Patricia Polacco
3) Thunder cake
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Grandma finds a way to dispel her grandchild's fear of thunderstorms.
4) Pink and Say
Author
Publisher
Philomel Books
Pub. Date
c1994
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Say Curtis describes his meeting with Pinkus Aylee, a black soldier, during the Civil War, and their capture by Southern troops. Based on a true story about the author's great-great-grandfather.
Author
Series
Rotten Richie tales volume 1
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
After losing running, climbing, throwing, and burping competitions to his obnoxious older brother, a young boy makes a wish on a falling star.
Author
Publisher
Philomel Books
Pub. Date
c1999
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
In this variation on the story of "The Fisherman and His Wife," a young Ukrainian girl must repeatedly return to the wren she has rescued to relay her parents' increasingly greedy demands.
12) G is for goat
Author
Publisher
Philomel Books
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A rhyming celebration of goats and their antics, from A to Z.
13) Rechenka's eggs
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
An injured goose rescued by Babushka, having broken the painted eggs intended for the Easter Festival in Moscva, lays thirteen marvelously colored eggs to replace them, then leaves behind one final miracle in egg form before returning to her own kind.
14) Oh, look!
Author
Publisher
Philomel Books
Pub. Date
c2004
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Three goats visit a fair but run home after they seem to encounter a troll.
Author
Publisher
Philomel Books
Pub. Date
2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Description
Three young children experience the joys and challenges of being raised by two mothers.
16) Babushka's doll
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A little girl gets a doll that turns out to be twice as rambunctious as her owner.
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A fifteen-year-old soldier in World War II meets a sweet young girl in the Philippines who helps him remember what he is fighting for as he helps her and others of her village avoid starvation, and many years later she returns his kindness.
19) Fiona's lace
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Emigrating from Ireland to America, Fiona's family settles in Chicago, where Fiona's handmade lace keeps the family together during a devastating fire.
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Division
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
In 1912, orphaned Irish street musician Jonathan Harker accidentally stows away on the Titanic, where he is befriended by Wallace Hartley, called "the bravest man in the world" for playing violin with the band as the Titanic sank. Includes historical note.