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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Barbara Derubertis., Barbara Derubertis|AUTHOR., & R. W. Alley|AUTHOR. (2018). Walter Warthog's Wonderful Wagon . Triangle Interactive, LLC.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Barbara Derubertis, Barbara Derubertis|AUTHOR and R. W. Alley|AUTHOR. 2018. Walter Warthog's Wonderful Wagon. Triangle Interactive, LLC.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Barbara Derubertis, Barbara Derubertis|AUTHOR and R. W. Alley|AUTHOR. Walter Warthog's Wonderful Wagon Triangle Interactive, LLC, 2018.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Barbara Derubertis, Barbara Derubertis|AUTHOR, and R. W. Alley|AUTHOR. Walter Warthog's Wonderful Wagon Triangle Interactive, LLC, 2018.

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More than anything, Walter Warthog wants the wonderful white wagon in the hardware store window! But his wallet is empty. Will he find a way to earn money and make the wagon his very own?

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Skin Like Milk, Hair of Silk: What Are Similes and Metaphors? (Words Are CATegorical ®) - Cleary, Brian P.: 9780822591511 - AbeBooks

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Skin Like Milk, Hair of Silk: What Are Similes and Metaphors? (Words Are CATegorical ®) by Cleary, Brian P. - ISBN 10: 0822591510 - ISBN 13: 9780822591511 - Millbrook Press ™ - 2009 - Hardcover

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What is a haiku? It sounds like a sneeze. And isn't a lantern a light source? Actually, they are two types of ancient Japanese poetry. Award-winning author Brian P. Cleary explains how each form works-and shows how these little poems can contain big surprises! If It Rains Pancakes is packed with poems to make you chuckle, puzzle, and ponder. And when you've finished reading, you can try your hand at writing your own haiku and lanterns!

About the Author

Brian P. Cleary is an American humorist, poet, and author. He is best known for his books written for grade-school children that explore grammar, math and poetry in humorous ways. In his role in the digital division of American Greetings, he's put words in the mouths of Dolly Parton, Christina Aguilera, William Shatner, Meghan Trainor and more. The multi-million selling author has performed poetry workshops in 500 elementary schools across the county. He lives in Cleveland, Ohio.

While studying for a degree in Manchester, Andy Rowland accepted his first drawing award, the Macmillan Children's Book Prize. Years later, he has more than twenty published books to his name. He lives in England.

Editorial Reviews

"Wonderfully crafted and illustrated: a delightful, effective primer for budding poets." -starred, Kirkus Reviews

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★ 2014-03-17
An engaging lantern poem and haiku how-to for young readers. Veteran children's series author Cleary ( Feet and Puppies, Thieves and Guppies: What Are Irregular Plurals? with Brian Gable, 2014, etc.) and British illustrator Rowland team up to launch the new Poetry Adventures series with a picture book demonstrating the great fun to be had with wee poems. While poets typically choose the spare haiku or concrete lantern form to communicate profound reflections on nature, here Cleary turns poetic convention on its ear by conjuring silly, sometimes-hilarious situations. Whether describing a bodily function, as in "Yummy"-"When something's so good / you want to taste it again, / that's what burps are for"-or poking fun at the haiku form itself-"When you've written one / without enough syllables, / you add words. Football"-Cleary's light touch immediately grabs attention. Even the more contemplative lantern poems, so called because the five-line syllabic form's outline slightly resembles that of a Japanese lantern, are perfectly geared for the young: "Hug: / a gift / that is best / when you return / it." To further entice readers to write, Cleary provides clear descriptions of the poetics of each form alongside Rowland's vibrant, brightly hued illustrations that include a nicely ethnically diverse cast of human characters as well as zany aliens and plenty of visual wit. Wonderfully crafted and illustrated: a delightful, effective primer for budding poets. (Picture book/poetry. 6-10)

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What is a haiku? It sounds like a sneeze. And isn't a lantern a light source? Actually, they are two types of ancient Japanese poetry. Award-winning author Brian P. Cleary explains how each form works-and shows how these little poems can contain big surprises! If It Rains...

