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Author
Publisher
Farrar Straus Giroux
Pub. Date
2013
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A young girl narrates her family's move from the city to the country, where they have bought a piece of land and live in a trailer while they build a house from the ground up, with help from relatives and friends.
Author
Publisher
Abrams Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2022.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Sal loves the water. All day, he thinks about it: being out there, just him and the waves, alone. More than anything else, he wants a boat. And he knows just what it would look like. So he decides to build it himself. It isn't long before everyone in town starts sharing advice. But Sal doesn't need their help. He knows just what he's building. And he does it! Except...he forgets one crucial detail--that no project, big or small, can be launched without...
Author
Series
Monkey with a tool belt series volume 1
Publisher
Carolrhoda Books
Pub. Date
[2008]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Clever monkey Chico Bon Bon builds lots of things with his many tools, and when he is captured by an organ grinder, he uses them to help him escape and get back home.
Author
Series
Oliver and Amanda Pig volume 18
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2006
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Oliver Pig decides to build a fort in the backyard and his friends become involved with the project as well.
Author
Series
Publisher
Running Press Kids
Pub. Date
c2006
Language
English
Description
"Barney Backhoe has a big job to do. 'I'm going to the city to help build a skyscraper!' he says. Barney hurries off to the city, but he stops along the way to help fix three really big problems. Before he knows it, he's late for work! But when he gets to the big dig, he finds out that good deeds often lead to very good surprises!"--Cover back.
10) The barn
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
In an effort to fulfill their dying father's last request, nine-year-old Ben and his brother and sister construct a barn on their land in the Oregon Territory.
Author
Series
Questioneers volume 1
Publisher
Abrams Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2007]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Description
Iggy Peck builds towers, bridges, and buildings, which comes in handy when his second grade class is stranded on an island during a picnic.
12) Catch a ride
Author
Publisher
Simon Spotlight
Pub. Date
2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Spike, Flex, and Daisy Wheel all think they know what Molly Bolt wants in a new car, but Molly Bolt has something else in mind.
14) Hawksong
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6.9 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
In a land that has been at war so long that no one remembers the reason for fighting, the shapeshifters who rule the two factions agree to marry in the hope of bringing peace, despite deep-seated fear and distrust of each other. Danica Shardae is an avian shapeshifter, and the golden hawk's form in which she takes to the sky is as natural to her as the human one that graces her on land. The only thing more familiar to her is war: It has raged between...
Author
Publisher
Amulet Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
After being sadly brought home from the animal shelter Elvis learns to appreciate his new family, especially ten-year-old Georgina Pemberton who builds skyscraper buildings in her bedroom, and Elvis realizes that both humans and animals can build a world of their own choosing, even if the choices are not what they had initially expected.
Author
Publisher
Yeehoo Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Bang! Whack! Whirrr! It's time for a birdhouse building contest! Opal's friends all have endless ideas on how to make their constructions stand out. There are bells, pom-poms, basketballs, and many more materials to use--and yet Opal still feels stuck. Maybe a simple, sturdy piece wood...a few nails and screws will be just right. But when the judges don't pick Opal's birdhouse, she may still discover that her humble home is just right for someone...