4th+Quarter+Literature

Follet), (oop- refers to out of print book, TB- refers to Tumblebook) || Some oops books may be listed in this document because some of the MISD libraries currently have them on theirwould provide a good resources. Other books that are similiar based on **content and skill** are listed as well and may be used as substitutes. || FIC BRO || Relates the humorous adventures of Stanley after he is flattened by a bulletin board. || E POL || A homemade quilt ties together the lives of four generations of an immigrant Jewish family, remaining a symbol of their enduring love and faith. || B POL || In the useful Meet the Author series, a particularly appealing entry from an author/illustrator whose picture books have grown directly out of a life experience that has included shuttling between divorced parents, an old-country ``babushka,'' growing up in a mixed California neighborhood, and marriage to a Jewish Italian. Polacco also, in this lively, forthright self- portrait, describes overcoming a learning disability and going on to get a doctorate in art history and also her methods of working, both the nitty gritty and the inspirational (``I listen to music and let my imagination soar. I take rocking so seriously I have at least one or two rockers in every room''). ||    || E ALLS || Superb illustrations complement a text concerning two naughty ants and a kitchen adventure. || Of the Three Little Pigs E SCI || The wolf gives his own outlandish version of what really happened when he tangled with the three little pigs. || E TEA || Gertrude LaRue receives typewritten and paw-written letters from her dog Ike, entreating her to let him leave the Igor Brotweiler Canine Academy and come back home || Beanstalk Stinks! E BRA ||   || E LOE ||   || E COV || When surrounded by thousands of butterflies, eleven-year-old John becomes transformed into one of them and finds his entire life altered because of this experience. || E FLA || Hurry the tortoise befriends a monarch butterfly when she stops in his garden in Wichita Falls, Texas, during her migration from Canada to Mexico. Includes facts about monarch butterflies. || E SWO || Although she does not know why or how, a small creepy-crawly bug is certain that she must make her way to Mexico. || E BUN || With the help of her grandfather, a little girl makes a house for a larva and watches it develop before setting it free, and every summer after that butterflies come to visit her. || 595.78 RYD || Describes what it feels like to change from a caterpillar into a butterfly. Includes gardening tips to attract butterflies. || 591.56 NAT || Or any other non-fiction book about Butterflies. || 634 GIB || Explains how apples were brought to America, how they grow, their traditional uses and cultural significance, and some of the varieties grown. || 634 TAG || Simple text and photographs present the life cycle of an apple tree from seed to adult plant. || 634 MAR || Marzollo details the life of an apple from bud to flower to fruit to market to table. The story unfolds in simple sentences in large, easy-to-read type. Moffatt's full-color collages are pleasing and uncluttered. The focus is on the apple and its growing cycle. The illustrator creates a 3-D effect that makes the pictures seem to lift off the page. As the petals fall, young readers will want to reach out to catch them and will eagerly turn the page to see what surprises may be waiting. This series entry presents a science concept in a simple, straightforward way. || 634 SAU || Simple text and photographs describe an apple tree as it goes through the seasons. || 634 FOW || From friendly dolphins to giant pandas, from icebergs and glaciers to energy from the sun, from magnets to solids, liquids, and gases, Rookie Read-About Science is a natural addition to the primary-grade classroom with books that cover every part of the science curricula. Includes: animals, nature, scientific principles, the environment, weather, and much more! || E GIB || This book covers the basics of what a tree goes through every season. Arnold and his dog take you through each season and explain what type of activities they do with the tree. Winter they build a fort around the tree for company, summer they build a treehouse, fall they rake and pick apples and in spring they hang out in the tree and smell the apple blowwoms and build a tree swing. Arnold treats the tree as his friend through-out the book. On a few of the pages, there is a recipe for apple pie, directions and explanations of what a cider press is and does and facts about honeybees. || 921 SHE || Shows how Johnny Appleseed grew from a young boy who loved the outdoors into the legendary man who spread apple trees all across the United States. || E WEL || Annie the apple farmer saves her most beautiful apples to sell fresh at the farmers' market. || 641.6 THO || An introduction to the basic concepts of food production, distribution, and consumption by tracing the production of applesauce from apples to the finished product. || 664 BAS || An introduction to the basic concept of food production, distribution, and consumption by tracing the production of cereal from corn to the finished product. || 633 ALI || The story of how Native Americans began to use corn and the many uses for all of the parts of the plant. || 664 THO || An introduction to the basic concepts of food production, distribution, and consumption by tracing the production of bread from wheat to the finished product. || 641.3 FOW || Discusses the growing, processing, and eating of wheat, one of the most common types of grain in the United States. || 633.1 GIB || Offers up the history of corn as well as the details concerning planting, cultivation, harvesting, and its many uses. || 641.8 PAU || A lyrical tribute to the Mexican farm workers as they plant and harvest corn that will be turned into tortillas. || 398.24 || A newly illustrated edition of the classic fable of the hen who is forced to do all the work of baking bread and of the animals who learn a bitter lesson from it.
 * (Ebk- refers to E-book with
 * Flat Stanley
 * The Keeping Quilt
 * Fire Talking
 * Other books by Patricia Polacco || Pink and Say My Rotten Red-Headed Brother Thunder Cake Babuska's Doll Chicken Sunday
 * Two Bad Ants
 * The True Story
 * Dear Mrs. LaRue
 * Trust Me, Jack's
 * Believe Me, Goldilocks Rocks!
 * Prince of Butterflies
 * Hurry and the Monarchs
 * Gotta Go! Gotta Go!
 * Butterfly House
 * Where Butterflies Grow
 * Great Migrations
 * Nonfiction books about Apples ||  ||
 * Apples
 * The Life Cycle of an Apple Tree
 * I am an Apple
 * Apple Trees
 * Apples of Your Eye
 * The Seasons of Arnold's Apple Tree
 * Johnny Appleseed
 * Apple Farmer Annie
 * From Apples to Applesauce
 * From Corn to Cereal
 * Corn is Maize
 * From Wheat to Bread
 * The Wheat We Eat
 * Corn
 * The Tortilla Factory
 * The Little Red Hen

Any Version || 398.2 STU || In this version of the traditional tale, the duck, the dog, and the cat refuse to help the Little Red Hen make a pizza but do get to participate when the time comes to eat it. ||
 * The Little Red Hen Makes a Pizza