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Author
Publisher
G. P. Putnam's Sons, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA)
Pub. Date
[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 23 x 28 cm.
Language
English
Description
Through a series of letters, Alex tries to convince his parents that he should not be staying with his grandparents while they are away, but slowly comes to realize that he can have fun, even at Happy Hills Retirement Community.
4) Soup
Author
Publisher
Children's Press
Pub. Date
2002
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 0.7 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
31 p.: col. ill.; 18 cm.
Language
English
Description
Each member of a family has a special job when they work together to make soup for dinner.
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown
Pub. Date
1993
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
[32] p. : col. ill.; 26 cm.
Language
English
Description
Arthur is unhappy about going on vacation with his family, but he shows them how to make the best of a bad situation when they end up stuck in a motel because of rain.
Author
Publisher
Children's Press
Pub. Date
2006
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.2 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
32 p.: col. ill.; 19 cm.
Language
English
Description
In simple text that teaches about shapes, Erin and her parents buy two wonderful, round pumpkins and while she and her father carve one into a jack-o-lantern, Mom prepares hers a different way.
8) Stormy night
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.7 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
Bear is frightened by a storm, but singing to his toy, Floppy, and being with his parents helps comfort him until the storm goes to sleep, and so does he.
Author
Publisher
Sterling Pub
Pub. Date
c2007
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.4 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
When Minerva wakes up in a bad mood and nobody notices, she spends an entire day behaving badly--until some loving advice from dad helps turn things around.
10) Watercress
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Embarrassed about gathering watercress from a roadside ditch, a girl learns to appreciate her Chinese heritage after learning why the plant is so important to her parents.
Author
Publisher
The Blue Sky Press
Pub. Date
2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.2 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
[32] p. : col. ill. ; 26 cm.
Language
English
Description
A mother shares with her child all the ways in which family members and friends were loving and welcoming before the child was even born.
Author
Publisher
Tilbury House
Pub. Date
2000
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
[40] p.: col. ill.; 26 cm.
Language
English
Description
When their father gets sick and cannot take them out trick or treating on their first Halloween in their new country, Anya and her sisters and brother are surprised when their shy mother agrees to accompany them.
17) The kiddie table
Author
Publisher
Capstone Editions
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm
Language
English
Description
On Thanksgiving Day, a girl who has just turned eight loudly insists that she be permitted to sit at the dining room table, rather than with the babies.
Author
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
1985
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
[32] p. : col. ill. ; 28 cm.
Language
English
Description
Using scraps cut from the family's old clothing, Tanya helps her grandmother and mother make a beautiful quilt that tells the story of her family's life.
20) Too early
Author
Publisher
Abrams Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
Illustrations and text follow a family's morning routine from the perspective of the earliest riser in the house.