Graeme Malcolm
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
AD 630L
Language
English
Description
"When Big Snowshoe tells Little Snow that the animals' Santa is coming with presents for everyone, Little Snow wants to know who he is. The animals say they have never seen him. Maybe he's a badger, a moose, a polar bear, or a wolf, they tell him. But this spunky little rabbit thinks they are just fooling him. On Christmas Eve, Big Snowshoe is determined to make Little Snow into a believer, and all of the animals are delighted when he succeeds, including...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"When Aloo-ki glances up from fishing and sees her sled dogs floating off on an ice floe, she races after them. She comes upon an igloo with no one home and goes inside. Turns out the polar bear family who lives there is out walking while their breakfast cools off. Aloo-ki eats some soup, tries on their boots, and finally crawls into the smallest bed for a nap. Meanwhile, Papa, Mama, and Baby Bear see her dogs adrift, swim out to rescue them and return...
4) The hat
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
540L
Language
English
Description
Winter is on the way. Lisa takes her woolen clothes out to hang them in the fresh air. When the wind blows down one of her socks, a curious hedgehog gets it stuck on his prickles, and has to pretend it is a new hat! Other animals follow...
Author
Pub. Date
2011.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
AD 780L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Rollo the troll is tired of chores, but after spending time on the tundra with various animal families, from owls to moose, he realizes that he wants to be home for Christmas even if that means behaving himself.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
AD 600L
Language
English
Description
Lonely Gingerbread Baby, having set out to find a friend, enters a bakery where he tries to talk to different cookies and other figures, but winds up leading a crowd back to his house on a chase similar to the one in the familiar tale. Includes one fold-out illustration and a recipe for gingerbread cookies.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
AD 760L
Language
English
Description
Hoppi the bunny wants to win the egg-decorating contest so the Easter Bunny will choose him to help distribute Easter eggs, but instead, while everyone else is working on their decorations, he finds himself guarding an egg that has fallen from a robin's nest.
10) The mermaid
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
AD 540L
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Set in the ocean off Japan, this retelling of Goldilocks and the Three Bears stars Kiniro, a mermaid, who finds a baby octopus's breakfast, chair, and bed just right."--
11) Berlioz the bear
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
540L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Berlioz the bear and his fellow musicians are due to play for the town ball when the mule pulling their bandwagon refuses to move. What's that strange buzz coming from the double bass? Berlioz has no time to investigate, because he and his bear orchestra are due at the gala ball in the village square at eight. But Berlioz is so worried about his buzzing bass that he steers the mule and his bandwagon full of magicians into a hole in the road and gets...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Gingerbread Baby and his friend, Matti, take his gingerbread band to the Christmas Festival where they are a hit until the aroma of gingerbread reaches the children, signaling that it is time to run away. Clever Matti uses snow to disguise the gingerbread instruments while Gingerbread Baby leads the audience on a merry chase to the smartest hiding place ever, a giant Christmas tree.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
AD 810L
Language
English
Formats
Description
A retelling of a folktale about how a pair of magical slippers always find their way back to the tiger whose mother made them for him.
"Set in India, this gorgeous reimagining of the classic Middle Eastern folk tale "Abu Kassem's Slippers" features a poor tiger cub who is a very hard worker. His mother weaves him slippers to protect his feet from stones and thorns, and they allowed him to prosper--first making bricks, then building houses, and eventually...
16) The Mitten
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
600L
Language
English
Formats
Description
When Nicki drops his white mitten in the snow, he goes on without realizing that it is missing.
One by one, woodland animals find it and crawl in; first, a curious mole, then a rabbit, a badger and others, each one larger than the last. Finally, a big brown bear is followed in by a tiny brown mouse and what happens next makes for a wonderfully funny climax.
As the story of the animals in the mitten unfolds, the reader can see Nicki in the boarders...
One by one, woodland animals find it and crawl in; first, a curious mole, then a rabbit, a badger and others, each one larger than the last. Finally, a big brown bear is followed in by a tiny brown mouse and what happens next makes for a wonderfully funny climax.
As the story of the animals in the mitten unfolds, the reader can see Nicki in the boarders...