New Elementary Titles

August 4th-8th, 2014

Bob the builder : celebrate with Bob. Hit Entertainment, 2002.
Bob's birthday -- Bob's Big Surprise -- Bob's Day Off -- Buffalo Bob -- 4 mini adventures. Looks like the Bob the Builder is in for a busy, busy day! There's a dance contest, a surprise birthday party, a really messy office and a broken computer! No prob, Bob! It´s all in a day´s work for Bob and the rest of the gang as they gear up for their daily dose of fun. The day begins with Bob and Marvis out to win the dance contest, but when Marvis sprains her ankle, can Wendy step in? Then, Bob is in for a surprise --it´s his birthday! Unfortunately, it seems like everyone has forgotten his special day! Speaking of surprises, Wendy´s friends are building her a new garden . . . but who´s minding the office? Never fear --with Bob the Builder and his friends on the job, no problem is too big! Can they fix it? Yes, they can!.

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Martín Larrañaga, Ana, 1969-. The big wide-mouthed frog : a traditional tale. New York. : Scholastic, 1999.
A big wide-mouthed frog asks every creature he meets what they like to eat, but when he meets a crocodile he doesn't like the crocodile's answer.

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Gambill, Henrietta, 1927-. Seven special days. Cincinnati, Ohio : Standard, 2005.
Relates in verse what happened on each of the seven days of Creation.

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Feldman, Jean. Dinosaur Boogie. Huntington Beach, CA : Creative Teaching, 2007.
Lyrics to a song that introduces different types of dinosaurs and a dinosaur dance.

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Murray, Helen. The LEGO movie : awesome adventures. 1st American ed. London : DK Pub., 2014.
An ordinary Lego minifigure, mistakenly thought to be the extraordinary MasterBuilder, is recruited to join a quest to stop an evil Lego tyrant from gluing the universe together.

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Maccarone, Grace. Oink! moo! how do you do? : a book of animal sounds. New York : Scholastic, 1994.
A group of familiar animals making their typical noises comes together to eat the newly harvested apples and corn until the farmer shoos them away.

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Willis, Jeanne. Dr Xargle's book of Earthlets. London : Red Fox, 1990, c1988.
Doctor Xargle teaches his alien students about human infants.

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Blanco, Guillermo. Adiós a ruibarbo y otros cuentos. 1. ed. [?] : Shinseken, 2003.
Todos los días, un niño observa com pnea, cómo los caballos de la panadería hacen siempre la misma rutina, calle arriba y calle abajo, llevando su cargamento. De éstos, los más viejos parecen haberse secado por dentro, resignados por tantos años de una vida monótona y agotadora. Un dia, el niño oye por casualidad que uno de los caballos mas viejos va a ser vendido a un matadero y decide entonces liberarlo. ?Tendrá éxito?.

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Rue, Nancy N. The accused. Colorado Springs : Focus on the Family ;, 1995.
Josiah and Hope, two young Puritans living in Salem Village in 1691, find themselves caught in a bitter feud between the Putnam and Nurse families.

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Rue, Nancy N. The rescue. Colorado Springs : Focus on the Family, c1995.
Josiah and Hope, two young Puritans living in Salem Village in 1689, befriend a Quaker woman and a Wampanoag Indian who are not accepted members of the community.

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Rue, Nancy N. The rescue. Colorado Springs : Focus on the Family, c1995.
Josiah and Hope, two young Puritans living in Salem Village in 1689, befriend a Quaker woman and a Wampanoag Indian who are not accepted members of the community.

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Rue, Nancy N. The stowaway. Minneapolis. : Bethany House ;, c1995.
Spending the summer in Salem Town as the guest of a wealthy ship owner, a ten-year-old Puritan boy asks God for help in dealing with a blackmailing bully.

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Fisher Price Mother Goose rhymes. New York. : Modern Publishing, 1999.
Youngsters will feel right at home with these familiar Fisher-Price characters as they bring classic nursery rhymes to life.

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McMahon, Michael. Why does thunder clap? : and other questions about weather. New York : Cambridge University, c2007 [2010].
An introduction to weather that describes the different types of weather and the natural forces that influence them, discusses the world's most dangerous tornadoes, hurricanes, and storms, and records the hottest and coldest days in history.

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Stewart, Melissa. Snakes! New York : Scholastic, c2009.
Photographs and text introduce young readers to snakes and provide information on behavior, physical characteristics, habitat, and other related topics.

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Hosking, Carol. Green thumbs. Barrington : Rigby, 1991.
Introduction -- What do plants need? -- What does a gardener do? -- Container gardens -- Plants with a bonus -- Growing gifts -- Glossary. Teaches about plants, plant care, and gardening and includes fun activities to try at home.

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Scholastic first dictionary. New York : Scholastic Reference, [2006], c1998.
Using your dictionary -- Pronouncing words -- Dictionary A to Z -- How new words are created -- Forming plurals -- Words that sound alike -- How words work in sentences -- Measurements -- Index of picture labels. Contains alphabetically arranged entries that provide definitions of more than 1,500 words, and includes example sentences, phonetic pronunciation guides, and photographs.

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Bob the builder : to the rescue! Hit Entertainment, 2003.
Clocktower Bob -- Scoop saves the day -- Muck gets stuck --Lofty to the rescue -- 4 mini-adventures. Clocktower Bob -While working on the Clocktower, Bob is stranded when Lofty accidentally knocks over his lader. Wendy organizes a rescue mission, helping Lofty to overcome his fear of heights and save Bob. Scoop saves the day -- A heavy storm has brought down trees, telephone poles and fences. Bob and Scoop clear a road while Muck and Lofty help Farmer Pickles. Then, disaster! Pilchard is caught atop a storm-blasted tree and only Loft can reverse her misfortune. Muck gets stuck --Bob, Scoop, and Muck are making repairs to a tunnel when Bob´s generator breaks down. Alone inside the tunnel, big, bold Muck is petrified of the dark. When Bob and Lofty can´t get Muck to budge, Pilchard ventures inside to save the day. Lofty to the rescue -Spud finds himself hanging precariously off a bridge with only his belt keeping him from falling. The only machine than can help him is Lofty, who must overcome his fear of heights and his own distrust of Spud.

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Scholastic first dictionary. New York : Scholastic Reference, [2006], c1998.
Using your dictionary -- Pronouncing words -- Dictionary A to Z -- How new words are created -- Forming plurals -- Words that sound alike -- How words work in sentences -- Measurements -- Index of picture labels. Contains alphabetically arranged entries that provide definitions of more than 1,500 words, and includes example sentences, phonetic pronunciation guides, and photographs.

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