their critical thinking skills. Using classic examples, Megan asks kids to think about why the trim size of Ludwig Bemelman's Madeline is so generous, or why the typeset in David Wiesner's Caldecott winner,The Three Pigs, appears to twist around the page, or why books like Chris Van Allsburg's The Polar Express and Eric Carle's The Very Hungry Caterpillar are printed landscape instead of portrait. The dynamic discussions that result from this shared reading style range from the profound to the hilarious and will inspire adults to make children's responses to text, art, and design an essential part of storytime.

Clang! Clang! Beep! Beep!

Clang! Clang! Beep! Beep!
Author: Robert Burleigh
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 34
Release: 2009-05-05
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1416940529

From morning until night, a city is filled with such sounds as the roars and snores of a subway ride, the flutters and coos of pigeons, and the shouts and beeps of drivers in traffic.

I Love Bugs!

I Love Bugs!
Author: Emma Dodd
Publisher: Hachette UK
Total Pages: 32
Release: 2013-12-19
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 140833531X

Come on a creepy-crawly bug safari through one little boy's garden . . . with a brilliant surprise at the end. Perfect for bug-lovers and budding scientists everywhere! With fun rhyming text and bright, bold artwork, perfect for sharing and reading aloud. From Emma Dodd, the artist behind the best-selling, award-winning I Love You series.

Wonders Literature Anthology Volume 1 Grade 1

Wonders Literature Anthology Volume 1 Grade 1
Author: Donald Bear
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
Total Pages: 104
Release: 2016-03-22
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 9780021389193

"Wonders, a comprehensive K-6 ELA/ELD program, is designed to meet the challenges of today’s classroom and reach all learners. A wealth of research-based print and digital resources provide unmatched support for building strong literacy foundations, accessing complex texts, engaging in collaborative conversations, and writing to sources"--publisher.