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2) Corduroy
Author
Series
Publisher
Viking Press
Pub. Date
1968
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"A toy bear in a department store wants a number of things, but when a little girl finally buys him he finds what he has always wanted most of all."
Author
Series
Publisher
Atheneum
Pub. Date
[c1978]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Description
The tiny town of Chewandswallow was very much like any other tiny town except for its weather which came three times a day, at breakfast lunch and dinner. But it never rained rain and it never snowed snow and it never blew just wind. It rained things like soup and juice. It snowed things like mashed potatoes. And sometimes the wind blew in storms of hamburgers. Life for the townspeople was delicious until the weather took a turn for the worse. The...
8) Brave Irene
Author
Series
Publisher
Farrar, Straus, Giroux
Pub. Date
[c1986]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Plucky Irene, a dressmaker's daughter, braves a fierce snowstorm to deliver a new gown to the duchess in time for the ball.
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin
Pub. Date
1941
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
In this, the original book about the curious monkey, George is taken from the jungle by the man in the yellow hat to live in a new home, but—oh, what happened! Though trying to be good, George is still very curious and takes a swim in the ocean, escapes from jail, and goes for a flying ride on a bunch of balloons. This treasured classic is where it all began for the curious, loveable monkey and is a must have for any children's book collection.
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Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Alexander could tell it was going to be a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day. He went to sleep with gum in his mouth and woke up with gum in his hair. When he got out of bed, he tripped over his skateboard and by mistake dropped his sweater in the sink while the water was running. He could tell it was going to be a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day. It was a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day. Nothing at all was right. Everything...
11) Snow
Author
Series
Publisher
Farrar Straus Giroux
Pub. Date
c1998
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
As snowflakes slowly come down, one by one, people in the city ignore them, and only a boy and his dog think that the snowfall will amount to anything.
Caldecott honor book: 1999.
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
c2000
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Caldecott Honor Book: 2001.
When Farmer Brown's cows find a typewriter in the barn they start making demands, and go on strike when the farmer refuses to give them what they want.
Author
Series
Publisher
Harcourt Brace Jovanovich
Pub. Date
[c1981]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Inspired by William Blake's Songs of Innocence and Songs of Experience, this delightful collection of poetry for children brings to life Blake's imaginary inn and its unusual guests.
15) Miss Rumphius
Author
Series
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
[c1982]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
As a child Great-aunt Alice Rumphius resolved that when she grew up she would go to faraway places, live by the sea in her old age, and do something to make the world more beautiful--and she does all those things, the last being the most difficult of all.
16) Sheep in a Jeep
Author
Series
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin
Pub. Date
1986
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Records the misadventures of a group of sheep that go riding in a jeep.
19) Chrysanthemum
Author
Publisher
Greenwillow
Pub. Date
c1991
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Chrysanthemum loves her name, until she starts going to school and the other children make fun of it.
20) Rapunzel
Author
Publisher
Dutton Children's
Pub. Date
c1997
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A retelling of a folktale in which a beautiful girl with long golden hair is kept imprisoned in a lonely tower by a sorceress. Includes a note on the origins of the story.