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Author
Series
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"In this exciting launch of the Maisy's Planet series, everyone's favorite mouse learns all about the bees in her garden--and why they're so important to our natural world. Did you know that bees use their tongues to eat sweet nectar from flowers, then carry dusty pollen on their bodies to spread it from flower to flower? Or that they need lots of flowers, water, and a dry place to live? Through Lucy Cousins's familiar bold, inviting artwork and cheery...
42) Am I even a bee?
Author
Publisher
Baobab Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Am I Even a Bee? is the story of Osmia, a solitary bee, decidedly green and unquestionably un-fuzzy. Osmia has always believed she is a bee, (her mom told her so), but recent run-ins with people, and even other insects, leave her wondering, "Am I even a bee?!" Confused, Osmia faces an identity crisis, and she turns to her meadow for comfort. It is here that she meets her new friend and guide Xyla, a carpenter bee who, like Osmia, does not fit the...
43) Bestie day
Author
Series
Trillium sisters volume 2
Publisher
Pixel+Ink
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Wondering if their powers will return, Clare, Emmy, and Giselle throw themselves into preparations for Bestie Day, when everyone in Trillsville celebrates the special people in their lives. The girls are planning to make presents for one another from fallen flower petals. That way, they can enjoy the beauty around them without causing harm. But at the flower field, instead of finding beautiful blooms, the Trills find a big problem. Two girls from...
Author
Series
Max Meow volume 5
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Something strange is going on with Kittyopolis's bees and Max and Mindy need to figure it out to save the bees and Mindy's mom's campaign for Mayor"--
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Flor faces problems at home while spending a summer working at her parents' store, partnering with former friend Candice for a pageant, and volunteering with a reclusive beekeeper. It's the summer before eighth grade and Flor is stuck at home and working at her family's mattress store, while her best friend goes off to band camp (probably to make new friends). It becomes even worse when she's asked to compete in the local honey pageant....
Author
Series
Secrets of the sky volume 1
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
"Ten-year-old Kinjal knows something strange is going on. But he does not expect his dog, Thums-up, to disappear before his eyes in the middle of the night! Even stranger, two enormous flying horses appear and insist on taking Kinjal and his twin sister, Kiya, to a place they have never heard of: the Sky Kingdom. The twins have no choice but to go if they want to see their dog again, even if that isn't why the winged pakkhiraj horses showed up in...
Author
Series
Baloney and friends volume 1
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2022.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Get ready...Baloney and friends really know how to dream big! In their third book Baloney and friends are reaching for the stars - and leaping over funny obstacles along the way! Whether they are creating a masterpiece, destroying a birthday cake, or hotly debating their Internet fame, these four friends will get newly independent readers giggling with three tales and mini-comics!"-- cover page 4.
Author
Series
Sir Ladybug volume 2
Publisher
Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2022]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Sir Ladybug--the duke of the dandelion patch, champion of truth and justice--is on a new quest! He and his herald, Pell, and his trusty squire, Sterling, will have to be extra-clever to outwit the mean Queen Bee."-- provided by publisher.
50) The big bully
Author
Series
Pea Bee and Jay volume 6
Publisher
Harper Alley, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"After Jay is bullied by Pumpkin, three besties Pea, Bee and Jay band together to prove that being big doesn't mean you get to push others around and, discovering Pumpkin has some extra-large issues of her own, must get to the root of the problem"--
51) Farm feud
Author
Series
Pea Bee and Jay volume 4
Publisher
Harper Alley, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2022]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"After a heated argument sends Pea and Bee on the hunt for new friends, Jay is stuck all alone. While Pea tries to form a new crew with Blueberry and Lenny the bee, Bee teams up with a high-strung Acorn and Peas batty old Gramps. (What the heck, Gramps?!) And Jay? Well, Jay takes matters into his own wings. Can this trio figure out how to make up, or will this be the last of Pea, Bee, & Jay?
Author
Series
Pea Bee and Jay volume 5
Publisher
Harper Alley, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2022]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"When Pea, Bee, & Jay hear stories of Gramp's youth, they find each yarn to be wilder than the last. He once had a pet dog, was a professional wrestling champ, and even led a jailbreak out of a can of peas...But when Gramps goes missing, it's up to the trio to bring him home."--
Author
Series
Misadventures of Salem Hyde volume 1
Publisher
Amulet Books
Pub. Date
2013.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Frequently admonished for her impulsive behavior, Salem Hyde, a young witch, ignores long lectures by her dignified animal companion and enters a spelling competition at school only to discover that the "spelling" involves words instead of magic.
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Duck, Duck, Moose! Where is Goose? Help four friends search for Goose in this laugh-out-loud rhyming picture book from Geisel honor winner Mary Sullivan, perfect for reading aloud and for fans of I Yam A Donkey and The Bad Seed.
Goose is gone and a young girl pleads with her friends, two ducks and moose, for help in finding their missing pal. The foursome ride through the farm on the tractor while other animals, like the horse and sheep, point them...
55) Pass it on!
Author
Publisher
Blue Apple Books
Pub. Date
c2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Bee's friend Cow is stuck in a fence and asks for his help, so Bee tells Frog about Cow's predicament and asks him to "Pass it on!", causing a series of misunderstandings that, at last, brings the help Cow needs.
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