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3) Smug seagull
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A smug seagull that loves swiping beach-goers' snacks gets a taste of his own medicine from a patient crab.
Author
Publisher
Kim Đò̂ng
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
Vietnamese
Description
Two rascally weavers convince the emperor they are making him beautiful clothes, visible only to those fit for their posts, but during a royal procession in which he first wears them, a child whispers that the emperor has nothing on.
Author
Publisher
Worthy
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Leave your crown at the door. Fantasia Barrino Taylor-American Idol, Grammy-winning vocalist, and chart-topping singer-and her husband businessman Kendall Taylor were both successful and living in their purpose when they met and married three weeks later. Their marriage has had its ups and downs, but the one thing that has sustained them through all of it is the practice of taking off their crowns-the accolades, their egos, the things the world tells...
Author
Publisher
Editorial Juventud
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
Español
Description
"Tiger es fuerte y valiente y no teme a los cazadores que vienen al bosque. Cuando lo capturan, se da cuenta de que lo más importante del mundo es la libertad."-- provided by publisher.
"Tiger is strong and brave and doesn't fear the hunters that come to the forest. When they capture him, he realizes the most important thing in the world is freedom."-- provided by publisher.
Author
Publisher
Minedition
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
The lush, golden royal beard is a wondrous thing--especially to the king himself. He spends his days admiring and grooming it, and passes laws making it a crime punishable by death for anyone else's face to sport even a single hair. As the people of the kingdom nervously shave daily, the royal beard grows and grows until it appears at the palace's back gate. What happens next will have readers laughing along--and cheering for the astronomers who,...
Author
Language
English
Description
Allergic to group activities of any kind, all her life Serenata has run, swum, and cycled on her lonesome. But now that she's hit 60, all that physical activity has destroyed her knees. As she contemplates surgery with dread, her previously sedentary husband Remington, recently and ignominiously redundant, chooses this precise moment to discover exercise. Which should be good for his health, right? Yet as he joins the cult of fitness that seems increasingly...
12) Otto P. Nudd
Author
Publisher
Crown Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
While his corvid buddies spend their days cracking jokes at the dump, raven Otto P. Nudd invents things with his human neighbor Old Man Bartleby, but when one of Bartleby's contraptions puts him in danger, Otto must join forces with kids and critters to save the Old Man.
Author
Publisher
Abrams Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2017.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A young emperor, whose advisors have taken advantage of him, enlists the help of honest tailors to reveal their misdeeds in this retelling of the classic fairy tale. Includes historical notes and instructions for making a robe.
14) Athena the proud
Author
Series
Goddess girls. Main series volume 13
Publisher
Aladdin
Pub. Date
2014.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
Athena's arrogance throws a wrench into her plans to improve King Minos's labyrinth.
Publisher
DC Comics
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Super-heroics are dangerous, but joining the football team is an even bigger problem! Billy Batson’s never been a team player, and becoming the superhero Shazam didn’t seem to change that much. But his new strength and stamina will make football a breeze. After skipping school one too many times, Billy is offered a choice: football or detention. The Fawcett Tigers need a new champion—their last quarterback ended up in the hospital, and the...
Author
Publisher
Orchard Books, an imprint of Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Prince Sacha the bear wants a special costume for the annual Parade of Princely Prancing, and Panini the sly rabbit comes up with a truly unique design in this adaptation of The emperor's new clothes.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Edward Tulane, a cold-hearted and proud toy rabbit, loves only himself until he is separated from the little girl who adores him and travels across the country, acquiring new owners and listening to their hopes, dreams, and histories.
19) Pride
Author
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Formats
Description
Pride and Prejudice gets remixed in this smart, funny, gorgeous retelling of the classic, starring all characters of color, from Ibi Zoboi, National Book Award finalist and author of American Street. Zuri Benitez has pride. Brooklyn pride, family pride, and pride in her Afro-Latino roots. But pride might not be enough to save her rapidly gentrifying neighborhood from becoming unrecognizable. When the wealthy Darcy family moves in across the street,...
20) The wager
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt
Pub. Date
c2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
Having lost everything in a tidal wave in 1169 Sicily, nineteen-year-old Don Giovanni makes a simple-sounding wager with a stranger he recognizes as the devil but, while desperate enough to surrender his pride and good looks for three years, he is not willing to give up his soul.
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