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2) Star time
Author
Series
Zigzag kids volume 4
Pub. Date
2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Gina wants more than anything to be the star of the show that her class will perform, but everything seems to go wrong until she makes a generous choice.
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2001
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
After chasing the special rice cake, Nian Gao, that their mother has made to celebrate the Chinese New Year, three poor brothers share it with an elderly woman and have their generosity richly rewarded.
5) Those shoes
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Jeremy, who longs to have the black high tops that everyone at school seems to have but his grandmother cannot afford, is excited when he sees them for sale in a thrift shop and decides to buy them even though they are the wrong size.
Author
Publisher
Lee & Low Books
Pub. Date
c1999
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
The theft of all the lemons from her lemon tree leads Rosalinda to an encounter with la Anciana, the Old One, who walks the Mexican countryside helping things grow, and to an understanding of generosity and forgiveness.
7) The present
Author
Publisher
Chronicle Books
Pub. Date
2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A young boy imagines all the things that can be inside a present he found in his parent's closet, and after a visitor arrives, he realizes sharing is the best gift of all.
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
1988
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
On Christmas Eve, Thomas buys a magical candle that changes the way he views his fellow human beings and helps him feel charity for those less fortunate than he.
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2007
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
When Mrs. Bear and little Sam deliver the cakes they have made for their friends in the neighborhood, Sam carries the cakes all by himself, through the snow and up to the front doors.
11) ha-Ets ha nadiv
Author
Publisher
Modan
Pub. Date
2008
Language
עברית
Description
A young boy grows to manhood and old age experiencing the love and generosity of a tree which gives to him without thought of return.
Author
Series
Princess Posey books volume 9
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) Inc
Pub. Date
2014.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"Valentine's Day is coming! Posey is so excited about her special ballet recital and giving cards to everyone at school. Then she learns that one of her classmates doesn't have any valentines to give out. Can Princess Posey and her tutu find the perfect way to help?"--
Author
Series
Martin Bridge volume 6
Publisher
Kids Can Press
Pub. Date
2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Martin's back in two more stories. For their science fair project, Martin's team is going to help save the planet by organizing a beach walk. In the second story, Martin learns what it takes to score an A+ in teamwork and puts his knowledge of tools to good use as a volunteer at Bicycle Recycle.
Author
Series
Cranberry volume 4
Publisher
Parents' Magazine Press
Pub. Date
♭1976
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Mr. Whiskers faces a gloomy Christmas until Maggie and her grandmother help him straighten out his house and find the deed to the nearby pond.
Author
Publisher
Candlewick
Pub. Date
2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"One very special Christmas Eve Bunting and the rest of the toys in the museum are gathered around the tree, but what's this? There are no presents! What can they do? The normally reserved Bunting has a wonderful idea. Why don't the toys give themselves to each other as gifts?"--
19) Boxes for Katje
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2003
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
After a young Dutch girl writes to her new American friend in thanks for the care package sent after World War II, she begins to receive increasingly larger boxes.
Author
Series
Me and my dragon volume 3
Publisher
Charlesbridge
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A boy and his pet dragon discover the meaning of the Christmas spirit.
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