J. Brian Pinkney
1) Puppy truck
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.1 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Carter gets a truck instead of a much wanted puppy, but he soon discovers his new toy is just as fun and rascally as a pet.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
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In South Sudan, where Nya lives, many girls have a hard job: fetching water for their families from a remote water hole. The distance on foot is long, and the full water container is heavy. When Nya has to carry her little sister as well as the water, home seems impossibly distant. But reaching a thorn bush a few steps away - that she can do. And the tree after that, and then the next thing in her path...moving toward help and safety a step at a time....
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 1
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Throughout his life Banneker was troubled that all blacks were not free. And so, in 1791, he wrote to Secretary of State Thomas Jefferson, who had signed the Declaration of Independence. Banneker attacked the institution of slavery and dared to call Jefferson a hypocrite for owning slaves. Jefferson responded. This is the story of Benjamin Banneker-his science, his politics, his morals, and his extraordinary correspondence with Thomas Jefferson. Illustrated...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 1
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In a rich embroidery of visions, musical cadence, and deep emotion, Andrea and Brian Pinkney convey the final months of Martin Luther King's life -- and of his assassination -- through metaphor, spirituality, and multilayers of meaning.
16) Sleeping Cutie
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Cutie LaRue is perfect in nearly every way, but her sleeplessness causes problems for her parents until they send for a new toy that introduces Cutie to the Dreamland Nightclub.
17) Hip-hop Lollipop
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.7 - AR Pts: 1
Description
"Follow a little girl as she moves, swings, and grooves her way through her bedtime routine, dancing all the while, until she finally closes her eyes and dances through her dreams"--
20) In your hands
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"A prayer from mother to son that he will always in safe hands"--