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Author
Publisher
Chronicle Books
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Troubled because her brother has told her that the future of Earth is bleak, a little girl goes to her grandmother who assures her that there are many possible futures and encourages her to use her imagination to explore some of the alternatives.
Author
Publisher
Gecko Press
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
This book is about friendship and the distinctions of living in different parts of the world. A giraffe that lives in Africa meets a pelican who is a mailman. Since the giraffe is bored, she sends a letter to the first animal the pelican can find on the other side of the horizon. The letter passes on to a seal who gives it to a penguin. He reads the letter and even though he does not understand it he writes back, and becomes the giraffe's pen pal....
Author
Publisher
Levine Querido
Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
Description
Little Mouse and Big Bear live on opposite ends of the same road, and they both would like a friend. But every morning, Little Mouse and Big Bear pass by each other, unnoticed. Until one day, their eyes meet! It's a little awkward at first--as most new friendships can be--but soon enough they're sipping warm tea together in Big Bear's cozy home, and making plans to meet again the following Sunday. When a nasty storm blows into town will it wreck everything...
Author
Publisher
Kids Can Press Ltd
Pub. Date
2017.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A mother rabbit and her young bunny are on their way home in the dark night. My mother carries me through the quiet streets, the bunny explains. Most of our neighbors are already home. The bunny can see their lights in the windows, and hear and smell what they might be doing: talking on the phone, pulling a pie out of the oven, having a party, saying goodbye. When they reach home, the father rabbit tucks the bunny into bed. But the bunny continues...
5) Little shrew
Author
Publisher
Kids Can Press
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"This collection of three interconnected stories follows the life of Little Shrew as he goes about his everyday activities of commuting to work to reflecting on his hopes and dreams to welcoming his friends for a visit."--
6) The fox wish
Author
Publisher
Chronicle Books
Pub. Date
2017.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
When Roxie and Lukie go back to the park for their jump rope, they find a group of foxes trying to learn the game, and the smallest fox--who also happens to be named Roxie--tells them that finding the rope to play with was her wish come true.
7) The friends
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2005, c1996
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
Curious about death, three sixth-grade boys decide to spy on an old man waiting for him to die, but they end up becoming his friends.
Author
Publisher
Yonder, Restless Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
One rainy night, Kazu sees a strange figure in a white kimono sneak out of his house--was he dreaming? Did he see a ghost? The next day at school, the very same person is sitting in his class--and all his friends are convinced that the ghost-girl Akari has been their friend for years. If that isn't weird enough, Kazu learns that his house is in the exact location of an ancient temple called KimyM, which, legend has it, could bring the dead back to...
11) How do you live?
Author
Publisher
Algonquin Young Readers
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6.8 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
Told in two voices, fifteen-year-old Copper struggles to confront inevitable and enormous change after his father's death and his uncle writes to him in a journal, sharing knowledge and advice in 1937 Japan.
12) +Anima: Volume 2
Author
Publisher
Tokyopop
Pub. Date
c2007
Language
English
Description
The +Anima are beings who possess animal-like powers who are shunned and branded as outcasts. When Cooro is tricked into helping a nearby town, the +Anima must unite to save their friend while coping with betrayal.
Author
Series
Scary book volume 2
Publisher
Dark Horse
Pub. Date
2006
Language
English
Description
"Kazuo Umezu, "the Stephen King of manga," returns with the second frightening volume of Scary Book. In "Butterfly Grave," a young woman, Megumi, is paralyzed by an inexplicable, devastating fear of butterflies, a phobia brough on the the mysterious and untimely death of her mother when Megumi was still an infant. Upon visiting her mother's grave years after her death, Megumi becomes haunted by a black butterfly that only she can see and which seemingly...
Author
Publisher
Chronicle Books
Pub. Date
2006
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A little girl learns to walk, climb, and study the earth with help from her friends, most of which are animals.
Sumario en español: Una niña aprenda caminar, subir, y estudiar la tierra con la ayuda de sus amigos, que la mayoría son animales.
16) Hooray for fall!
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Mama has a surprise for her three little squirrels--three bright red sweaters to keep them warm throughout the fall. Imagine their surprise when they find that everything in the autumn woods--the leaves, the berries, even the setting sun--is red too, just like they are.
Author
Series
Publisher
Enchanted Lion Books
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
While on their bicycles, sisters Chirri and Chirra notice that the meadow in front of their house has grown, and cycle into the long grass to discover such activity as bees making honey and flower chafers making mixed-leaf juice.
Author
Series
Publisher
Yen On
Language
English
Description
"After doing the unthinkable to get one more chance, Subaru wakes up in an all too familiar guest room. He knows exactly what he needs to do to survive--and make sure everyone else does, too. With no room for mistakes, Subaru is desperate to put on a perfect performance. But just when he needs to hold it together, his mental trauma pushes him to the edge. Subaru is trying to hang on until he can save everyone...but who will save Subaru? -- Page [4]...
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