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Author
Series
Maze runner trilogy volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
Description
Sixteen-year-old Thomas wakes up with no memory in the middle of a maze and realizes he must work with the community in which he finds himself if he is to escape.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Celebrate the 90th anniversary of The Little Engine That Could with this all-time classic reillustrated by Caldecott Award-winning artist Dan Santat!
The kindness and determination of the Little Blue Engine have inspired millions of children around the world since the story was first published in 1930. Cherished by readers for ninety years, The Little Engine That Could is a classic tale of a little engine that, despite her size, triumphantly pulls...
Author
Series
Elephant and Piggie books volume 1
Publisher
Hyperion Books for Children
Pub. Date
2007
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 0.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
While Piggie is determined to fly, Elephant is skeptical, but when Piggie gets a little help from others, amazing things happen.
Author
Series
Julia's house volume 1
Publisher
First Second
Pub. Date
2014.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Julie welcomes all lost and homeless creatures into her house, whether they be cats or trolls, ghosts or dragons, but soon realizes that each must have a chore in order for the arrangement to work.
6) Big pumpkin
Author
Publisher
Macmillan
Pub. Date
c1992
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A witch trying to pick a big pumpkin on Halloween discovers the value of cooperation when she gets help from a series of monsters.
7) Unstoppable
Author
Publisher
Chronicle Books LLC
Pub. Date
2020
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
When a bird and a crab team up to combine the advantages of flight and claws, it gives them an idea: why not expand the team to include other animals who have a special trait -- and soon they all set out to rescue their lake from development, because united together they are unstoppable.
Author
Series
Mouse and Mole (Wong Herbert Yee) volume 1
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Co
Pub. Date
2005
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Mouse and his downstairs neighbor, Mole, discover that when they help each other, housecleaning and other daily tasks are much easier.
9) Cozy
Author
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
The coat of a huge wooly musk ox named Cozy is the winter home for a growing number of Alaskan animals who mostly get along.
Author
Publisher
Tiger Tales
Pub. Date
2007
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
When a pesky dragon visits their farm and hard boils their chickens' eggs, turns the wheat fields to toast, and the cows' milk to yogurt, Izzy needs to find a solution before the Remove-A-Dragon lady arrives.
11) The maze runner
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
When Thomas wakes up trapped in a massive maze with a group of other boys, he has no memory of the outside world other than strange dreams about a mysterious organization known as W.C.K.D. Only by piecing together fragments of his past with clues he discovers in the maze can Thomas hope to uncover his true purpose and a way to escape.
Author
Series
Publisher
Branches/Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2017.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Macy's little sister has wings that are too small, so Eva's class decides to raise money to buy her a flying chair, and half the class opens a bakery, and the other half opens a candy store--but soon competition between the two stores becomes more important than their goal, and Eva needs to convince the other owls that they will collect more money if everyone works as a team.
13) The little guys
Author
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2019.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"The Little Guys might be small, but they aim to be mighty. As they head off to find breakfast, they can conquer anything through teamwork---cross deep waters, dig through obstacles, and climb the tallest trees. Nothing can stop them! But as they begin to amass more than they need, the creatures in the forest ponder---what happens when no one can stop the Little Guys?"--
Author
Publisher
Philomel Books
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"In Just Ask, United States Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor celebrates the different abilities kids (and people of all ages) have. Using her own experience as a child who was diagnosed with diabetes, Justice Sotomayor writes about children with all sorts of challenges--and looks at the special powers those kids have as well. As the kids work together to build a community garden, asking questions of each other along the way, this book encourages...
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Clayton and Desmond work together to try to find the biggest apple for a school contest, but when realize they will not win they find a better use for all of the apples they have collected.
16) Tool school
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2017.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Told in rhyming text, five tools--Hammer, Screwdriver, Pliers, Saw, and Tape Measure--learn to work together on their first day of school.
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
In this adaptation of the Little Red Hen fable, Ruby wants to build a fort, but her three brothers refuse to help, so when the fort is finished Ruby will not let them join her--until the boys come up with a few embellishments for the fort, like a mailbox, a garden, and a fresh coat of paint.
19) Can I play too?
Author
Series
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"A young boy building a train track with his friend is headed for trouble until a teacher steps in and helps him learn social cues of anger and happiness"--
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