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1) Yatandou
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
Description
"Yatandou lives in a Mali village with her family and neighbors. And though she is only eight years old and would much rather play with her pet goat, she must sit with the women and pound millet kernels. To grind enough millet for one day's food, the women must pound the kernels with their pounding sticks for three hours. It is hard work, especially when one is eight years old. But as they work, the women dream of a machine that can grind the millet...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2008]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
Description
In Japan, as a provincial governor, his wife, and daughter Yuki, followed by 1,000 attendants, travel the historic Tokaido Road to the Shogun's palace in Edo, Yuki keeps up with her lessons by writing poems describing the journey.
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Series
Pub. Date
[2009]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 1
Description
For generations the women of Zulviya's family have earned their living by weaving rugs by hand. During one work day, Zulviya will tie thousands of knots. As she sits at her work, Zulviya weaves not one but two patterns. The pattern on the loom will become a fine rug. She weaves a second pattern in her mind.
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Series
Pub. Date
2011.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Ten-year-old Pierre dreams of being a chef at his parents' restaurant, La Bonne Vache, in the south of France and is told he is too young, but when an important guest comes Pierre sees a chance to prove himself. Includes notes about dining in France and a glossary.
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Series
Pub. Date
c2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Ten-year-old Megan Brady tells of her family's lifestyle, spending summers traveling in a caravan through the Irish countryside getting work where they can, and winters in Dublin so the children can attend school.
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Series
Pub. Date
2019.
Description
"The second novel in an alternate history series where Teddy Roosevelt is president once more right before WWI breaks out, and on his side is the Black Chamber, a secret spy network watching America's back. After foiling a German plot to devastate America's coastal cities from Boston to Galveston, crack Black Chamber agent Luz O'Malley and budding technical genius Ciara Whelan go to California to recuperate. But their well-deserved rest is cut short...
Author
Series
Tales of a new world volume 1
Pub. Date
2016.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 27
Formats
Description
New York Times bestselling author of the House of Night series, P.C. Cast, brings us a new epic fantasy set in a world where humans, their animal allies, and the earth itself has been drastically changed. A world filled with beauty and danger and cruelty. Mari is an Earth Walker, heir to the unique healing powers of her Clan; but she has cast her duties aside, until she is chosen by a special animal ally, altering her destiny forever. When a deadly...
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 1
Description
The Tale of Mr. Jeremy Fisher endures as one of Beatrix Potter's most popular and well-loved tales. It tells of an optimistic and slightly accident-prone frog, who sets off on a fishing expedition across the pond, only to find himself bitten on the toe bt a water-beetle, fighting with a stickleback, and eventually nearly eaten by a trout!
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 3
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Description
"On an autumn day, in the second quarter of the sixteenth century, two boys were born in England, one to a poor family by the name of Canty who lived in Offal Court, not far from London Bridge, and the other to a wealthy and high-placed family by the name of Tudor. Young Tom Canty, unwanted, unloved, began his day-dreaming early in order to forget the petty stealing to which he was forced by his cruel rogue of a father--and the royal Court and young...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Presents the story of Peter's mischievous cousin, Benjamin Bunny, who persuades Peter to go back to Mr. McGregor's garden to retrieve the clothes he lost there.
Presents the story of Peter's mischievous cousin, Benjamin Bunny, who persuades Peter to go back to Mr. McGregor's garden to retrieve the clothes he lost there
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 12 - AR Pts: 32
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Description
"James Fenimore Cooper's romantic adventure brings the wilds of the American frontier and the drama of the French-Indian War vividly to life. The most popular of Cooper's Leatherstocking Tales, The Last of the Mohicans portrays the inevitable conflict of opposed cultures and stands as a testament to the ways in which this struggle has been mythologized. Featuring the well-loved noble woodsman Natty Bumppo, or "Hawk-eye," Cooper's novel is a memorable...
13) Sun warrior
Author
Series
Tales of a new world volume 2
Pub. Date
2017.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 26
Formats
Description
The battle lines have been drawn and Mari, an Earth Walker and Nik, a Companion, who were once from rival clans now find themselves fighting to save each other and their people from destruction.
15) Wind rider
Author
Series
Tales of a new world volume 3
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 26
Description
A madman has driven Mari, Nik, and their Pack from the only home they have ever known. He will stop at nothing until they are obliterated from the earth. Mari knows their only chance of survival is to reach the plains of the Wind Riders, a legendary people known for their bond with their remarkable horses and their unmatched riding abilities. Driven by love and unshakable determination, Mari and her Companion, Nik, chart a perilous journey as they...
Author
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Retells the classic German version of Snow White, together with three similar tales--Marigo of the Forty Dragons from Albania, The unnatural mother and the girl with a star on her forehead from Mozambique, and The magic needle from Turkey.
Author
Series
Tales of a new world volume 2
Pub. Date
2017.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 26
Description
The battle lines have been drawn and Mari, an Earth Walker and Nik, a Companion, who were once from rival clans now find themselves fighting to save each other and their people from destruction.
Author
Series
Tales of a new world volume 1
Pub. Date
2016.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 27
Description
New York Times bestselling author of the House of Night series, P.C. Cast, brings us a new epic fantasy set in a world where humans, their animal allies, and the earth itself has been drastically changed. A world filled with beauty and danger and crueltyŒ́ Mari is an Earth Walker, heir to the unique healing powers of her Clan; but she has cast her duties aside, until she is chosen by a special animal ally, altering her destiny forever. When a deadly...
20) Tall tales
Pub. Date
c1990
Description
A collection of eight tal tales featuring such legendary hereos as Finn McCoul, Paul Bunyan, Pecos Bill, Sally Ann Crockett, and John Darling.