Janet S Wong
3) Buzz
Author
Publisher
Harcourt
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
AD 400L
Language
English
Description
As Mommy and Daddy begin their day and get ready for work, a child observes this morning routine at home as well as the buzzing of a busy bee outside the window.
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2007.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
AD 920L
Language
English
Description
Once a month--every week in the summer--Steve the electrician dons special gear and, with the help of youngsters who live in his building, dives into a dumpster seeking useful objects that they can transform into imaginative new ones.
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
[2003]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Fifth-grader Minn, the tallest girl in school, begins a rocky friendship with Jake, a new student who is not only very short, but is also afraid of the worms and lizards that Minn likes to collect.
Author
Publisher
Margaret K. McElderry Books
Pub. Date
[1999]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Thirty-six poems look at various aspects of driving, including passing the written driver's test, being pulled over by a cop, and having an accident, and treat them as metaphors for life.
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2008.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
740L
Language
English
Description
Ten-year-old Jake's summer starts off badly, goes downhill when his family visits Los Angeles, California, and his old friends are too busy for him, then gets even worse after he disagrees with Minn when her family joins his for a trip to Disneyland.
Author
Publisher
Margaret K. McElderry Books
Pub. Date
[2003]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A collection of seventeen original poems about superstitions, including walking under a ladder, breaking a mirror, and knocking on wood. Includes notes about the superstitions.
11) Hide & seek
Author
Publisher
Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2005]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
In this counting book, a child and parent play hide-and-seek while they bake cookies.