Eleanor Estes
1) Ginger Pye
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
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"Meet the marvelous Pyes: There is Mrs. Pye, the youngest mother in town; Mr. Pye, a famous bird man, who handles all the nation's important bird problems; Rachel Pye, who is so reasonable she can make unreasonable ideas sound like good ones; Jerry Pye, who knows about rocks of all sorts and plans to grow up to be a rock man; and Uncle Bennie, who is only three years old. Last is Ginger Pye, the "intellectual dog." The most famous pup in all of Cranbury,...
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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"Wanda wears the same faded blue dress to school every day- yet she says she has one hundred beautiful dresses at home, "all lined up." The other girls don't believe it, and when Peggy starts a daily game of teasing Wanda about the hundred dresses, everyone joins in. Maddie, Peggy's best friend, goes along with the game, but she secretly wonders whether she can find the courage to speak up in Wanda's defense. It's not until Wanda fails to come to...
3) Pinky Pye
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
Meet Pinky, a furious black kitten who adopts the Pye family. The Pyes have some of the smartest pets around--there's Ginger the intellectual dog, and Gracie the clever old cat--but Pinky is more than smart enough to earn a place in the Pyes' hearts. She can box with Ginger, play games with Mr. Pye, and--Rachel and Jerry can hardly believe their eyes--even type out her life story!
4) The Moffats
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Series
Moffats volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
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Description
Meet the Moffats. Even the most ordinary Moffat day is packed with extraordinary fun. Only a Moffat could turn mistakes and mischief into hilarious one-of-a-kind adventure. Enjoy the adventures and misadventures of the four Moffat children living with their widowed mother in a yellow house on New Dollar Street in the small town of Cranbury, Connecticut.
Author
Series
Moffats volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
Follows the adventures and misadventures of ten-year-old Jane Moffat living with her widowed mother and three siblings in their new home in Cranbury, Connecticut, in the early twentieth century.
Author
Publisher
Harcourt, Brace & World
Pub. Date
[1967]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
When barbarians invade Rome, Miranda the cat and her daughter Punka must find a safe place to hide from the chaos. They make their way through the burning city, collecting motherless kittens as they go. At last they reach the Colosseum--but even there, danger lurks!
How these fortunate felines survive to become the noble ancestors of the cats of modern Rome is all due to the cleverness of the cat they come to call Miranda the Great, Queen of the...
Author
Series
Moffats volume 4
Publisher
Harcourt Brace Jovanovich
Pub. Date
[1983]
Language
English
Description
Jane Moffat decides to open a family museum in the barn behind the little grey house at Twelve Ashbellows Place in Cranbury, Connecticut.