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In this delightful, rhythmic sequel to One Odd Day, the young boy awakens to find that it is another strange day--now everything is even, and his mother has two heads This time, a school field trip to the zoo is dealt with in an odd, but even-handed manner. And, like its predecessor, children will spend hours looking for all the hidden objects in the incredible art. Square it all off with more "number fun" in the "For Creative Minds" section. This fictional story with rhyming text includes a 3-page For Creative Minds section in the back of the book and a 57-page cross-curricular Teaching Activity Guide online. My Even Day is vetted by experts and designed to encourage parental engagement. Its extensive back matter helps teachers with time-saving lesson ideas, provides extensions for science, math, and social studies units, and uses inquiry-based learning to help build critical thinking skills in young readers. The Spanish translation supports ELL and dual-language programs. The interactive ebook reads aloud in both English and Spanish with word highlighting and audio speed control to promote oral language skills, fluency, pronunciation, text engagement, and reading comprehension.

About the Author

Award-winning illustrator Karen Jones began her career as a storyboard artist and editorial illustrator but it wasn't until she had children of her own that she discovered her true artistic passion: children's illustration. In addition to Midnight Madness at the Zoo, Karen has illustrated One Odd Day, My Even Day and My Half Day for Arbordale. She has also written and illustrated ABC Safari. Karen and her family live outside of Raleigh, NC. Karen's children join her on many research trips to museums, zoos and aquariums-a tough job, but someone has to do it! Visit Karen's website: http: //www.karenjonesillustration.com/

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In this delightful, rhythmic sequel to One Odd Day, the young boy awakens to find that it is another strange day--now everything is even, and his mother has two heads This time, a school field trip to the zoo is dealt with in an odd, but even-handed manner.

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One Odd Day

This humorous, rhythmic, read-aloud story is about a young boy who awakens to find that everything around him is odd. He has one shoe, his shirt has three sleeves, and his dog has five legs! Children and adults will delight in finding all the odd things hidden in the art. The "For Creative Minds" section includes odd fun facts, an odd coloring chart a "How Odd?" Oddities section, a Creative Sparks supplement and a counting activity.

This fictional story with rhyming text includes a 3-page For Creative Minds section in the back of the book and a 57-page cross-curricular Teaching Activity Guide online. One Odd Day is vetted by experts and designed to encourage parental engagement. Its extensive back matter helps teachers with time-saving lesson ideas, provides extensions for science, math, and social studies units, and uses inquiry-based learning to help build critical thinking skills in young readers. The Spanish translation supports ELL and dual-language programs. The interactive ebook reads aloud in both English and Spanish with word highlighting and audio speed control to promote oral language skills, fluency, pronunciation, text engagement, and reading comprehension.

Written by Doris Fisher & Dani Sneed, Illustrated by Karen Jones (Lee)
32 pg, 10 x 8.5, Ages 4-8, Grades PK-3, Lexile: AD 560, AR: 2.0, F&P: M

Keywords: rhyme, odd numbers, math, number chart, number patterns, Basic Math Numbers Series

Animals in the book: dog

Vetters: Thanks to Kathy Skinner, recipient of the 2004 Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics Teaching for the State of Texas, for vetting the accuracy of this book and for providing the math riddles.

Other books in this "Basic Math Numbers Series" include:

Reviews:

The colorful, busy spreads have child appeal, and independent readers can pore over the pages, trying to spot all the out-of-the-ordinary things...this odd addition might be fun for some collections.- School Library Journal

The rhythmic text is enticing, and the vividly creative illustrations could keep students busy for hours as they search for different objects related to odd and even numbers. - Teaching Children Mathematics

Teachers may add this book as supplemental math material. Its humor will also make it a popular selection. - Children's Literature

Author/Illustrator Info:

Doris Fisher ( Happy Birthday to Whooo?, My Half Day, One Odd Day, and My Even Day) loves writing in verse. She has written a biography, Kelly Clarkson, and a six book series, Grammar All-Stars: The Parts of Speech for Gareth Stevens. Doris is a member of the Society for Children's Book Writers and Illustrators. Her children's writing includes fiction, nonfiction, poetry, word puzzles and mazes. She has been published in various children's magazines including Babybug, Highlights for Children, and W ee Ones Magazine. Doris and her husband live in the Houston, Texas area. They have two grown children. Visit Doris' Website

Dani Sneed) is a mother of three, full-time engineer, part-time writer and former substitute teacher. While teaching, Dani enjoyed explaining math in silly, but memorable, ways. Oddly enough, she was inspired to co-author One Odd Day based on a conversation she had with an elementary school librarian. My Even Day is a natural follow on to that quite odd book and My Half Day follows with fractions! Dani has written several articles for Highlights for Children and five merit badge books for Boy Scouts of America including Chemistry, Environmental Science, and Geology, and is working on more. She has two co-authored bilingual books; Confetti Eggs / Cascarones and Punched Paper / Papel Picado. Dani lives in the suburbs of Houston with her family which includes a dog, Muffin and a cat, Cupcake. They are currently looking for a pet to name Biscuit.

