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2) Cat tale
Author
Publisher
Greenwillow Books
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
Three adventurous and inquisitive cats named Lillian, Tilly, and William J. have an exciting afternoon playing together.
Author
Language
English
Description
"When you climb a tree, the first thing you do is to hold on tight... Thirty-four-year-old Harry Crane works as an analyst for the US Forest Service. When his wife dies suddenly, he is unable to cope. Leaving his job and his old life behind, Harry makes his way to the remote woods of northeastern Pennsylvania's Endless Mountains, determined to lose himself. But fate intervenes in the form of a fiercely determined young girl named Oriana. She and her...
5) I see a song
Author
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
[1995], c1973
Language
English
Description
Brightly colored forms represent music played by the violin.
Author
Publisher
Skyhorse Publishing, Inc
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
While at dinner, Joel and Olivia point out all of the wonderful things their dinosaurs can do--Joel's has teeth that sometimes glow in the dark and Olivia's can play the trumpet while riding a bicycle--until their mother ends the argument by declaring a winner.
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Miggy Brenneman is a wild and reckless seven-year-old with a fierce imagination ... Ellen is polite, cautious, and drawn to her friend's bright flame. While the adults around them adjust to unstable times and fractured relationships, the girls respond with increasingly dangerous play. When tragedy strikes, all the novel's characters grapple with questions of fate and individual responsibility, none more so than Miggy, who must make sense of a swiftly...
Author
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
This third collection of short fiction by Gaiman includes previously published pieces of short fiction -- stories, verse, and a very special Doctor Who story that was written for the fiftieth anniversary of the beloved series in 2013 -- as well "Black Dog," a new tale that revisits the world of American Gods.
9) Emma Kate
Author
Publisher
Philomel Books
Pub. Date
c2005
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Emma Kate and her best friend, a toy elephant, share many activities, such as homework and soccer practice, and even have their tonsils out at the same time!
Author
Series
Super Saurus volume 1
Publisher
Disney* HYPERION
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Arnold, who is nervous about his first day of kindergarten, transforms himself into Super Saurus to face what turns out to be not so frightening, after all.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
A dual narrative in which a woman finds a cookbook buried in the basement of her new home and becomes captivated with the cookbook's previous owner, a 1950s housewife. Dissatisfied with her own life, she becomes absorbed in learning the story--and the secrets--of the last woman who lived in her house.
17) Hat
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury U.S.A. Children's Books
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
When Henry finds a hat he is very excited by its possibilities, but becomes worried when he thinks that the hat might belong to someone else.
18) Tap to play!
Author
Publisher
Balzer + Bray
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Blip asks the reader to help him reach the goal and win the game.
19) Outside
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
When his brother refuses to come outside, a child plays by himself in the snow and creates an imaginary world.
20) That's how!
Author
Publisher
Greenwillow Books
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
Description
A very imaginative boy answers a girl's questions about how different kinds of vehicles work.
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