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263) My elephant
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
What to do when Grandpa and Grandma are too busy to play? Ask the elephant, of course! he's loads of fun, even if he squashes the flower bed and breaks a few things around the house. Grandpa and Grandma will understand-- really. In an intergenerational story that is both funny and sweet, Petr Horáček illuminates the power of one boy's boundless imagination -- and how truly infectious it can be!
Author
Publisher
Page Street Kids
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Lively illustrations portray the many different instances at which a little elephant...might hear no and the big emotions that often precede and follow the word. Along the way, young readers will learn that no matter what no an elephant faces, instead of answering with flaring ears and a steaming trunk, they may use another word: why?"--
265) Oliver's tree
Author
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA)
Pub. Date
[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Oliver the elephant loves playing hide-and-seek but cannot tag his friends, Lulu and Charlie, when they hide in trees--their favorite spots--so they work together to find a tree where all three can play together.
266) Zoo
Publisher
Samuel Goldwyn Films
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Based on a true story, twelve-year-old Tom and his misfit friends fight to save Buster the baby elephant during the air raids on Belfast in 1941.
269) Meet me at the moon
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
During a dry time, Mama leaves Little One alone while she climbs the highest mountain to ask the skies for rain, but she promises that her love will remain all around.
Author
Series
Publisher
Éditions Scholastic
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
Français
Description
Gérald doit prendre une grande décision. Y parviendra-t-il à temps? Utilisant un vocabulaire idéal pour les lecteurs débutants, Mo Willems propose une histoire loufoque à propos des défis rencontrés lorsqu'on tente de prendre une bonne décision.
Author
Series
Saving H'non volume 1
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"From the creators behind the Eisner-nominated Saving Sorya: Chang and the Sun Bear comes another gorgeously-illustrated middle grade graphic novel adventure based on a true story, in which a young conservationist overcomes the odds to save and return an elephant to its natural habitat. From the creators behind the Eisner-nominated Saving Sorya: Chang and the Sun Bear comes another gorgeously-illustrated middle grade graphic novel adventure based...
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