Dan Yaccarino
1) Every Friday
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
c2007
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.4 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Every Friday a father and his child share a special ritual.
2) Lawn to lawn
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
Description
When their family moves away and leaves them behind, a group of lawn ornaments sets out on a dangerous trek across the country to try to find them.
Author
Publisher
Walker & Company
Pub. Date
2001
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
Description
After Sammy's dumping of the lima beans he does not want to eat starts a neighborhood trend to put rejected vegetables in a hole in a vacant lot, a terrible lima bean monster rises to terrorize the town.
7) New pet
Author
Series
Publisher
Hyperion Books for Children
Pub. Date
2001
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Both Blast Off Boy, on the planet Meep, and Blorp, on Earth, want pets, but neither gets what he expected--at first.
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
c2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 1
Description
The story of four generations of an Italian American family, beginning with an immigrant who came through Ellis Island with big dreams, a small shovel, and his parents' good advice: "Work hard, but remember to enjoy life, and never forget your family."
10) Unlovable
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt & Co
Pub. Date
2001
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Alfred, a pug, is made to feel inferior by a cat, a parrot, and the other neighborhood dogs, until a new dog moves in next door and helps Alfred to realize he is fine just the way he is.
14) Bicycle for sale
Author
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
[2002]
Description
After fixing up his old bicycle in order to sell it, Oswald the octopus decides it is just as good as the new red bicycle he had wanted to buy.
15) Special delivery
Author
Publisher
Scholastic, Inc
Pub. Date
2002
Description
After Oswald the octopus receives a mysterious package, each of Oswald's friends imagine what's inside.
16) I am a story
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2016]
Description
Author-illustrator Dan Yaccarino presents a powerful picture book that celebrates storytelling from the past to the present and beyond. From cave drawings to the invention of the printing press to our digital age, discover how a story has been told in many different ways from the past to today. It’ s always been around, making us happy, sad, excited, or scared and bringing people together. With simple text and delightful illustrations, Dan Yaccarino...
18) Giant Tess
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2019]
Description
Being the only giant around, Tess wants more than anything to be like everyone else, but when she and Smokey, her dragon best friend, use their height to help save the big parade, Tess suddenly realizes that she is just the right size.
Author
Series
Publisher
Workman Publishing
Pub. Date
2016
Description
There's nothing more important for kids entering preschool than to be emotionally ready-ready to separate from their parents, to mix and play with new children, to broaden their sense of the world. HAPPYLAND, from award-winning children's author Dan Yaccarino, is a new series that gives kids, and their parents, the language they need to take these emotional steps.
HAPPYLAND introduces three friends-Bink, Clyde, and Glub-Glub-in a series of delightful...