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Author
Series
Pub. Date
2023.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
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"Shut up in a trunk by a taciturn old sea captain with a secret, five friends--a king, a wolf, a girl, a boy, and an owl--bicker, boast, and comfort one another in the dark. Individually, they dream of song and light, freedom and flight, purpose and glory, but they all agree they are part of a larger story, bound each to each by chance, bonded by the heart's mysteries. When at last their shared fate arrives, landing them on a mantel in a blue room...
Author
Publisher
Sourcebooks Jabberwocky
Pub. Date
[2017].
Language
English
Description
It's Easter morning, and all of Sesame Street is gathered at the park for the Great Easter Race. Who will win the day? Will it be the turtle, who moves slowly and steadily toward the finish? Or will it be the bunny, who runs faster than thunder, but seems easily distracted? Fun surprises wait around every turn, so come along with Elmo and all the Sesame Street friends!
Author
Series
Disney princess. Beginnings volume 1
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
2017.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
"Young Cinderella makes a surprising new friend as they each compete in the Midsummer Festival's puppet contest"--
11) Puppet
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"What should a puppet master do when he's old and alone and all his puppets are gone? Silvester decides to make one last puppet. But this one is different. When the old man speaks to him, Puppet speaks back. And then he starts to walk . . . While Silvester shows Puppet the town, the playground, and other wonders the world holds, Puppet in turn helps Silvester to make a new friend and share his puppet-making skills with the next generation"--Provided...
Author
Series
Norendy tales volume 2
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Formats
Description
At the Hotel Balzaar, Marta's mother rises before the sun, puts on her uniform, and instructs Marta to roam as she will but quietly, invisibly like a little mouse. While her mother cleans rooms, Marta slips down the back staircase to the grand lobby to chat with the bellman, study the painting of an angel's wing over the fireplace, and watch a cat chase a mouse around the face of the grandfather clock, all the while dreaming of the return of her soldier...
Series
Publisher
Penguin Young Readers Licenses, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
When it's Bingo's turn to take Bob Bilby the puppet home, will they put down their screens and devices to have fun times? This book retells the Bluey episode, Bob Bilby. Once again, Blue Heelers Bingo and Bluey use their limitless energy to explore their world in unpredictable and humorous ways.
15) Thornhill
Author
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2017.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
"Parallel plotlines set in different times, one told in text and one in art, inform each other as a young girl unravels the mystery of a ghost next door"--
1982: Mary is a lonely orphan at the Thornhill Institute For Children at the very moment that it's shutting its doors. When her few friends are all adopted or re-homed and she's left to face a volatile bully alone, her revenge will have a lasting effect on the bully, on Mary, and on Thornhill...
Author
Series
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
A blue monster in a green suit gets on a bus one rainy day, only to be joined by a series of other creatures, each one noisier and more annoying than the next, in a story based on the popular children's song, "The Wheels on the Bus."
Author
Series
LEGO Ninjago Spinjitzu Brothers volume 2
Publisher
Random House Children's Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Wu and Garmadon both want to become Spinjitzu Masters--but a strange puppet master may pull the strings that will pull them apart before their training can truly begin. Do they have what it takes to help each other and work as a team to become true legends of Spinjitzu? Find out in this all-new illustrated chapter book series featuring the LEGO NINJAGO's Spinjitzu Brothers!"--
Author
Series
Origami Yoda books volume 5
Publisher
Amulet Books
Pub. Date
[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
One month before the state standards test are to take place, the Origami Rebel Alliance has found powerful allies in unexpected places in their fight against the FunTime test preparation program, but Principal Rabbski has not yet declared her allegiance.
19) Monster hands
Author
Publisher
Nancy Paulsen Books
Pub. Date
c2024.
Language
English
Description
"One night, just before bedtime... Milo read a book about a monster under the bed. Milo should not have read that book. Monsters under the bed are scary, but luckily, Milo's best friend, Mel, knows just what to do -- scare the monster more than the monster scares you!"--P. [2] of jacket.
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