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Series
Pub. Date
2013.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
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Children's Awards: Newbery Honor for Distinguished Literature
Children's New Books: September 2021 e-Books
Children's Read Alikes: My Weird School
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Description
Seven-year-old Billy Miller starts second grade with a bump on his head and a lot of worries, but by the end of the year he has developed good relationships with his teacher, his little sister, and his parents and learned many important lessons.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
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Description
"On his eighth birthday, Billy Miller wishes for something exciting to happen. None of his wishes are answered the way he expects, but he does have lots of surprises--and the final one is possibly the best one ever"--
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
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Twelve-year-old Mitch and his mother are spending the summer with his grandparents at Bird Lake after his parents separate, and ten-year-old Spencer and his family have returned to the lake where Spencer's little brother drowned long ago, and as the boys become friends and spend time together, each of them begins to heal.
4) Oh, Sal
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2022
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
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Description
Four-year-old Sal cannot find a gift she recieved from Santa, her new baby sister still does not have a name and takes up all of Mama's attention, and her brother Billy is annoying, but Sal finds her own strenghts over an eventful Christmas season with her family.
Author
Series
Penny (Kevin Henkes) volume 2
Publisher
Greenwillow Books
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Penny instantly loves the doll her grandmother sends her, but finding the perfect name for her is a challenge.
8) Owen
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Children's Awards: Caldecott Honor for Quality Illustrations
Children's Special Topics: Conflict Resolution Books for Preschoolers
Children's Special Topics: Conflict Resolution Books for Preschoolers
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Description
Owen's parents try to get him to give up his favorite blanket before he starts school, but when their efforts fail, they come up with a solution that makes everyone happy.
9) Shhhhh
Author
Publisher
Greenwillow Books
Pub. Date
c1989
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 0.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A little girl quietly explores her sleeping house before she wakes everyone up.
10) Olive's ocean
Author
Publisher
Greenwillow Books
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
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Description
On a summer visit to her grandmother's cottage by the ocean, twelve-year-old Martha gains perspective on the death of a classmate, on her relationship with her grandmother, on her feelings for an older boy, and on her plans to be a writer.
11) Oh!
Author
Publisher
Greenwillow Books
Pub. Date
1999
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 0.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
The morning after a snowfall finds animals and children playing.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Children's Awards: California Young Reader Medal (Primary)
Children's Special Topics: Conflict Resolution Books for Preschoolers
Children's Special Topics: New Baby
Children's Special Topics: Conflict Resolution Books for Preschoolers
Children's Special Topics: New Baby
Description
"Lilly is convinced that the arrival of her new baby brother is the worst thing that has happened in their house, until Cousin Garland comes to visit"--Title page verso.
Author
Publisher
Greenwillow Books
Pub. Date
c1986
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Sophie does not enjoy energetic, assertive Wendell's weekend visit until the very end, when she learns to assert herself and finds out Wendell can be fun to play with after all.
15) Chrysanthemum
Author
Publisher
Greenwillow Books
Pub. Date
©1991
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Description
Chrysanthemum loves her name, until she starts going to school and the other children make fun of it.
16) Old Bear
Author
Publisher
Greenwillow Books
Pub. Date
©2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
When Old Bear falls asleep for the winter, he has a dream that he is a cub again, enjoying each of the four seasons.
17) My garden
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
After helping her mother weed, water, and chase the rabbits from their garden, a young girl imagines her dream garden complete with jellybean bushes, chocolate rabbits, and tomatoes the size of beach balls.
18) Jessica
Author
Publisher
Greenwillow Books
Pub. Date
c1989
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Ruthie does everything with her imaginary friend Jessica; and then on her first day at kindergarten, she meets a real new friend with the same name.
19) Wemberly worried
Author
Publisher
Greenwillow Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
2000
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A mouse named Wemberly, who worries about everything, finds that she has a whole list of things to worry about when she faces the first day of nursery school.
20) Birds
Author
Publisher
Greenwillow Books
Pub. Date
c2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Description
Fascinated by the colors, shapes, sounds, and movements of the many different birds she sees through her window, a little girl is happy to discover that she and they have something in common.
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