Alison Jackson
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Can the old woman who lives in a shoe restore order when a strong wind blows away the possessions of the three little kittens, Jack and Jill, Little Bo Peep, and many other nursery characters?
4) Rainmaker
Author
Publisher
Boyds Mills
Pub. Date
[2005]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
It's 1939 and a town in Florida which hasn't seen rain in months, places its hope in a 67-year-old rainmaker from Mississippi who claims she can coax rain from the sky.
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt
Pub. Date
[2010]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
Evie feels unsettled and sad after her parents divorce, her father remarries and takes the family dog, and his new wife becomes pregnant, but a cooking class and helping the elderly lady next door with her cat give Evie a way to cope with the changes in her life. Includes recipes.
7) Thea's tree
Author
Publisher
Dutton Children's Books
Pub. Date
c2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Thea Teawinkle plants an odd, purple, bean-shaped seed in her backyard for her class science project, with astonishing results that even the experts she writes to--including a botanist, an arborist, a museum curator, and a symphony director--cannot offer any explanations for.
Publisher
Distributed by Acorn Media
Pub. Date
c2006
Language
English
Description
Ros Pritchard is a charming and honest woman who becomes Prime Minister. She wants to relocates Parliament to make it more accessible to the masses. She introduces "No cars Wednesday" to trackle global warming. At the same time, she juggles the needs and demands of her increasingly frustrated family, which she fears is slipping away from her. With humor and charm, she takes a bold unflinching look at the modern political process, and the toll it can...