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Author
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
Missing her mother who has returned to Turkey to resolve an immigration problem, sixth-grader Sila welcomes a very large distraction in her life when she helps a surprising new friend rescue a circus elephant.
Author
Publisher
Albert Whitman & Company
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
When five fruit-loving elephants spot a scrumptious hard-to-reach fruit high up in a tree, it's a race to see who can claim it first! But after one too many fumbles, the elephants begin to lose their cool, and the highly coveted fruit is whisked away by the teeny-tiniest of all jungle creatures--mice! The elephants soon realize they have a lot to learn from this cooperative little bunch.
88) 1, 2, 3, pull!
Author
Series
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Min wants to be in Ann's show, and after building a crane to remove the tree that has fallen on the stage, she gets her chance.
90) Elena rides
Author
Series
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Elena wants to ride her bike. She readies, she steadies. She wobbles, she bobbles . . . KA-BANG! Learning to ride a bike is hard. But Elena can do it. Try, try again!"--
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Description
With a touch of magic and a harvest of hope, a young orphan and her exceptional elephant set out to change the destiny of a dying town, devastated by a decade of dust storms, proving that from the smallest seeds, grow the greatest friendships.
Author
Publisher
Chronicle Books
Pub. Date
c2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
In Chiang Mai, Thailand, nine-year-old Tua releases an abused elephant from its chains--can she complete the rescue by getting it to an elephant refuge without being caught herself?
94) Poe won't go
Author
Publisher
Disney Hyperion
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"When an elephant plants himself in the road and refuses to move, the people of Persnickety try all sorts of methods to get him to go--but one thoughtful little girl works up the courage to do what no one else has done: ask him."--
Author
Series
Publisher
Andersen Press USA
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Elmer, Wilbur, and three friends find a kind of palace in the jungle. The others think that the famous lost treasure must be inside, so they race around looking for it. Only Elmer the patchwork elephant and his cousin Wilbur have noticed the real treasure.
Author
Series
Publisher
Hyperion Books for Children
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
Español
Description
Geraldo está cansado y gruñón. ¿Soñará con Cerdita? ¿O ella no lo dejará soñar?
Geraldo is tired and grumpy. Will you dream of Piggie? Or will she not let him dream?
Author
Publisher
Orchard Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
It's time for the Elephant Games! Every young elephant parades their talent in front of the king to earn their special elephant name. But Num-Num doesn't have a special skill to display. With a little help from some familiar friends, will this little elephant learn that being yourself is the most important talent of them all?
Author
Publisher
Random House Children's Books
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
Español
Description
En este libro, en el que Horton pronuncia las palabras ±Va en serio lo que dije, y lo que dije así lo siento... Un elefante es leal, ¡y es leal al cien por ciento!», vemos recompensada su integridad con una sorpresa final que encantará a los lectores de todas las edades.
100) Dumbo
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
An adaptation of the Disney classic movie in which a big-eared elephant overcomes his fears and learns to fly with help from his friend.
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