Ed Young
Author
Publisher
Philomel Books
Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Retells the fable, "The Wind and the Sun, " in which Wind, Rain, and Sun attempt to remove the cap of a shepherdess. Collage illustrations include symbols based on seal characters of Chinese pictograms.
6) Moon bear
Author
Publisher
Holt
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
Moon bears, or Asiatic black bears, get their name from the white moon-shaped blaze on their chests. Sadly, there are more moon bears in captivity than in the wild, as the animals are being farmed for their commercially valuable bile. This text pays tribute to the endangered species.
10) Wabi Sabi
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2008.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Wabi Sabi, a cat living in the city of Kyoto, learns about the Japanese concept of beauty through simplicity as she asks various animals she meets about the meaning of her name.
12) Nighttime Ninja
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown
Pub. Date
2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Late at night, when all is quiet and everyone is asleep, a ninja creeps silently through the house in search of treasure."--
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2019.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Once there was a little slip of a boy who roamed the streets of London, hungry for life (and maybe a bit of bread). His dad long gone and his actress mother ailing, five-year-old Charlie found himself onstage one day taking his mum's place, singing and drawing laughs amid a shower of coins. There were times in the poorhouse and times spent sitting in the window at home with Mum, making up funny stories about passersby. And when Charlie described a...
15) The yellow boat
Author
Publisher
Norwood House Press
Pub. Date
[2009]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 0.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"The adventures of a toy boat sailing on a pond"--Provided by publisher.
Publisher
Playaway View
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Good night Gorilla: There is someone at the zoo making hilarious mischief you won't want to miss!
Seven blind mice: One by one, on successive days of the week, six different colored blind mice investigate parts of the strange something near their pond and speculate to the group about its identity. Not until the seventh day, when the seventh mouse examines all of it, do they see what it truly is, proving that wisdom comes only from seeing the whole.
Wallace's...