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12 books whose titles start with P| Record 1 of 12 | | Author(s) | Scarry, Richard | | Title | Please and thank you book. | | Publisher | Random House | | Illustrator(s) | Scarry, Richard | | ISBN | 0394826817 | | View reviews for this book | | | |
| Record 2 of 12 | | Author(s) | Lasky, Kathryn | | Title | Pond Year | | Publisher | Publisher 1, Inc. | | Illustrator(s) | Bostock, Mike | | ISBN | 0763601128 | | Summary | Two young girls enjoy playing and exploring in the nearby pond where they discover tadpoles, insects, wildflowers in the summer, and a place to ice skate in the winter. | | View reviews for this book | | | |
| Record 3 of 12 | | Author(s) | Ted Arnold | | Title | Parts | | Publisher | Puffin Books | | Illustrator(s) | Same | | ISBN | 0803720408 | | Summary | Child discovering his body | | View reviews for this book | | | |
| Record 4 of 12 | | Author(s) | Virgnia Euwer Wolff | | Title | Probably Still Nick Swansen | | Publisher | Henry Holt and company | | Summary | A story about a special education student, named Nick who deals with his limitations of minimal brain dysfuction, death of a sister, and his social interactions with other reguluar ed students. | | View reviews for this book | | | |
| Record 5 of 12 | | Author(s) | Rendon, Marcie R. | | Title | Powwow summer :a family celebrates the circle of life | | Publisher | Carolrhoda Books | | Illustrator(s) | Cheryl Walsh Bellville | | ISBN | 0876149867 (lib. bdg.) | | Summary | Since time began, Native Americans have celebrated the circle of life with ceremonies of singing and dancing around the drum. Today, these ceremonies are called powwows. And every weekend, all summer long, there is a powwow someplace, somewhere. The Downwind family--Sharyl and Windy with their children, including a number of foster children--love to go on the powwow trail every summer.
In Powwow Summer, Author Marcie R. Rendon and photographer Cheryl Walsh Bellville joing the Downwind family as they travel to two powwows. Readers will learn how this Anishinabe family celebrates the cirle of life and the traditions of their people through the ceremonies and dances of the powwow. | | View reviews for this book | | | |
| Record 6 of 12 | | Author(s) | Costello, Gwen | | Title | Priscilla Tadpole | | Publisher | Twenty-Third Publications | | Illustrator(s) | Read, Maryann | | ISBN | 0896225275 | | Summary | Priscilla and Harvey are two little tadpole friends. Priscilla meets a frog who is big and scarey, but worst of all, the frog tells Priscilla she will change and become a frog, too. Priscilla is upset, and refuses to change, even when Harvey does. But Priscilla cannot stop the changes in her body. Finally she learns to accept and appreciate her new adult body. | | View reviews for this book | | | |
| Record 7 of 12 | | Author(s) | Townsend, Maryann; Stern, Ronnie | | Title | Pop's secret | | Publisher | Addison-Wesley Pub. Co. | | ISBN | 0201077078 | | Summary | A young boy describes life with his grandfather and his feelings about the man's death. | | View reviews for this book | | | |
| Record 8 of 12 | | Author(s) | Alberto, Daisy | | Title | Pete for President | | Publisher | The Kane Press | | Illustrator(s) | Sims, Blanche | | ISBN | 1575651424 | | View reviews for this book | | | |
| Record 9 of 12 | | Author(s) | Joosse, Barbara M. | | Title | Please is a good word to say | | Publisher | Philomel Books | | Illustrator(s) | Plecas, Jennifer | | ISBN | 9780399242 | | Summary | Harriet gives examples of polite words and expressions to use in various social situations to make them more pleasant. | | View reviews for this book | | | |
| Record 10 of 12 | | Author(s) | Janell Cannon | | Title | Pinduli | | Publisher | Scholastic Inc. | | Illustrator(s) | Janelle Cannon | | ISBN | 0439700000 | | Summary | Pinduli is a baby hyena. Her mother tells her that they need to go hunting for food and to stay close. Pinduli goes off and spots a pack of wild dogs. The dogs come by and make fun of her big ears. She becomes self conscious and tucks her ears down. Then she encounters a lion who points out that she has straggly hair. Pinduli decides that she should get into the water hole to help her hair lay flat. She comes in contact some zebras who point out that her stripes are not up to par. Pinduli then decides to roll in some pale dust to cover up her stripes. Pinduli now realizes that her adventures have taken her far away from home and that her mother must be wondering where she is. She starts off back home. One her way she runs into the dogs, the lion, and, the zebra. They think that she is a ghost because of her pail white coat. The dogs assume that she is a spirit come to punish them for making fun of a young hyena earlier that day. Pinduli plays along and ask the dogs why they would make fun of someone. The dogs say that they made fun of Panduli because a fox had insulted them earlier. The story is the same for the lion and the zebras. Pinduli instructs the dogs, the lion, and the zebras to go ask the ones who insulted them why they had. She also says that from now on they must leave a portion of their meals as an offering to the great spirit. The dogs, lion, and zebras find out that the ones that insulted them were also insulted and were passing along the hurt they had experienced to others. Pinduli finally gets back home to her mother and gets cleaned up. She tells the story to her mother and from now on, they enjoy the offering left by the other animals. | | View reviews for this book | | | |
| Record 11 of 12 | | Author(s) | Giff, Patricia Reilly | | Title | Pictures of Hollis Woods | | Publisher | Yearling | | ISBN | 0439692393 | | Summary | Grade 4-7-Abandoned at birth, Hollis Woods has lived in about a half dozen homes and has always wished for a family. A foster caretaker describes her as "a mountain of trouble." When Josie Cahill, a retired art teacher, takes the 12-year-old into her home on Long Island, NY, the two bond almost immediately. Hollis draws pictures with colored pencils and Josie carves branches into people. However, it soon becomes clear that Josie has trouble remembering things, and Hollis becomes the caregiver. When she stops attending school, a social worker comes by to investigate. Flashbacks slowly illuminate Hollis's life with one family who had hoped to adopt her and why this didn't happen. | | View reviews for this book | | | |
| Record 12 of 12 | | Author(s) | Yarrow, Peter; Lipton, Lenny | | Title | Puff the Magic Dragon | | Publisher | Scholostic, Inc. | | Illustrator(s) | Puybaret, Eric | | ISBN | 9780545109 | | Summary | A wonderful story about friendship, courage, and believing in yourself. Puff the Magic Dragon gives one special friend, Jackie Paper, the strength to make it the real world, and although sad when Jackie leaves and says goodbye, their freindship lives on when other children come to play with Puff. | | View reviews for this book | | | |
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