Rosemary Wells
Author
Series
Publisher
Dial
Pub. Date
[c1986]
Language
English
Description
Santa's on the way!
Max has plans to stay up late to see Santa Claus, but his big sister, Ruby, wont let him. "Why?" asks Max. To which Ruby replies everyone's most despised answer: "BECAUSE!" So Max takes matters into his own hands and sneaks into the living room to wait for Santa on his own. Will Santa still show up? What will he say if he sees Max up waiting for him?
As far back as I can remember, I did nothing but draw. I discovered very early...
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
c2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
When the Depression hits in Cairo, Illinois, and Oscar Ogilvie's father must sell their home and vast model train set-up to look for work in California, eleven-year-old Oscar is left with his dour aunt, where he befriends a mysterious drifter, witnesses a stunning bank robbery, and is suddenly catapulted onto a train that takes him to a different time and place.
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2007
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
Rosemary Wells' books have garnered ALA and School Library Journal Best Book and Christopher Award honors. Praised by starred reviews, this carefully researched novel delivers an unforgettable story of determination and self-sacrifice in the face of incredible loss.
As the Civil War swirls closer to her home in Virginia's Shenandoah Valley, 13-year-old India Moody is tutored by a young scholar who sparks her interest in biology, chemistry, and college....
Author
Publisher
c1952
Pub. Date
1952
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
A color-illustrated edition of "Charlotte's Web," the story of Wilbur, a little pig whose destiny as Christmas dinner for the farmer's family is changed when Charlotte, a clever spider, decides to help him.
Author
Publisher
Harper & Row
Pub. Date
1973,1945
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
The adventures of the debonair mouse Stuart Little as he sets out in the world to seek out his dearest friend, a little bird that stayed for a few days in his family's garden.
Publisher
Grosset & Dunlap
Pub. Date
2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
It's Christmas time! Max and Ruby are trimming their tree, but they can't agree on how to decorate it. Max wants to hang toys, but Ruby thinks pretty ornaments are better. Will they ever agree?