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1) The getaway
Author
Series
Diary of a wimpy kid volume 12
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
Greg Heffley and his family escape to a tropical island resort for some much-needed rest and relaxation, but sun poisoning, stomach troubles, and venomous creatures all threaten their vacation.
Author
Series
Here's Hank volume 11
Publisher
Penguin Workshop, an imprint of Penguin Random House
Pub. Date
[2018].
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Hank enters a robot-building contest at school and hopes to win a trophy, despite getting a late start, with help of Frankie, Ashley, and Jaden, a new friend and robot expert.
Author
Series
Henry books (Davide Cali) volume 4
Publisher
Chronicle Books
Pub. Date
[2023]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Henry and Ali tell their teacher a wild outer space tale to explain why they do not have their homework on the solar system.
6) Wombat
Author
Publisher
Charlesbridge
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Burrow into the unseen world of the wombat and play with words in this creative romp"--
Author
Publisher
Orchard Books, an imprint of Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
[2023]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Big Volcano and Little Volcano live side by side in paradise, but when a silly bird drops a coconut (or two) on Little Volcano's crater he blows his top.
Author
Publisher
Chronicle Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"From acclaimed author-illustrator Shinsuke Yoshitake comes a humorous picture book about the empowering possibilities of growing up and a child's imagination! Akira has a problem: He is too small to open packages by himself. He still needs grown-ups to help him. But one day, perhaps one day soon, he’ll be able to open so many things without anyone’s help—and not just packages. When that time comes, he’ll make amazing discoveries and maybe...
10) The baddies
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A troll, a witch, and a ghost compete to see who can scare the little girl who is new to the their neighborhood, but her courage and kindness defeats them all.
11) Peck, peck, peck
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Pecking his way through the door of a house, an intrepid little woodpecker busily raps on a rhyming sequence of indoor objects, from a hat and a mat and a racket and jacket to a teddy bear and a book called Jane Eyre.
12) Bunny and Clyde
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Get ready for a wild ride with Bunny and Clyde! These by-the-rules buddies, a rabbit and a chipmunk, are sick and tired of being good. For once, they want to know what it's like to be baddies--rotten to the core! They want thrills and excitement! But to get really good at being bad, they're going to need some experience . What if the dastardly duo started returning library books late on purpose? Or borrowing markers without asking? Everyone knows...
13) Tiny tornadoes
Author
Series
Buddy and Bea volume 2
Publisher
Peachtree
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Buddy (who is reserved and thoughtful), Bea (who is boisterous and bossy) and the other second graders in Ms. Maple's class are trying to come up with a name for their class, but it is proving harder then they thought it would be.
14) Sick day jitters
Author
Series
Publisher
Charlesbridge
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"When Mrs. Hartwell is out sick and her substitute doesn't show up, the teachers and staff at the school pitch in to help"--Provided by publisher.
Mrs. Hartwell is home sick today, and throughout the day her students send her emails informing her about what is happening as the other teachers take turns watching the class--and the room becomes increasingly messy.
Author
Publisher
Orchard Books, an imprint of Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Edgar the shark is getting the house ready for a visit from Santa Shark, and although he is skeptical, his friend Lotta the crab pitches in to help--but Edgar is worried about the lack of snow under the sea.
Author
Publisher
Andrews McMeel Publishing
Pub. Date
[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Nate Wright is one of a kind. Who else would start a rock 'n' roll band and name it Enslave the Mollusk? He celebrates Prank Day by arranging a date between Mrs. Godfrey and a lovesick rodeo clown! Nate does everything with gusto. And every time he swings into action...THE CROWD GOES WILD!
17) Carina Felina
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Carina Felina is an arrogant cat with an appetite so huge that she eats everything and everyone who crosses her path as she ambles through Havana--until a small crab outsmarts her and saves the day.
19) One smart cookie
Author
Series
Norma and Belly volume 4
Publisher
RH Graphic, an imprint of Random House Children's Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Silly snack-hunting squirrels Norma and Belly are back! Don't miss their latest hilarious cookie caper in the fourth comic in this award-winning and Eisner-nominated series. If you had a fortune cookie fortune that read: “Feed this cookie to a squirrel” would you do it? Norma thinks you would! And she quickly she gets to work devising a plan with friends Belly and Little B to sneak through the MR.FORTUNE cookie factory to get their own fortunes...
Author
Publisher
Andrews McMeel Publishing, LLC
Pub. Date
[2013]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
A second collection of full-color Sunday Big Nate cartoons finds the intrepid grade schooler struggling with everything from his annoying older sister and his clueless dad to his nightmarish teacher and his superior-minded exchange student classmate, Artur.
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