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81) Cave Dada
Author
Publisher
Chronicle Books LLC
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
A cave father, tired after a long day of hunting and gathering, copes with his young child who wants to be read to before going to sleep.
84) The Snatchabook
Author
Publisher
Sourcebooks Jabberwocky
Pub. Date
2013.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
The woodland animals of Burrow Down are ready for a bedtime story, but where are the books?
86) Just a story
Author
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"A young reader comes upon an alluring book and he starts to read, becoming blissfully unaware of increasingly odd and outlandish occurrences looming all around him"--
Author
Series
Bella and Ben volume 4
Publisher
Godwin Books, Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2019.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
After Ben's cat disappears in the gutter of the book, along with every rescuer, Ben decides it's up to him to save everyone.
89) The book tree
Author
Publisher
Barefoot Books, Inc
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Arlo sees his town change for the worse after the Mayor bans and destroys all books, but by sharing stories Arlo helps set things right again.
90) The lost book
Author
Publisher
Margaret K. McElderry Books
Pub. Date
2019.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"All rabbits love books, except for Henry - he prefers games and adventures. But then he finds one very special book, and when he reads it, someone very special finds him"--
Author
Series
Charlie Joe Jackson's guide to-- volume 1
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
Middle schooler Charlie Joe is proud of his success at avoiding reading, but eventually his schemes go too far.
92) Rectangle time
Author
Publisher
Philomel
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"A cat figures out how to continue interacting with his boy as he grows older and his reading habits change"--
Author
Series
Yoko books (Rosemary Wells) volume 5
Publisher
Disney-Hyperion Books
Pub. Date
2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Despite the doubts of some classmates and her native-born Japanese mother's inability to read English, Yoko finds the key to reading and catches up with the other students in putting new leaves on the classroom's book tree.
Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Formats
Description
"A fourth grader fights back when From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E. L. Konigsburg is challenged by a well-meaning parent and taken off the shelves of her school library. Amy Anne is shy and soft-spoken, but don't mess with her when it comes to her favorite book in the whole world. Amy Anne and her lieutenants wage a battle for the books that will make you laugh and pump your fists as they start a secret banned books locker...
96) That Book Woman
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
c2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A family living in the Appalachian Mountains in the 1930s gets books to read during the regular visits of the "Book Woman"--a librarian who rides a pack horse through the mountains, lending books to the isolated residents.
100) Feeling hopeful
Author
Publisher
Ethicool Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
A story about a dragon who finds a special way to help young animals plagued by fears become more hopeful.
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