Quentin Blake
1) Zagazoo
Author
Publisher
Orchard Books
Pub. Date
c1998
Language
English
Description
The postman brings George and Bella a delightful pink creature, who suddenly turns into a vulture, a warthog, a dragon, a hairy monster, and other destructive and annoying creatures.
Author
Publisher
Harper
Pub. Date
2017.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Laugh-out-loud funny, totally chaotic, and utterly delightfulTim, Sam, and Lulu are the mischievous and naughty three little monkeys who are told each day to be good while Hilda goes off to do her errands. And each day, Hilda returns home to find a bigger mess than the day before. These mischievous monkeys will likely never learn to behave!Perfect for fans of Madeline, Caps for Sale, Curious George, and Count the Monkeys!Also a great choice for fans...
5) The weed
Author
Publisher
Tate Publishing
Pub. Date
2020
Language
English
Description
The world was becoming hard and dry, old and tired and difficult to live in... After the Meadowsweet family suddenly and unexpectedly find themselves at the bottom of a giant crack in the earth, they must trust in their mynah bird, Octavia, and a special seed to help them get back up to the surface
6) Loveykins
Author
Publisher
Peachtree Pub
Pub. Date
c2002
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A woman rescues a baby bird blown from his nest in a storm and proceeds to care for him with gourmet food, cozy blankets, and walks in a stroller, but eventually her "loveykins" is ready to try his wings.
8) Matilda
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
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Description
Matilda comes to the defense of Miss Honey, when Miss Trunchbull starts to bully her favorite teacher.
Matilda, a brilliant, sensitive little girl, uses her talents and ingenuity to seek revenge on her crooked father, lazy mother, and the terrifying Miss Trunchbull, her wicked headmistress, and save her beloved teacher, Miss Honey
9) The witches
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
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Description
A young boy is placed in the custody of his eccentric witch-expert grandmother before being transformed into a mouse by an evil coven that is plotting against local kids.
From the World's No. 1 Storyteller, The Witches is a children's classic that has captured young reader's imaginations for generations. This is not a fairy tale. This is about real witches. Grandmamma loves to tell about witches. Real witches are the most dangerous of all living...
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
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Description
Charlie Bucket has a golden ticket to tour Willy Wonka's chocolate factory. No ladies in hairnets here! This factory is the ultimate candy land with singing Oompa-Loompas and a chocolate river. But along the way, the other ticket-holders meet bizarre fates. Will Charlie make it to the secret prize waiting at the tour's end?
12) The BFG
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
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Description
The BFG is no ordinary bone-crunching giant. He is far too nice and jumbly. It's lucky for Sophie that he is. Had she been carried off in the middle of the night by the Bloodbottler, or any of the other giants—rather than the BFG—she would have soon become breakfast. When Sophie hears that the giants are flush-bunking off to England to swollomp a few nice little chiddlers, she decides she must stop them once and for all. And the BFG is going to...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Three farmers, each one meaner than the other, try all-out warfare to get rid of the fox and his family.
Every time Mr Fox steals a chicken from the farm, Farmers Boggis, Bunce and Bean grow wild with rage! They're the nastiest crooks in the valley, and they've concocted a cunning plan to dig him out of his hole once and for all. But it never occurs to them that Mr Fox has a fantastic plan of his own.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
In this follow-up to the tremendously popular Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Willy Wonka tells the Bucket family of his plans to give Charlie his entire candy empire. Reluctantly joining Wonka on a ride in the Glass Elevator, the Buckets embark on a wild adventure when a mistake skyrockets the vessel into space. Now, Wonka, Charlie, Grandpa Joe, and the rest of the family must fight off Vermicious Knids if they are to make it home in one piece....
15) The Twits
Author
Publisher
Knopf
Pub. Date
1981
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
The misadventures of two terrible old people who enjoy playing nasty tricks and are finally outwitted by a family of monkeys.