Open Court

 

Grade 2

 

Sharing Stories

 

                     

 

027 Gre                      

           Greene, Carol.  At the library.  [Eden Prairie, Minn.] : Child's

                World, c1999.  Simple text introduces the activities, users,

                employees, and contents of a public library.

 

398.2 Gal                    

           Galdone, Paul.  The three little pigs.  New York : Clarion,

                c1970.  Retells the fatal episodes in the lives of two

                foolish pigs and how the third pig managed to avoid the

                same.

 

398.2 Hoo                    

           Hooks, William H.  The three little pigs and the fox.  1st

                American ed.  New York : London : Macmillan ; Collier

                Macmillan, c1989.  In this Appalachian version of the

                classic tale, Hamlet, the youngest pig, rescues her two

                greedy brothers from the clutches of the "mean, tricky old

                drooly-mouth fox.".

 

E Blo                         

           Bloom, Becky.  Wolf!  1st American ed.  New York : Orchard Books,

                1999.  A wolf learns to read in order to impress a group of

                farmyard animals he has met.

 

E Bra                        

           Bradby, Marie.  More than anything else.  New York : Orchard

                Books, c1995.  Nine-year-old Booker works with his father

                and brother at the saltworks but dreams of the day when

                he'll be able to read.

 

E Bru                         

           Bruss, Deborah.  Book! book! book!  1st ed.  New York : Arthur A.

                Levine Books, 2001.  When the children go back to school,

                the animals on the farm are bored, so they go into the

                library in town trying to find something to do.

 

E Bun                        

           Bunting, Eve, 1928-.  The Wednesday surprise.  New York : Clarion

                Books, c1989.  On Wednesday nights when Grandma stays with

                Anna everyone thinks she is teaching Anna to read.

 

E Dee                        

           Deedy, Carmen Agra.  The library dragon.  Atlanta : Peachtree,

                1994.  Miss Lotta Scales is a dragon who believes her job is

                to protect the school's library books from the children, but

                when she finally realizes that books are meant to be read,

                the dragon turns into Miss Lotty, librarian and storyteller.

 

E Kel                        

           Kellogg, Steven.  The three little pigs.  New York : Morrow

                Junior Books, c1997.  In this retelling of a well-known

                tale, Serafina Sow starts her own waffle-selling business in

                order to enable her three offspring to prepare for the

                future, which includes an encounter with a surly wolf.

 

E Mar                        

           Marshall, James, 1942-.  Three up a tree.  1st ed.  New York :

                Dial Books for Young Readers, c1986.  Sam and Spider build a

                tree house and go there with Lolly to trade stories.

 

E Mar                        

           Marshall, Edward.  Three by the sea.  New York : Dial Press,

                c1981.  Three friends relax after their picnic lunch by each

                telling his or her best story.

 

E Mor                        

           Mora, Pat.  Tomás and the library lady.  New York : Knopf :

                Distributed by Random House, c1997.  While helping his

                family in their work as migrant laborers far from their

                home, Tomás finds an entire world to explore in the books at

                the local public library.

 

E Tom                        

           Tompert, Ann.  Grandfather Tang's story.  1st ed.  New York :

                Crown Publishers, c1990.  Grandfather tells a story about

                shape-changing fox fairies who try to best each other until

                a hunter brings danger to both of them.

 

E Wie                        

           Wiesner, David.  The three pigs.  New York : Clarion Books,

                c2001.  The three pigs escape the wolf by going into another

                world where they meet the cat and the fiddle, the cow that

                jumped over the moon, and a dragon.

 

F Ali                        

           Aliki.  Painted words : Marianthe's story, one ; Spoken memories

                : Marianthe's story, two.  1st ed.  New York : Greenwillow

                Books, c1998.  Two separate stories, the first telling of

                Mari's starting school in a new land, and the second

                describing village life in her country before she and her

                family left in search of a better life.

 

F Pat                        

           Patron, Susan.  Maybe yes, maybe no, maybe maybe.  New York :

                Orchard Books, c1993.  When her hardworking mother decides

                to move, eight-year-old PK uses her imagination and

                storytelling to help her older and younger sisters adjust.

 

PB e                         

           Lobel, Arnold.  Mouse Tales.

 

SC Ass                       

           Told under the blue umbrella.  [New York] : Macmillan, 1933.  A

                collection of realistic stories for children from two to

                eight years of age.

 

VC                           

           Storytelling.