Cynthia Rylant
Author
Pub. Date
2009
Description
A deeply compelling collection of poems about God and our everyday world from a Newbery medalist. Cynthia Rylant takes teens on an invigorating spiritual journey as she explores what God's life on Earth might be like. Rylant's reflective and often humorous verse follows God as he tries out human activities such as getting a dog, writing a fan letter, and making spaghetti. God Went to Beauty School combines the awesome with the everyday in an accessible,...
Author
Series
Henry and Mudge books volume 18
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.3 - AR Pts: 1
Description
When Henry's cousin Annie prepares to move in next door, he and Mudge help calm her fears.
Author
Series
Henry and Mudge books volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.4 - AR Pts: 1
Appears on list
Description
For Henry and his big dog Mudge, summer means going on a picnic in the park, taking a bath under the garden hose, and going to the top of the big green hill.
45) Little penguins
Author
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 0.8 - AR Pts: 1
Description
"During the first snowy day of winter, five little penguins bundle up and venture outside to play."--
46) Dog Heaven
Author
Pub. Date
[1995]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
Formats
Description
God created Dog Heaven, a place where dogs can eat ice cream biscuits, sleep on fluffy clouds, and run through unending fields.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
Formats
Description
There is no night so dark, so black as night in the country. And while the people dream of daytime things, the nighttime world awakens. Owls swoop, a rabbit patters, and in the yard an apple falls -- pump! -- from the tree.
Listen. Go to the window. Across the field a light glows. Who else is up so late? Who else watches and hears the sights and sounds of night in the country -- the many stirrings of silence, the many colors of the dark?
Lyrical text...
53) Scarecrow
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
Formats
Description
Although made of straw and borrowed clothes, a scarecrow appreciates his peaceful, gentle life and the privilege of watching nature at work.
Author
Series
Henry and Mudge books volume 10
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.4 - AR Pts: 1
Appears on list
Description
After eight weeks at Papp's Dog School, Henry's dog Mudge earns a certificate and lots of liver treats.