Margie Palatini
1) Piggie pie!
Author
Publisher
Clarion Books
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
490L
Language
English
Description
Gritch the witch flies to Old MacDonald's farm for some pigs to make a piggie pie, but when she arrives she cannot find a single porker.
2) The cheese
Author
Publisher
Katherine Tegen Books
Pub. Date
[2007]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
AD 590L
Language
English
Description
After they all agree to ignore the story of "The Farmer in the Dell, " the rat, cat, dog, child, farmer, and his wife have a party featuring the tempting hunk of cheese.
3) Mooseltoe
Author
Pub. Date
2001
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
520L
Language
English
Description
Moose thinks he has all his Christmas preparations taken care of, but at the last minute he must come up with a substitute for the Christmas tree.
4) Bad boys
Author
Publisher
Katherine Tegen Books
Pub. Date
[2003]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
AD 530L
Language
English
Description
Two hungry wolves in disguise attempt to raid a sheep farm.
5) Earthquack!
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2002]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
AD 540L
Language
English
Description
When Chucky Ducky feels the earth beneath him grumble and rumble, he runs to alert the other barnyard animals to the coming earthquake, but just as a wily weasel is about to take advantage of their fears, the true source of the rumbling is revealed.
6) Oink
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2006.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Frustrated because the pigs just lie around in the mud all day, the other animals on the farm try to make them improve themselves.
9) Moo who?
Author
Publisher
Katherine Tegen Books
Pub. Date
[2004]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.7 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
490L
Language
English
Description
After being hit on the head, Hilda the singing cow forgets what sound she should make, so she imitates different animals until she gets her "moo" back.
Author
Publisher
Hyperion Books for Children
Pub. Date
[2003]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
AD 510L
Language
English
Description
After Stanley Snoutowski, actor pig, leaves his friend Mary and heads for Broadway, he finally gets a break when he meets Hoggers and Hammerswine.
13) The perfect pet
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2003]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.2 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
AD 490L
Language
English
Description
After Elizabeth's parents do not agree with her various suggestions for the perfect pet, she discovers a solution.
Bird? Bunny? Turtle? Fish? Elizabeth really, really wants a pet, but her parents say NO to all of her ideas. Instead, she ends up with a cactus called Carolyn. And after some very unsuccessful campaigning, to her wonderful surprise, Elizabeth encounters Doug -- surely the most unusual and special pet of all. Even Carolyn agrees. Margie...
14) Shelly
Author
Publisher
Dutton Children's Books
Pub. Date
[2006]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
While still developing in her shell, Shelly, a baby duck, is bombarded with suggestions and tips for how to live her life by her bossy siblings, but she is determined to emerge only when she is ready.
15) Boo-hoo moo
Author
Publisher
Katherine Tegen Books
Pub. Date
[2009]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
When Hilda Mae Heifer's trademark "moo" starts sounding even worse, the other animals decide she is lonely and hold auditions to find her some singing partners.
Author
Publisher
Katherine Tegen Books
Pub. Date
[2009]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Bad boy wolves Willy and Wally try to get a chicken dinner by disguising themselves as the Handy-Dandy Lupino Brothers and going to work for a hen in need of household help.
Author
Publisher
Abrams Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Using sticky notes, an author tries to convince her publisher that her book is about figs, not pigs, but the wording, illustrations, and even recipes present pigs as growing on trees, and tasty with orange and ginger sauce.
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2005]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
AD 620L
Language
English
Description
Three billy goats, unable to cross a bridge because they cannot pay the toll, form a car pool with The Three Bears, Little Red Riding Hood, and Jack of beanstalk fame to get past the rude Troll.
20) Bedhead
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2000.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.1 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
530L
Language
English
Description
After many unsuccessful attempts to control his unruly hair one morning, Oliver and his family think that they have solved the problem--until he gets to school and finds that it is school picture day.