Nancy Willard
Author
Publisher
Harcourt Brace Jovanovich
Pub. Date
[1991]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
The weird creatures which inhabit a medieval painter's home drive his housekeeper away, until a change of heart sends her back to the beasts and to Bosch in a new and loving relationship.
Author
Publisher
Blue Sky Press
Pub. Date
2007.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
960L
Language
English
Description
A greedy baker buys his wife a magic bed that flies them to the master baker, where they are given special yeast that helps their bakery become, for a while, the most popular in Florence.
8) Sweep dreams
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
[2005]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A man who loves a magical, dancing broom learns how to make her happy, finds her after she is stolen, and finally sets her free and hopes that she will someday return home.
Author
Publisher
Harcourt Brace Jovanovich
Pub. Date
1992.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
1030L
Language
English
Description
Through her great capacity to love, a kind and beautiful young woman releases a handsome young man from the spell which has made him into an ugly beast.
10) Shadow story
Author
Publisher
Harcourt Brace
Pub. Date
[1999]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
AD 710L
Language
English
Description
The clever Holly Go Lolly, now orphaned, lures the evil parent-eating ogre Ooboo into the make-believe forest she has created with hand shadows.
13) Gum
Author
Publisher
[Library Ideas, LLC]
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
James has five quarters and Danny has four. That means nine whole tries to get the little silver race car out of the gumball machine at Mr. Wright's store after school. Only very, very lucky people get both gumballs and the silver racer. It's a good thing that one of James's quarters is a Canadian quarter, which just so happens to be very, very lucky. But is it lucky enough to get him that silver racer? Bing! Bang! Kaboom! He's about to find out!...
Author
Publisher
Harcourt Brace Jovanovich
Pub. Date
[1977]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A shoemaker and his wife being photographed for their wedding anniversary keep adding items to the picture despite the photographer's admonition that "Simple pictures are best."
17) Papa's panda
Author
Publisher
Harcourt Brace Jovanovich
Pub. Date
[1979]
Language
English
Description
Papa's yarn about a giant panda makes James long for one of his own.