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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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A young boy, seeing that Moon is lonely, sends up a kite to cheer her then, after growing up and learning many things, he becomes the first human to visit her. Dedicated to Neil Armstrong and written in recognition of the fiftieth anniversary of the first U.S. moon landing.
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English
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With rhyming text, this soothing bedtime book is an ode to baby birds everywhere and sleepy children home safe in their own beds. As a mother describes to her child how many species of birds nest, from pigeons on concrete ledges to owls in oak tree boles to swallows above barn doors.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.9 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Told in rhyme, a bear settles on the narrator's porch, and is soon followed by many other woodland friends, until the porch collapses under the weight--but bear and his friends repair the damage and almost everybody is invited to lunch.
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English
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"Fantasy icon Jane Yolen (The Devil's Arithmetic, Briar Rose, Sister Emily's Lightship) is adored by generations of readers of all ages. Now she triumphantly returns with this inspired gathering of fractured fairy tales and legends. Yolen breaks open the classics to reveal their crystalline secrets: a philosophical bridge that misses its troll, a spinner of straw as a falsely accused moneylender, the villainous wolf adjusting poorly to retirement....
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
This powerful story opens with a devastating fire that engulfs the windmill and barn of an Amish family's farm. Joined by their neighbors, each member of the family, form the oldest to the youngest, fights the fire. Still their livelihood is destroyed. This beautiful book captures the family's loss as well as the triumph of the barn raising.
16) Racing the waves
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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"A fish participates in a school field day"--
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
"A triumphantly moving book." —Kirkus Reviews, starred review
Hannah dreads going to her family's Passover Seder—she's tired of hearing her relatives talk about the past. But when she opens the front door to symbolically welcome the prophet Elijah, she's transported to a Polish village in the year 1942. Why is she there, and who is this "Chaya" that everyone seems to think she is? Just as she begins to unravel...
Hannah dreads going to her family's Passover Seder—she's tired of hearing her relatives talk about the past. But when she opens the front door to symbolically welcome the prophet Elijah, she's transported to a Polish village in the year 1942. Why is she there, and who is this "Chaya" that everyone seems to think she is? Just as she begins to unravel...
19) Owl moon
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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On a winter's night under a full moon, a father and daughter trek into the woods to see the Great Horned Owl.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
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An ALA Best Book for Young Adults. “[A] spellbinding twist on the Round Table legend . . . a standout in this enormous canon.”—Publishers Weekly (starred review)
The newly crowned King Arthur is unsure of himself; worse, the people are unsure of him. Too many people want the throne, and treachery is everywhere. Merlin must do something before the king is betrayed, or murdered, or—worst...
The newly crowned King Arthur is unsure of himself; worse, the people are unsure of him. Too many people want the throne, and treachery is everywhere. Merlin must do something before the king is betrayed, or murdered, or—worst...
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