Kate Banks
Author
Series
Monkey reader volume 2
Pub. Date
2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Max and his older brother Pete learn about stars, planets, and galaxies when their father takes them to an astronomical observatory.
Author
Pub. Date
[2002]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 3
Description
During the summer that he turns ten years old, Dillon Dillon learns the surprising story behind his name and develops a relationship with three loons, living on the lake near his family's New Hampshire cabin, that help him make sense of his life.
6) Max's words
Author
Series
Max books (Kate Banks) volume 1
Pub. Date
[2006]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 1
Formats
Description
When Max cuts out words from magazines and newspapers, collecting them the way his brothers collect stamps and coins, they all learn about words, sentences, and storytelling.
8) Pup and bear
Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
Description
A stranded wolf cub is rescued and raised by a loving polar bear, and years later when he is grown into a wolf and on his own, he comes upon a lost polar bear cub, and the cycle begins again.
9) Max's math
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Max and his brothers drive to Shapeville and Count Town searching for problems, and are able to use their skills in arithmetic and sleuthing to help get things ready for a rocket launch.
11) City cat
Author
Pub. Date
2013.
Description
An easy-to-read book about a globe-trotting cat that crosses paths with a vacationing family in the great cities of Europe. Includes facts about the cities.
12) Max's castle
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2011]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 1
Description
When Max finds a box of long-forgotten toys, he builds a kingdom filled with adventures for himself and his two brothers.
Author
Pub. Date
2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 6
Description
Lester has just moved to Cape Cod and is starting in a new school, and George is missing his best friend who has moved away, but the two develop a friendship and learn about scientific experimentation when they start working on a school science project, testing psychic ability in dogs, based on an experiment developed by Dr. Rupert Sheldrake.
15) Un don del mar
Author
Pub. Date
2000
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Unaware of its eons-old history, a boy finds a rock and takes it home to a shelf beside his sea glass and starfish.
16) The night worker
Author
Pub. Date
[2000]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.3 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Alex wants to be a "night worker" like his father who goes to work at a construction site after Alex goes to bed.
18) Fox
Author
Pub. Date
[2007]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 1
Description
A baby fox anticipates the time when he can go out alone, but first his parents must teach him the ways of the wilderness.
19) Close your eyes
Author
Pub. Date
[2002]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.2 - AR Pts: 1
Description
A mother tiger entices her child to sleep by telling of all that can be seen with one's eyes closed.