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Golden Delicious: A Cinderella Apple Story
Author Anna Egan Smucker, Kathleen Kemly
Library Binding (Av2 by Weigl, July 30, 2013)Paul and Lloyd Stark, owners of the Stark Bros Nursery in Missouri, were looking for the perfect apple. It would be sweet and juicy. It would bring them fame and fortune, and would be crowned Queen of the Apple World! Box after box arrived from farmers who were sure they had grown the perfect apple, but none of the apples was quite right.
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Peace Week in Miss Fox's Class
Eileen Spinelli, Anne Kennedy
Library Binding (Weigl Pub Inc, Aug. 1, 2012)For "Peace Week," the animals in Miss Fox's class find ways to be peaceful, instead of squabbling with each other.
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The Princess and the Peanut Allergy
Wendy McClure, Tammie Lyon
Library Binding (Weigl Pub Inc, Aug. 1, 2012)Regina must find a solution when she learns her best friend has peanut allergy and cannot eat Regina's fabulous planned birthday cake. Includes note from a pediatric allergist.
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White Socks Only
Evelyn Coleman, Tyrone Geter
Library Binding (Av2 by Weigl, July 15, 2014)Grandma tells the story about her first trip alone into town during the days when segregation still existed in Mississippi.
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Can You Count to a Googol?
Robert E. Wells
Library Binding (Weigl Pub Inc, Aug. 1, 2012)You may be able to count all the way to one hundred, but have you ever counted to a googol? It's impossible! In this fun book of numbers, Robert E. Wells explores the wonderful world of zeros and tells how the googol came to be named.
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Damon, Pythias, and the Test of Friendship
Teresa Bateman, Layne Johnson
Library Binding (Av2 by Weigl, July 30, 2013)Outside of ancient Syracuse on the island of Sicily, there lived a cruel ruler named Dionysius. He trusted no one. Nearby lived two best friends, Damon and Pythias. One day Pythias spoke out against Dionysius, who quickly ordered his execution, to take place in one month. Pythias wanted to return to his elderly parents to say goodbye and arrange for their care. Dionysius laughed, not trusting that Pythias would return.
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The Really Groovy Story of the Tortoise and the Hare
Kristyn Crow, Christina E. Forshay
Library Binding (Weigl Pub Inc, Aug. 1, 2012)A modern rhyme retells the events of the famous race between the boastful hare and the persevering tortoise.
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The Christmas Pups
Teresa Bateman, John Kanzler
Library Binding (Weigl Pub Inc, Aug. 1, 2012)Left by the side of the road just before Christmas, three puppies are brought to a shelter where an older dog tells them how to get adopted, but the two boys decide to misbehave to assure that their sister will find a home.
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Stone Soup With Matzoh Balls: A Passover Tale in Chelm
Linda Glaser, Maryam Tabatabaei
Library Binding (Av2 by Weigl, July 15, 2014)In this version of the familiar tale, an old man tricks the townspeople of Chelm into contributing the necessary ingredients for making a Seder feast for all to share.
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A Bus of Our Own
Freddi Williams Evans, Shawn Costello
Library Binding (Av2 by Weigl, Aug. 15, 2014)Although she really wants to go to school, walking the five miles is very difficult for Mabel Jean and the other black children, so she tries to find a way to get a bus for them the same as the white children have.
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Piggy Monday: A Tale About Manners
Suzanne Bloom
Library Binding (Av2 by Weigl, July 15, 2014)The children in Mrs. Hubbub's class are so rude and thoughtless one day that they turn into pigs and need the help of the Pig Lady to help them remember their manners.
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Is a Blue Whale the Biggest Thing There Is?: A Book about Size
Robert E Wells
Paperback (Hachette Children's Group, June 12, 2014)Each of the 'Wonderwise' series explores a particular area of learning with a simple narrative text and illustrations. The differentiated text gently introduces readers to some of the methods of extracting information from a non-fiction book.
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