Donna Jo Napoli
Author
Series
Publisher
National Geographic
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"A flower-spouting princess, gobbling prince, emerald-winged fairy, foolish giants, fearsome ogres, and talking frog and fish are just a few of the captivating characters found in this anthology of beloved stories from 29 places around the world, from the Arctic to Africa to Asia to Australia to Europe to the Americas"--
2) Pink magic
Author
Publisher
Clarion Books
Pub. Date
c2005
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Nick wishes for some pink mail addressed just to him and his sister helps make it happen.
Author
Publisher
Distributed to the trade by Macmillan
Pub. Date
c2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
While drawing pictures of the animals she sees on her trip to Australia, a young girl named Ally meets Pauline, an aborigine woman and fellow artist, from whom Ally learns that art is not always created with just paper and paints, and that mistakes are actually happy accidents.
Author
Series
Publisher
National Geographic
Pub. Date
[2013]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.6 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
An illustrated tableau of Egyptian myths, combines narrative accounts of the stories of the Sun God Ra, the Sphinx, and numerous pharaohs and queens along with historical, cultural, and geographic facts.
Author
Series
Sly the sleuth mysteries volume 1
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
c2005
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Sly the Sleuth, also known as Sylvia, solves three mysteries for her friends and neighbors, all involving pets, through her detective agency, Sleuth for Hire.
Author
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
[1998]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
Spending the summer in Venice with his family turns confusing for Percy when he meets a beautiful, politically radical Venetian girl who wants him to help sabotage his father's engineering project in order to drive tourists out of the city.
8) Three days
Author
Publisher
Dutton Children's Books
Pub. Date
c2001
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
When her father suddenly dies while on a business trip leaving her alone on an Italian highway, eleven-year-old Jackie worries what will happen when she is picked up by two men with unknown motives.
9) Ugly
Author
Publisher
Hyperion Books for Children
Pub. Date
[2006]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
When the rest of the ducks turn on her little duckling, Ugly, because he isn't like them, Mother Duck sadly leaves him behind in order to protect her other children. With the help of some new friends, Ugly makes his way alone, but he doesn't know where he's going or what he's looking for.
10) Bound
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
c2004
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
In a novel based on Chinese Cinderella tales, fourteen-year-old stepchild Xing-Xing endures a life of neglect and servitude, as her stepmother cruelly mutilates her own child's feet so that she alone might marry well.
Author
Series
Sly the sleuth mysteries volume 3
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
c2007
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Sly uses her detective skills to help her friends solve the case of something fishy, something cooking, and something seedy.
12) Bobby the bold
Author
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
c2006
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Bobby the bonobo is not accepted by the chimps at the zoo where they all live, but after he has an afternoon adventure in the city and gets a mohawk hair cut, the chimps change their minds about him.
13) Hotel Jungle
Author
Publisher
Mondo
Pub. Date
c2004
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
When the owner of Hotel Jungle decides to take all of his guests on a cruise, the local baboon population moves in and takes over, much to the surprise of a newly-arrived family on vacation.
14) North
Author
Publisher
Greenwillow Books
Pub. Date
c2004
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
Tired of his mother's overprotectiveness and intrigued by the life of African American explorer Matthew Henson, twelve-year-old Alvin travels north and spends a season with a trapper near the Arctic Circle.
15) Fish Girl
Author
Publisher
Clarion Books
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Fish Girl, a young mermaid living in a boardwalk aquarium, has never interacted with anyone beyond the walls of her tank until a chance encounter with an ordinary girl, Livia. Their growing friendship inspires Fish Girl's longing for freedom, independence, and a life beyond the aquarium tank"--
16) The wager
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
c2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
Having lost everything in a tidal wave in 1169 Sicily, nineteen-year-old Don Giovanni makes a simple-sounding wager with a stranger he recognizes as the devil but, while desperate enough to surrender his pride and good looks for three years, he is not willing to give up his soul.
Author
Series
Sly the sleuth mysteries volume 4
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
c2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Sly uses her detective skills to help her friends solve mysteries that all involve some kind of code.
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt and Co
Pub. Date
c2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Corkscrew the pig is celebrating his birthday, but as his owners and their friends form various groups to play games, they leave out Corkscrew and his new friend, Pirate the parrot, who make it clear they want to join in the fun.