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In The Gift of the Magi, a young married couple short on funds faces the challenge of buying Christmas gifts for each other. The wife's prized possession is her knee-length luxurious brown hair; the husband's, a fine gold watch that belonged to his father and grandfather. In order to purchase a gift for the other that is worthy of the holiday and of their love for each other, they each wrestle with a difficult choice. The story's sentimentality and...
8) Gifts
Author
Publisher
Charlesbridge Pub
Pub. Date
c1997
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Presents the rhyming story of a young girl's encounters with the gifts that nature has to offer.
10) Fiesta fiasco
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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When shopping for Culebra's birthday, Conejo convinces his friends Iguana and Tortuga to buy all the wrong presents. Includes a glossary of Spanish words used.
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Series
Rosa books (Vera B. Williams) volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Rosa has difficulty choosing a special birthday present to buy with the coins her mother and grandmother have saved, until she hears a man playing beautiful music on an accordion.
17) Fly trap
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Series
Publisher
Bethany Backyard
Pub. Date
c2003
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
While his older brother Ricky mixes cake for their mother's birthday, seven-year-old Joel plans to make an unusual present that involves flies, popsicle sticks, and a camcorder.
18) Kipper and Roly
Author
Publisher
Harcourt
Pub. Date
2001
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Kipper buys a hamster as a birthday present for Pig, but he grows to love the hamster so much that he does not want to give it away.
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English
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Rose turned her back on the man she loves after he assisted the Englisch during World War II-only to discover she's an Englischer herself.
Born in the midst of the hardships of The Great Depression, Rose grew up in Berlin, Ohio, in the arms of a loving Amish family. But she is overwhelmed by self-doubt when she learns that she was born Englisch and abandoned when her family moved West in search of work.
Was she meant to be Amish or would she have...
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