Barbara McClintock
1) Vroom!
Author
Publisher
Farrar Straus Giroux
Publication Date
2019.
Accelerated Reader
IL: - BL: 2.3 - AR Pts: 0.5
Language
English
Description
Follows a young girl's imaginary journey as she zooms in a race car past fields and forests to faraway lands before returning home to her own safe bed.
2) Cinderella
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Publication Date
2005.
Accelerated Reader
IL: - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 0.5
Language
English
Description
Although mistreated by her stepmother and stepsisters, Cinderella meets her prince with the help of her fairy godmother.
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Publication Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: - BL: 1.7 - AR Pts: 0.5
Language
English
Description
A humorous reimagining of the classic nursery rhyme about three kittens, who lose, find, and ultimately mess up their mittens--and share their pie with one hungry mouse.
Author
Publisher
Farrar Straus Giroux
Publication Date
2017.
Accelerated Reader
IL: - BL: 2.3 - AR Pts: 0.5
Language
English
Description
When a young girl finds a mysterious, discarded book of martial arts poses, she ignores the warning printed in bold inside its cover: DO NOT ATTEMPT THESE FORMS WITHOUT AN EXPERIENCED TEACHER! She decides to attempt them herself, but is shocked to find that doing so conjures real animals right into her home! The chaos escalates as she releases a leopard, a snake, and a dragon, each creature larger and more destructive than the last.
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Publication Date
2000.
Accelerated Reader
IL: - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 0.5
Language
English
Description
When her father dies leaving her penniless, Sara Crewe, a once privileged pupil at Miss Minchin's London boarding school, endures many hardships and cruel treatment until she is helped by a mysterious benefactor.
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin
Publication Date
[1996]
Accelerated Reader
IL: - BL: 2.3 - AR Pts: 0.5
Language
English
Description
Even though her photographer father urges her to try a more practical form of art, a young artist in turn of the century Paris finds that her talent for drawing can be useful.
10) Dahlia
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Publication Date
2002.
Accelerated Reader
IL: - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 0.5
Language
English
Description
Charlotte does not like dolls, until she receives a special doll from her aunt and they become good friends.
11) Adèle & Simon
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Publication Date
2006.
Accelerated Reader
IL: - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 0.5
Language
English
Description
When Adele walks her little brother Simon home from school he loses one more thing at every stop: his drawing of a cat at the grocer's shop, his books at the park, his crayons at the art museum, and more.
Author
Series
Publication Date
1903
Accelerated Reader
IL: - BL: 8.1 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Description
Talkative, ten-year-old Rebecca goes to live with her spinster aunts, one harsh and demanding, the other soft and sentimental, with whom she spends seven difficult but rewarding years growing up and of her later boarding school days..
14) The mitten
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Publication Date
2009.
Accelerated Reader
IL: - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 0.5
Language
English
Description
A retelling of the traditional tale of how a boy's lost mitten becomes a refuge from the cold for an increasing number of animals.
Author
Publication Date
2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
With the first ice -- a skim so thin, it breaks when touched -- one family's winter begins in earnest. Next comes ice like panes of glass, and then ice too thick to crush with the heels of boots. Then suddenly, ice that is ready for skating! This book takes a literary skate over field ice and streambed, winter lake and icy pasture, on frozen garden, through sleeping orchard, and beyond. The first ice, the second ice, the third ice ... perfect ice...
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Publication Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 0.5
Language
English
Description
"A biography of Sophie Germain, who grew up during the French Revolution and followed her dream of studying mathematics, becoming the first woman to win a grand prize from the Royal Academy of Sciences and changing the world with her discoveries"-- Provided by publisher.
19) Where's Mommy?
Author
Series
Publisher
Schwartz & Wade Books
Publication Date
[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 0.5
Language
English
Description
While trying to keep their friendship a secret from their mothers, a human girl and a mouse make a surprising discovery.
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