Lesléa Newman
Author
Lexile measure
AD 460L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Heather's favorite number is two. She has two arms, two legs, and two pets. And she also has two mommies. When Heather goes to school for the first time, someone asks her about her daddy, but Heather doesn't have a daddy. Then something interesting happens. When Heather and her classmates all draw pictures of their families, not one drawing is the same. It doesn't matter who makes up a family, the teacher says, because "the most important thing about...
Author
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
730L
Language
English
Description
Composer Moshe Cotel adopts a six-toed, black-and-white kitten whom he calls Ketzel, and when he needs a piece less than a minute long to enter in a music contest, it is Ketzel who provides the solution.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Brings to life a not too distant history of immigration to Ellis Island. When it's time for nine-year-old Gittel and her mother to leave their homeland behind and go to America for the promise of a new life, a health inspection stops any chance of Gittel's mother joining her daughter on the voyage. Knowing she may never see her mother again, Gittel must find the courage within herself to leave her family behind"--
Author
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Ethan. Ethan. Ethan. Sarah misses her adored big brother with all her heart. She wants to celebrate all the fun times she and her parents spent with him. But ever since Ethan died, Mommy and Daddy won't mention him. Sarah can't even say his name without upsetting them. Why don't they want to remember Ethan? Beloved and bestselling author Lesléa Newman offers a tender tribute to a lost family member in this touching story that can help families start...
13) 1 2 3 Cats
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Meet cats from one to a dozen in this introduction to counting with a feline twist.
14) Just like mama
Author
Pub. Date
2010.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A young girl enumerates all the things that her mother does in inimitable fashion, from scooping her up in a hug in the morning to tucking her in at night.
16) Hachiko waits
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
770L
Language
English
Description
"Professor Ueno speaks these words to his faithful dog before boarding the train to work every morning. And every afternoon, just before three o'clock, Hachi is at the train station to greet his beloved master. One day, the train arrives at the station without the professor. Hachi waits. For ten years, Hachi waits for his master to return. Not even Yasuo, the young boy who takes care of Hachi, can persuade him to leave his post"--Page 4 of cover.
20) Runaway dreidel!
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
In this rhyming tale in the style of "The Night before Christmas," a family's preparations for Chanukah are disrupted by a wildly spinning dreidel.