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42) Gary Paulsen
Author
Publisher
Rosen Central
Pub. Date
c2003
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.5 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Discusses the life, publications, and writing habits of Gary Paulsen, author of such popular novels as "Hatchet" and "Dogsong," as well as non-fiction works.
43) Frogs
Author
Series
Publisher
Philomel
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Did you know that some frogs can leap twenty times the length of their own bodies? How about that the largest frog in the world weighs more than a chihuahua? Or that frogs drink through their skin and not through their mouths?
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Do you want to know what dogs are thinking? What they're feeling? Now you finally can. The answers will surprise and delight young readers as scientist and dog-owner Alexandra Horowitz explains how dogs perceive their daily worlds, each other, and that other quirky animal, the human."--
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Formats
Description
This young readers' edition of Christina Baker Kline's #1 New York Times bestselling novel Orphan Train follows a twelve-year-old foster girl who forms an unlikely bond with a ninety-one-year-old woman. Adapted and condensed for a young audience, Orphan Train Girl includes an author's note and archival photos from the orphan train era. -- amazon.com.
46) The nutcracker
Author
Pub. Date
c2003
Language
English
Description
In this adaptation of the original 1816 German story, with elements from the ballet, Godfather Drosselmeier gives young Marie a nutcracker for Christmas, and she finds herself in a magical realm where she saves a boy from an evil curse.
47) Imagine a day
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
c2005
Language
English
Description
Whimsical thoughts, bringing colorful and happy images to the reader.
50) Tiger pups
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
c2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Co
Pub. Date
c2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A beautiful stone that has lain in the forest for thousands of years is split in two, and one half goes on a long journey through many places, many owners, and many transformations, its heart continually breaking as it longs for home.
Author
Publisher
Dial Books, An Imprint of Penguin Group (USA)
Pub. Date
2014.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
Relates the author's personal experiences with bullying, describing how she was harassed as a child because of her degenerative muscle disease and eventually appeared with her similarly disabled dog, Izzy, on Animal Planet before launching a public speaking career.
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
Presents a young reader's version of a story in which Molly, close to aging out of the foster care system, takes a position helping an elderly woman named Vivian and discovers that they are more alike than different as she helps Vivian solve a mystery from her past.