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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 5
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English
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Nine short stories, which must always be told "just so," in order that the sleepy child listening will not have to put back missing sentences. The stories are about animals, and many explain possible origins of their features, as How the Leopard Got His Spots.
5) Black Beauty
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.7 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
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A horse in nineteenth-century England recounts his experiences with both good and bad masters.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.4 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
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"Dragons--of all sorts--make for marvelous fun, and this collection of madcap tales is filled with them. Some of the legendary monsters are funny and mischievous, others are downright frightening, and a number of them are wild and unpredictable. There's a dragon made of ice, another that takes refuge in the General Post Office, a scaly creature that carries off the largest elephant in a zoo, and even a dragon whose gentle purring conforts a tiny tot....
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The Borrowers volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 5
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English
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The Borrowers—the Clock family: Homily, Pod, and their fourteen-year-old daughter, Arrietty, to be precise—are tiny people who live underneath the kitchen floor of an old English country manor. All their minuscule home furnishings, from postage stamp paintings to champagne cork chairs, are “borrowed” from the “human beans” who tromp around loudly above them. All is well until Pod is spotted upstairs by a human boy! Can the Clocks stay...
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Babar (Brunhoff) volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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An orphaned baby elephant goes to live in the city with an old lady who gives him everything he wants, but eventually returns to the forest where he is crowned king of the elephants.
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Publisher
Knopf
Pub. Date
2001
Language
English
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"At the Back of the North Wind" is a classic children's story first serialized in England in 1868 and published into a book in 1871 by the Scottish author George MacDonald. This enchanting fairy tale follows Diamond, a sweet, innocent, and joyful young stable boy in Victorian London who goes on adventures with the majestic North Wind. The North Wind is personified as a lovely and mysterious woman, both severe and kind, who teaches young Diamond about...
14) The wild robot
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
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"When robot Roz opens her eyes for the first time, she discovers that she is all alone on a remote, wild island. She has no idea how she got there or what her purpose is--but she knows she needs to survive. After battling a violent storm and escaping a vicious bear attack, she realizes that her only hope for survival is to adapt to her surroundings and learn from the island's unwelcoming animal inhabitants. As Roz slowly befriends the animals, the...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.4 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
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A little girl falls down a rabbit hole and discovers a world of nonsensical and amusing characters. Alice has two adventures: first she follows a rabbit into a curious world where she meets the Mad Hatter and the Queen of Hearts. In Through the Looking Glass and What Alice Found There she steps through a mirror into a backward world.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
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When four brothers and sisters discover a Psammead, or sand-fairy, in the gravel pit near the country house where they are staying, they have no way of knowing all the adventures its wish-granting will bring them.
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