Eve Bunting
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
AD 550L
Language
English
Description
"After reading in the newspaper that it's Valentine's Day, Mr. Goat sets out in search of very special gifts for his first love. But just what would a goat choose as the perfect gifts to show how he feels?"--Back cover.
5) Our library
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.4 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
550L
Language
English
Formats
Description
A raccoon and his friends go to great lengths to make sure they will always have a library from which to borrow books.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
570L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Eve Bunting focuses on the funeral procession of Dr. King, beginning with the two men who found the cart to carry him through the streets of Atlanta. After painting it green, two mules named Belle and Ada are hitched to the cart where Dr. King's coffin is placed. Tens of thousands of mourners gather as the cart makes its way to Ebenezer Baptist Church, and then past the Georgia state capitol to Morehouse College. All the while, crowds of people pay...
7) Night tree
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
AD 690L
Language
English
Formats
Description
A family makes its annual pilgrimage to decorate an evergreen tree with food for the forest animals at Christmas time.
9) Smoky night
Author
Pub. Date
[1994]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.4 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
530L
Language
English
Description
When the Los Angeles riots break out in the streets of their neighborhood, a young boy and his mother learn the values of getting along with others no matter what their background or nationality.
10) Hurry! hurry!
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
All the animals of the barnyard community hurry to greet their newest member, who is just pecking his way out of an egg.
12) Butterfly house
Author
Pub. Date
[1999]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
AD 620L
Language
English
Description
With the help of her grandfather, a little girl makes a house for a larva and watches it develop before setting it free, and every summer after that butterflies come to visit her.
13) Ghost cat
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
AD 580L
Language
English
Formats
Description
After his death, Sailor Boy decided to stay at Port Carrick lighthouse with his friend, the lighthouse keeper, and when disaster strikes, he is there to help.
14) The wall
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.4 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
AD 520L
Language
English
Formats
Description
A boy and his father come from far away to visit the Vietnam War Memorial in Washington and find the name of the boy's grandfather, who was killed in the conflict.
15) The pumpkin fair
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A rather ordinary pumpkin wins a prize for "the best-loved pumpkin at the fair, the best-loved pumpkin anywhere."
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
490L
Language
English
Formats
Description
"A beginning reader book containing three stories in which Frog shares a Thanksgiving feast with his woodland friends, celebrates his first Christmas, and rings in the New Year with a twist on tradition"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 4
Lexile measure
660L
Language
English
Formats
Description
After discovering the disappearance of several household items, Marcus, a thirteen-year-old latchkey child, suspects that a stranger may be prowling around inside his house while he's at school and his mother is at work.
20) Yard sale
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Selling most of her personal possessions when her family is forced to move from their house into a small apartment, Callie struggles while watching other people buy her things before coming to realize what truly makes a home.