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181) Looking for Smile
Author
Publisher
[Library Ideas, LLC]
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
In this sweet and gentle picture book, Bear wakes one day to find his Smile gone and enlists his friends to help him find it. Bear and Smile are always together. They wake up together, swim by the waterfall together, and eat honey together. But one day, Bear wakes up and Smile is nowhere to be found. With the help of his woodland friends, will Bear be able to find his Smile again? This tender and special debut picture book explores sadness with a...
Author
Series
Publisher
Owlkids Books
Pub. Date
2019.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"When Poppy and Sam go to visit their friend, Miss Mole, they find she isn't having a very good day because she can't find her pink reading glasses! As Poppy and Sam retrace Ms Mole's steps, they find all manner of objects (a pink hat, an umbrella, a blue fan, and a yellow flute, for starters), but none of these belong to Ms Mole. At last, they climb a tree where Ms Mole had been picking apples (to make her delicious apple pies), when they find Madame...
Author
Publisher
Philomel Books
Pub. Date
c2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Miss Parks, a new teacher, is devastated when her cat, Autumn, disappears during a storm, but with the help of her students, she finds not only Autumn but also the man of her dreams.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
"With three older brothers to pass along hand-me-downs, Sadie doesn't have much say in choosing her clothes. Her outfits always look interesting, though (even if some kids at school might not think so). But Sadie is allowed to pick her shoes, so one day she buys the most beautiful shoes ever -- shoes that sparkle in the sun, shoes she wears everywhere. That is, until Sadie and her brothers hop down a creek on an adventure, and one shoe falls off and...
Author
Series
Coyote Sunrise volume 2
Publisher
Henry Holt Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2024.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
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Description
Almost a year after settling down in Oregon, Coyote embarks on a cross-country road trip with her dad to scatter her mom's ashes, but the journey takes an unexpected turn when she realizes the secret to the chosen resting place lies in a lost book.
187) The lost mitten
Author
Series
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
[2023]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
When Rabbit and Mouse finally find the owner of a lost red mitten, Rabbit has a hard time letting it go since red is his favorite color.
190) Mighty Micah
Author
Publisher
Apples & Honey Press, an Imprint of Behrman House Publishers
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
A young boy drops the gragger he got at a Purim party, and various animals investigate the noisemaker, but eventually it ends up back at the boy's home, where he finds it in the morning. Includes information on the Purim holiday.
191) Lost stick
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"A delightful twist on a lost pet story that takes an adorable pup around the world to track down what he thinks is his best friend's prized possession--from the critically acclaimed creator of That's Not My Name!, Bilal Cooks Daal, and I Am Perfectly Designed. Milo loves to make his owner Louise happy because she’s his favorite person in the world. While they’re strolling through the park one day, Louise picks a twig up off the ground and says...
Author
Series
Publisher
Cherry Blossom Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Jam does not want to share with Jip. What will Jip and Jam do? Find out in this A-level decodable chapter book for early readers. This book uses a combination of short-vowel words and sight words in repetition to build recognition. Original illustrations help guide readers through the story. Author Cecilia Minden, PhD, a literacy consultant and former director of the Language and Literacy program at Harvard Graduate School of Education developed...
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