Barry Root
1) Gumbrella
Author
Pub. Date
[2002]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Gumbrella loves nursing sick animals back to health, but she hates letting them go.
Author
Pub. Date
[2004]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
Appears on list
Description
Introduces twin brothers Tiki and Ronde Barber, who worked hard to overcome obstacles and became National Football League stars, one as runningback for the New York Giants, the other as cornerback for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
8) Game day
Author
Pub. Date
[2005]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Twin brothers Tiki and Ronde Barber share a story of perserverance and teamwork from when they were growing up and playing for the Cave Springs Vikings before they became NFL superstars. Ronde and Tiki are a team. They are twins, they are each other's best friends and biggest fans, and they play on the same football team, the Cave Spring Vikings. Ronde is #21 and Tiki is #22, always side by side. Tiki has had seven long touch-down runs this season,...
9) Giant steps
Author
Pub. Date
[2004]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Five giants play a global game of tag, and while the first four run just as far as they can go, north, south, east, and west, the unlucky fifth giant has to count.
11) Brave potatoes
Author
Pub. Date
[2000]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Potatoes set off across the darkened fair grounds to enjoy the rides, but Hackemup the chef has other plans for them.
13) The giant carrot
Author
Pub. Date
©1998
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Little Isabelle surprises her family with her unique way of helping a carrot seed grow and of getting the huge vegetable from the ground. Includes a recipe for carrot pudding.
14) Teammates
Author
Pub. Date
[2006]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 1
Description
"A story of teamwork and perserverance based on the childhood of National Football League stars and twin brothers Tiki and Ronde Barber"--Provided by publisher.
15) The Barn
Author
Pub. Date
[2021]
Description
One hundred years ago, many hands raised a red-cedar barn. Now the barn stands tall, smelling of freshly cut hay and dusty horses. As the animals wake and wander through its weathered doors, the barn watches the day unfold. Chickens peck, cows shoo flies with swishing tails, swallows fly in and out, and a cat crouches in the grass to hunt for dinner. When peepers start their evening song and the animals settle in their bedding again--the horses in...
18) Bag in the wind
Author
Pub. Date
[2010]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 1
Description
One cold, spring morning, an ordinary grocery bag begins blowing around a landfill, then as it travels down a road, through a stream, and into a town, it is used in various ways by different people, many of whom do not even notice it.
Author
Pub. Date
2015
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
Description
"This heartfelt story tells the true but unlikely tale of a young woman working in the city and a young boy in desperate need of friendship and guidance. In the short time after they meet, Laura realizes Maurice has never celebrated Christmas, so she opens her heart and her home and sets out to show him how wondrous the holiday is. What she finds through his glowing eyes is that the meaning of the holiday is truly about giving, not getting, as they...