Hello, Mrs. Piggle Wiggle by Betty MacDonald (Chapter Book)
Mrs. Piggle Wiggle is a small lady who lives in an upside down house who knows everything about children. Her husband was a pirate and left a chest full of magical cures to her when he died. She provides parents a cure for their children’s bad habits. Philip Carmody has a problem showing off to Bobby Westover and Billy Markle. His mother Connie goes to Mrs. Piggle Wiggle for help. She gives him show-off powder which makes him invisible when he is showing off. Melody Foxglove is a crybaby and always cries. Cornell Foxglove, Harvard Foxglove, Emmy Foxglove, Trent Popsickle, Tansy Popsickle, Betsy Wilt. MPW gives her a Crybaby Tonic to make her unable to stop her tears when she cries. Nicholas Semicolon is a bully and picks on younger kids and animals. Roscoe Eager, Billy MacIntosh, Sylvia Crouch, Jimmy Gopher, Priscilla Wick, the Adams twins. MPW gives him Leadership pills to bring out leadership qualities he has. She gives him a bullybath which weakens the bather so they can be pushed around, are rejected in favor of the pills.) Evelyn Rover, Mary Crackle, Cornelia Whitehouse whisper gossips all day long. She gives them a whisper stick which is magical candy and takes away their voice. Harbin Quadrangle daydreams and is given a special spray that makes him alert and focused.
Queen of the Falls by Chris Van Allsburg (Picture Book)
Setting: Turn of the 19th Century at Niagra Falls. Annie Edson Taylor was a retired charm school teacher from Michigan. Some history. Non fiction
Annie was from Bay City Michigan and was 62. Her school closed and needed a plan to strike rich. She saw in the paper that there were going to be a large amount of tourists visiting Niagra Falls in the summer so she planned to go over the falls in a wooden barrel that she would create. The barrel was 4 ½ feet high with iron bands and weighed 160 lbs. She hired Frank Russell to hype up the media and get people to attend. Fred Truesdale was hired to put her into the water. She survived but was dizzy and bruised. She stayed in bed to recover and newspapers form around the world went to see her. She was taken to a Buffalo fair so people could pay to see the “Queen of the Falls” but people lost interest when they found out it was an old lady. Frank got tired of it and stole her barrel but she got it back and hired Billy Banks. She went to more fairs but was not well received and Billy and his wife Maggie stole the barrel and Annie never got it back. On the 10th anniversary of her trip over the falls a reporter came to talk to her. She said it was the greatest fear ever performed.
The Magic Hat by Mem Fox (Picture Book)
One day a magic hat appeared in the town and sat on a toad’s head. The magic hat moved like this and moved like that and sat on a baboon, bear, kangaroo, giraffe. The a wizard appeared and told it to stop. Everyone stopped and looked at the wizard with sparkling eyes and he took a wand out from his beard and looked at the animals which caused everyone to look at them. And then the wizard skipped out of town with a mischievous smile with the hat on his head that made magic wherever it sat.
Owen by Kevin Henkes (Picture Book)
Owen loves his fuzzy yellow blanket and goes wherever he goes. Fuzzy likes what he likes (food and juice) Mrs Tweezers told Owen’s parents about the blanket fairy and that night Owen’s parents told him to put it under his pillow and the blanket fairy was going to give him a big boy gift but Owen just put Fuzzy in his pants. Mrs Tweezers then told them about the vinegar trick, but Owen just picked a new corner of his blanket. Fuzzy wasn’t Fuzzy anymore but Owen didn’t care. Mrs Tweezers told them about saying no when Owen wanted to bring it to school. His mother had an idea and made Fuzzy into a handkerchief so he could carry it to school and Mrs. Tweezers finally didn’t say a thing.
The World of Winnie the Pooh: The Complete Winnie the Pooh and The House at Pooh Corner by A. A. Milne (Chapter Book)
This book is all about the tales of Winnie The Pooh and his friends. Great to read a chapter a day to the children because they are all different scenarios.
Chapters:
1.In Which We Are Introduced to Winnie-the-Pooh and Some Bees and the Stories Begin
2.In Which Pooh Goes Visiting and Gets Into a Tight Place
3.In Which Pooh and Piglet Go Hunting and Nearly Catch a Woozle
4.In Which Eeyore Loses a Tail and Pooh Finds One
5.In Which Piglet Meets a Heffalump
6.In Which Eeyore has a Birthday and Gets Two Presents
7.In Which Kanga and Baby Roo Come to the Forest and Piglet has a Bath
8.In Which Christopher Robin Leads an Expotition to the North Pole
9.In Which Piglet is Entirely Surrounded by Water
10.In Which Christopher Robin Gives Pooh a Party and We Say Goodbye
Make Way For Ducklings by Robert McCloskey (Picture Book)
Mr. And Mrs. Mallard were looking for a place to live and wound up in Boston to raise a family there by the Charles River. They could not fly because they were beginning to molt, but they swam in the river and met a policeman named Michael who would feed them peanuts. Mrs. Mallard laid 8 eggs but couldn’t move because she had to keep the eggs warm and hatched Jack, Kack, Lack, Mack, Nack, Ouack, Pack and Quack. Mr Mallard left to explore the river and the mom taught them how to swim, dive, walk in a line, come when they are called and how to be safe from wheels. Mrs. Mallard took the kids to meet their father but they had to cross a highway, where Michael stopped traffic for them. They traveled across the city with the help of all of the policemen stopping traffic. They met Mr. Mallard at the public garden where they decided to live after all.
