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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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"A funny, over-the-top new spin on the classic Christmas poem! A hysterical new version of "The Night Before Christmas"! David Ercolini's over-the-top illustrations will have readers saying, "Ho! Ho! Ho!" Creatures of all shapes and all sizes will be stirring with laughter in this overly decked out, Christmas-splendored illustrated picture book! Ercolini breathes new life into an unrivaled classic with his vibrant illustrations featuring fun, accessible...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.5 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
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Children's Awards: Newbery Medal for Distinguished Literature
Children's Classics: for Middle School Students
Children's Classics: for Middle School Students
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The life of the eighteenth-century African prince who, after being captured by slave traders, was brought to Massachusetts where he was a slave until he was able to buy his freedom at the age of sixty.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Children's Awards: Caldecott Medal for Quality Illustrations
Children's Folklore: Adapted Fairy Tales and Rhymes
Children's Folklore: Adapted Fairy Tales and Rhymes
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The three pigs escape the wolf by going into another world where they meet the cat and the fiddle, the cow that jumped over the moon, and a dragon.
5) Daniel Boone
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Publisher
The Viking press
Pub. Date
c1939
Language
English
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Tells the story of the life of the rugged frontiersman and pioneer leader who helped settle Kentucky.
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus, Giroux
Pub. Date
©1973
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Description
Duffy and the Devil was a popular play in Cornwall in the nineteenth century, performed at the Christmas season by groups of young people who went from house to house. The Zemachs have interpreted the folk tale which the play dramatized, recognizable as a version of the widespread Rumpelstiltskin story. Its main themes are familiar, but the character and details of this picture book are entirely Cornish, as robust and distinctive as the higgledy-piggledy,...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Children's Awards: C. S. King Award for Afr. Amer. Author/Illustrator
Children's Awards: Caldecott Medal for Quality Illustrations
Children's Awards: Newbery Honor for Distinguished Literature
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Children's Awards: Caldecott Medal for Quality Illustrations
Children's Awards: Newbery Honor for Distinguished Literature
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"The Newbery Award-winning author of The Crossover pens an ode to black American triumph and tribulation, with art from a two-time Caldecott Honoree. Originally performed for ESPN's The Undefeated, this poem is a love letter to black life in the United States. It highlights the unspeakable trauma of slavery, the faith and fire of the civil rights movement, and the grit, passion, and perseverance of some of the world's greatest heroes. The text is...
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Publisher
Bloomsbury Academic, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
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"From Hans Christian Andersen, Dr Seuss and Lewis Carroll to Disney and the Harry Potter series, this is a comprehensive introduction to studying the infinitely varied worlds of literature for children and young adults. Exploring a diverse range of writing, The Bloomsbury Introduction to Children's and Young Adult Literature includes: - Chapters covering key genres from fiction, nonfiction, and poetry to picture books, graphic novels and fairy tales...
11) Rapunzel
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Description
A retelling of the German folktale in which a beautiful girl with long golden hair is kept imprisoned in a lonely tower by a sorceress.
Author
Publisher
Harcourt Brace Jovanovich
Pub. Date
c1981
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Children's Awards: Caldecott Honor for Quality Illustrations
Children's Awards: Newbery Medal for Distinguished Literature
Children's Awards: Newbery Medal for Distinguished Literature
Description
A collection of poems describing the curious menagerie of guests who arrive at William Blake's inn.
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