Yvette Ghione
Author
Series
Life in the wild volume 2
Publisher
Kids Can Press
Pub. Date
c2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A very busy beaver learns a lesson from his friends. The busy but careless beaver spends his days following random impulses, rarely thinking things through and leaving in his wake a devastated forest filled with stumps, half-nibbled trees and injured, homeless animals. But then one day the beaver finds himself on the wrong side of a falling tree, which as it turns out, is just the thing to knock some sense into him. After reflecting on his behavior,...
Author
Publisher
Kids Can Press
Pub. Date
c2012
Language
English
Description
"Come one, come all to the animal masquerade! The lion is going as an elephant, the elephant as a parrot, and the parrot as a turtle! Each costume gives way to another, yielding new surprises on every page, and revealing a menagerie of familiar and unusual animals. Young children will delight in the absurd and amusing images (who wouldn't love a ladybug dressed as a hippopotamus?) and will also appreciate the gags (a fish costumed as a cat is dubbed...
Author
Publisher
Owlkids Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Dounia is the story of a little girl who loves her home city of Aleppo, Syria, and its many smells, sights, and traditions. But when war breaks out, Dounia and her grandparents must flee Aleppo to find safety. Before they go, their neighbour reads their future in a cup of coffee - she sees a long difficult journey ahead of the family and a blue house awaiting them at the end. Taking only a bird carved from Aleppo soap and four little barake seeds...
9) It's my tree
Author
Publisher
Kids Can Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"A squirrel decides to keep everyone in the forest away from a favorite tree ("It's MY tree"), but hasn't thought the plan all the way through! The squirrel loves a particular tree ("It's MY tree") and is happiest eating pinecones in its shade ("MY pinecones in the shade of MY tree"). But then the squirrel starts to worry. What if someone else decides it's THEIR tree? What if that someone wants to eat THEIR pinecones in the shade of THEIR tree? Should...
12) A squiggly story
Author
Publisher
Kids Can Press
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A young boy wants to write a story, just like his big sister. But there's a problem, he tells her. Though he knows his letters, he doesn't know many words. His sister patiently explains, "Every story starts with a single word and every word starts with a single letter. Why don't you start there, with a letter?" So the boy tries. He writes a letter. An easy letter. The letter I. And from that one skinny letter, the story grows, and the little boy discovers...
13) Dear Flyary
Author
Publisher
Kids Can Press
Pub. Date
c2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Frazzle loves his new spaceship--even when it makes scary noises and malfunctions.
Author
Publisher
Kids Can Press
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"A story that dares us to imagine peace, and poses a challenge to readers young and old alike: what ending will we write for ourselves? Peace, or war? Quarrelsome Hawk tires of conflict and wills himself to change - and whoosh! He turns into peaceful Dove. And that change brings more: with a turn of the page (and through the use of clever papercuts), tanks fall silent and are replaced by sowing tractors, warplanes turn into butterflies, warships stow...
17) Toads on toast
Author
Publisher
Kids Can Press
Pub. Date
[2012]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Mamma Toad does everything she can think of to save her unruly brood from Fox's frying pan, including offering up herself, and eventually persuades Fox to try her own secret recipe for Toad-in-a-Hole, a tasty treat that they all end up enjoying together. The secret? No toads!
18) The bus ride
Author
Publisher
Kids Can Press
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Clara is excited to be taking the bus to her grandmother's house today. It's the first time she is going on her own. Little does she know that there will be a whole cast of interesting characters keeping her company. The ride just might be more of an adventure than she imagined!