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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
The story of four generations of an Italian American family, beginning with an immigrant who came through Ellis Island with big dreams, a small shovel, and his parents' good advice: "Work hard, but remember to enjoy life, and never forget your family."
Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
770L
Language
English
Description
When young Elwyn White lay in bed as a sickly child, a bold house mouse befriended him. When the time came for kindergarten, an anxious Elwyn longed for the farm, where animal friends awaited him at the end of each day. Propelled by his fascination with the outside world, he began to jot down his reflections in a journal. Writing filled him with joy, and words became his world. Today, Stuart Little and Charlotte's Web are beloved classics of children's...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
AD 640L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Desribes the life of the children's book author and illustrator, conveying her life at Folly Cove, her love of dance, and how she was able to create images of machinery, including those used in her book, Mike Mulligan and his Steam Shovel.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
820L
Language
English
Description
"A beautifully illustrated children's biography of Beverly Cleary, from her roots in Portland to her years as a librarian and an eventual children's book writer. The debut book in Little Bigfoot's new Growing to Greatness series of notable people from the Pacific Northwest"--
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
620L
Language
English
Description
The story of The Snowy Day begins more than one hundred years ago, when Ezra Jack Keats was born in Brooklyn, N.Y. The family were struggling Polish immigrants, and despite Keats's obvious talent, his father worried that Ezra's dream of being an artist was an unrealistic one. But Ezra was determined. By high school he was winning prizes and scholarships. Later, jobs followed with the WPA (Works Progress Administration) and Marvel comics. But it was...
9) Jeff Kinney
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
770L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Presents the life and career of Jeff Kinney, including his childhood, education, and milestones as a best selling children s author.
10) Here we all are
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
700L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Children's author-illustrator Tomie De Paola describes his experiences at home and in school when he was a boy.
11) Pam Munoz Ryan
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.1 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
500L
Language
English
Formats
Description
"The writer of award-winning books about daring heroines, Pam Muñoz Ryan is an amazing author. Historic photos and easy-to-read text take readers into the author's life. Zoom in even deeper with quick stats, a timeline, and bolded glossary terms.
Author
Pub. Date
2014.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
830L
Language
English
Description
Before Ralph Waldo Emerson was a great writer, he was a city boy who longed for the broad, open fields and deep, still woods of the country, and then a young man who treasured books, ideas, and people. When he grew up and set out in the world, he wondered, could he build a life around these things he loved? This biography illustrates the rewards of a life well-lived, one built around personal passions: creativity and community, nature and friendship....
13) Barbara Park
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
710L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Presents the life and career of Barbara Park, including her childhood, education, and milestones as a best selling children s author.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.1 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
490L
Language
English
Formats
Description
"A pioneer and the creator of the Little House series, Laura Ingalls Wilder is an amazing author. Historic photos and easy-to-read text take readers into the author's life. Zoom in even deeper with quick stats, a timeline, and bolded glossary terms.
Author
Pub. Date
2013.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
1040L
Language
English
Description
"Louisa May Alcott is best known for penning Little Women, but few are aware of the experience that influenced her writing most-her time as a nurse during the Civil War. Caring for soldiers' wounds and writing letters home for them inspired a new realism in her work. When her own letters home were published as Hospital Sketches, she had her first success as a writer. The acclaim for her new writing style inspired her to use this approach in Little...
Author
Pub. Date
2009.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
890L
Language
English
Description
Louisa came from a family that was poor but freethinking, and she started teaching when she was only seventeen years old. But writing was her passion. This biography captures the life of a compassionate woman who left an indelible mark on literature for all ages.
17) Jeff Kinney
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
740L
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Simple text and full-color photographs introduce readers to Jeff Kinney. Developed by literacy experts for students in kindergarten through third grade"--
20) Kate DiCamillo
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
580L
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Simple text and full-color photographs introduce readers to Kate DiCamillo. Developed by literacy experts for students in second through fifth grade"--
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