Kevin Hawkes
2) Library lion
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2006
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
Description
A lion starts visiting the local library but runs into trouble as he tries to both obey the rules and help his librarian friend.
10) Weslandia
Author
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
2000, 1999
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Wesley's garden produces a crop of huge, strange plants which provide him with clothing, shelter, food, and drink, thus helping him create his own civilization and changing his life.
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2005
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
Description
A boy enjoys living quietly by himself at The End of the World until Mr. Constantine Shimmer, "Professional Visionary, " builds an inn and an amusement park, demanding that tourists come and have "Fun Without End!"
Author
Publisher
Dutton Children's Books
Pub. Date
c2004
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 16
Description
After twelve-year-old Annika, a foundling living in late nineteenth-century Vienna, inherits a trunk of costume jewelry, a woman claiming to be her aristocratic mother arrives and takes her to live in a strangely decrepit mansion in Germany.
Author
Publisher
Dutton Children's Books
Pub. Date
c2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.5 - AR Pts: 16
Description
"At first Tally doesn't want to go to the boarding school called Delderton. But she soon discovers that it is a wonderful place where freedom and self expression are valued. Tally organizes a ragtag dance troupe so the school can participate in an international folk dancing festival in Bergania in the summer of 1939. There she befriends Karil, the crown prince, who would love nothing more than to have ordinary friends and attend a school like Delderton....
Author
Publisher
Random House Children's Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Presents an account of the early career of Ted Geisel, otherwise known as Dr. Seuss, describing how he adhered to strict literary guidelines while writing "The Cat in the Hat."
Author
Publisher
Puffin Books
Pub. Date
2003
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 12
Description
Sent with her governess to live with the dreadful Carter family in exotic Brazil in 1910, Maia endures many hardships before fulfilling her dream of exploring the Amazon River. Accompanied by Miss Minton, a fierce-looking, no-nonsense governess, Maia, a young orphan, sets off for the wilderness of the Amazon, expecting curtains of orchids, brightly colored macaws, and a loving family. But what she finds is an evil-tempered aunt and uncle and their...
18) Dogosaurus Rex
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2017.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Ben selects from the shelter a most unusual "dog" that wreaks havoc in town until she has a chance to prove her worth.
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2024.
Description
When a lady mistakes him for kitten, big hairy spider Luigi resists her kind advances until tasty breakfasts and getting tucked into bed convince him otherwise, but he soon learns what might be at stake when you pretend to be someone you're not.