Eileen Spinelli
1) Thankful
Author
Publisher
Zonderkidz
Pub. Date
2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.1 - AR Pts: 1
Formats
Description
"Combines rhymes and illustrations to convey the importance of being thankful for everyday blessings"--
5) Birdie
Author
Publisher
Eerdmans Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co
Pub. Date
2019.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 2
Description
Still grieving for her father, twelve-year-old Birdie struggles to adjust to many changes, including when her grandmother, her mother, and her best friends all begin dating.
6) Silly Tilly
Author
Publisher
Marshall Cavendish
Pub. Date
2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Tilly drives the other barnyard animals crazy with her silliness, but after gruffly telling her to stop, they discover that they miss her old ways.
9) Heat wave
Author
Publisher
Harcourt
Pub. Date
2007
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Abigail, Ralphie, and the other citizens of Lumberville struggle to endure a week-long heat wave.
10) Buzz
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 1
Description
After learning that a bee's body is too chunky for flight, Buzz the bumblebee defies the laws of aerodynamics to save a friend in need.
12) Hero cat
Author
Publisher
Marshall Cavendish
Pub. Date
c2006
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 1
Description
A cat gives birth to a litter of kittens in an abandoned building that catches fire while she is out searching for food. Based on a true story.
13) Bath time
Author
Publisher
Cavendish Children's Books
Pub. Date
c2003
Description
A child fills up his bathtub with so many toys that there is no room for him in it.
14) Wanda's monster
Author
Publisher
A. Whitman
Pub. Date
c2002
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 1
Description
When Wanda fears that she has a monster in her closet, she takes her grandmother's advice and begins to look at things from the monster's point of view.
16) Cold snap
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
c2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
Description
A cold snap has everyone in the town of Toby Mills feeling down, until the mayor's wife thinks of a way to warm things up again.
18) Someday
Author
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2007
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 1
Description
A young girl contrasts the exciting things she might someday do, like digging for dinosaur bones and swimming with dolphins, with her present-day activities of finding loose change in the sofa cushions and feeding her goldfish.
20) The best story
Author
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 1
Description
When a contest at the local library offers a prize for the best story, a girl tries to write one using her family's suggestions, but her story does not seem right until she listens to her heart.