Bøger af Margaret Mcnamara

The boys will not let the girls play soccer with them on the playground during recess. Emma figures out a plan to get them to change their minds.

"Mrs. Connor's first-grade class is trying to count from one to ten in less than a second. No one is fast enough to get all the way to ten before time is up...until the first graders work together to come up with a faster way to count"--

The kids are celebrating Halloween with a party, complete with a fun house. But it doesn't look like much fun to Hannah--in fact it looks "too" scary. That is until Jamie offers to walk through with her. Full color.

Michael can't wait for the his first day of first grade. The night before, Michael tells his puppy, Cookie, that they're going to school together. But his mom tells him dogs aren't allowed in school. Michael can't stand the thought of being away from Cookie. What will he do? Full color.

Mrs. Connor announces that a bunny rabbit is coming to visit the class. Everyone is very excited to take care of Sparky, except for Reza. He doesn't want to admit it, but he's afraid of bunnies. Mrs. Connor then gives Reza a very special assignment. Full color.

Class picture day is coming up, and there's going to be a lot of empty spaces this year--empty spaces in the kids' mouths, that is. Everyone has lost at least one baby tooth. Except for Jamie, and he's ready to get rid of one. Full color.

Mrs. Connor's first grade class has a problem on the playground--the boys won't let the girls play on their soccer teams. So the girls form their own team and don't let the boys join in. Full color.

It's almost picture day at Robin Hill School?and Jamie is the only student in class who has not lost a tooth in this Level 1 Ready-to-Read story!On Picture Day at school, most kids have smiles with gaps. But Jamie still has all his teeth. No matter what he does, none of his teeth will come out!

It’s the Robin Hill first-graders’ first day of school in this Level 1 Ready-to-Read story, now in hardcover for the first time!Charles is excited about his first day of first grade at Robin Hill School. He wants his puppy, Cookie, to come to school too. Then Charles finds out he has to leave Cookie at home. Will school still be fun without his best friend?

The Robin Hill School first-graders take a field trip to a pumpkin patch in this Level 1 Ready-to-Read, now in hardcover for the first time!The first grade class at Robin Hill School is going on a field trip to a pumpkin patch! Katie wants to find the perfect pumpkin. She picks a pumpkin and then decides it is too small. Her dad says good things come in small packages!

Mr. Tiffin and his students from the perenially popular How Many Seeds in a Pumpkin? and The Dinosaur Expert are back in this picture book about a wood-working project that helps a young student become a book lover.Everyone in Mr. Tiffin's class couldn't be more excited that the new school library has finally opened. Everyone except Jake. Jake is a slow and careful reader. Sometimes he reads the same page more than once to figure everything out. And he often feels left behind on class Library Day. All that changes when Librarian Beck notices Jake running his fingers across the grooves of a brand-new bookshelf and offers him an old, worn book: Woodworking for Young Hands. Jake checks the book out, studies the pictures and instructions, and renews the book again and again. When the school year comes to an end, Jake has the perfect gift idea for the librarian who changed his life--and he makes it with his own two hands.

In this charming and powerful picture book about voting and elections, the students of Stanton Elementary School learn how we can find--and use--our voices for change. Every two years, on the first Tuesday of November, Stanton Elementary School closes for the day. For vacation? Nope! For repairs? No way! Stanton Elementary School closes so that it can transform itself into a polling station. People can come from all over to vote for the people who will make laws for the country. Sure, the Stanton Elementary School students might be too young to vote themselves, but that doesn't mean they can't encourage their parents, friends, and family to vote! After all, voting is how this country sees change--and by voting today, we can inspire tomorrow's voters to change the future.

Join Mr. Tiffin and his students on a trip to a natural history museum and learn all about dinosaurs and the scientists who discovered them!Mr. Tiffin and his students are back in another picture book, and this time the focus is on dinosaur-loving Kimmy. During a field trip to the natural history museum, Kimmy is thrilled to share what she knows about the Stegosaurus and the Archaeopteryx and even the ginormous Titanosaurus. That changes when one of her classmates questions whether girls can be paleontologists. Kimmy starts to feel shy. What if they can't? What if no one wants to hear what she has to say? It will take some help from Mr. Tiffin--and from a famous scientist--for Kimmy to find her voice again.Join Mr. Tiffin's class as they learn about dinosaurs big and small, feathered and scaly, winged and ocean-dwelling. And root for Kimmy, the dinosaur expert . . . who might just learn something about herself.

Do you believe in fairies? Join Tinker Bell's sisters on a magical adventure.Inspired by Tinker Bell, from the book Peter Pan, by J. M. BarrieBefore Tinker Bell flew to Never Land and met Peter Pan she lived on Sheepskerry Island with her fairy sisters - Clara, Lily, Rosie, Silver and Squeak the baby. The young fairies go to fairy school and love tea parties, dressing up and exciting adventures.Lily's dressing-up dreams have come true - she's going to Queen Titania's annual fancy-dress competition. She's always dreamed of meeting the fashionable town fairies on the mainland, and now's her chance!But not everywhere is like Sheepskerry Island, and some fairies are less friendly than others. Without her Fairy Bell sisters to help her, Lily's adventure spells trouble. How can she turn a dressing-up disaster into a prize-winning success?Young readers will love the enchanting stories and beautiful illustrations in this charming new series.