Susan Jeffers
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Language
English
Description
New York Times bestselling artist and Caldecott Honor winner Susan Jeffers has created a Nutcracker as only she can-with lavish illustrations, magnificent detail, and enchanting holiday scenes on every page. This is The Nutcracker as you've never seen it before! Join Marie, Fritz, and the intriguing Nutcracker himself on a magical Christmas Eve adventure. Behold the frightful Mouse King, the elegant Sugar Plum fairies, and the entire Land of Sweets...
Author
Language
English
Description
With the box office successes of movies based on The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit, familiarity with J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-Earth is growing. Unfortunately, scholarship dealing with Middle-Earth itself is comparatively rare in Tolkien studies, and students and scholars seeking greater insight have few resources. Similarly, although public concern for the environment is widespread and 'going green' has never been trendier, ecocriticism is also...
Author
Language
Español
Description
Libérese del miedo que le atenaza
Cuando corremos un riesgo, cuando nos adentramos en territorios poco familiares o nos enfrentamos al mundo de una forma nueva, experimentamos miedo. Y, muy a menudo, ese miedo evita que progresemos en nuestra vida. Para que esto no suceda, lo mejor que podemos hacer es explorar los obstáculos que nos impiden vivir a nuestra manera, evitar elegir el camino más cómodo y aprender a identificar las "excusas" que nos...
Author
Publisher
Hyperion Books for Children
Pub. Date
c2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Every summer on Chincoteague Island, there is an auction of ponies who have swum across the channel from Assateague, where ponies run free. If Julie works hard and saves her money all year, perhaps she can win the pony of her dreams, her very own Ch
8) Hiawatha
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Verses from Longfellow's epic poem depict the boyhood of Hiawatha.
Author
Publisher
Hyperion Books for Children
Pub. Date
c2002
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Fred, Lucy, the baby, and McDuff go to the lake for a Fourth of July picnic, but when ants consume all of their food it's up to McDuff to find something for them to eat.
Author
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
c1993
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Growing up between 1909 and 1917, Berty enjoys the slow-rolling wheel of time on his Vermont farm and cannot understand his older brother's desire to see other parts of the world.
17) Cinderella
Author
Publisher
Dutton Children's Books Children's
Pub. Date
2004
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
In her haste to flee the palace before the fairy godmother's magic loses effect, Cinderella leaves behind a glass slipper.
18) K is for kitten
Author
Publisher
Putnam's
Pub. Date
c2002
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A rhyming alphabet book which follows a kitten named Rosie from the alley in which she is found to the "ZZzzs" she enjoys with the family that gives her a home.