Download or read book Ellray Jakes is Magic written by Sally Warner and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2014 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Third-grader EllRay, a "shrimpy, goof-up kid," discovers magic all around him when he and his schoolmates participate in the Oak Glen Primary School talent show and work together on a wedding shower gift for their teacher.
Download or read book EllRay Jakes Is Not a Chicken written by Sally Warner and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2011-05-12 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: EllRay Jakes is tired of being bullied by fellow classmate Jared Matthews. But when EllRay tries to defend himself, he winds up in trouble. Then his dad offers him a deal: If he stays out of trouble for one week, they'll go to Disneyland! EllRay says he can do it. But saying it and doing it are two very different things.
Download or read book Ellray Jakes Walks the Plank written by Sally Warner and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2013-03-07 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Things are going just swimmingly for EllRay. He's finally getting along with most of the kids at school. He's even getting along with his family. But then everything comes screeching to a halt when his younger sister accidently overfeeds the classroom goldfish EllRay was supposed to be taking care of over Spring vacation. What is EllRay going to tell his teacher and the kids in his third-grade class? Fortunately, most of them are sympathetic. But not bossy Cynthia. She sees this as an opportunity to blame EllRay for her own mess-ups. Must EllRay now walk the plank for stuff that he didn't do?
Download or read book EllRay Jakes and the Beanstalk written by Sally Warner and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2013-09-12 with total page 145 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: EllRay Jakes may be the shortest kid in his class, and he may get into trouble from time to time, but he can always count on his best friends Kevin and Corey. But lately, Kevin has been skateboarding with the meanest boy in class. Could EllRay be losing one of his friends? Not giving up without a fight, EllRay asks his older neighbor to show him a few jaw-dropping skateboard moves—like ollies and kickflips. EllRay must learn as many tricks as he can before the secret boys-only third grade skate-off. But will it be enough?
Download or read book Ellray Jakes the Dragon Slayer written by Sally Warner and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2013-05-16 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: EllRay Jakes is a small kid with big problems! EllRay Jakes may be the smallest kid in his class at Oak Glen Primary School, but he’s also his sister Alfie’s big brother. So when it looks like Alfie is being bossed around by a dragon-like girl at her school, EllRay feels responsible. As her older (and wiser!) brother, shouldn’t he show her that she should stand up for herself? But little sisters and four year old dragons are a bit more complicated than he thought. . . . Check out the other books in the EllRay Jakes series: EllRay Jakes Is Not A Chicken!, EllRay Jakes is a Rock Star!, and EllRay Jakes Walks the Plank!
Download or read book EllRay Jakes Is a Rock Star written by Sally Warner and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2012-02-02 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: All the boys in EllRay's third-grade class have something they can brag about. Corey's on the swim team, Kevin is super tall, Jared's dad has an ATV. But EllRay's dad is a geologist - not much to brag about. After all, rocks are boring. Then EllRay sees the crystals in his dad's office, and they are really cool looking. If EllRay just "borrows" them to show his classmates, he knows they'd be impressed. And his dad will never have to know. It's a perfect plan . . . until things go awry.
Download or read book EllRay Jakes the Recess King written by Sally Warner and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2015 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Eight-year-old EllRay Jakes of Oak Glen Primary School is looking for a new best friend, and he decides that the best way to find one is to come up with a bunch of amazing things to do at recess--and see who shares in the fun.
Download or read book EllRay Jakes Rocks the Holidays written by Sally Warner and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2014-10-16 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The small kid with big problems returns in the seventh book of this beloved series! It’s almost Christmas and school is going great for EllRay. He’s “blending in” just the way he likes. So when his father tells him he should be proud to be part of the African-American “community,” EllRay isn’t so sure he wants to call attention to his differences. After all, he’s only one of two boys in his class with brown skin. And then, totally by accident, he insults the other boy—one of his best friends—and all at once EllRay’s back to being the center of attention. And not exactly for good reasons. With Sally Warner’s trademark sense of humor and spot-on dialogue, EllRay confronts questions about race and how it impacts both himself and everyone around him. “Kids of all stripes will identify with EllRay and his unwittingly hilarious antics.”—Booklist A Junior Library Guild selection A Scholastic Book Club selection A Texas Bluebonnet Award Winner 2012-13
Download or read book EllRay Jakes Stands Tall written by Sally Warner and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2016-04-12 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: EllRay Jakes finally grows up (a little) by playing basketball in this ninth book in the series. There's a new game in town—basketball! Or in Ellray's case, pre-basketball. Coach Havens has all the third graders dribbling, passing, and shooting, and he's quick to compliment EllRay's skills. No one else seems to notice them, however, and as 'the shortest kid in the class,' EllRay is still chosen last for teams at recess. What's a short guy gotta do to get noticed?? When EllRay comes up with a plan that involves the off-limits teacher's lounge, everyone does a double take! PRAISE FOR THE ELLRAY JAKES SERIES: "Warner is a dead-on observer of playground politics, and has a great ear for dialogue."—School Library Journal on EllRay Jakes Is Not a Chicken! "...ideal for reluctant readers."—Booklist on EllRay Jakes Is Not a Chicken! "Young readers can identify with EllRay, who is neither a bad seed nor a goody-two-shoes; he and his sense of humor are just right."—Kirkus on EllRay Jakes Is a Rock Star! "The EllRay Jakes stories are just right for his real-life peers."—Kirkus on EllRay Jakes Walks the Plank
Download or read book It s Only Temporary written by Sally Warner and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2008-06-12 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A novel in words and sketches. ?It?s only temporary,? twelve-year-old Skye McPhee writes in her sketchbook after being shipped off to her gran?s in Sierre Madre, California. After all, her parents have their hands full taking care of her older brother, who?s been severely injured in a car accident. So now Skye is in a new school sketching new kids and trying to stay invisible until she can return home. But her new life starts turning out better than she hoped; she?s making cool friends, and being away from her brother is actually drawing her closer to him. And then her sketchbook disappears and everything changes. Suddenly, Skye realizes that she doesn?t want her life in Sierra Madre to be temporary after all. But does she have a choice?
