Michael Rosen
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.3 - AR Pts: 1
Formats
Description
A typically wonderful Oxenbury family sets out with gusto on a bear hunt, and the old story comes to life. Paintings are simply marvelous ... Rosen's retelling is spare, with a driving rhythm, and some new sounds add sparkle to the traditional tale. A predictable story in which brave bear hunters go through grass, a river, mud, and other obstacles before the inevitable encounter with the bear forces a headlong retreat.
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Description
"Young Benjamin Franklin wants to be a sailor, but his father wont hear of it. The other trades he tries candle maker, joiner, boot closer, turner bore him through and through. Curious and inventive, Ben prefers to read, swim, fly his kite, and fly his kite while swimming. But each time he fails to find a profession, he takes some important bit of knowledge with him. That tendency is exactly what leads him to become the astonishingly versatile genius...
4) Bah! Humbug!
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Description
In a school theatrical production of 'A Christmas Carol', the boy who plays Scrooge is extra nervous because his very busy father is in the audience--but may leave early due to business. Will the classic story's message reach his father's distracted heart?
5) Poetry
Series
Pub. Date
c1985
Description
Contains collections of poems, ballads, limericks, riddles in rhyme, nonsense verse, an index of first lines and titles, and a subject index.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 1
Description
You might think anchovies and fruitcake are pretty weird foods. But wait until you hear about durian, a huge, spiky fruit that smells like gym socks. Or salmiakki, the licorice with a salty, fishy taste. And don't forget kopi luwak, the coffee made from…poop! Discover all kinds of unusual foods from around the world!
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Would you believe bee's venom could help you feel better? How about a candle in your ear, or a string running through your nostrils? People have used all sorts of kooky remedies to fight pain and illness. Some work. Others, not so much. Find out more about odd medical cures of past and present!
10) Bizarre vehicles
Author
Series
Pub. Date
c2014
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Can you imagine traveling to school in a flying saucer? What about on a bike-like contraption that looks like a giant donut? People invent all kinds of interesting ways to get around. Some vehicles can get you where you're going faster and better than ever. Others are mostly for fun. Learn about some of the world's wackiest vehicles.
16) Avalanche
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
Formats
Description
A rhyming alphabet book in which a boy tosses a snowball to his dog and starts an avalanche that engulfs the entire universe until it has to reverse itself and become a snowball again, ending up in the dog's mouth.
18) Balls! Round 2
Author
Pub. Date
c. 2006
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.1 - AR Pts: 4
Description
Learn about the balls used in basketball, soccer, football, tennis, handball, golf, volleyball, and ping pong: how they're made, why they look the way they do, some amazing facts about their history ... and a bit about the games that use them, too.