This book is about a spider who is very busy spinning her web. She is s busy that everytime an animal comes up to her and asks her to do something with them she just ignores them and keeps spinning her web. Eventually when the spider finishes she catches a fly for dinner in her web then goes to sleep because she is so tired from working all day. The central message of this story is that hard work pays off in the end, even if you have to miss out on fun activities to finish your work.
This book is about a little boy named Buzz who has a pet named fly guy. When Buzz and his family leave for vacation his parents tell him to leave Fly Guy at home because he is too little and he will get lost. But Fly Guy hid in the trunk of the car and came anyway. They went on lots of adventures and Buzz's parents were worried Fly Guy wold get lost the whole time. On their way home they got lost and realized that Fly Guy could fly high up in the sky to see where they were to help them get home. The central message of this story is that sometimes someone you may least expect to be good help might actually be very big help and we need to make sure we don't underestimate anyone or limit them because of their size.
The central message of this book is to inform the reader about caterpillars and butterflies. The book discusses how caterpillars are born and turn into butterflies. It also goes into depth about what thy eat, how they hide, and how they fly. This book is filled with a lot of good information on caterpillars and butterflies.
Little Roja Riding Hood (Ala Notable Children's Books. Younger Readers (Awards)) by Susan Middleton Elya
This story is a spin off of the original little red riding hood. In this story The little girl leaves home to take soup to her grandma when she runs into a wolf in the woods. The wolf takes her red hood and goes to grandmas to try to fool her and then eat her. Luckily little red made it there in time to pour hot soup all over the wolf and chase him away, so little red and her grandma decided to always keep the door locked and get a security system. The central message of this story is to be very careful when walking through the woods and also to keep your doors locked when home alone because you never know who may be coming in.
This book was about an elephant baker who was so busy working all day in her bakery that she had not time to celebrate her own birthday or even make herself a cake. Every night she would leave out a slice of cake for the mice and little did she know she was in for a big surprise. The mice came in and made her a cake while she was sleeping and she was so happy to wake up to a celebration. The central message of this story is that although we may run out of time or forget to celebrate our own birthdays our friends are always there to pick us back up again and make sure we enjoy our birthdays.
This book is about a little elephant named Ellis who sets out on a quest to find out how America became the land of the free. Ellis spends his afternoon at the library reading books about Americas history and he travels through time and experiences many different historical events that had a great impact on shaping our nation today. The main idea of this book is to show young readers how America came to be the way that it is in a very kid friendly manner.
This story is about three little squirrels who find a baby bird one spring day. The baby bird is sad and the squirrels want to help it. As the squirrels are discovering all the new things that spring has brought, they try to find something for the baby bird to eat. Eventually the momma bird flies over to the baby and drops a green worm into its mouth. The squirrels are so amazed, they go home and tell their parents all about what they learned. The central message of this story is that Spring brings a lot of new things for us to discover outside. By exploring all the new things spring brings we can learn a lot about nature and what baby animals like to eat.
This story is about a little girl named Posey. Posey loves Halloween but she is scared to trick-or-treat without a flashlight, and when her teacher tells the class that they will be eating a creepy monster stew at their party Posey gets even more scared. She doesnt want to be scared, all she wants to do is have fun but luckily her tutu turns her into Princess Posey and she can do anything! The central message of this story is for us to not let our nerves or fears get in our way of having fun, and as long as we have friends around, being a little scared can actually turn into a lot of fun.
This book is a fun unique collection of poems about monsters and other creatures. The central message of this poetry book is for the reader to sit back laugh and enjoy all the interesting creatures you may come across while reading.
This book is filled with poems that begin with the first part of our day, getting out of bed and go through all of the daily routines all the way to getting back into bed to go to sleep. The central message of this poetry book is to help us appreciate all the little things that we encounter during our day. Although many things that happen to us throughout our day are small yet they are still very meaningful and special moments that make our lives better every day when we get out of bed and start a new day.
This story is about the Cranston family who decide to leave their home in order to find their daughter a husband in England. Living below the Cranston family is a family of mice who fear of staying behind when their human family leaves so they decide to join the family on their voyage. The central message of this story is that traveling to new places can be full of excitement and adventure and we cant let anything hold us back from these life changing experiences.
This story is about a little by named Hector who lives in South Africa. He was a huge soccer fan but could never join the other boys playing soccer at his mothers work because of the apartheid. When Nelson Mandela was released from prison and became the president of South Africa the apartheid came to an end. Then Hectors favorite soccer team won the African Cup of Nations, and Hector realized that although many things were impossible at the time they can always change and anything could happen. This book really shows how life changed for the people of South Africa when Nelson Mandela became president and how sports can bring people together and create great friendships.
This story is about a little girl Amelia who's best friend lives next door to her. They love doing everything together until one day her best friend moves away and Amelia misses her so much. One day Amelia sees a moving truck pull in to her neighbors house and she hope that her best friend is moving back but it turns out its an old lady moving in. Amelia befriends the old lady and they do all kinds of fun things together even when her friend comes back to visit. The central message of this story is that sometimes friends move away and it is sad but they can still be our friends and we shouldn't be afraid to make new friends no matter how old they are. The more friends the better, its great to keep old friends and even better to make new ones.
