Books with author Phyllis Perry

The rabbit, skunk, and fox families find a perfect home in the hole under the old oak tree until the bears contemplate moving in, too.Seedling books help beginning readers grow through engaging stories and kid-friendly photos and artwork. Best for reading at the earliest stages, these books use clear print, ample spacing, limited vocabulary, and simple story lines to help children practice word building, improve fluency, and garner a love for reading. Seedling has an established reputation both in the classroom and at home as one of the best book collections for young readers.

This fiction book, aimed at readers 6 to 10, features Fribble Mouse who solves mysteries using library research skills. Great Uncle Skipper Mouse, a former sailor, is moving from a big house by the sea to a small cottage. He invites his relatives to come and visit the Maine coast before he makes his move. Healso send to Fribble his old sea chest which is filled with mysterious objects such as a display board of sailor knots, boson's whistle, signal flags, scrimshaw, barometer, and telescope. Fribble learns about the objects in the sea chest through research, and also learns how to use a computer catalog, Dewey Decimals, dictionary, atlas, encyclopedia, and road maps. Finally Fribble uses a map sent by Great Uncle Skipper Mouse to discover a special treasure.

Filled with creative, classroom-tested science project ideas, this book provides an overview of science fair competitions for elementary school teachers, parents, and others who participate in science fairs as students, judges, and organizers. Every aspect of these competitions is covered, including science fair objectives, motivational techniques, and the role adults should play. Ideas are included for dozens of projects in botany, ecology and environmental science, zoology, and other disciplines. For each project, the author discusses the category in which it can be entered, its objective, procedures for setup and data gathering, and suggestions for displaying the project at a science fair.

Slam Dunk Mouse is a fictional adventure story. Fritter Musculus and his family live beneath the stage in Boulder High School. Fritter, an ardent basketball fan, decides to make a mouse-sized basketball court. With the helpf of his sister, Fritter explores Boulder High school securing the materials that he needs while checking out the teachers' lounge, the science lab, and other classrooms. He meets the Murphys and Stanleys, two other mouse families that live in the school. and he encounters the stage door cart, Noel Coward. A Round Robin Tournament for friends and relatives is the happy conclusion of the story.

This nonfiction book is a basic introduction for children and families to the sport of geocaching. It discusses how to get started in geocaching, equipment needed, information about a GPS receiver, compass, types of maps, how to go about hiding and finding caches, various types of caches, swag, and trackables. Includes a glossary of terms and a bibliography. Interest level: 10 years to adult.

The Secrets of the Sea Chest is the fourth book in the Fribble Mouse Library Mystery series. It is spring when Fribble's family receives an invitation to come vacation at Great Uncle Skipper's house on the coast of Maine. Great Uncle Skipper also says he is mailing to Fribble his old sea chest that is filled with all kinds of secrets. It is also the time when Fribble must write a report on careers, in the present, past or future. Once Fribble receives and opens the sea chest and begins to examine its contents, he decides he will make his school report on sailors of the past. Fribble leans many things as he uses library research skills to study objects like scrimshaw, a barometer and a telescope, and as he learns about signal flags at sea and how to tie sailor knots. After a successful Career Night at school, Fribble and his family journey with the special treasure map that Great Uncle Skipper has sent them to visit him in Maine and seek the treasure.

WHAT IF - Somewhere in the galaxy there is a school taught by angels?WHAT IF – A young person with no special talent finds the one perfect gift?WHAT IF – Youngsters who failed to survive their first life are given a new life?WHAT IF – One evil young girl threatens talented students with her greed?Halo Havens didn’t know that angels had special talents and different jobs. She’d never met an android, talked to a giant fish or met an angel. Her life changed the day she skated in front of a car trying to rescue a puppy and was transported to the fantastic world of White Feathers Academy. There she makes new friends, accepts the challenge of a seemingly hopeless job and embarks on the greatest adventure of her new young life, if she can survive the tests.

Chinook is a fiction story aimed at 8 to 12 year-olds. When Beth Wheeler moves from up-state New York to the center of Boulder, Colorado, she leaves her horse behind. She dreams of owning a horse again, but meantime becomes a regular at Jackson Meadows, where she rides a big, black horse named Chinook..At Jackson Meadows, Beth meets a mysterious figure, Old Ebert, a reculisive wood carver, two brothers who work at the ranch, and a girl who boards her horse there. Mysteries and challenges arise as they prepare to compete in the Little Britches Rodeo. The rodeo and the parade that follows help cement friendships as Beth becomes a local hero and realizes her dream.

Simulate integrated units of study on U.S. history with this guide. Perry provides recommended fiction and nonfiction books that help you illuminate different eras in U.S. history along with discussion starters, multidisciplinary activity suggestions, and topics for further investigation. Projects for individuals and groups help students develop skills in research, oral and written language, science, math, geography, and the arts. Additional resources are listed with each section. Grades K-5.