1st Grade (Age 6)

Red Riding Hood is taking a basket of 12 cookies to Grandma, but along the way she encounters nursery rhyme and fairy tale characters who request some of the goodies. At each character’s request, the reader turns the wheel and chooses the amount of cookies (0, 1, or 2) to share and, at the end, figures out how many cookies are left for Grandma. This interactive book can be read several times with many different outcomes. Give children actual or make- believe cookies (template provided in book) to figure out the math as you read the book aloud. Suggestions for …

A New Orleans community helps one family raise their rent — by raising the roof! When Sonny’s mom is “let go” from work, there’s just no way to pay the rent. Sonny tries to help by shoveling coal, but the ten cents he earns isn’t enough. Smilin’ Jack, a trumpet player, offers to plan a rent party to raise the needed money. Neighbors bring food to eat and then sing and dance as Smilin’ Jack plays jazz. As the party heats up, guests toss coins in a bucket and their collection raises the rent money — and the community’s spirits! …

Fact-filled poetry and prose, accompanied by exquisite watercolor illustrations, communicate the importance of nasi (rice) to the people of Bali. As children turn the pages they will join the Balinese in the sawahs, or rice fields, as they grow this life-sustaining grain.

This storybook is a collection of entertaining stories and poems involving celebrated children’s book artist Richard Scarry’s lovable cast of animal characters. These happy tales and lively illustrations make this treasury of the very best of Scarry’s work the best storybook ever.

Stuart J. Murphy believes that if math had been explained to him as a child using illustrations, he would have understood math concepts more easily. So he has come up with his own series of math storybooks (divided into three levels) with pictures by well-known children’s book illustrators. In Safari Park, a Level 3 book in this series (ages 7 and up), a boy Paul, his sister, and three cousins have 20 tickets each to spend at the newly opened Safari Park. The Tiger Wheel costs 4 tickets, the Bat Tunnel 2, and so on. How many rides can each …

Sammy the Seal spends a day on the town and finds out what really goes on outside the zoo on an average day. But when Sammy the Seal makes his way down the streeet, an ordinary day becomes an extraordinary adventure as he searches high and low for just the right place to swim nad learns how to read and write in school. Children can listen to and read along with this favorite character, now available in audio for the first time.

In this cumulative story, five children share the satisfaction of building a sand castle–and the even greater pleasure of knocking it down. It all begins with Jen digging by herself. Then a boy with a bucket asks, “Can I help?” Soon the two are joined by others, each making a special contribution. By the end, Jen has four new friends who look forward to sharing more fun at the beach.

It’s holiday time, and Room One is doing lots of fun things to celebrate.
Like making elf costumes! And singing joyful songs! Only, how can Junie B. enjoy the festivities when Tattletale May keeps ruining her holiday glee? And here is the worst part of all! When everyone picks names for Secret Santa, Junie B. gets stuck with Tattletale you-know-who! It’s enough to fizzle your holiday spirit! Hmm . . . or is it? Maybe, just maybe, a Secret Santa gift is the perfect opportunity to give May exactly what she deserves.