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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Old miser Scrooge doesn’t like Christmas. He’d rather spend his time making more money. But on Christmas Eve, he is visited by four apparitions . . . One of them is his late business partner and only friend, Marley. Marley makes it very clear to Scrooge that if he doesn’t change and become a better person, he will forever suffer in the afterlife. Terrified by the ominous messages from the ghosts, Scrooge is determined to change. But is there...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
This spooky twist on the wildly popular "There Was an Old Lady who Swallowed a Fly" is perfect for fun Halloween reading!
What won't this old lady swallow? This time around, a bat, an owl, a cat, a ghost, a goblin, some bones, and a wizard are all on the menu! This Halloween-themed twist on the classic "little old lady" books will delight and entertain all brave readers who dare to read it!
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
After the sight of a night sky filled with stars makes eight-year-old Uma feel very small, she asks people how they think about infinity and gets a variety of answers before realizing the comfort in knowing that some things go on forever.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Rebecca Estelle has hated pumpkins ever since she was a girl. When an enormous pumpkin falls off a truck and smashes in her yard, she shovels dirt over the pieces and forgets about them. But those slimy pumpkin smithereens sprout up in autumn, and Rebecca Estelle finds herself with a sea pumpkins. What will she do with so many pumpkins, when she can't stand the sight of even one?
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"The Big Cheese is the best at everything, and brags about it, too. When the annual Cheese-cathlon comes around, the Big Cheese is prepared to win, as always. But what happens when the quiet new kid, Wedge Wedgeman, comes out on top? Is a slice of humility all the Big Cheese needs to discover that some things are better than being the best?"--
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"One dawn, when the Moon hears the laughter of awakening children, she yearns to see them. But the day belongs to the Sun. And he refuses to share the daytime sky. As the Moon eclipses him and lets him see the stars--he also sees his place in the universe! A pourquois tale that explains why the moon can sometimes be seen in the daytime"--
10) The sour grape
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"The Sour Grape holds grudges for every reason under the sun. Lime never returned a scarf they borrowed? Grudge! Orange never called back? Grudge! But when a friend holds a grudge against the Sour Grape without listening to an explanation, the Sour Grape realizes how unfair grudges can be. Could a bunch of forgiveness and compassion be enough to turn a sour grape sweet?"-- Amazon.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
Seven-year-old Billy Miller starts second grade with a bump on his head and a lot of worries, but by the end of the year he has developed good relationships with his teacher, his little sister, and his parents and learned many important lessons.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Over the snow, the world is hushed and white, but under the snow is a secret world of squirrels and snowshoe hares, bears and bullfrogs, and many others who live outside in the woods during the winter.
Author
Series
Ricky Ricotta volume 4
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A small mouse and his best friend, a giant flying robot, attempt to save the Earth when an evil Martian monkey and his mechanical creations attack.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
Paddington - the beloved, classic bear from Darkest Peru - is back in this fantastically funny, long-awaited, brand new illustrated novel from master storyteller Michael Bond!
'I'm not a foreigner,' exclaimed Paddington hotly. 'I'm from Darkest Peru.'
Paddington Bear always manages to find himself in tricky situations, sometimes extraordinary situations. Like the time he had a difficult encounter with a policeman or when he found himself in deep...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Poppy is a little pig that dreams of being a star, and even though her first attempts all fail, the support and love of her family and friends encourage her to keep trying and working hard to find something that she loves doing, and is good at.
Author
Series
Questioneers volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Ever since he was a baby, Iggy Peck has built towers, bridges, and buildings, which comes in handy when his second grade class is stranded on an island during a picnic.
18) Hi! Fly Guy
Author
Series
Fly Guy volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
When Buzz captures a fly to enter in The Amazing Pet Show, his parents and the judges tell him that a fly cannot be a pet, but Fly Guy proves them wrong.
19) Mechanimals
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
After a tornado leaves him with heaps of scrap metal and no animals on the farm, the determined farmer puts in motion a plan to create his own animals using the materials he has available and, despite his skeptical neighbors, completes his plan with greatsuccess.
Author
Series
Ricky Ricotta volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A mouse named Ricky Ricotta and his giant flying robot attempt to save the world from an invasion of massive mutant mosquitoes from Mercury.
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