Officer Buckle and Gloria by Peggy Rathmann
Officer Buckle knew more safety tips than anyone else in Napville and every time he thought of one, he put it up on his bulletin board. No one would listen to his tips when he went to speak at the schools. The police department bought Gloria, a dog, and took it to school to speak about his safety tips. But whenever he said a tip, Gloria would do silly things behind his back. Everyone loved it and started to pay attention to the speech. More schools found out about Officer Buckle and Gloria's safety speech and wanted them to talk in their school. One day, the speech was video taped and Officer Buckle saw on tv that the kids werent paying attention to him, but to Gloria in the background. Officer Buckle got upset and stopped speaking and Gloria went alone to schools and just fell asleep onstage. Afterwards, there was a huge accident and everyone realized they did need Officer Buckle because they sent him so many letters. His last tip her wrote was Safety Tip 101: Always stick with your buddy.
Pete the Cat by Eric Litwin
Cat got brand new white shoes and stepped into strawberries and turned red. Sand i love my red shoes. Stepped in blueberries and sang i love my blue shoes. Stepped in mud and turned the shoes brown and he sang i love my brown shoes. Then Pete stepped in water and it turned the shoes back to white, but they were wet. So he sang I love my wet shoes. No matter what you step in, keep walking along and sing a song.
Bubba the Cowboy Prince by Helen Ketteman
-Spin off of Cinderella
Bubba lived with his stepdad and two stepbrothers Milton and Dwane. He always did the chores on the ranch. Miz Lurleen decided to throw a ball to invite all the Texan Ranchers to find a 'feller' for her. The day of the ball Bubba did all the chores for his brothers and didnt have time to get ready for the ball so his brothers left without him. A bolt of lightening struck and Miz Godcow appeared to help Bubba go to the ball. She swished his tail and he hand brand new clothes and a horse and went to the ball but only had until midnight. He danced with Miz Lurleen right before midnight but his clothes turned back into his old clothes. He ran off but his one cowboy boot fell off. Miz Lurleen went looking for the guy with the perfect fit and Bubba was a match. They got married and lived happily.
Verdi By Janell Cannon
Verdi is a python who is yellow with zig zag stripes that does not want to turn green like all of the adults do. The adults are boring and lazy and Verdi likes to flig himself from treetops. He tries to do everything not to turn green until he hurts himself one day. He learns to like his green skin and can still do all the things he loves to do. The feeling on the cover is something the kids will enjoy. Glossy
Tuesday By David Wiesner
Tuesday night, around 8, the frogs fly on their lillypads around a neighborhood. 11:21pm they get caught in the laundry outside and fly into houses and watch tv in an old womans house. 4:38 AM they get chased by a dog and then the frogs chase the dog. The morning comes and they fall back into their lillipads in the pond as if nothing happened. The police are trying to investigate why there are lillipads all over the town. Next Tuesday at 7:58 PM pigs start flying.
Flotsam By David Wiesner
A little boy goes to the beach to collect flotsam, anything that floats that has been washed ashore. But he would have never imagined that he would find an underwater camera. He takes the camera to a one hour photo store. The photos show mechanical fish swimming with real ones, a hot air balloon pufferfish, people and houses living on top of a turtles shell and crazy things that no one could ever believe was real. He then sees a picture of all different children holding pictures of other children. So he takes a picture of himself and throws the camera in the water. A girl then finds the camera half buried in the sand.
If.. By Sarah Perry
If toes were teeth, if caterpillars were toothpaste. Realistic pictures go along with this book that has children wondering 'what if' a certain object was really something else. It is a funny way to get children captured into a book. It leaves nothing to the imagination.
A Bad Case of the Stripes by David Shannon
Camilla Cream is worried about what others think of her and doesnt like certain things because other people dont like them. She gets a 'case of the stripes' and no doctor can help her get rid of them. Only she can by realizing that it doesnt matter about what other people think, you should decided upon what you like and what you dont like. She finally admits she likes lima beans and the stripes go away. Teaches children to be yourself and not worry about what others think.
Harvey Potter grows balloons as his crops and they come in all different colors. An african american girl narrates the story and spies on him because she wants to know how to grow balloons for herself. To her surprise there are things hidden that are magic that help him grow his balloons.
A boy gets onto the Polar Express that takes him to the North Pole where he sees elves and Santa who gives him a bell from the reindeer. He looses the bell but then on Christmas morning it is there wrapped under his tree.
*All pictures from amazon.com
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