Tony Johnston
Author
Publisher
Putnam
Pub. Date
c1985
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
[32] p. : col. ill. ; 27 cm.
Language
English
Description
A pioneer mother lovingly stitches a beautiful quilt which warms and comforts her daughter Abigail; many years later another mother mends and patches it for her little girl.
Author
Publisher
Amulet Books
Pub. Date
2019.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 4
Physical Desc
181 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"To be reunited with his brother, twelve-year-old Manuel will have to cross the border and survive the perilous journey from Mexico to Los Angeles"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Publisher
Putnam's
Pub. Date
c1995
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 28 cm.
Language
English
Description
When Manuela's sheep are stolen, she has to go to Alice Nizzy Nazzy's talking road-runner-footed adobe house and try to get the witch to give the flock back, in a Southwestern version of the Baba Yaga story.
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
When Manuela's sheep are stolen, she has to go to Alice Nizzy Nazzy's talking road-runner-footed adobe house and try to get the witch to give the flock back, in a Southwestern version of the Baba Yaga story.
Author
Publisher
Putnam's
Pub. Date
c1998
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
This version of the familiar story in which a mistreated step-child finds happiness with the man of her dreams is set in the old-growth forest and features Bigfoot characters.
7) Trees
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 32 cm
Language
English
Description
"Part poetry, part celebration of nature, turn the page of this book and enter the majestic world of trees"--
8) Puma dreams
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
A young girl yearns to see an elusive puma in the wild, knowing that their numbers are dwindling and that what her Gram calls a "long-dream" may never come true.
Author
Publisher
[Library Ideas, LLC]
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
1 audio-enabled book (1 volume (unpaged)) : color illustrations ; 21 x 31 cm
Language
English
Description
When two jellyfish brothers are separated at sea it takes all of the ocean's creatures to help them reunite in this heartwarming tale of brotherly love.
11) The Worm family
Author
Publisher
Harcourt
Pub. Date
c2004
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
Unwelcomed by their neighbors because they are squiggly, skinny, and long, the Worm family moves from place to place before finally finding friends who accept and appreciate those who are different.
13) My abuelita
Author
Publisher
Harcourt Children's Books
Pub. Date
c2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
With great gusto, a child's grandmother performs deep knee bends, consumes a breakfast of huevos estrellados, and practices vocal exercises before going to work as a storyteller.
14) Fishing Sunday
Author
Publisher
Tambourine Books
Pub. Date
c1996
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
A young boy is embarrassed by his grandfather's old Japanese ways, but on one of their Fishing Sundays, he learns to see Grandfather in a new light.
15) Loving hands
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm
Language
English
Description
A mother and child share love through their hands, whether it be holding hands while walking, playing pat-a-cake, kneading bread, or hugging.
Author
Publisher
Putnam's
Pub. Date
c1992
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 26 cm.
Language
English
Description
In this adaptation of The Princess and the Pea, the wealthy daughter of a Texas rancher devises a plan to find a real cowboy among her many suitors.