Award-winning illustrator Karen Jones began her career as a storyboard artist and editorial illustrator but it wasn't until she had children of her own that she discovered her true artistic passion: children's illustration. In addition to Oliver's Otter Phase, Karen has illustrated Midnight Madness at the Zoo, One Odd Day, My Even Day and My Half Day for Arbordale. She has also written and illustrated ABC Safari. Karen and her family live outside of Raleigh, NC. Karen's children join her on many research trips to museums, zoos and aquariums-a tough job, but someone has to do it! Visit Karen's website.

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Featured in Elmer's World of Glue Teaching Guide Winner: 2016 Montana Treasure State Award. Nominee: NY State Charlotte Award list, 2015-16. Alabama Camellia Award list 2014-15, Grade 2-3 Division. Although Matty's art teacher has warned him that too much glue never dries, Matty loves glue. After all, he and his dad make oodles of glue projects at home. One day during art class, Matty finds the fullest bottles of glue, and the fun begins. With a squeeze and a plop, Matty pours a lake of glue before belly-flopping right in the middle and finds himself stuck to the desk. When Matty's dad arrives at the school, instead of being mad, he celebrates his son's creativity and calls him a work of art. With vibrant language and artwork and a wild, silly plot, Too Much Glue is sure to appeal to all children

Product Details

ISBN-13:

9781947277779

Publisher:

Flashlight Press

Publication date:

06/01/2022

Series:

Too Much Glue

Pages:

32

Sales rank:

182,655

Product dimensions:

7.80(w) x 7.80(h) x 0.10(d)

Age Range:

5 - 7 Years

About the Author

Jason Lefebvre is a children's librarian at the Holyoke Public Library and a preschool paraprofessional. This is his first children's book. Zac Retz is an artist in the entertainment industry, focusing on animated movies. He has worked for Disney, DreamWorks, and Sony. Some of his past movies are Spiderman Into The Spider-Verse and Scoob. He is now Creator/Owner at Impetus Animation. He lives in Santa Monica, California.

Editorial Reviews

...a rowdy tale about the disruptive forms that creativity can take..." - Publishers Weekly

From the Publisher

Matty is no paste eater, but short of consuming it, he loves everything about glue, especially using it in enormous quantities. Although Matty's teacher preaches moderation ("Glue raindrops, not puddles!"), Matty isn't listening, and his parents are happy to encourage him. An early scene shows the family wearing glue mustaches, goggles, and tiaras as they build small castles from the sticky stuff; debut illustrator Retz's artwork is created digitally, but there's a sculptural quality to it that almost suggests he could be using glue as a medium, too. After Matty launches himself into a giant puddle of glue at school, various efforts to free him only compound the problem: "Now I'm a clicky bricky, clingy stringy, blucky stucky mess," he says, none too upset. First-time author LeFebvre presents a rowdy tale about the disruptive forms that creativity can take; although Matty's teacher hyperventilates over the situation, there's no yelling at, scolding of, or consequences for Matty. Adults less understanding than those found within these pages should be forewarned: while imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, it can also require serious cleanup. Ages 4-8. (Sept.)

Publishers Weekly

12/01/2013
PreS-Gr 1-Is there such a thing as too much glue? Matty, the glue-obsessed narrator, is determined to find out in this quirky picture book. Despite his art teacher's warning that "Too much glue never dries," Matty makes a gluey lake for his creation. The finishing touch is to throw himself into the middle of his sticky artwork. "But when I try to pull myself off the table, I boing right back down!" His friends try various methods to free him, the nurse checks his temperature, and the principal leaves a note, but they all fail to pull him from the gluey mess. Finally, his dad, who has a similar obsession, peels him off the table and proclaims, "Matty, you're a masterpiece!" The Photoshop illustrations complement the text. The facial expressions are wonderful on both teachers and students. However, the text can feel choppy and forced at times. A supplemental purchase.-Brooke Rasche, La Crosse Public Library, WI

