Ed Young
5) Hook
Author
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
A chick hatched by hens turns out to be an eaglet who must get help from a boy in learning how to fly.
6) White Fang
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.4 - AR Pts: 13
Lexile measure
970L
Language
English
Description
Up in the frozen north, life is harsh and dangerous. But this is where White Fang, the wolf-dog, feels at home--in the wild. When White Fang lives among man-animals, he must learn to fend for himself. And when he finds himself with a man who is kind to him, he must learn to love.
Author
Publisher
Philomel Books
Pub. Date
[1982]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
AD 950L
Language
English
Description
This version of the Cinderella story, in which a young girl overcomes the wickedness of her stepsister and stepmother to become the bride of a prince, is based on ancient Chinese manuscripts written 1000 years before the earliest European version.
11) Sadako
Author
Publisher
Putnam
Pub. Date
[1993]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
AD 660L
Language
English
Description
Hospitalized with the dreaded atom bomb disease, leukemia, a child in Hiroshima races against time to fold one thousand paper cranes to verify the legend that by doing so a sick person will become healthy.
13) Bird & Diz
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Presents a rhythmic tribute to Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie, and their creation of bebop.
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2019.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
750L
Language
English
Description
Once there was a little slip of a boy who roamed the streets of London, hungry for life (and maybe a bit of bread). His dad long gone and his actress mother ailing, five-year-old Charlie found himself onstage one day taking his mum's place, singing and drawing laughs amid a shower of coins. There were times in the poorhouse and times spent sitting in the window at home with Mum, making up funny stories about passersby. And when Charlie described a...
15) The yellow boat
Author
Publisher
Modern Curriculum Press
Pub. Date
[1966]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 0.6 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
180L
Language
English
Description
A simple story reveals the things a little sailboat encounters while sailing along.
17) Donkey trouble
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
In this retelling of the traditional fable, a kind but simple man and his grandson, on their way to market with their donkey, find it impossible to please everyone they meet.
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
[1997]
Language
English
Description
Explores twenty-six Chinese characters that describe feelings or emotions, interpreting the visual elements within each character while guiding readers through an underlying theme emphasizing the importance of truthfully expressing thoughts and feelings
20) My Mei Mei
Author
Publisher
Philomel Books
Pub. Date
2006.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
AD 480L
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Antonia gets her wish when her parents return to China to bring home a Mei Mei, or younger sister, for her.