Eve Bunting
Author
Publisher
Charlesbridge
Pub. Date
2013
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
p. cm.
Language
English
Description
The strength and spirit of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. permeates this picture book about the funeral of Dr. King in Atlanta, Georgia, in 1968. Quiet, yet affecting, THE CART THAT CARRIED MARTIN is a unique tribute to the life of a man known world-wide for his outstanding efforts as a leader of the African-American Civil Rights Movement.
Eve Bunting focuses on the funeral procession of Dr. King, beginning with the two men who found the cart to carry...
Author
Publisher
Sleeping Bear Press
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"When Mr. Goat learns that it's Valentine's Day, he sets out in search of gifts for his first love, but his choices are a little unconventional"--
4) Our library
Author
Publisher
Clarion Books
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.4 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
32 p. : col. ill. ; 26 cm.
Language
English
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
Publisher
Clarion Books
Pub. Date
1988
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
[32] p. : chiefly col. ill. ; 30 cm.
Language
English
Description
Refugees from a Caribbean island embark on adangerous boat trip to America where they have a special reason to celebrate Thanksgiving.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Heading west aboard the Orphan Train, shy, plain Marianne soothes her fears over not being adopted by hoping that her mother will claim her along the way, but no one seems to want her until she reaches the end of the line, a town called Somewhere
Author
Publisher
Sleeping Bear Press
Pub. Date
c2010
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
Irish giant Finn McCool is told that in order to become wise he must catch and eat the salmon that possesses knowledge, but Finn finds that he cannot bring himself to kill the miraculous fish.
10) Thunder horse
Author
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
Relates the friendship and love between a little girl and the winged horse she receives as a gift.
11) Peepers
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 28 cm
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
While helping their dad run Fred's Fall Color Tours in New England, Jim and Andy think the tourists are pretty silly; then one night the boys experience something which makes them change their minds.
12) The wall
Author
Publisher
Clarion Books
Pub. Date
c1990
Physical Desc
[32] p. : col. ill. ; 23 x 24 cm.
Language
English
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.
Author
Publisher
Clarion Books
Pub. Date
2013
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.4 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
A tale told through simple rhymes features a forlorn little duck who searches through the countryside for his new blue socks until a sharp-eyed peacock spots a bit of blue peeking out of the duck's laced-up shoes.
Author
Series
Publisher
Sleeping Bear Press
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 26 x 29 cm
Language
English
Description
An illustrated alphabetical examination of the history of piracy uses poetry and expository text to cover topics including legendary ships, fabled hideouts, notorious villains like Edward Teach, also known as Blackbeard, and much more.
15) Washday
Author
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
c2014
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
One sunny Saturday in 1889, Lizzie helps her grandmother scrub, boil, rinse, and hang loads of laundry, although she would rather be having a tea party with her best friend, Lucy, and their dolls, Amelia Cordelia and Belinda Lavinia.
16) Emma's turtle
Author
Pub. Date
2007
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
When Emma's box turtle digs his way out of his pen, he imagines that he is having adventures in Africa, India, and other faraway lands that Emma has described to him.
18) Yard sale
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A young girl named Callie learns that her family will be moving from their house to a smaller apartment, and must have a yard sale to downsize their possessions. Callie is sad to see strangers bargaining for precious family mementos, but she eventually realizes that home is about family rather than things.