Patricia Polacco
4) Meteor!
Author
Publisher
Dodd, Mead
Pub. Date
[1987]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A quiet rural community is dramatically changed when a meteor crashes down in the front yard of the Gaw family.
9) The bee tree
Author
Publisher
Philomel Books
Pub. Date
c1993
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
To teach his granddaughter the value of books, a grandfather leads a growing crowd in search of the tree where the bees keep all their honey.
10) Welcome Comfort
Author
Pub. Date
1999
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Welcome Comfort, a lonely foster child, is assured by his friend the school custodian that there is a Santa Claus, but he does not discover the truth until one wondrous and surprising Christmas Eve.
11) Junkyard wonders
Author
Publisher
Philomel Books
Pub. Date
c2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Inspired by a teacher who believes each of them is a genius, a class of special-needs students invents something that could convince the whole school they are justifiably proud to be "Junkyard Wonders."
Author
Publisher
Philomel Books
Pub. Date
c2007
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
When Marilyn and her teacher, Miss Wichelman, both get cancer, they encourage each other and, aided by medical treatments and support from friends, they get better. Based on a true story.
13) Mommies say shhh
Author
Publisher
Philomel Books
Pub. Date
c2005
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Animals make many different noises, but when they make too much noise their mommies quiet them down.
14) Chicken Sunday
Author
Publisher
Philomel Books
Pub. Date
c1992
Language
English
Description
To thank old Eula for her wonderful Sunday chicken dinners, the children sell decorated eggs and buy her a beautiful Easter hat.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
''American Booksellers Association Pick of the Lists Association of Jewish Libraries Sydney Taylor Book Award Carnegie Medal Honor Book Now available again in its original classic edition in hardcover, this beloved and bestselling picture book tells the story of one family's history through the generations and the powerful bond of their love. "We will make a quilt to help us always remember home," Anna's mother said. "It will be like having the...
16) Babushka's doll
Author
Publisher
Simon and Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
c1990
Language
English
Description
A little girl gets a doll that turns out to be twice as rambunctious as her owner.
Author
Publisher
Philomel Books
Pub. Date
c2007
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
When her beloved Ginger, a piano-playing socialite and very snappy dresser, makes a last-minute trip to London not knowing her housesitter has cancelled, Petunia the pig does more than fend for herself, she becomes Ginger.
19) Fiona's lace
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Fiona and her family moved from Ireland to Chicago to begin a new life. Yet, when the family is struck with misfortune, will Fiona's lace help save them?"--
20) Emma Kate
Author
Publisher
Philomel Books
Pub. Date
2005.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Emma Kate and her best friend, a toy elephant, share many activities, such as homework and soccer practice, and even have their tonsils out at the same time!