This story is about two dogs Ted and Fred. They are very different from one another, Fred is tall and Ted is little. They Are the best of friends but they like doing very different things when they are together but it balances out their friendship. They found a small hotel on their snow trip and Fred got the room with the little bed and Ted got the room with the big bed. They tossed and turned all night and didn't sleep at all so they decided to take a walk to figure out their problem. It look the help of one small bird to give them the idea of switching bed rooms so that Fred could sleep in the big bed and Ted could sleep in the small bed. The central message of the story is that sometimes we get worked up about the smallest problems, friends need to work together to come up with a solution. "Why make big problems out of small problems?"
This is a story about a rebellious, sly boy named Tom Sawyer. Tom's and his best friend Huck witness a murder and don't want to tell anyone. Eventually Tom goes to court and the murderer runs away. As they are searching for the murderer they start looking for his buried treasure and find it. This leaves Tom and Huck extremely wealthy. But even though they are both rich they don't know what to do with all the money. Tom wants to continue being a sly thief and the money doesn't change the two characters at all. The central message of this story is that money cant but happiness and being wealthy doesn't have to change people. Sometimes the poorest people are the most free and that was the case in The Adventures of Tom Sawyer.
This story is about a little girl named Coraline who stumbles upon an alternate world. This world is very similar to the one she lives in except for the fact that she can pretty much do anything she wants. She thinks this world is great until she realizes that one character in the alternate world wants to keep Coraline for herself and Coraline is left figuring out how to escape this alternate world. The central message of this story is that a perfect world doesn't exist and we need to appreciate what we have because at any moment we could loose it all. These is plenty of good in an imperfect world and we must remember that when we are longing for a more perfect life.
Matilda is a story about a misunderstood little girl named Matilda. Matilda is a genius who happens to have a dumb parents. Matilda longs to go to school because she loves to learn but her parents don't show any interest in her. After finally starting school she meets many new people some bad and some good. But little did she know her brain abilities would come with super powers. Matilda uses her powers to pull tricks on people whom she believes deserves it. She uses her powers and goodness to overcome all the evil she encounters and this leaves her in a much happier situation.
Oscar and the very hungry dragon is a story about a hungry dragon who feeds on princesses, but when there are no princesses left the town decides to draw children's names from a hat, and a boy named Oscar was chosen to be the dragons next meal. Oscar is a very skinny and smart little boy he uses his cleverness to trick the dragon into allowing him to fatten up before he feasts on him. After convincing the dragon to go grocery shopping for him so he can make himself some delicious meals the dragon smells what he is cooking and Oscar tells the dragon to eat dinner with him to satisfy his hunger while Oscar fattens up. Each day the dragon would ask to see Oscars finger to see if hes gotten fatter and Oscar being a cunning young man uses a twig as his finger to trick the dragon into thinking he was still skinny and once the dragon realizes how hes been tricked Oscar convinced him that if he gets eaten then he will no longer have Oscar to cook delicious meals for him, and Oscar outsmarted the dragon once again.
This story is about a boy named Jack who had such a big worry weighing on him that he didn't want to do the thing he loved to do most, play his trumpet in the concert. The day of the concert Jack's worry grew bigger and bigger and her became more and more frustrated. Eventually his mother asked what was wrong and he told her that his worry was that he was afraid he would mess up and his mother wouldn't love him anymore. His mother reassured him that its okay to worry sometimes and that the point of the concert is to have fun and even if he does play terribly she would still love him exactly the same. The central message of this story is that everyone worries sometimes and we shouldn't let our worries hold us back.
This book is a great book to teach children about all the different animals that can be found on a farm. Each page is dedicated to a different animal on the farm and each animal is described using rhyming. Each animal on the farm looks different and has a different job than the last. The central message of this book is to inform the reader about the many different animals that live on a farm and that although they are all different they all live happily in the same place.
This is a true story about an African American woman named Rosa Parks who refused to give up her seat on a public bus to a white man. This one small thing that Rosa Parks refused to do was the start of chain reaction and others joined her in the fight for civil rights. The central message of this story is that everyone must work together to fight for whats right in order to make change possible.
This story was about a family who grows pumpkins and after all their pumpkins grow they sell all the pumpkins except for the very best ones which they would use the seeds to plant for the next year. The boys took all the left over seeds and threw them out, and that's when the wind carried the seeds to a nearby town and when spring came around pumpkins were growing all throughout the town. After the boys realized that this was all their fault they felt bad and went to the town and helped clean up all the pumpkins. The towns people were so thankful for their help and rewarded the boys with great big watermelons. The central message of this story is that everyone makes mistakes but them important thing to remember is that its okay to make mistakes as long as you own up to it and try to fix it. When we try to fix our mistakes there might be a great reward coming our way.
This story is about a little boy named Edgar who wanted a dog for his birthday but instead he got an octopus named Jarvis. Throughout the story Edgar is continually frustrated with Jarvis because all Edgar wants Jarvis to do is to act like a dog. Edgar eventually drives Jarvis away because he feels like he is a "bad dog". After Jarvis leaves Edgar realizes that Jarvis is a bad dog only because he is not a dog at all, he is an octopus and he shouldn't try to make Jarvis something he is not. The central message of this story is to appreciate and accept others for who they are.
This book is a true story about a girl named Helen Keller who was an average little girl until one day when she got very sick. Her sickness left her blind and def. She encountered many frustrations in the beginning of her life trying to communicate to others. After she began working with her teacher she found new ways to express herself and communicate. Helen never lost hope and had a tremendous breakthrough when she learned to read. As Helen got older she learned many new things including how to speak in three different languages. Helen was also the first def and blind person to earn a college degree and she fought for social change. Helen's story teaches others that anyone can overcome obstacles in their life as long as they don't let anything hold them back.























