Jane Yolen
21) Giant island
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Formats
Description
"Under Grandpa's watchful eye, the kids are thrilled to discover that the craggy rocks, tufted grass, and windswept trees on Giant Island are much more than they seem. Are the children the first to fathom this huge secret, or does Grandpa have a secret of his own?"--
Author
Pub. Date
2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 4
Description
James, an earl's son and bothersome child, may hold the key to saving Cranford Abbey, a dilapidated school where he is sent to be educated, that newly-appointed Abbot Aelian thinks can be saved if he can make cider from the golden apples now being eaten by ravenous unicorns.
29) The wizard's map
Author
Series
Tartan magic volume 1
Pub. Date
1999
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 3
Description
Three children visiting relatives in Scotland become involved in the plans of a diabolical wizard.
30) Wizard's Hall
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 4
Description
A young apprentice wizard saves the wizard's training hall by trusting and believing in himself.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Seven-year-old Miriam places her baby brother's basket in the Nile River, watches the Pharoah's daughter draw him out and name him Moses, and ponders a vision of other water parting. Includes note on the biblical story on which this is based.
Author
Pub. Date
2016.
Formats
Description
Simple, rhyming text and illustrations that layer art on top of cardboard take young readers on a trip through their imaginations as they celebrate the uncomplicated, magical power of a basic box. From a library filled with books to an ocean-side beach, a big brown box can transport a child almost anywhere.
Author
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.9 - AR Pts: 1
Formats
Description
Told in rhyme, a bear settles on the narrator's porch, and is soon followed by many other woodland friends, until the porch collapses under the weight--but bear and his friends repair the damage and almost everybody is invited to lunch.
38) A kite for Moon
Author
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 1
Description
A young boy, seeing that Moon is lonely, sends up a kite to cheer her then, after growing up and learning many things, he becomes the first human to visit her. Dedicated to Neil Armstrong and written in recognition of the fiftieth anniversary of the first U.S. moon landing.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 1
Description
"Warning: This book reeks! It's rotten, rancid. foul, and funky. Within these pages, you'll find stinkbugs, weasels, Tasmanian devils, and one particularly pungent musk ox... Ready to find out more? Plug your nose and read on..." --from dust jacket.
40) Dragon's blood
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 8
Description
Jakkin, a bond boy who works as a Keeper in a dragon nursery on the planet Austar IV, secretly trains a fighting pit dragon of his own in hopes of winning his freedom.