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2) Teacup
Author
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"A boy travels across the sea in a rowboat in search of a new home, making a journey that is long and difficult--but also filled with beauty and hope"--
5) 189 canaries
Author
Publisher
Eerdmans Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
In the nineteenth century, a caged canary that sings in the silver mines travels with a canary dealer from the Harz Mountains of Germany to a new home in Poughkeepsie, New York. Includes notes on the history of canaries.
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
The crocodile from Open Very Carefully is back, and he's not happy. All he wants to do is find his way home, but he can't get there by himself -- he needs your help! In this unique interactive book, children are encouraged to take part in the story and use their imaginations to guide him door-to-door on his journey. Will he ever find his way home?
8) Amigos
Author
Publisher
Philomel Books
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
Español
Description
Cuando su amiga se muda lejos, un niño toma un largo viaje para buscarla.
When his friend moves away, a boy sets out on a journey to find her.
9) Gift & Box
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Follow the adventures of Gift and Box as they travel from Grandma's house to Sofia's front door! Gift and Box are a package, dropped off with love from Grandma at the local post office. But being a package together on a long postal voyage is not always easy. There are ships to board, oceans to cross and bumpy truck rides! Can Gift and Box arrive in one piece? Come along for the ride on this delightful journey of friendship that showcases the wonder...
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Books for Children, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
2013.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Nine year-old Sophie Scott embarks on a month-long mission to Antarctica with her father aboard an icebreaker and documents her adventure in the iceberg-strewn seas in a diary she fills with notes about the area's natural wonders.
Author
Series
Geronimo Stilton. Original series volume 16
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
c2005
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Geronimo travels to Ratzikistan to help his grandfather write a travel guide about this remote area.
Author
Series
Kane chronicles volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 17
Language
English
Description
Ever since the gods of ancient Egypt were unleashed in the modern world, Carter Kane and his sister Sadie have been in trouble. As descendants of the House of Life, the Kanes have some powers at their command, but the devious gods haven't given them much time to master their skills at Brooklyn House. Now their most threatening enemy yet, the chaos snake Apophis, is rising. If they don't prevent him from breaking free in a few days' time, the world...
16) The book of Boy
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
In 1350, a boy with a large hump on his back becomes the servant of a shadowy pilgrim on his way to Rome, who pulls the boy into a dangerous expedition across Europe to gather the seven precious relics of Saint Peter.--Provided by Publisher.
Author
Series
Original Peter Rabbit books volume 19
Publisher
Frederick Warne
Pub. Date
2002
Language
English
Description
Little pig Robinson goes to market for his aunts and, after a series of unexpected and amazing adventures, including an unexpected sea voyage, settles to a pleasant life on an island in the South Seas.
18) Family trip
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Peppa and her family are going on a trip to Italy. There is so much to see and do that Peppa keeps leaving poor Teddy behind! Will he make it home in the end?
Author
Series
Flat Stanley's worldwide adventures volume 6
Publisher
Harper
Pub. Date
2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Flat Stanley, his father, and his brother travel to Africa in search of a recently discovered flat skull, hoping it will provide clues to Stanley's condition.
20) La Superviviente
Author
Series
Endling volume 1
Publisher
Grantravesía
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
Español
Description
"No queríamos creer que teníamos los días contados. Pero lo que sabíamos es que hacía tiempo éramos muchos y ahora somos muy pocos. Mis padres temían que yo fuera la primera en morir si nos encontrábamos en problemas y, como ellos sabían, las dificultades nos amenazaban continuamente. Yo era pequeña. Y a veces los decepcionaba. Aunque sabía que también podía ser valiente. No me asustaba ser la primera en morir. Pero no quería ser la...
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