Lois Lenski
Author
Language
English
Description
The Newbery Medal–winning childhood classic of life on a Florida farm—part of the Regional series from the author of the Mr. Small picture books.
Birdie and her family are trying to build a farm in Florida. But it’s not easy with the heat, droughts, and cold snaps—and neighbors that don’t believe in fences. But Birdie won’t give up on her dream of strawberries, and her family won’t let those...
Birdie and her family are trying to build a farm in Florida. But it’s not easy with the heat, droughts, and cold snaps—and neighbors that don’t believe in fences. But Birdie won’t give up on her dream of strawberries, and her family won’t let those...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Mary Jemison took for granted her peaceful days on her family's farm in eastern Pennsylvania. But on a spring day in 1758, something happened that changed her life forever. When a band of warriors invades the Jemisons' house and takes the family captive, Mary is separated from her parents and siblings. She travels with the Indians to southern Ohio and later to a Seneca village on the Genesee River in what is now western New York. Mary's...
6) Cowboy Small
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2001], c1949
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Cowboy Small takes good care of his horse, rides the range, helps in the roundup, and rides a bucking bronco.
11) The little train
Author
Publisher
Random House
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Engineer Small takes the little train on its run from Tinytown to the big city, passing farms, traveling over a bridge, and going though a tunnel along the way.
Author
Publisher
Lippincott
Pub. Date
[1968]
Language
English
Description
Original Christmas play, stories, and poems which reflect the holiday celebration of particular historical periods, or ethnic or cultural groups, such as a 1640 Puritan Christmas, a sharecropper Christmas, a Bayou-French Christmas and others.
13) Policeman Small
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
2001, c1990
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Describes the many daily duties of a corner traffic cop.
15) Deer Valley girl
Author
Publisher
Lippincott
Pub. Date
1968
Language
English
Description
When a three generation feud between two Vermont families is finally resolved, a little girl learns to accept the truth about how her dog was killed.
17) Betsy-Tacy
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Formats
Description
The girl who moves in across the street from Betsy is the same age. Soon they are good friends and everyone thinks of them as Betsy-Tacy.
Author
Series
Publisher
Harper & Row
Pub. Date
1979, c1943
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
The further adventures of 12-year-old Betsy, Tacy, and Tib as they explore the world beyond their neighborhood and discover the public library, see a real play, and make friends with the owners of the downtown hotel.