Niki Daly
Author
Series
Jamela books volume 2
Publisher
Farrar, Straus & Giroux
Pub. Date
c2001
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Jamela is responsible for fattening up the chicken intended for Christmas dinner, but instead she gives it a name and makes it her friend.
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
c2003
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Sarie struggles when she reads aloud in class in her South African school, but then she and her friend Auntie Anna find a book about Cinderella in Auntie Anna's old car and begin to read together.
Author
Publisher
Clarion Books
Pub. Date
c2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
In Africa, Mama Jumbo puts on a jazzy dress, struggles to get her hat straight with no mirror, then jumps in Mr. Motiki's taxi to go to the market, where she finds everything she needs and more.
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
[2001]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Old Bob gets a teddy bear for his birthday because he never had one as a child, but his grandaughter, thinking the bear deserves better than to be stuck between dusty books, wants to take him home.
Author
Series
Lolo volume 2
Publisher
Catalyst Press
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Lolo skips through life - eager, merry and mischievous - leaving a trail of laughter and a few frowns.
Author
Publisher
Frances Lincoln Children's Books
Pub. Date
c2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Bernard loves his aunts--but he's not so keen on their squeaky-sweet-hello kisses or their sneaky-on-the-nose kisses. He tells them "No more kisses!", and he means it.
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
c2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
A controversial new teacher at Bayside Preparatory School introduces the exciting world of art to aspiring artist Bettina Valentino and her fifth-grade classmates, encouraging them to see everyday life in a different way.
12) Jamela's dress
Author
Series
Jamela books volume 1
Publisher
Farrar, Straus Giroux
Pub. Date
c1999
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Jamela gets in trouble when she takes the expensive material intended for a new dress for Mama, parades it in the street, and allows it to become dirty and torn.
13) Where's Jamela?
Author
Series
Jamela books volume 3
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2004
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
When Mama gets a new job and a new house, everyone is excited about moving except Jamela who likes her old house just fine.