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21) Alice the fairy
Author
Publisher
Blue Sky Press
Pub. Date
c2004
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Alice, who claims to be a Temporary Fairy, still has a lot to learn, such as how to make her clothes put themselves away in the closet. Caldecott Honor artist and bestselling author David Shannon's warm and funny new picture book introduces Alice, a mischievous little girl with a magic wand and a "No, David!" nose for trouble. Alice the Fairy uses her magic wand to change frogs into princes and dads into horses. She can also make leaves fall from...
22) Mix it up!
Author
Publisher
Handprint Books, an imprint of Chronicle Books LLC
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Using no special effects other than the reader's imagination, simple directions lead the reader to experiment with mixing and changing colors on the printed page.
23) The button book
Author
Publisher
Tundra Books
Language
English
Description
"Follow a group of animal friends as they discover a collection of mysterious buttons, all of which do different things! From a blue singing button to a purple tickle button, from a rude sound button to a mysterious white button, there's only one way to find out what they do: press them all! And thankfully, there's even a sleeping button to lull the animals to sleep after a busy day. A lively introduction to colors and shapes, The Button Book is the...
24) Sloth slept on
Author
Publisher
Sterling Children's Books
Pub. Date
2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
When three children find a mysterious creature sleeping in a tree in their backyard, they search through books and use their imagination to find out what it is.
25) Spells
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
A small frog wants to kiss a princess, a desire that leads to a series of hilarious misadventures.
26) A cape!
Author
Publisher
Sleeping Bear Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
When a boy finds a cape he knows it must mean he has a superpower, but dad is far too distracted to play, until the boy discovers he does have a superpower--a super powerful imagination that is far too mighty for dad to resist.
27) I see a song
Author
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
[1995], c1973
Language
English
Description
Brightly colored forms represent music played by the violin.
30) Maya
Author
Publisher
Owlkids Books Inc
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"The electricity in Maya's house has gone out again. Worse, she is afraid of the dark -- and her fear has been even worse since her father died. Now it feels as if the darkness will never go away. Mayas mother distracts her with a legend about the banyan tree, which saved the world from the first monsoon by drinking up the floodwaters, and growing tall and strong. Later that night, unsettled by the noises around her, Maya revisits the story in her...
31) Tap to play!
Author
Publisher
Balzer + Bray
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Blip asks the reader to help him reach the goal and win the game.
32) Share
Author
Publisher
Owlkids Books Inc
Pub. Date
[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"When Bunny's little cousin visits, her mother tells her over and over that she must share. But her cousin wants to do everything Bunny does. He wants to play with Bunny's bear, but he pokes and pulls little Ted. He wants to play dress-up, but he spills Bunny's beads all over the floor. Bunny tries to watch TV, but he blocks her view of the screen, and when Bunny tries to paint, he scribbles all over her artwork! But by the end, an exasperated Bunny...
35) One time
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
Imaginative, eleven-year-old Gina, her mysterious new neighbor, Antonio, and their classmates are inspired by an unusual young teacher to see who they are and envision who they are meant to become.
36) Grains of sand
Author
Publisher
Owlkids Books
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
A young girl, depressed that her beach vacation is over, takes the sand from her shoes and plants it, imagining that is will sprout such scenes as a field of beach umbrellas and a crop of lemon ice cream.
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