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Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Free dog Johannes' job is to observe everything that happens in his urban park and report back to the park's three bison elders, but changes are afoot, including more humans, a new building, a boatload of goats, and a shocking revelation that changes his view of the world.
3) Pizza mouse
Author
Series
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 0.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A city-dwelling mouse carries a slice of pizza on a subway and delivers it to his family in this easy-to-read book.
Author
Publisher
Random House Children's Books
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
This Step into Reading collection features five LEGO City leveled readers, featuring careers including firefighters, handy persons, police, and veterinarians. Step 3 readers feature engaging characters in easy-to-follow plots about popular topics. For children who are ready to read on their own.
6) Listen
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2021]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Illustrations and easy-to-read text urge the reader to go beyond the noise of the city to listen to a crow's caw, rain dripping onto a sidewalk, and whispered goodnights. Includes notes about listening.
Author
Publisher
Greenwillow Books, an Imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Photographs and easy-to-read, rhyming text introduce how basic STEAM concepts can be found in the architecture, building, construction, and transportation of city life. Includes notes about what to look for while wandering through a city.
8) City baby
Author
Publisher
Orca Book Publishers
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"A poetic board book that reminds baby of all the joys of living in a bustling big city."--
9) Our pool
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"On a hot day, people come from all over the city to spend the day at the pool in this joyful picture book that’s a love song to summer, the city, community, and staying cool! Today is a pool day in the city! The sun is shining, so what are you waiting for? Friends and family. Kids and grandparents. Big bodies and small bodies. Everybody is welcome at our pool! Get ready for swimming and splashing, zigzagging and dunking, and racing and laughing."--...
10) My pet feet
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2022
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
After awakening to find that her pet ferret is now pet feet, a young girl discovers that the letter "R" has disappeared and its absence is causing chaos throughout her town.
11) Florette
Author
Publisher
Clarion Books, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
13) The vile village
Author
Series
A series of unfortunate events volume 7
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.7 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
Under a new government program based on the saying "It takes a village to raise a child," the Baudelaire orphans are adopted by an entire town, with disastrous results.
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"After a long, cold winter, doors finally open, and children spill out like candies from a box. Amanda is the last one out of the apartment building, with a carton of chalk in her hands. On every inch of the pavement outside, the children draw pictures of flowers and trees, mushrooms and snails, and a few very unexpected things. It's a concrete garden. Their creativity, unfettered in the open air, brings something beautiful, something hopeful, to...
15) Bus
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
As the bus moves along, the rider sees the sights of a city and hears the sounds of honking trucks, wailing sirens, and chiming bells.
Author
Publisher
Kids Can Press
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
When Swanda first moves to the city, she misses the wildlife she left behind. But she quickly discovers that Brooklyn has a wildlife of its own: pigeons! Lots and lots of hungry pigeons. And Swanda is more than happy to feed them all.
Author
Series
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2014.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
"Called upon to investigate thirteen suspicious incidents in Stain'd-by-the-Sea, young Lemony Snicket collects clues, questions witnesses, and cracks every case"--
19) I am not a fox
Author
Publisher
G. P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
When Luca arrives in a city, the dogs tell him he is a fox and not welcome in their park, so he sets out to discover which he is, dog or fox.
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