Tony Johnston
3) Yonder
Author
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
c1988
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
As the plum tree changes in the passing seasons so do the lives of a three-generation farm family.
Author
Publisher
Harcourt
Pub. Date
c2004
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Unwelcomed by their neighbors because they are squiggly, skinny, and long, the Worm family moves from place to place before finally finding friends who accept and appreciate those who are different. Annotation. The Worm family loves being wormy. They're skinny--they're squiggly--they're very long--and they sing loud worm songs. They're nothing like their glossy, bossy, buggy neighbors. And the neighbors don't like that one bit. What are the Worms...
Author
Series
Sparky and Eddie volume 1
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
1997.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Even though they are not in the same class, two young friends are glad that they decided to give school a try.
Author
Series
Sparky and Eddie volume 2
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
1997, c1998
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
When two best friends compete in a mock rodeo at school, they learn that winning is not everything.
10) Sticky people
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
c2006
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Sticky children playfully spread their stickiness around until bathtime changes everything. Do you . . . eat with sticky fingers and slurp tea-party tea? Can you . . . make a goopy mud cake and sticky cards with glue? Then this book is for you!
11) Desert song
Author
Publisher
Sierra Club Books for Children
Pub. Date
c2000
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
As the heat of the desert day fades into night, various nocturnal animals, including bats, coyotes, and snakes, venture out to find food.
15) Go track a yak
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
c2003
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A couple of bumbling parents with a hungry baby seek help from a tricky little witch, but it is a sweet black-eyed yak who really helps them to live happily ever after.
Author
Publisher
Harcourt Brace
Pub. Date
c2000
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Presents forty-two poems--some funny, some poignant and philosophical--about dogs and their attributes, including their loyalty to people, their love of food and smells, and their varied appearances and personalities.
17) Hey, dog
Author
Publisher
Charlesbridge
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A little boy patiently offers food and comfort to an abused stray dog that struggles to trust humans again, a dual effort that leads to a worried search for an owner and a loving new friendship. By the author of The Cat With Seven Names.
19) The harmonica
Author
Publisher
Charlesbridge
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Separated from his parents in Poland during World War II, a young Jewish boy enslaved in a concentration camp, keeps hope alive while playing Schubert on his harmonica whenever the camp's commandant orders him to play.
20) Noel
Author
Publisher
Carolrhoda Books
Pub. Date
c2005
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English