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Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"What happens when musical instruments can't make the sounds we expect them to make? Is music still possible? The schools of Philadelphia were filling up with broken violins, drums, pianos, and more, making it difficult for students to learn to play. This sparked an idea for a symphony, played entirely with the broken instruments, that would raise funds to repair the instruments themselves. Musicians young and old volunteered, and their captivating...
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 0.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
When the bus driver decides to take a break from driving, a wild and wacky pigeon pleads and begs to take his place, in a hilarious picture book that perfectly captures a preschooler's temper tantrum.
Author
Publisher
Kidwick Books
Pub. Date
2001
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) ; col. ill. ; 24 x 31 cm. + 1 sound disc (digital ; 4 3/4 in.)
Language
English
Description
Although the other lightning bugs tease him, Leo is determined to make his own light, and with motherly support and a little luck, he eventually learns to light up the night, which leads to a newfound confidence and a good night's sleep.
9) A frog thing
Author
Publisher
Kidwick Books
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Frank wasn't satisfied doing ordinary frog things. He wanted to fly, but he was a frog and frogs can't fly. Follow Frank as he jumps and runs and leaps and dives until he finally finds his place in the pond. .
14) Sheep in a shop
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Sheep hunt for a birthday present and make havoc of the shop, only to discover they haven't the money to pay for things.
15) Hi, Fly Guy!
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
When Buzz captures a fly to enter in The Amazing Pet Show, his parents and the judges tell him that a fly cannot be a pet, but Fly Guy proves them wrong.
16) Shrek!
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Before Shrek made it big on the silver screen, there was William Steig's SHREK!, a book about an ordinary ogre who leaves his swampy childhood home to go out and see the world. Ordinary, that is, if a foul and hideous being who ends up marrying the most stunningly ugly princess on the planet is what you consider ordinary.
18) Roy digs dirt
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Roy is a West Highland terrier who loves to dig in the dirt and mud; sometimes he buries things, and sometimes he finds things, but mostly he just likes to dig--even though he does not like the bath that may follow the digging.
Author
Publisher
Weston Woods Studios
Pub. Date
c2002
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.3 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 sound disc (ca. 17 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 book (64 p. : col. ill. ; 22 cm.).
Language
English
Description
Danny loves dinosaurs. When he sees one at the museum and says, "It would be nice to play with a dinosaur," a voice answers, "And I think it would be nice to play with you." So begins Dannys and the dinosaur's wonderful adventure together!But a dinosaur is no ordinary playmate. Even the most everyday activities become extraordinary, like finding a big-enough place to hide a dinosaur in a game of hide-and-seek, and keeping him from knocking over houses...