Rachel Isadora
3) Say hello!
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.1 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
AD 470L
Language
English
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Description
Carmelita loves to greet everyone in her colorful neighborhood. There are people from so many different cultures! They all like to say hello too, so now Carmelita can say hello in Spanish, English, French, Japanese, and many other languages. And her dog, Manny? Well, he seems to understand everyone, and gives a happy "Woof!" wherever he goes.
6) Young Mozart
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
1996.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
AD 740L
Language
English
Description
A biography of the famous Austrian composer.
8) Uh-oh!
Author
Publisher
Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
As an African American toddler keeps getting into mischief throughout the day, the reader is invited to discover what the trouble is with each page-turn and to say "uh-oh."
Author
Publisher
Greenwillow Books
Pub. Date
[1998]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.2 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
AD 590L
Language
English
Description
The inhabitants of South Africa divide their activities by day and night, as the animals in Kruger National Park go about their business while the people of Johannesburg sleep and then lie down in the shade as the people wake up.
Author
Publisher
Nancy Paulsen Books, an imprint of Penguin Young Readers, Penguin Group (USA) Inc
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
The inhabitants of Old Makimba's farm in Africa, including a baboon, an elephant, and a lion, are described, verse by verse. Includes facts about African animals.
13) There was a tree
Author
Publisher
Nancy Paulsen Books
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
A favorite children's song, "The Green Grass Grew All Around," becomes a colorful book filled with African wildlife.
14) ABC pop!
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
1999.
Language
English
Description
Each letter of the alphabet is represented by illustrations in a pop art style.
15) I see
Author
Publisher
Greenwillow Books
Pub. Date
[1985]
Language
English
Description
A baby responds to all of the things she sees.
18) Ben's trumpet
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.2 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
AD 530L
Language
English
Description
Ben wants to be a trumpeter, but plays only an imaginary instrument until one of the musicians in a neighborhood night club discovers his ambition.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.2 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
AD 350L
Language
English
Description
Caldecott Honor-winner Rachel Isadora's stunning oil paintings illustrate this delightful bedtime tale, set on the African plains. The sun has set and the moon is rising, and that means it's bedtime. But not if Lala has a say--because she's not ready to go to sleep! First she needs to say good night to the cat. And the goat. And the chickens. And, and, and... Lala's adorable stalling strategy will ring true for all parents whose little ones aren't...