Jeanne Willis
Author
Publisher
Andersen Press USA
Pub. Date
2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Elephant refuses to believe he can't jump and ignores the jeers of other animals as he tries, but they're all surprised when Elephant does something that no other animal can"--
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.
Author
Series
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.
10) Susan laughs
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt
Pub. Date
2000.
Language
English
Description
Rhyming couplets describe a wide range of common emotions and activities experienced by a little girl who uses a wheelchair.
11) 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.
12) The monster bed
Author
Publisher
Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Books
Pub. Date
1987.
Language
English
Description
A little monster is afraid to go to bed because he thinks humans will get him while he is asleep.
13) The bog baby
Author
Publisher
Schwartz & Wade Books
Pub. Date
2008.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
When two sisters go fishing in a magic pond, they find a winged blue bog baby and take it home with them.
14) Slug needs a hug
Author
Publisher
Andersen Press Picture Books
Pub. Date
2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Slug worries that the reason his mother never hugs him is that he is ugly, so he follows his friends' advice to be furry, with a beak, horns, and more, until his mother can no longer recognize him, but then he learns that she loves him, no matter what.
15) Don't let go!
Author
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
2003.
Language
English
Description
Megan is nervous about her dad letting go of her bike as she learns to ride, and her dad is nervous about how far into the world she will go once she does.
17) The pet person
Author
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
1996.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Despite the efforts of his family to convince him of the problems of having a person for a pet, a young dog named Rex wants one more than anything.
18) I'm in charge
Author
Publisher
Nosy Crow, an imprint of Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
When a little rhino, who likes to make the rules, finds a tree bursting with fruit, he is not about to share it with any of the other animals since he is in charge, but it looks like things are about to change. --
19) Poles apart
Author
Publisher
Nosy Crow, an imprint of Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"Everybody knows that penguins live at the South Pole and polar bears live at the North Pole. But what would happen if, one day, an adventurous family of penguins took a wrong turn and ended up at the North Pole?"--Back cover.
