Emily Jenkins
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
Formats
Description
Step into a wintry forest where seven iconic fairy tales unfold,retold with keen insight and touches of humor.
There once was a frozen forest so cold you could feel it through the soles of your boots. It was a strange place where some kisses broke enchantments, and others began them. Many said witches lived there — some with cold hearts, others with hot ovens and ugly appetites — and also dwarves in tiny houses made
Author
Series
Publisher
Yearling, an imprint of Random House Children's Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
When a little girl gets a plush stingray for her birthday, it makes friends with some of her other toys as they all try to navigate in the world of real people.
10) That New Animal
Publisher
Weston Woods
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
Description
In a humorous look at adjusting to change, the two family dogs, Marshmallow and FudgeFudge, grumble about how that new animal - a baby - has altered their lives at home. No one wants to play, FudgeFudge has lost her place on the couch, and worst of all is that new animal smell. But when Grandpa pays a visit, the dogs are surprised by how loyal to it they have suddenly become.
11) Five Creatures
Publisher
Weston Woods
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Five creatures live in our house. Three humans, and two cats. Three short, and two tall. Four grownups, and one child (that's me!). This story of lighthearted comparisons depicts various scenes in a happy household where each member is distinct but also has something in common with one or more of the others. The fun comes from sorting out the similarities and the differences.
12) Five creatures
Author
Publisher
Frances Foster Books
Pub. Date
2001
Language
English
Description
In words and pictures, a girl describes the three humans and two cats that live in her house, and details some of the traits that they share.
Author
Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
Description
"What will Harry Bergen-Murphy do when he braves first grade? Day 1: Find a friend. Day 15: Make an enemy. Day 40: Learn how to be a shark. Day 48: Distract a bully. Day 56: Avoid Goblin, the scary guinea pig. Day 99: Finish the world's most awesome one-hundredth-day-of-school project ever, before morning. Nothing can go wrong. Right? Harry is ready -- but he's a little nervous! In the first one hundred days of school, he will do all of the above...
Author
Series
Upside-Down Magic volume 2
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Nory, Bax, and their friends are in a special class at Dunwiddle Magic School, a class for children whose magic is unpredictable -- and while Nory is finding an outlet for her dritten-self (a combination of a kitten and dragon), in the kittenball team, Bax is worried because all he can do is turn into a rock, and nobody knows why.
Author
Series
Upside-Down Magic volume 1
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
With their magic being unpredictable, Nory, Elliott, Andres, and Bax are sent to the Upside-Down Magic room at Dunwiddle Magic School.
Author
Series
Upside-Down Magic volume 5
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
When Willa's Upside-Down Magic rains, it pours. Clouds form under ceilings. Classrooms get flooded. Umbrellas must always be nearby, just in case Willa has an outburst. Willa hates being the source of such sogginess. Even worse, the more she rains, the badder she feels ... and the badder she feels, the more she rains. All the storminess is threatening to drown her good grades and flood all her friendships. Is there any way to use magic to make the...
Author
Series
Upside-down magic volume 07
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
When a flood forces Nory and her best friends to evacuate Dunwiddle and relocate to prestigious Sage Academy, the upside-down magic students have a hard time fitting in.
Author
Series
Upside-Down Magic volume 4
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Dory and her friends from Ms. Starr's Upside-Down Magic class set off on an overnight school field trip to Dragon Haven to see, and learn how to care for, dragons -- unfortunately there are other students with regular magic there as well, so it is not long before the trouble starts.
Author
Series
Upside-Down Magic volume 3
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
The Dunwiddle Magic School (fifth to eighth grade) is intended for children whose magic is "upside-down" like Dory (who turns into a combination of a kitten and dragon) and Pepper (whose uncontrollable "fiercing" terrifies everyone around her) -- so the Show Off, where fifth grade students are supposed to showcase their skills, does not really seem like a good idea.
Publisher
Distributed by Weston Woods Studios
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
Description
The letters of the alphabet race each other up the coconut tree. In a house filled with two parents, one girl, and two cats, counting has never been so much fun. Librarian Molly McGrew introduces a zoo full of animals to reading and they go simply wild about books. To avoid getting eaten, a resourceful inchworm must figure out how to measure a nightingale's song.