Eve Bunting
121) One more flight
Author
Publisher
Frederick Warne
Pub. Date
1976.
Language
English
Description
Unable to adjust to foster homes and the Residential Center, an emotionally disturbed boy runs away and is befriended by a man who cares for wounded birds.
122) Reggie
Author
Publisher
Cricket Books
Pub. Date
2006.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Eight-year old Alex is determined to keep the toy mouse he finds tied to a balloon, even after posters appear asking for its return, but when his dog Patch disappears, Alex discovers what it is like to lose something you love more than anything.
123) Hey diddle diddle
Author
Publisher
Boyds Mills Pressm
Pub. Date
[2011]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A new version of the nonsensical children's nursery rhyme in which animals play various instruments..
Author
Publisher
Sleeping Bear Press
Pub. Date
2011.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 5
Lexile measure
710L
Language
English
Description
Upon her mother's death, fifteen-year-old Catherine puts her courage and strength to the test by disguising herself as a boy to join her father, a pirate captain, on a ship whose crew includes men who are trying to steal a treasure from him.
125) Goose dinner
Author
Series
Publisher
Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich
Pub. Date
[1981]
Language
English
Description
A family realizes how much they love their cantankerous pet goose when it is wounded in a fight with a raccoon.
126) Green shamrocks
Author
Publisher
Cartwheel Books
Pub. Date
2011.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.9 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
AD 470L
Language
English
Description
When the pot of green shamrocks that Rabbit has been growing for St. Patrick's Day goes missing, he asks all the other animals if they have seen it.
127) My red balloon
Author
Publisher
Boyds Mills Press
Pub. Date
2005.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
AD 550L
Language
English
Description
A young boy waits with both excitement and apprehension for his father to disembark from the aircraft carrier returning to port after many months at sea.
128) Baby can
Author
Publisher
Boyds Mills Press
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
English
Description
Every time his family gets excited over something Baby James can do, big brother Brendan demonstrates that he can do even better, from burping to rolling over to walking.
129) Noche de humo
Author
Publisher
Harcourt Brace
Pub. Date
1999.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
Español
Description
When the Los Angeles riots break out in the streets of their neighborhood, a young boy and his mother learn the value of getting along with others no matter what their background or nationality.
130) The wedding
Author
Publisher
Whispering Coyote
Pub. Date
[2003]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
One by one, Miss Brindle Cow encounters a group of animals who are late for a wedding and agrees to carry them there.
131) Sunshine Home
Author
Publisher
Clarion
Pub. Date
[1994]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
When he and his parents visit his grandmother in the nursing home where she is recovering from a broken hip, everyone pretends to be happy until Tim helps them express their true feelings.
132) Clancy's coat
Author
Publisher
F. Warne
Pub. Date
[1984]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Although Tippett the tailor has trouble getting around to returning farmer Clancy's old winter coat, he is quicker to take advantage of the opportunity to mend a broken friendship.