Liz Garton Scanlon
Author
Publisher
Beach Lane Books
Pub. Date
[2009]
Lexile measure
AD 380L
Language
English
Description
Following a circle of family and friends through the course of a day from morning until night, this book affirms the importance of all things great and small in the world, from the tiniest shell on the beach, to warm family connections, to the widest sunset sky.
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
AD 620L
Language
English
Description
Illustrations and simple rhyming text present a child who is hiking with a group into the Grand Canyon, enjoying the wonders of nature--whether a lizard, a picture on the stone, or a glimpse of the moon from the bottom.
3) Think big
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
A classroom of exuberant youngsters explores art in its most varied forms, from painting, music, and writing to cooking and performing.
4) Lolo's light
Author
Publisher
Chronicle Books
Pub. Date
2022.
Lexile measure
820L
Language
English
Description
"Once in your life, sometime after your first memory but before you can drive a car, something is going to happen to you that doesn't happen to anyone else you know. It might be something good. It might be something bad, or special, or funny, or shocking. For Millie, it's something really sad. Lolo, her neighbors' infant daughter, dies -- unexpectedly, suddenly, inexplicably -- on the night Millie babysits. There's nothing she could have done. There's...
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 7
Lexile measure
870L
Language
English
Description
In Loomer, Texas, twelve-year-old Ivy Green, whose mother may have run off with a charismatic preacher to Panhandle, Florida, and classmate Paul Dobbs, who wants to see a Space Shuttle before the program is scrapped, team up for a summer adventure that is full of surprises.
10) One dark bird
Author
Publisher
Beach Lane Books
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
A single starling is joined by hundreds more, and together they dance across the sky, finally settling into the trees.
13) Noodle & Lou
Author
Publisher
Beach Lane Books
Pub. Date
2011.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Noodle, a worm, is sad and feeling bad about himself, but his friend Lou, a bird, convinces him that he is likeable just as he is.
15) Dear Substitute
Author
Publisher
Disney-Hyperion
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
AD 530L
Language
English
Description
In a series of letters a student laments the absence of her teacher and daily routine, but she soon realizes there are benefits to mixing things up, and that perhaps having a substitue teacher is not so bad afterall.
Author
Publisher
Arthur A. Levine Books, An Imprint of Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2014.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
AD 590L
Language
English
Description
Posy Peyton and her friends are very sad that she will be moving away, but when they try to cheer themselves up by baking a pie, they realize that Posy's leaving does not have to mean saying goodbye.
17) Bob, not Bob!
Author
Publisher
Disney-Hyperion
Pub. Date
2017.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.2 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
AD 500L
Language
English
Description
"When a young boy gets a cold, he just wants his mommy. But his stuffy nose makes it difficult for him to call out to his mom--not 'Bob,' who happens to be the family dog"--
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
Spring rains change Water from a tumbling creek to a roaring river and bring Tree nutrients it needs to stretch toward the sky. As Sun's rays intensify, the sprouts and fruits and insects of the forest grow and bloom and develop, all working together in harmony. Even Fire, whose work causes Tree to ache from the inside, brings opportunity for the next generation of flora and fauna. Paired with the vivid, organic imagery of Dominique Ramsey, Liz Garton...