Kevin Henkes
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Formats
Description
Newbery honor book : 2004
On a summer visit to her grandmother's cottage by the ocean, twelve-year-old Martha gains perspective on the death of a classmate, on her relationship with her grandmother, on her feelings for an older boy, and on her plans to be a writer.
3) Oh, Sal
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2022
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
Four-year-old Sal cannot find a gift she received from Santa, her new baby sister still does not have a name and takes up all of Mama's attention, and her brother Billy is annoying, but Sal finds her own strengths over an eventful Christmas season with her family.
4) Junonia
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2013
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Formats
Description
The week of her tenth birthday, Alice and her parents go to Sanibel Island, Florida, just as they do every year, but this time some of the people who are always there are missing and some new people have come, which unsettles Alice, who wants things to be exactly the same as they alway are.
Author
Series
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2021
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Formats
Description
"On his eighth birthday, Billy Miller wishes for something exciting to happen. None of his wishes are answered the way he expects, but he does have lots of surprises--and the final one is possibly the best one ever"--
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Formats
Description
When Billy Miller has a mishap at the statue of the Jolly Green Giant at the end of summer vacation, he ends up with a big lump on his head. What a way to start second grade, with a lump on your head! As the year goes by, though, Billy figures out how to navigate elementary school, how to appreciate his little sister, and how to be a more grown up and responsible member of the family and a help to his busy working mom and stay-at-home dad.
Author
Series
Publisher
Live Oak Media
Pub. Date
2004
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
There is only one way for Chester to do things-his own way. "You definitely have a mind of your own," said Chester's mother. "That's one way to put it," said Chester's father.
Luckily, Chester's best friend, Wilson, likes doing things just the same way as Chester. When they cut their sandwiches, it's always diagonally. When they ride their bikes, they always use hand signals. If Chester is hungry, Wilson is too. They're two of a kind-until indomitable...
12) Protecting Marie
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Formats
Description
How can she help falling in love with the perfect dog?
Fanny has wanted a dog all her life. For a brief moment her dream came true, but then her father decided the puppy brought too much chaos to his neat, ordered home. Fanny has never been able to forgive him for it.
So when Fanny's father brings home a new, older dog, she's not sure she can trust him. She reasons that perhaps she shouldn't get too attached, in case
...14) Chrysanthemum
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Chrysanthemum loves her name, until she starts going to school and the other children make fun of it.
15) Owen
Author
Series
Publisher
Weston Woods Studios, a subsidiary of SCHOLASTIC Inc
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Caldecott honor book: 1994.
17) Jessica
Author
Publisher
Live Oak Media
Pub. Date
2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Even though nobody else believes that Jessica is real, Ruthie knows she is. But when the first day of school arrives, what will happen to Jessica? As usual, Kevin Henkes perfectly captures the child's perspective and delivers a story that is reassuring and delightful. A Live Oak Media audio production.
18) Wemberly worried
Author
Publisher
Greenwillow Books
Pub. Date
2000.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A mouse named Wemberly, who worries about everything, finds that she has a whole list of things to be anxious about when she faces the first day of nursery school.
19) Waiting
Author
Publisher
Greenwillow Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
An owl, puppy, bear, bunny, and pig wait for marvelous things to happen.
Author
Publisher
Live Oak Media
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
In this heartwarming story, Bailey discovers that being too little to go camping with his older brother and sister doesn't have to mean feeling left out, when his mother and father bring the camping trip home for him! A Live Oak Media audio production.