Download or read book EllRay Jakes Is Magic written by Sally Warner and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2014-03-06 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Small kid. Big Stage. Does EllRay have a talent to put on show for the entire school? When EllRay and his friends hear about the school talent show, they’re not impressed. They’re too old for that stuff. But their teacher, Mrs. Sanchez, isn’t so quick to let her students off the hook. Five students absolutely must try-out, and EllRay somehow ends up being one of them. Now he has to figure out something he’s talented at….like, maybe magic? But now the pressure’s on. It’s up to EllRay to take the stage and show his classmates and the whole school that he’s not only talented but magic.
Download or read book Marty McGuire written by Kate Messner and published by Scholastic Inc.. This book was released on 2011-05-01 with total page 111 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this fun & accessible chapter book, an irrepressible, third-grade tomboy is cast in the class play and brings her own chaotic spin to the show. Marty McGuire would rather spend recess catching frogs in the pond than playing dress-up with the other girls in third grade. So when her teacher casts Marty as the princess in the class play, Marty’s absolutely, positively sure that there’s been a huge mistake. But after a special lesson in the art of improvisation, Marty comes up with her OWN plan to IMPROVE the play: Why use stuffed-animal frog onstage when a live one would be so much better? In the end, Marty’s one-of-a-kind performance makes for an unforgettable show. Maybe Marty CAN live happily ever after, after all!
Download or read book Polar Bear Patrol written by Judith Bauer Stamper and published by Scholastic Inc.. This book was released on 2003 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ms. Frizzle's next lesson takes her students on a magic bus ride to the North Pole, where they observe polar bears and other creatures in their natural habitats.
Download or read book No Talking written by Andrew Clements and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012-03-13 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In No Talking, Andrew Clements portrays a battle of wills between some spunky kids and a creative teacher with the perfect pitch for elementary school life that made Frindle an instant classic. It’s boys vs. girls when the noisiest, most talkative, and most competitive fifth graders in history challenge one another to see who can go longer without talking. Teachers and school administrators are in an uproar, until an innovative teacher sees how the kids’ experiment can provide a terrific and unique lesson in communication.
Download or read book Judy Moody and the Right Royal Tea Party written by Megan McDonald and published by Candlewick Press. This book was released on 2018-09-11 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jolly smashing! Could the Moodys really have royal blood? Judy brings her new look to a comical episode about the ups and downs of exploring a family tree. Judy Moody is in a royal purple-mountain-majesties mood. Make that Majesty with a capital M! With Grandma Lou’s help, Judy has dug up proof that some old-timey Moodys (aka the brave Mudeyes) lived in merry olde England. In fact, if her grandpa’s notes are right, Judy might even be related to — royal fanfare, please — the Queen herself! Should Judy start packing her purple robe for a sleepover at Buckingham Palace? But then Judy’s family tree gets a few more shakes — thanks to her nemesis, Jessica “Fink” Finch — and some more surprises come tumbling out. Crikey! These new gems are not nearly as shiny or sparkly as the crown jewels. Now Judy has some right royal family secrets she’d like to keep hidden away in a dungeon somewhere — and especially away from Jessica, the princess in pink herself!
Download or read book Ellray Jakes 4 Book Set written by Sally Warner and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2020-10-13 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This four-book collection includes 4 Ellray Jakes favorites! In this package you'll find: EllRay Jakes is Not a Chicken EllRay Jakes is a Rock Star EllRay Jakes the Dragon Slayer EllRay Jakes Walks the Plank Join EllRay on his silly adventures, from mastering skateboarding to standing up to a bully in the schoolyard, there's no mission too difficult for EllRay to conquer. With four books in this package, you'll be able to join EllRay on many of his escapades.
Download or read book This Book Is Magic written by Ashley Evanson and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2017-01-17 with total page 31 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Make some magic in this colorful, interactive picture book from the author/illustrator of the Hello, World board book series! Do you know that you're a magician? In this interactive book, use your fingers to perform all kinds of magic tricks. Tap a hat to make a bunny appear, recite a spell to make books bigger, say "Gone-zo!" to make a ship disappear, and much more. But beware: the clever magic tricks don't always turn out the way you'd expect! Reminiscent of Hervé Tullet's Press Here, kids—and adults!—are sure to want to read this book again and again as they perfect their magic skills.
