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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Spread the Christmas cheer with this whimsical retelling of Clement C. Moore's cherished poem, "A Visit from St. Nicholas." This new edition of the classic features the text of Moore's original poem, illustrated with beautifully detailed LEGO brick scenes and characters. See the colorful stockings hung by the chimney in the fanciful brick house, and look on at the visions of dancing brick sugarplums. Turn the pages to reveal Saint Nicholas with his...
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins Children's Books
Pub. Date
[2008]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
In this hilarious collection of poems, comedian Jeff Foxworthy creates a neighborhood filled with fun, family, friends, and more. Here you'll meet Cousin Lizzy, Uncle Ed and Aunt Foo Foo, cows with horns that don't go beep, dads in sweaters, also sheep. From the thrill of flying to the imaginary planet Woosocket to bonding with a friend over a shared hatred of spinach, these poems capture the very essence of being a kid.--From publisher description....
Author
Language
English
Description
A boy who turns into a TV set and a girl who eats a whale are only two of the characters in a collection of humorous poetry illustrated with the author's own drawings.
If you are a dreamer, come in, If you are a dreamer, A wisher, a liar, A hope-er, a pray-er, A magic bean buyer ... Come in ... for where the sidewalk ends, Shel Silverstein's world begins. You'll meet a boy who turns into a TV set, and a girl who eats a whale. The Unicorn and the...
7) Silly street
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
[2009]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Anything goes on Silly Street. There's a flying squirrel circus, pink elephant races, and even a pony that eats fried baloney. At the candy booth you can buy gummy yum noodles and rainbow jaw busters. At the hat store you can purchase a helmet, a tiara, or a halo, if you happen to be an angel.
Author
Publisher
Christy Ottaviano Books/Henry Holt Company
Pub. Date
2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"This is the first longer-format, middle-grade collection from #1 New York Times-bestselling author-illustrator Calef Brown. Moving away from the picture book format offers Calef the opportunity to tackle a variety of themes and poetry styles as well as reach a slightly older audience along the lines of Doug Florian and Shel Silverstein. The book is chock-full of Calef's zany black-and-white artwork and features his wonderfully inventive characters...
Author
Series
Publisher
Whispering Coyotes Press
Pub. Date
[1994]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
An expanded version of the nineteenth-century poem in which a small girl accompanies a star on a journey through the night sky, examining both heavenly bodies and the earth below.
15) All the world
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
Follow a circle of family and friends through the course of a day from morning till night as they discover the importance of all things great and small in our world, from the tiniest shell on the beach, to warm family connections, to the widest sunset sky.
Author
Publisher
Clarion Books
Pub. Date
2011, 2009.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Emma is Jess's little sister ... and her dilemma. How can one small girl be sweet, funny, imaginative, playful, and affectionate as well as a clinging vine, brat, tattletale, and nuisance-all at the same time? Why is Jess supposed to be a good big sister while Emma doesn't have to be a good little sister? The highlights and low points of this sibling relationship are insightfully evoked in short and simple poems, some funny, some touching, and all...
17) Remember
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Formats
Description
"Picture book adaptation of US Poet Laureate Joy Harjo's iconic poem, Remember"--
19) Antarctic antics
Publisher
Weston Woods
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
A collection of poems first presented as songs that celebrate the habits and habitat of Emperor penguins.
Author
Publisher
Clarion Books/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
Presents a series of poems which pay tribute to the limitless worlds available through books, as characters plead for sequels, strut fancy jackets, and have a raucous party in the aisles after a bookstore closes for the night.
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