Christine Davenier
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
A biography of the young Romanian gymnast describes some of the ways her energy got her into trouble as a child, how she became involved in gymnastics, and how practice and determination led her to become an Olympic champion.
23) Emma's circus
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"A girl is excited when the circus comes to town, but her family on the farm is too busy with chores to enjoy it"--
Author
Publisher
Feiwel and Friends
Pub. Date
c2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Having learned to dance as a group and with a boy, the ballerinas at Miss Lina's school face their biggest challenge yet in a production of Sleeping Beauty, which is complicated by Regina's disappointment about her role.
Author
Series
Piper Reed volume 3
Publisher
Henry Holt and Co
Pub. Date
c2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
When she discovers the price of the coveted clubhouse, ten-year-old Piper and her fellow Gypsy Club members try to earn the money by creating a birthday-party-planning business.
26) Dessert first
Author
Series
Dessert Schneider books volume 1
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
c2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Third-grader Dessert's love of treats leads to a change in her large family's dinner routine, then an awful mistake, and later a true sacrifice after her teacher, Mrs. Howdy Doody, urges students to march to the beat of their own drums.
28) Just Desserts
Author
Series
Dessert Schneider books volume 2
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
c2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
Third-grader Dessert, inspired by Mrs. Howdy Doody's lessons about the American Revolution, decides she and her friends should fight back against annoying siblings, but the club she starts only makes matters worse.
Author
Series
Dessert Schneider books volume 3
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
c2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
Eight-year-old Donahue "Dessert" Schneider is feeling completely ignored and unloved at home, but she is certain that will change when her invention wins the Thomas Edison Contest at school.
Author
Series
Very fairy princess volume 5
Publisher
Little, Brown
Pub. Date
2013.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Gerry, a most enthusiastic singer, is certain her music teacher will choose her to perform the solo at the Winter Wonderland Festival, and when someone else is chosen it takes a snowfall to bring Gerry's sparkle back.
Author
Series
Very fairy princess volume 8
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Gerry, the very fairy princess, learns the importance of gratitude even in the face of disappointment over the course of Gratitude Day at school"--
Author
Series
Very fairy princess volume 4
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
c2013
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
After spending weeks making valentines for all of her family and friends, self-proclaimed fairy princess Gerry takes the wrong folder to school and must find another way to tell her classmates how they sparkle.
Author
Series
Piper Reed volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Appears on list
Formats
Description
"It's not easy being the middle child, especially when your dad is a Navy Chief. Meet Piper Reed, a spunky nine-year-old who has moved more times than she can count on one hand. From Texas to Guam, wherever Piper goes, adventure follows, inspired by her active imagination, free-wheeling spirit, and a bit of sister magic. Unlike her older sister, Piper loves being part of a Navy family, and unlike her younger sister, Piper is no prodigy genius. Piper...
Author
Series
Very fairy princess volume 3
Publisher
Little, Brown
Pub. Date
c2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
When disaster strikes in the form of rain on Aunt Sue's wedding day, flower girl and self-proclaimed fairy princess Geraldine finds a way to bring sunshine to the party, reminding everyone that the most important thing at a wedding is the most special sparkle of all--happiness and love.
Author
Publisher
Two Lions
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
While Nell and her dog, Rusty, dig in their yard, Norman, the boy next door who hates getting dirty, looks on until he finally decides to join in the fun. In the spring when trees unfreeze and grass grows green and pansies say, "Please plant me!" Nell and her dog, Rusty, can't wait to dig in dirt just right for digging. But Norman, their neighbor, says "Ewww!" to digging and dirt.