Eileen Spinelli
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
1992
Edition
Newly illustrated ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
When calamity stalks every step of the preparations for the Tappletons' Thanksgiving dinner, they realize that there is more to Thanksgiving than turkey and trimmings.
Author
Publisher
Random House Children's Books
Pub. Date
2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Formats
Description
Eleven-year-old Belinda "Bindi" Winkler and her family find their way through tough times with the love and support of the community that grows around their newly opened restaurant, "The Dancing Pancake."
4) Heat wave
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
610L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Abigail, Ralphie, and the other citizens of Lumberville struggle to endure a week-long heat wave.
Author
Publisher
Aladdin Paperbacks
Pub. Date
1996, c1991
Edition
1st Aladdin Paperbacks ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
An anonymous valentine changes the life of the unsociable Mr. Hatch, turning him into a laughing friend who helps and appreciates all his neighbors.
Author
Publisher
Random House Children's Books
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Formats
Description
Every year a rented pink cottage full of family, swapping stories, and riding waves mean Summerhouse Time for Sophie. Best of all is sharing a room with her favorite cousin and laughing and trading secrets like two happy peas in a cousin pod. Sophie can't wait! But when she asks the now-a-teenager Colleen if she's looking forward to their time together, Colleen just says "I guess so."
What? It's the best time of the year, the time they...
What? It's the best time of the year, the time they...
Author
Series
AV² fiction readalong volume 61
Language
English
Formats
Description
Callie Cat loves to ice skate and when she hears about the Honeybrook Ice Skating Contest she decides to enter, only to find that winning is not as important as the joy of skating.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
The students in Miss Fox's class lead their school in making choices to help keep the planet healthy, such as turning off lights when leaving a room, taking shorter showers, and using cloth bags instead of plastic ones.
10) Buzz
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
©2010
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
After learning that a bee's body is too chunky for flight, Buzz the bumblebee defies the laws of aerodynamics to save a friend in need.
11) Hug a bug
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
c2008
Edition
1st ed.
Language
English
Description
A simple hug can make anyone, or anything, feel better.
13) The best story
Author
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
c2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
When a contest at the local library offers a prize for the best story, a girl tries to write one using her family's suggestions, but her story does not seem right until she listens to her heart.
14) Cold snap
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A cold snap has everyone in the town of Toby Mills feeling down, until the mayor's wife thinks of a way to warm things up again.
15) Thankful
Author
Publisher
Zonderkidz
Pub. Date
2015
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Combines rhymes and illustrations to convey the importance of being thankful for everyday blessings"--
Author
Series
Miss Fox's class volume 4
Publisher
Albert Whitman & Co
Pub. Date
2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
500L
Language
English
Description
When Miss Fox realizes that her students do not have healthy habits, she teaches them that healthful living is fun and rewarding, which they find to be true on Field Day.
17) Hero cat
Author
Publisher
Marshall Cavendish
Pub. Date
c2006
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A cat gives birth to a litter of kittens in an abandoned building that catches fire while she is out searching for food. Based on a true story.
Author
Pub. Date
9999
Language
English
Description
One wintry day, a postman delivers a mysterious package with a big pink bow to a lonely man named Mr. Hatch. "Somebody loves you," the note says. "Somebody loves me!" Mr. Hatch sings as he dusts his living room. "Somebody loves me!" Mr. Hatch whistles as he does his errands in town. "But who," Mr. Hatch wonders, "could that somebody be?" When Mr. Hatch discovers just who his secret admirer is, the answer is even better than he could have guessed!...