Kate Banks
2) Max's words
Author
Series
Max books (Kate Banks) volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
420L
Language
English
Formats
Description
When Max cuts out words from magazines and newspapers, collecting them the way his brothers collect stamps and coins, they all learn about words, sentences, and storytelling.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
"The wood mouse and the rabbit find a rag doll in the woods. Nothing about it is familiar: it doesn't smell like the fresh air of spring or feel like the rough bark of a tree. As the group of animals grows and searches for a clue to where the doll came from, they encounter more mysteries--and discover the one thing their hearts know to be true"--
6) City cat
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
An easy-to-read book about a globe-trotting cat that crosses paths with a vacationing family in the great cities of Europe. Includes facts about the cities.
7) Pup and bear
Author
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
AD 620L
Language
English
Description
A stranded wolf cub is rescued and raised by a loving polar bear, and years later when he is grown into a wolf and on his own, he comes upon a lost polar bear cub, and the cycle begins again.
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Forest animals help an injured nightingale survive the winter in a comforting story of friendship and resilience, lyrically told and gorgeously illustrated. As the days grow shorter and the air becomes colder, the spring birds fly south for winter-all except for a nightingale with a broken wing. Unable to fly, the nightingale worries about how to prepare for weather it's never had to experience before. Luckily, the forest animals who are used to...
9) Max's castle
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
When Max finds a box of long-forgotten toys, he builds a kingdom filled with adventures for himself and his two brothers.
10) Please, Papa
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Alice learns the importance of saying "please" as well as that this magical word will not lead to everything she wants.
12) Fox
Author
Pub. Date
2007.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A baby fox anticipates the time when he can go out alone, but first his parents must teach him the ways of the wilderness.
13) Lion lullaby
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
The sun begins to set on the savanna, and ten little lions must find their way home before dark. One by one, lion cubs emerge from trees, past bouncing monkeys and braying zebras. They cross a stream, watch a herd of thundering wildebeest, and explore the darkening beauty of the landscape. As the moon rises, ten little lion cubs curl up together just in time for bedtime, under their mothers' watch in a space that is cozy and warm.
14) The night worker
Author
Pub. Date
[2000]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Alex wants to be a "night worker" like his father who goes to work at a construction site after Alex goes to bed.
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"While his family readies his townhouse for an approaching storm, boarding up windows and laying in groceries, Noah heads to the back garden, where beetles are burrowing deeper into the bark and mice are stuffing their holes with moss. Quickly and efficiently, Noah sets to work building an ark for them and other backyard creatures--salamanders and toads, snakes and spiders, even brightly colored hummingbirds. Setting out fistfuls of nuts and leaves,...
Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
AD 530L
Language
English
Description
"In a spare, lyrical text, young listeners and readers will follow a little boy through his day--from early morning till bedtime--and watch as what fills his active imagination becomes real. Toys grow to life size: a tin monkey plays a real drum and fiddle--rat-a-tat, toot!; a stuffed lion roars--rumble, grumble; and a dump truck empties its load--BANG! But when quiet time comes, and a "hush" settles over his bedroom, animals nap, and the boy becomes...
18) This baby
Author
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
While waiting for it to be born, a young child wonders what its new sibling will be like.