Ernest V. Troost
1) Watercress
Author
Series
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
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DEN - Kids + Teens: Asian / Pacific American Heritage Month
Jason Chin
MCL - Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature
MCL - Caldecott Medal
Jason Chin
MCL - Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature
MCL - Caldecott Medal
Description
Driving through Ohio in an old Pontiac, a young girl's parents stop suddenly when they spot something growing in a ditch by the side of the road... watercress! With an old paper bag and some rusty scissors, the whole family wades into the muck to collect as much of the muddy, snail-covered plant as they can. At first, it's embarrassing. Why can't her family get food at the grocery store? But when her mother shares the story of her family's life in...
Series
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
Miss Nelson has a field day: The football team just can't win a game. The whole town is down in the dumps - that is until the notorious Viola Swamp whips the team into shape. Miss Nelson is back: Miss Nelson has to have her tonsils removed and while she is away her students are up to no good. They have managed to fool the principal, but not Viola Swamp. Now the kids can't wait for Miss Nelson to return.
Author
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Presents the story of a boy who writes a letter to an imagined alien, explaining all the things he will need to know about Earth and the people who live here--and adding a postscript asking what the alien might look like. One track of sound disc has page-turn signals.
10) Chrysanthemum
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2002, 1993.
Language
English
Description
Chrysanthemum loves her name, until she starts going to school and the other children make fun of it.
Series
Pub. Date
[2007]
Edition
Full screen.
Language
English
Description
Is your mama a Llama?: Lloyd the llama is looking for his mama. Happy birthday, moon: Bear decides to give his friend the moon a birthday present. Changes, changes: Two enterprising wooden dolls solve a series of problems by arranging a set of wooden blocks. Cat & canary: Cat's unlikely friend Canary shows him the greatest time when his master is away at work.
Series
Language
English
Description
Good night, gorilla: The zookeeper makes his nightly rounds but never suspects that someone is making mischief along the way. How do dinosaurs say good night: Even dinosaurs make a fuss before bedtime. Happy birthday, moon: Little bear and the moon wish each other happy birthday. Napping house: Granny and all her critters pile on her bed for a nap.
18) My garden
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
After helping her mother weed, water, and chase the rabbits from their garden, a young girl imagines her dream garden complete with jellybean bushes, chocolate rabbits, and tomatoes the size of beach balls.
20) Sky color
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
Marisol loves to paint. So when her teacher asks her to help make a mural for the school library, she can't wait to begin! But wait--how can Marisol ever make a sky without blue paint? After gazing out the bus window and watching from her porch as day turns into night, she closes her eyes and starts to dream.
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