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"A Studio Ghibli-esque work of Japanese translation “that lays bare the anxieties and desperation—and the small triumphs—of adolescence” (Locus), for fans of Mieko Kawakami’s Heaven. Seven students find unusual common ground in this warm, puzzle-like Japanese bestseller laced with gentle fantasy and compassionate insight. Bullied to the point of dropping out of school, Kokoro’s days blur together as she hides in her bedroom, unable to...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Día - El Día de los Niños/El Día de los Libros
Hispanic Heritage Month for Kids
One World, Many Stories PreK - 2nd
SRC - Ages 0-5 Fiction
Hispanic Heritage Month for Kids
One World, Many Stories PreK - 2nd
SRC - Ages 0-5 Fiction
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Carmela, finally old enough to run errands with her brother, tries to think of the perfect wish, while his wish seems to be that she stayed home.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
Meg Finn is in trouble. She's dead, but not at peace--she's in limbo, her good deeds perfectly balanced against her bad deeds; Heaven or Hell wait, a tip of the scale away. So she's back on Earth trying to tip the scale to the good by helping her last victim, and her former "partner" is also back, trying to force her to tip the scale to the bad.
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Frances Lincoln Children's Books
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
“It is midnight on Midsummers Eve and Mirandas nightlight has gone out. She climbs on her rocking horse and makes a wish... And so begins a magical midnight journey with the great white owl, the little red hare, the big white bear, and the giant stag, all the way to the Tree of Constellations, where Miranda plucks one small star. The great white goose takes her safely home, where now the night light glimmers, star-like, as Miranda sleeps. “--Publisher....
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
While attending a conference in Istanbul, Dr. Alithea Binnie happens to encounter a djinn who offers her three wishes in exchange for his freedom. This presents two problems: first, she doubts that he's real, and second, because she's a scholar of story and mythology, she knows all the cautionary tales of wishes gone wrong. The djinn pleads his case by telling her fantastical stories of his past. Eventually, she's beguiled and makes a wish that surprises...
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Series
Publisher
Simon Spotlight
Pub. Date
[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
When two Smurfs stumble upon a magic egg that makes all their wishes come true, the Smurfs are soon wishing for all sorts of zany things, compelling Papa Smurf to take control of the magic egg before chaos overtakes Smurf Village.
12) A wish is a seed
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Publisher
Creative Editions
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Compares a wish to a seed, which is carried on the wind, lands in a patch of hardened ground, and eventually becomes a tree that generates new seeds and wishes.
Publisher
MGM
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
While attending a conference in Istanbul, Dr. Alithea Binnie happens to encounter a djinn who offers her three wishes in exchange for his freedom. This presents two problems: first, she doubts that he's real, and second, because she's a scholar of story and mythology, she knows all the cautionary tales of wishes gone wrong. The djinn pleads his case by telling her fantastical stories of his past. Eventually, she's beguiled and makes a wish that surprises...
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Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"A Step 2 Step into Reading leveled reader featuring the beloved characters from Walt Disney's animated classic--soon to be a live-action film in Fall 2021! Disney fans ages 4 to 6 can relive the magic of the film in this Step 2 Step into Reading leveled reader featuring press-out figures. And the beloved Disney characters star in the live-action feature coming to theaters Fall 2021. Step 2 readers use basic vocabulary and short sentences to tell...
15) Small favors
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Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
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In the secluded town of Amity Falls, Ellerie has the chance to have her secret wishes come true, but there is a price to pay in this retelling of Rumpelstiltskin.
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Series
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2007
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Description
Stink wants snow for the holidays but it hasn't snowed on Christmas in Virginia in more than a hundred years. Will the new mailman, Mr. Jack Frost, be able to make his wish come true?
19) Jack and Jill
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Publisher
Putnam
Pub. Date
c2003
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
In this expanded version of the familiar nursery rhyme, Jack and his sister Jill are sent to get water from a well where they encounter a hungry crocodile.
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