Jeanne Willis
Author
Publisher
Clarion Books
Pub. Date
2007.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Delilah D., who is convinced she is the queen of a faraway land, informs Library Anne, her babysitter Gigi, and everyone else in the library the rules for proper behavior in the libraries of her kingdom.
Author
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's
Pub. Date
2000.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A young boy and a series of animals learn that as babies, they looked like little versions of their mothers and fathers, but a young bullfrog is horrified when he is shown a photograph of himself as a tadpole.
4) Daft Bat
Author
Publisher
Sterling Pub. Co
Pub. Date
2008.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
When Bat moves to a new home, her wild young neighbors are convinced she is daft because she sees things so differently than they do, until Owl asks some questions that reveal the truth to all.
5) Poles apart
Author
Publisher
Nosy Crow, an imprint of Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
When the Pilchard Brown family take a wrong turn and end up at the North Pole, Mr. White, a friendly polar bear, helps the penguin family find their way back home.
Author
Publisher
Nosy Crow, an imprint of Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"A feminist reimagining of classic nursery rhymes depicts a Georgie Porgie who never dares to make the girls cry, a Little Bo-Peep who takes no-nonsense care of her sheep and a woman doctor who puts Humpty Dumpty together again"--
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt
Pub. Date
2002.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Speaking in rhyme, a little girl tells her father that she would rather have the active outdoor life of a cowgirl than that of a girl who stays inside quietly reading, talking, or cleaning.
9) Misery Moo
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt
Pub. Date
2005.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A pessimistic cow is so resistant to a lamb's attempts to cheer her up that the previously happy-go-lucky lamb starts to feel just like the miserable cow.
Author
Publisher
Lerner Pub Group
Pub. Date
2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.3 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
AD 500L
Language
English
Description
Elephant refuses to believe he cannot jump and ignores the jeers of other animals as he tries, but they are all surprised when Elephant does something that no other animal can.
13) The monster bed
Author
Publisher
Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Books
Pub. Date
1987.
Lexile measure
390L
Language
English
Description
A little monster is afraid to go to bed because he thinks humans will get him while he is asleep.
Author
Publisher
Peachtree
Pub. Date
[2002]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Edward, a little boy, lives in the woods with the Three Teddy Bears, walking, talking, and moving just like a bear, but even though he loves acting like a teddy bear, he sometimes wonders what it would be like to be a little boy.
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2006.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
While searching for her missing baby, a mother mouse encounters a gorilla who chases her all over the world, from China to the Arctic, and when he finally catches her, she gets an unexpected surprise.
16) Shhh!
Author
Pub. Date
2004
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Everyone is talking too loud, and moving too fast. But no one seems to hear what's being said. What to do? A well-dressed shrew has all the answers. All you have to do is be still and listen ? "One, two, three?Shhh!" This eloquent and brilliantly executed plea for peace offers a simple way for children to feel that their actions, and even their silence can make a difference.
18) Chicken clicking
Author
Publisher
Andersen Press
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
One night Chick hopped into the farmer's house and had a little browse on his computer. Soon she's bought a funny teapot, a frilly blouse, scooters for the sheep and a car for the cows. She just can't stop clicking! She meets a friend online and off she goes to meet him (without telling Mom or Dad). But the friend she thought she'd meet turns out to be a fox
19) Cottonball Colin
Author
Publisher
Eerdmans Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2008.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
AD 470L
Language
English
Description
Afraid that her smallest child, Colin, will be hurt if he goes outside or plays, a mother mouse insists that he sit quietly indoors until his grandmother suggests wrapping him in cotton wool, which proves to be effective, but in a most unexpected way.
20) Susan laughs
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt
Pub. Date
2000.
Lexile measure
AD 110L
Language
English
Description
Rhyming couplets describe a wide range of common emotions and activities experienced by a little girl who uses a wheelchair.