Eve- Bunting
41) Emma's Turtle
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.2 - AR Pts: 1
Description
When Emma's box turtle digs his way out of his pen, he imagines that he is having adventures in Africa, India, and other faraway lands that Emma has described to him.
44) Whales passing
Author
Pub. Date
[2003]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.2 - AR Pts: 1
Description
A boy standing with his father on the shore watches five Orca whales and imagines them talking underwater in their star-dance light while the bubbles bubble up.
45) One candle
Author
Pub. Date
[2002]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Every year a family celebrates Hanukkah by retelling the story of how Grandma and her sister managed to mark the day while in a German concentration camp.
46) Jumping the Nail
Author
Pub. Date
1993, c1991
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 5
Description
When teenagers in a California coastal community challenge each other to "jump the Nail"--leap from dangerous cliffs into the ocean--group pressure quickly drives the game out of control.
47) Frog and friends
Author
Series
Frog and friends volume 1
Pub. Date
[2011]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.2 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Frog and his friends are alarmed by a strange object that appears on his pond, share a thoughtful--if scratchy--gift, and meet a hippopotamus that has run away from the zoo.
48) Night tree
Author
Pub. Date
[1991]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
Description
A family makes its annual pilgrimage to decorate an evergreen tree with food for the forest animals at Christmastime.
49) Yard Sale
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.3 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Selling most of her personal possessions when her family is forced to move from their house into a small apartment, Callie struggles while watching other people buy her things before coming to realize what truly makes a home.
When a family has to leave their house and move to a small apartment, its hard to let go of things-but having one another is what counts.Almost everything Callies family owns is spread out in their front yard-their furniture,...
55) The wedding
Author
Pub. Date
2003.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.3 - AR Pts: 1
Description
One by one, Miss Brindle Cow encounters a group of animals who are late for a wedding and agrees to carry them there.
57) Pop's bridge
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Robert and his friend Charlie are proud of their fathers, who are working on the construction of San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge.
58) Gleam and Glow
Author
Pub. Date
2001c
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
Description
After his home is destroyed by war, eitht-year-ole Viktor finds hope in the survival of two very special fish.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
Description
In this allegory, the author's reaction to the Holocaust, the animals of the forest are carried away, one type after another, by the Terrible Things, not realizing that if perhaps they would all stick together and not look the other way, such terrible things might not happen.