Aaron Reynolds
1) Carnivores
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A lion, a great white shark, and a timber wolf, all meat-eaters who have been hurt by the cruelty of plant-eaters, form a support group which has limited success until their newest member, a great horned owl, shares some advice.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 5
Lexile measure
560L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Cursed by an old carnival game, sixth-grader Rex Dexter uses his new ability to communicate with dead animals to investigate the mysterious deaths of endangered zoo animals.
Author
Pub. Date
2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.3 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
AD 490L
Language
English
Formats
Description
The carrots that grow in Crackenhopper Field are the fattest and crispiest around and Jasper Rabbit cannot resist pulling some to eat each time he passes by, until he begins hearing and seeing creepy carrots wherever he goes.
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury Children's Books
Pub. Date
2005.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Soon after the chickens tire of their feed and decide to make tortilla chips and salsa, all the other animals on Nuthatcher Farm start to crave southwestern cuisine.
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury Children's Books
Pub. Date
2007.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
While searching for the perfect Super Bowl snack, Rooster comes across a recipe for Buffalo wings and, before reading it completely, goes in search of what he believes is the missing ingredient.
7) Dude!
Author
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Language
English
Description
"Dude! You have to read this book. It's totally about this platypus and this beaver who are friends. They want to go surfing but dude, there's this shark who's in the ocean, too. But don't worry. This shark approaches and you'll never guess what happens." --Amazon.
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury U.S.A. Children's Books
Pub. Date
2009.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
AD 720L
Language
English
Formats
Description
When Leonard starts attending Superhero School he is disappointed to find that all they learn is math, but when the ice zombies strike, Leonard and his classmates put their newly-acquired knowledge to good use.
10) Back of the bus
Author
Publisher
Philomel Books
Pub. Date
[2009]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
AD 590L
Language
English
Formats
Description
From the back of the bus, an African American child watches the arrest of Rosa Parks.
11) President Squid
Author
Publisher
Chronicle Books
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.3 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
480L
Language
English
Description
A giant squid decides that he has the right stuff to be President Squid.
12) Creepy crayon!
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2022]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
AD 500L
Language
English
Description
"When Jasper Rabbit finds a purple crayon willing to do his schoolwork for him, he is elated--at first"--
13) Nerdy Birdy
Author
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
480L
Language
English
Formats
Description
"A picture book about a nerdy birdy who just wants to hang out with the cool birds"--
Author
Series
Publisher
Stone Arch Books
Pub. Date
[2007]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
GN 560L
Language
English
Description
Tiger Moth and his sidekick, Kung Pow, visit a dung beetle ranch owned by Tiger's Uncle Aphid, but when they arrive, the beetles are missing. It looks like the work of Stinky McCree. Tiger is convinced, however, that somewhere out among the desert cacti, a darker evil lurks.
15) Kung Pow chicken
Author
Series
Publisher
Stone Arch Books
Pub. Date
[2008]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
GN 540L
Language
English
Description
Weevil's evil goons have captured Tiger Moth! The fate of this fourth-grade ninja rests in the hands of Kung Pow and his kid sister, Amber. Have Tiger's lessons prepared his young apprentice for this life or death bug battle? Or will Kung Pow fail the ultimate ninja test?
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
AD 710L
Language
English
Description
"Miranda is an animal expert. Or at least, she watches a lot of Nature Joe. Nature Joe is incredible. He rescues animals, returning them to their natural habitat. Mrs. Birdley is a teacher. The natural habitat of a teacher is a classroom. So when Mrs. Birdley escapes school and ends up wild, loose, and confused at the local grocery store, Miranda knows just what to do: she must use her brain, her guts, and her extensive knowledge of Nature Joe to...
Author
Series
Joey Fly private eye volume 2
Publisher
Henry Holt
Pub. Date
2010.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
GN 440L
Language
English
Description
When Greta Divawing, butterfly star of the Scarab Beetle Theatre, goes missing a week before the opening performance of "Bugliacci," Joey Fly is called in to investigate her puzzling disappearance.
Author
Series
Caveboy Dave volume 1
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
GN 170L
Language
English
Description
"A young caveman named Dave must complete a dangerous rite of passage with his peers"--
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt
Pub. Date
2009.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
GN 450L
Language
English
Description
Have you ever had one of those moments? You know--you're trying to find a stolen diamond pencil box for your beautiful butterfly customer, your mosquito witness won't give you any information, and your clumsy scorpion assistant has just tampered with your only bit of evidence?Joey Fly has those moments a lot.
20) Snowbots
Author
Publisher
Knopf
Pub. Date
[2010]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Rhyming tale of a fun day young robots spend playing in new-fallen snow.