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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 18
Description
"When death has a story to tell, you listen. It is 1939. Nazi Germany. The country is holding its breath. Death has never been busier, and will become busier still. By her brother's graveside, Liesel Meminger finds her life changed when she picks up a single object, partially hidden in the snow. It is The Grave Digger's Handbook, left there by accident, and it is her first act of book thievery. So begins a love affair with books and words, as Liesel,...
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Mother Bruce volume 10
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
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"Bruce and the residents of Soggy Hollow tell a spooky story to get into the Halloween spirit"--
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 12
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In this retelling of the Korean legend The tale of Shim Cheong, sixteen-year-old Mina is swept away to the Spirit Realm, where, assisted by a motley crew of demons, gods, and lesser spirits, she sets out to awaken the sleeping Sea God and save her homeland and family from deadly storms.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
Description
At the first annual meeting of WOOF--Words of Our Friends--assorted dogs preserve their heritage by sharing tales of canines throughout history, including Abu, who ruled all of Egypt except for one pesky cat, and Zippy, who simply must find the squeaky toy.
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Treehouse series volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 2
Description
Andy and Terry, introduced in "The 13-Story Treehouse", have expanded their incredible arboreal residence by adding several exciting features, including a robot-controlled ice-cream parlor, a mud-fighting arena, an ATM (Automatic Tattoo Machine), and the Maze of Doom. Their publisher, Mr. Bignose, is demanding their next book, so the friends attempt to tell stories about how they met and how they first built their treehouse. They also have to cope...
11) Big Bunny
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A parent and child share the telling of a story about a giant bunny who eats carrots--and maybe trucks and bridges (according to the child).
12) Max's words
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Max books (Kate Banks) volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 1
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Description
When Max cuts out words from magazines and newspapers, collecting them the way his brothers collect stamps and coins, they all learn about words, sentences, and storytelling.
13) What I call life
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 8
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Description
Placed in a group foster home, eleven-year-old Cal Lavender learns how to cope with life from the four other girls who live there and from their storytelling guardian, the Knitting Lady.
15) Toys in space
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
Description
A group of toys, left out at night for the first time, begins to be afraid but the WonderDoll distracts them by weaving a story of lost toys, space travel, and a strange alien.
17) Any questions?
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
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Description
Answers many of the questions the author receives from children on writing, including where she gets her ideas, how she learned to draw, and how many books she can write in one day.
20) Kamishibai man
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
Description
After many years of retirement, an old Kamishibai man--a Japanese street performer who tells stories and sells candies--decides to make his rounds once more even though such entertainment declined after the advent of television.
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