The Ninja Club Sleepover

The Ninja Club Sleepover
Author: Laura Gehl
Publisher: Page Street Kids
Total Pages: 32
Release: 2020-07-21
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9781624149405

We are ninjas and ninjas are brave! Willa and her best friends love ninjas. They have matching ninja backpacks and ninja t-shirts, and at school they even form a ninja club. But Willa has a secret: she’s a werewolf! Worried that no one will understand, she hides the truth from her friends. Until Val has a sleepover for her birthday...and it’s on the night of the full moon. Willa is overcome with nerves. When an accident reveals that her friends were hiding secrets too, she realizes maybe it’s not so important to be a normal ninja. After all, a paranormal ninja can do so many cool things! Join three remarkable friends as they discover that ALL of us are weird in our own special ways. Lovable and lively illustrations accompany this charming story that explores facing your fears and fitting in, encouraging readers to celebrate their true selves.

Ninja Club Sleepover

Ninja Club Sleepover
Author: Laura Gehl
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2020
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A ninja-loving werewolf attends her first sleepover on the night of a full moon. Will her friends accept her, fur and all?

The Crab Ballet

The Crab Ballet
Author: Renée LaTulippe
Publisher: Abrams
Total Pages: 36
Release: 2022-03-08
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1647006864

When the tide is out, the curtain is up on this clever tale of an underwater, watercolor ballet featuring dancing crabs and all of their aquatic friends from children’s book author and poet Renée LaTulippe and illustrator Cécile Metzger. “Beautiful, original, entertaining.”—Midwest Book Review Welcome. Enter. Sit right there. The Crab Ballet is about to begin! This spectacular seaside show, starring dancing crabs, an aquatic corps de ballet, and a cast of French ballet terms, is sure to delight ballet dancers of all stripes.

The Paper Dolls

The Paper Dolls
Author: Julia Donaldson
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
Total Pages: 30
Release: 2016
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 150980546X

The breathtakingly beautiful story of one little girl and her five paper dolls.

It's Christmas, David!

It's Christmas, David!
Author: David Shannon
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
Total Pages: 38
Release: 2016-09-27
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 133813776X

The bestselling star of No, David! turns Christmas traditions upside down with laugh-aloud humor. Readers of all ages will vividly remember trying to peek at hidden gift packages; writing scrolls of wish lists to Santa; and struggling to behave at formal Christmas dinner parties. Always in the background, we know Santa Claus is watching, soon to decide if David deserves a shiny new fire truck or a lump of coal under the tree. From playing with delicate ornaments to standing in an endlessly long line for Santa, here are common Christmas activities--but with David's naughty trimmings. A surefire hit that is destined to be an annual classic.

Alice the Fairy

Alice the Fairy
Author: David Shannon
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
Total Pages: 42
Release: 2016-07-26
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0545529654

Alice has a nose for trouble, but luckily she's a fairy--a Temporary Fairy. She has a magic wand, fairy wings, and a blanket, all of which she uses to disappear, to fly, to transform her dad into a horse, and to turn his cookies into her own! There are still a few things Alice needs to learn to become a Permanent Fairy, like how to float her dog on the ceiling and make her clothes put themselves away, but she's working on it--sort of. Here's an endearing, funny story about a girl and her magical imagination, sure to delight every fairy in training!

What Can You Do with a Toolbox?

What Can You Do with a Toolbox?
Author: Anthony Carrino
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 36
Release: 2018-08-28
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1534402977

“Carrino and Colaneri, HGTV personalities known as the Cousins, bring their design and construction know-how to a young audience in this sprightly introduction to the tools of their trade.” —Publishers Weekly From HGTV stars, cousins, and best friends John Colaneri and Anthony Carrino comes a fun-filled picture book that introduces young readers to the tools in a toolbox and how to use them. A hammer. Nails. A screwdriver. How do we use them? Using simple language, cousins Anthony and John introduce kids to tools and their uses. As their construction project grows, so does the number of kids helping. At the end, they reveal exactly what you can do with a toolbox: We can build a playground!

Bonaparte Falls Apart

Bonaparte Falls Apart
Author: Margery Cuyler
Publisher: Dragonfly Books
Total Pages: 41
Release: 2020-08-11
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1101937726

Carve out family time for this clever and humorous picture book about a skeleton who is falling to pieces that needs help pulling himself together. Bonaparte is having a tough time. It’s hard for this young skeleton to just hang loose when he can’t keep hold of himself. When he plays catch, his throwing arm literally takes a flyer. Eating lunch can be a real jaw-dropping occasion. How can he start school when he has so many screws loose? Luckily, Bonaparte hit the bone-anza when it came to his friends. Franky Stein, Blacky Widow, and Mummicula all have some bonehead ideas to help pull him together. But will it be enough to boost his confidence and get him ready for the first day of school?

Kids' Books and Maker Activities

Kids' Books and Maker Activities
Author: Marge Cox
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Total Pages: 376
Release: 2022-10-17
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 1440875685

This book connects to the new AASL standards, ISTE Standards for Students, and provides simple directions for using a variety of books to create maker activities that deepen the reading experience. Books and maker activities help children to associate reading with hands-on learning. For educators looking for additional ways to engage youngsters in reading and maker activities, this book provides the perfect hands-on connection. Providing connections to the new AASL standards and the ISTE Standards for Students with simple directions for using a variety of books to create maker activities, this book can help elementary teachers and librarians to enhance and deepen the reading experience. Featured books represent a variety of genres for kindergarten through sixth-grade students and highlights very current titles as well as classics. The book is based on actual experiences with students and staff who have enjoyed and benefited from these activities in their elementary school library. The author's forty years of educational experience ensure the reliability and practicality of this resource that readers can trust and use every day.

Dawn and the Big Sleepover (The Baby-Sitters Club #44)

Dawn and the Big Sleepover (The Baby-Sitters Club #44)
Author: Ann M. Martin
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
Total Pages: 113
Release: 2014-02-25
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0545690374

The hit series is back, to charm and inspire another generation of baby-sitters! A bunch of kids at Stoneybrook Elementary have pen pals at a school in New Mexico. The Baby-sitters love hearing the letters that Charlotte, Becca, and the Pike kids get from their new friends.Then the bad news reaches Stoneybrook: their pen pals' school has been destroyed by a fire. Dawn is so upset that she organizes a fund-raiser for them, and as a reward to all the kids who help out, she's going to throw an enormous sleepover!A hundred kids, thirty pizzas--will Dawn survive her biggest baby-sitting job ever?The best friends you'll ever have--with classic BSC covers and a letter from Ann M. Martin!