School Library Journal

Can there be too much glue? Matty's about to find out. Matty's art teacher warns him that too much glue will never dry, but Matty (and his dad) loves glue; they play with it constantly. So Matty finds the "fullest" bottle in the art room and squirts it all over his project. Then he flops down in the middle of the mess...and gets stuck. He's "a blucky stucky mess!" His friends try to lasso him with yarn and haul him out, but the yarn breaks and gets stuck; now, he's "a clingy stringy, blucky stucky mess." A Lego tow truck snaps apart in another rescue attempt, making him a "click-brick, clingy stringy, blucky stucky mess!" When the bell rings, the glue's dry, and dad must peel gluey Matty off the table. At home, he's divested of his glue suit, and Dad puts a magnet on it and sticks it to the fridge. After dinner, the family explores the fun of duct tape. Despite the busy plot and superabundance of exclamation marks, Lefebvre's debut never rises to the level of mayhem or fun it aspires to. The cumulative portion of the tale loses rhyme, rhythm and logic six pages before it ends. Retz's Photoshop paintings are bright, wide-eyed and goofy, but they can't add enough fun to compensate for the lackluster text. Great gobs of glue should be more fun than this. (Picture book. 4-7)

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A heart-warming classic for your young reader's days at school, The Kissing Hand puts the jitters on a family of raccoons. To ease her son's fears of going to school, his mother introduces the kissing hand to remind him of her love wherever he goes. With the stickers in the back of the book, you can give your young one a kissing hand too!

School is starting in the forest, but Chester Raccoon does not want to go. To help ease Chester's fears, Mrs. Raccoon shares a family secret called the Kissing Hand to give him the reassurance of her love any time his world feels a little scary. Since its first publication in 1993, this heartwarming book has become a children's classic that has touched the lives of millions of children and their parents, especially at times of separation, whether starting school, entering daycare, or going to camp. It is widely used by kindergarten teachers on the first day of school. Stickers at the back will help children and their parents keep their Kissing Hand alive.

Product Details

ISBN-13:

9781939100429

Publisher:

Tanglewood

Publication date:

08/04/2020

Series:

The Kissing Hand Series

Pages:

32

Sales rank:

334

Product dimensions:

7.80(w) x 9.80(h) x 0.30(d)

Age Range:

3 - 7 Years

About the Author

Audrey Penn takes her one-woman educational program, the Writing Penn, into schools, libraries, and children's hospitals where she shapes and refines her story ideas in partnership with kids. She is also highly sought after as a conference keynote speaker by groups of teachers and other professionals who work with children.

Editorial Reviews

In her foreword to Penn's sugary tale about Chester, a young raccoon who would rather stay at home than go to school, Jean Kennedy Smith notes that the story is ``for any child who confronts a difficult situation, and for the child within each of us who sometimes needs reassurance.'' Its obvious message is delivered by Mrs. Raccoon, who tells her son that ``I know a wonderful secret that will make your nights at school seem as warm and cozy as your days at home.'' She then kisses his palm, and Chester feels the kiss ``rush from his hand, up his arm, and into his heart.'' Whenever he gets lonely, she advises, he is to press his hand to his cheek and ``that very kiss will jump to your face and fill you with toasty warm thoughts.'' As it may for youngsters in comparable situations, this ``secret'' works for Chester, who in turn kisses his mother's palm so that she, too, will be reassured. Sprinkled with hearts and flowers, Harper and Leak's paintings of the raccoons and their woodland habitat are pleasant if sentimental. Ages 3-8. (Mar.)

Publishers Weekly - Publisher's Weekly

PreS-K-When Chester Raccoon is reluctant to start school, his mother addresses his fears, then kisses his hand so he will have her love with him while they are apart. After this exchange, he gives her a ``Kissing Hand'' as well and scampers off happily to school. This bit of bibliotherapy comes with CHILD WELFARE LEAGUE emblazoned on the cover, a letter from the chairperson of this group, a page of stickers on the flyleaf, and an order form attached to the back cover. Now, all this marketing wouldn't be so bad if the book were better. Unfortunately, the didactic story is reminiscent of some of the sweet and soppy selections from the '50s, and the artwork is just a cut above greeting-card quality. There are so many better ``starting school'' offerings that this one is not even in the running.-JoAnn Rees, Sunnyvale Public Library, CA

School Library Journal

When it's time to send a child off to school for the very first time, it's hard to say who is the most anxious about it-the parent or the child. Both will appreciate the sweet and gentle message in The Kissing Hand, a softly illustrated picture book.
— Alternative Family Magazine

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"This gently reassuring tale by Audrey Penn has been used for many years by parents to prepare young children for new experiences." — School Library Journal

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