Jane Yolen
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Describes how a dinosaur eats, with no rude noises and while sitting very still. How does a dinosaur eat all his food? Does he burp, does he belch, or make noises quite rude? Does he pick at his cereal, throw down his cup,hoping to make someone else
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Formats
Description
Hannah resents stories of her Jewish heritage and of the past until, when opening the door during a Passover Seder, she finds herself in Poland during World War II where she experiences the horrors of a concentration camp, and learns why she-- and we
4) Owl moon
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
On a winter's night under a full moon, a father and daughter trek into the woods to see the Great Horned Owl.
Author
Language
English
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Description
"The inimitable Jane Yolen has teamed up with Barbara Diamond Goldin (a prolific author in her own right) to retell Bible stories from the point of view of twelve women (in nine chapters, as some come in pairs). After each story, there is a reflection "imagine" piece written from the voice of each woman (written by Barbara) and a poem about her (written by Jane). Intermixed with the main text are sidebars called "midrash" in the singular or "midrashim"...
7) Encounter
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
When Christopher Columbus landed on the island of San Salvador in 1492, what he discovered were the Taino Indians. Told from a young Taino boys point of view, this is a story of how the boy tried to warn his people against welcoming the strangers, who seemed more interested in golden ornaments than friendship. Years later the boy, now an old man, looks back at the destruction of his people and their culture by the colonizers.
12) Johnny Appleseed
Author
Publisher
HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
c2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Everyone knows the legend of Johnny Appleseed, the man from Massachusetts who planted apple trees all the way to California. But the true story of Johnny Appleseed, or John Chapman, is even greater than the legend.
15) Bear outside
Author
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
A little girl wears a bear on the outside to keep her safe and to be her friend, just as some people have a fierce animal inside to protect them.
Author
Publisher
HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
c2005
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Why are cats and mice enemies? Why do cats always land on their feet? Are cats as smart as they seem? Here's a story behind each of these feline traits. For centuries, people everywhere, from Tibet to Oman to Scotland to the United States, have been
Author
Publisher
Wordsong
Pub. Date
c2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Water possesses reflective qualities, creating fascinating patterns and double images that allow us to see things in new ways. Celebrated writer Jane Yolen and photographer Jason Stemple capture this natural beauty in twelve thoughtful poems and brea
Author
Series
The Seelie Wars volume 1
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2013
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
"Snail, a midwife's apprentice in the Unseelie Court, meets Prince Aspen, a Seelie prince being held as a hostage in order to prevent a war. In thinking that they are stopping the war, they instead trigger one"--