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Author
Series
Boxcar children volume 25
Publisher
A. Whitman
Pub. Date
1992
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
The Aldens search for carousel horses that have disappeared from an amusement park.
3) Our park
Author
Publisher
Pebble, a capstone imprint
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Parks are important places in our community. It takes many community helpers to keep a park clean and beautiful. Readers will learn about who works at a park, what the workers do, and what makes a city park special. Simple, at-level text and vibrant photos help readers learn all about community parks"--
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.
Author
Series
Critter club volume 17
Publisher
Little Simon
Pub. Date
2017.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Learning that a nearby park is about to be turned into a shopping center, Amy races against time to save the recreation center and the animal friends who live there.
6) At the park
Author
Series
Publisher
DK Publishing
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Introduces young readers to parks, describing all the things to see there and the places to play.
Author
Publisher
Viking, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
2022.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Frederick Law Olmsted longed to make the United States a better, more peaceful place for all, but he didn't know how. In a new country plagued by bitter political divisions, inequality, and greed, how could one person make a difference? Then Fred found his answer: he could build public parks. After winning a contest to design central park in the heart of New York City, Fred went on to create visionary designs all across America, including Prospect...
Author
Series
Questioneers volume 4
Pub. Date
2019.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
When her abuelo is injured at the local landfill, second-grader Sofia is determined to transform the dangerous Mount Trashmore into a park, taking on City Hall in the process.
Author
Publisher
Owlkids Books
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"A Park Connects Us is a picture book celebration of the urban park -- that rare space in the city that is truly shared by all. From the opening spread in which the park "spreads out its arms and welcomes us in, whoever we are ..." readers are invited to explore and enjoy all that this green space in the middle of the city has to offer. Spread by spread, we explore this beautifully imagined park, along with its many visitors -- a number of whom we...
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
[2008]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
When they get lost on their way to Zoo Gardens Theme Park, the Morris family instead finds Horrorland, an amusement park with no crowds, no lines, and heart-stopping rides that go beyond creepy.
12) A new adventure!
Author
Series
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
When June Bailey discovers the amusement park she always imagined has come to life, she must work together with the animals who run her park in order to save it from forces that threaten to destroy it.
Author
Series
Publisher
Abdo Kids Junior, is an imprint of Abdo Kids
Pub. Date
2019.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
This title will teach kids what patterns they can find at the park. Text and images complement each other so that readers can easily learn what patterns are and how to recognize them the next time they are playing at the park.
15) Bark park
Author
Publisher
Peachtree
Pub. Date
c2008
Language
English
Description
Illustrations and rhyming text reveal dogs of every shape, size, and d personality as they romp and frolic in a park.
Author
Publisher
Kokila
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Excitedly joining her family for an outdoor camping trip in a Midwestern state park, Fatima Khazi helps set up a tent, build a fire, and fend off a daddy longlegs before settling down to sleep surrounded by the near-magical sounds of the forest.
Author
Series
Life of a cactus volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
New friends and a mystery help Aven, thirteen, adjust to middle school and life at a dying western theme park in a new state, where her being born armless presents many challenges.
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