Nancy L. Carlson
2) Think Big!
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Audisee® eBooks with Audio combine professional narration and text highlighting to engage reluctant readers! Vinney is short. He gets picked on, overlooked in the lunch line, and passed by for the good parts in the school play. He can't reach the chapter books in the library and never gets passed the basketball! Vinney hates being short. That is, until he learns to Think Big! Vinney takes his new positive attitude to school and turns the downsides...
3) Think Happy!
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Audisee® eBooks with Audio combine professional narration and text highlighting to engage reluctant readers! Feeling sad? Think happy! You can cheer yourself up in lots of ways. Try being friendly to someone in need of a friend. Do something you think is fun, like riding a bike or putting on a show. And keep thinking happy thoughts. Even when you don't feel lovable, remember that you are loved by many people. When you think happy, anything can happen!...
4) Smile a Lot!
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Audisee® eBooks with Audio combine professional narration and text highlighting to engage reluctant readers! When facing down a bully, a trip to the dentist, or your mom's prune oatmeal, there's only one thing you can do-smile a lot! And you'll pull through! In this appealing new offering from best-selling author/illustrator Nancy Carlson, a determined little frog discovers that even when you don't want to, smiling can make any situation better.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.2 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Harriet and her pals are playing baseball in the park near Mrs. Hoozit's house. When George hits a fly ball, Harriet's determined to catch it. She's concentrating so hard, she runs right into Mrs. Hoozit's garden of prize flowers. Harriet panics and runs away. That night Harriet feels terrible-she can't even eat the special treat her mom makes for her. What can she do?
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There's something for every parent and child to enjoy in this delightfully fresh picture book that takes playful aim at the art of parenting-and all the hopeful, nail-biting expectations that go with it. What's a parent to think when raising a child doesn't happen quite the way it's expected to?
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Everyone is excited to try out for the school talent show. Everyone but Louanne, that is. "I'm just a big, no-talent dope!" says Louanne. All of her friends make it into the show. When the big night arrives, Louanne is miserable as she stays home alone. Will Louanne miss out completely on one of the most exciting events of the year?
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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It's summer vacation, and Loudmouth George is too busy having fun to do his chores. Now the house is a mess and his mom won't let him go to the movies with Harriet. So George comes up with a brilliant plan. He convinces his brothers to do his chores for him in exchange for taking them to the movies-after all, they'll surely be too tired to go after all the work! But each brother makes a mess out of each chore and now there is an even bigger mess to...
13) Life Is Fun
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To be happy, just follow these simple instructions. Don't bring snakes inside the house. Laugh a lot! And most importantly, make big, big plans. Nancy Carlson presents another warm and funny book sure to boost spirits and encourage kids to make the most of life.
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Loudmouth George has just started playing the coronet and he's awful! Awful-according to everyone but George, who thinks he's the best coronet player ever born. George is full of hot air, but it's hard not to admire his complete lack of self-consciousness. George is soon on to big, better, and LOUDER things
16) Snowden
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Kelly can't ice skate. To make matters worse, the neighborhood kids tease her about it. But when Kelly hangs a special pair of ice skates around an ordinary snowman, things suddenly start to look a little brighter. Magic and skating go hand in hand in this lively tale about a very special friendship.
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When a family of pigs moves in next door, George wants nothing to do with them. "Pigs are dirty," he claims. "They eat garbage. They're not like us at all." George's friends, however, don't share his concerns. For the next few days they have a ball in Louanne Pig's backyard while George sits indoors. But on Wednesday when he hears them shrieking with laughter as the run through Louanne's sprinkler all morning long, it's too much for him. Maybe pigs...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Louanne trips and sprains her ankle as she and her friends cut through the yard of the spooky house on the top of the hill. Suddenly the witch lady appears and yells, "Scat!" Harriet, George, and Arnie run for their lives. But Louanne is caught! Does the witch lady put kids in cages to fatten them up? Or is Louanne's imagination running wild? Readers will chuckle as Louanne discovers what the witch lady is REALLY like.
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George is always bragging. He says he runs the fastest, reads the thickest books, and catches the biggest fish. When Harriet invites him to join her family's fishing trip, George is nervous. What if Harriet finds out the only fish he's ever caught was in the pet store? Readers will delight in what happens when George's bragging finally catches up with him.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.4 - AR Pts: 1
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Ready. Set. GO! Loudmouth George has told everyone he's going to win the big race. He's so confident that he doesn't even bother to train. And on the day of the race, George ends up being the big loser. He's put his foot in his mouth once again! George never seems to learn his lesson, but readers will get the point that a little effort-and modesty-can go a long way.