A young girl imagines herself a princess and contrasts her everyday life with the one she could have in a castle with infinitely permissive parents. Reprint.

I Am Really a Princess (Picture Puffins)

Children's Books

Carol Diggory Shields

Activities, Crafts & Games

Puffin Books

Here are twenty-four hilarious poems about school, where all kinds of unexpected things happen. From an unusual pledge of allegiance and jungle gym gossip to recess rules and the rules of addition, Carol Diggory Shields captures the experiences of schoolgoers with wit and verve. This rollicking collection is sure to keep readers laughing until summer vacation. ?A frisky collection....Kids will greet Athe poems? with enthusiasm.? ?School Library JournalCarol Diggory Shields and Paul Meisel also collaborated on I Am Really a Princess (Dutton and Puffin) and I Wish My Brother Was a Dog (Dutton). Carol Diggory Shields lives in Salinas, California. Paul Meisel lives in Newtown, Connecticut.

Lunch Money And Other Poems About School (Picture Puffin)

Literature & Fiction

Big Book Edition (15 1/2"x 18 5/8")

"Doo-bop-a-loo-bop!" In this rollicking romp through a prehistoric weekend, dinosaurs frolic and caper the night away. After some initial early evening shuffling shyness, these party animals are ready to get down, doing the Triassic Twist and the Brontosaurus Bump, the Raptor Rap and Jurassic Jump. With all this rhythm and rhyme, it's no wonder romance is soon afoot: "Tarchia winked at a stegosaur she liked. They danced together, spike to spike." This outrageous book provides a much more appealing theory behind the disappearance of dinosaurs, and hints at the possibility of another Dinosaur Stomp someday in the future. Scott Nash's wonderfully friendly bopping beasts radiate a contagious exuberance with their smiling, simple faces and bright colors and patterns. Carol Diggory Shields couldn't have found a better match for her rocking, rolling, twirling, tromping, "scientifically accurate (more or less)" dinosaurs. A guaranteed favorite that will have young children gleefully chanting "Boomalacka boomalacka! Whack! Whack! WHACK!"

Big Books help model key reading strategies, promote fluency, and strengthen early phonemic awareness! Cumulative repetition encourages class participation, and the oversize format lets kids connect the words they hear to the words on the page.

Saturday Night at the Dinosaur Stomp (Big Book)

Animals

scholastic

Almost Late To School

A guide to calendar time introduces children to the days of the week and uses catchy rhymes and familiar themes of family and playtime to illustrate how every day is special.

Day by Day a Week Goes Round

Growing Up & Facts of Life

Dutton Juvenile

A guide to calendar time introduces children to the months of the year using catchy rhymes and familiar themes of family and playtime to illustrate how every month brings something new and different to enjoy.

Month by Month a Year Goes Round

An older brother, sick of a little brother who follows him everywhere and topples his blocks, dreams that the little brother turns into a dog and chases frisbees, eats out of a special bowl, and goes to the vet.

I Wish My Brother Was a Dog

A weekend visit between a child and his grandfather reveals their similar likes and dislikes through whimsical watercolor illustrations and a breezy text by the author of Lunch Money.

Lucky Pennies and Hot Chocolate

Early one morning when the sun came out, Six woolly wombats went walkabout.This whimsical counting poem follows six brave little wombats on walkabout in the Australian outback. But the wilderness is bound to bring more excitement than an innocent counting game. Soon enough, the curious wombats learn to beware the hungry dingo! Caldecott Medal-winner Sophie Blackall's delicious illustrations set the adorable wombats in a lush world of golden wattles, billabongs, kookaburras, and gum nuts. With marvelous wordplay and irresistible read-aloud phrases, this ingenious text from Carol Diggory Shields is sure to become a well-worn favorite. Accompanied by a short, simple glossary of Australian terms and wildlife.

Wombat Walkabout

Dutton Books for Young Readers

Humorous poems about young students and their school-day activities.

Lunch Money and Other Poems About School

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Books by Carol Diggory Shields