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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
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Description
Beneath the kitchen floor is the world of the Borrowers -- Pod and Homily Clock and their daughter, Arrietty. In their tiny home, matchboxes double as roomy dressers and postage stamps hang on the walls like paintings. Whatever the Clocks need they simply "borrow" from the "human beans" who live above them. It's a comfortable life, but boring if you're a kid. Only Pod is allowed to venture into the house above, because the danger of being seen by...
4) The BFG
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
The Big Friendly Giant is no ordinary bone-crunching giant. He is far too nice and it's lucky for Sophie that he is. If she had been carried off by any of the other giants she would have been breakfast. When Sophie hears that the giants are headed to England to steal some little children, she and the BFG decide they must stop them once and for all.
Author
Publisher
F. Warne
Pub. Date
1982
Language
English
Description
A collection of the four stories relating all the adventures of Peter Rabbit and his mischievous cousin, Benjamin Bunny. Included are "The Tale of Peter Rabbit," "The Tale of Benjamin Bunny," "The Tale of the Flopsy Bunnies," and "The Tale of Mr. Tod."
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Series
Language
English
Description
CLASSIC FICTION (CHILDREN'S / TEENAGE). Following the initial success of The Jungle Book, Rudyard Kipling published the collection of parables Just So Stories. He first entertained his own children with these delightful and humorous tales before deciding to write them down for publication. The stories are written in the form of what came to be also known as pourqoui (French for "why") stories, each explaining how and why things came to be as they...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
Presents eight illustrated selections from Rudyard Kipling's Just So Stories, which provide fanciful explanations for such mysteries as how the camel got his hump, how the rhinoceros got his skin, and the origin of armadillos.
Author
Publisher
Armadillo
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
This is an engaging collection of over 115 delightful stories illustrated throughout with colorful and lively drawings. The short stories are the perfect length for bedtime reading, with accessible language and pretty pictures that will keep small children entertained as you read together. It includes four chapters each featuring a different cast of cute animal characters: "Five Minute Teddy Bear Tales", "Five Minute Farmyard Tales", "Five Minute...
12) The silver chair
Author
Series
Chronicles of Narnia volume 6
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
"Narnia, where giants wreak havoc, where evil weaves a spell, where enchantment rules. Through dangers untold and caverns deep and dark, a noble band of friends are sent to rescue a prince held captive. But their mission to Underland brings them face to face with an evil more beautiful and more deadly than they ever expected."--Back cover.
Author
Series
The Borrowers volume 6
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Formats
Description
Escaping from an attic where they had been held captive over the long, dark winter, a family of tiny people sets up house in an old rectory.
15) Sammy, the seal
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Anxious to see what life is like outside the zoo, Sammy the seal explores the city, goes to school, and plays with the children but decides that there really is no place like home.
17) The witches
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
A young boy and his Norwegian grandmother, who is an expert on witches, together foil a witches' plot to destroy the world's children by turning them into mice.
Author
Publisher
Armadillo
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
This charming, illustrated collection of stories and rhymes is the perfect book for you to read to small children or for young readers to try themselves. Divided into four chapters, Teddy Bear Tales, Fairy Tales, Animal Tales and Nursery Rhymes, you will find all the classics in this book, as well as retellings of family favorites and contemporary stories. Beautiful color drawings throughout bring each story to life, making this an enchanting reading...
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Henry knows that a class sleepover at a museum can only be one thing--boring! So he's invited a few party crashers to liven things up...zombie vampires! Plus three other stories that will leave you screaming for more.
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