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BOOKS IN PRINT • AS
JEFFIE ROSS GORDON •
 SCHOOL STINKS! - (Short Chapter Book) Flora is the new kid at Poplar Elementary and things aren't going too well. At home she and her pesty sister are the only girls on her street. But there's a new house across the street and someone is going to move in. Things can only get better, can't they? This book is not available at booksense.com. It is only available on the school market through Scholastic's Little Apple Book Club. ISBN: 0439328527   SIX SANDY SHEEP Those zany sheep featured in Six Sleepy, Creepy, and Snowy sheep return for an adventure at the beach. How many S things can you do at the beach? ISBN: 1563975823  WHAT'S THE MATTER, KELLY BEANS? Everyone in eight-year-old Kelly Ann Brennan's family is wonderful--everyone except Kelly. So instead of being wonderful herself, Kelly is writing a story about someone who is wonderful: Victoria the Valiant. And, in the process, Kelly discovers that she herself is truly amazing. A fun-to-read short chapter book full of all-too-familiar feelings for other wonderful young readers and writers. ISBN: 1564025349  SIX CREEPY SHEEP (Picture Book) Six sheep return from being sleepy to go trick or treating on a Halloween night. They encounter gaggles, warrens, herds, and more as they tiptoe through the shadowy night only to end up with all their friends at a Halloween party. Lots of rhythm and rhyme. ISBN: 1563972425
 TWO BADD BABIES (Picture Book) Everyone's favorite! It's nap time but the two Badd babies rock and bounce and bounce and rock 'til their baby bed rolls across the floor and out the door and bumpety-bumpety-bump down the hill and all through town. A book about sharing, young readers love the rhythm and repetition of this story. Everyone memorizes at least part of this one. ISBN: 1563978954
HIDE AND SEEK TURKEYS (Picture Book) It's a school play! Ten turkeys hide in colonial-style clothing, hoping to escape the fox. How many turkeys fit in one corset? And do they escape the fox? ISBN: coming soon
 SOMETHING'S HAPPENING ON CALABASH STREET Mischa wonders what's happening on his street as he observes his neighbors shopping and his family hurrying to prepare golubtsi, a favorite family dish.. It's a multicultural celebration on Calabash Street! This book also includes recipes keyed for child assistance. ISBN: 0811824500  FRANCIS THE EARTHQUAKE DOG When Edward finds a little dog, he promises to always take care of him. But Edward's papa, a chef at a fancy hotel, has different ideas. He says, "No dogs allowed in my kitchen." And when the little dog gets lost and an earthquake shakes San Francisco, things get very topsy-turvy. Based on the true story of a small terrier that was mysteriously found in the basement of the fire-damaged St. Francis Hotel, this charming story includes an afterword about what to do in an earthquake and historical notes on the Great San Francisco Earthquake. ISBN: 0811806308  NELL NUGGETT AND THE COW CAPER Nell Nugget lives way out west on the Bar None Ranch with her horse, Pay Dirt, her little dog, Dust, and forty-nine cows, including her very best cow, Goldie. When Nasty Galoot, the baddest bad man anywhere, nabs Goldie, Nell must hit the trail and win her best cow back! How does she do it? Without the help of lazy Sheriff Doolittle, that's for sure. This perfect read-aloud is lively in its telling, makes use of sound and repetition, and is illustrated with whimisical pictures that feature forty-nine personable cows and that brave little cowgirl with a taste for trouble — Nell Nugget! ISBN: 0689805020  UPSTAIRS Elbie waits every day for someone to move into the vacant apartment upstairs. When the new people arrive, he's sure they have a kid, someone to play with. Imagine Elbie's surprise when he discovers not a kid but-- a cow, some chickens, and a small farm. And when another apartment becomes vacant...well, there's an even bigger surprise! ISBN: 1563974665  WHERE ARE YOU, LITTLE ZACK? When the Duck Brothers take a train to New York City, it seems that little Zack is lost. As his brothers search, so can the readers. Do they have sharper eyes than Brick, Brack, and Thackery Quack? Where is little Zack anyway? ISBN: 0395730929  DEAR TIMOTHY TIBBITS Everyday — except Sunday — Timothy Tibbitts rushes to meet Mr. Sloan as he delivers the mail. His mother receives jillions of letters, his dad gets one dillion, and even his cousin Emma Kay gets a gazillion. What, Timothy wonders, must he do in order to get just one? Young readers will celebrate with Timothy when he gets his first letter — with a real stamp on it. They will also discover some useful tips for writing letters of their own. ISBN: 0761450092  SIX SNOWY SHEEP (Picture Book) Those six sheep who were so recently sleepy and creepy now whoosh and swoosh right into a snow bank. Who rescues them? Find out in this fun-to-read offering. ISBN: 1563971380  WHAT WOULD MAMA DO? When Little Lily Goose waddles off to town to do the winter shopping, that old slippery slyboots, Faraday Fox, follows fast on her heels. "Oh! Oh! What would Mama do?" wonders Little Lily. The little goose thinks quick. She asks the fox to help her with the shopping. Soon Faraday is loaded down with pints and quarts and gallons and pounds and even a ton. How Little Lily outfoxes the fox makes for rollicking picture-book fun. Measurements featured on the end papers. ISBN: 1563974185  SIX SLEEPY SHEEP (Picture Book) A circular pattern book, five sheep are awakened by one sheep who snores. The sheep try everything to get back to sleep--everything that begins with the letter S. When at last they settle back to bed, guess what happens? ISBN: 1878093061  MURIEL AND RUTH (Picture Book) Three easy-read stories about friendship: making friends, settling an argument, and learning to ride a bike. Great for new readers. ISBN: 1878093185  THE GOOD-FOR-SOMETHING DRAGON (Picture Book) The last thing Sir Simon the Giant-Catcher needs is a good-for-nothing baby dragon named Ashley. So when his son, James, asks to keep the little fire-breather, Sir Simon gives him three days to prove that the dragon is good for something. Disaster follows disaster and time is running out, when a giant appears outside the castle walls. That's when James and Sir Simon discover something about Ashley and just how valuable a little dragon can be. ISBN: 156397214X  A PILE OF PIGS (Picture Book) When an old rooster tells the pigs "You should see what the cows are doing," Littlest Pig has to find out. He talks everyone but Old Grandpa Pig into building a super-duper pig pyramid. Find out just what those cows are doing and watch that pyramid of pigs sway in this story filled with the letter P. ISBN: 1878093886
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