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(0)G. Brian Karas
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Publication Date
2016.
Accelerated Reader
IL: - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 0.5
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"On the farm, workers pick vegetables, collect eggs, and make cheese. At the market the next day, the workers set up their stands and prepare for shoppers to arrive. Amy, the baker at the Busy Bee Café, has a very special meal in mind--and, of course, all the farmers show up at the café to enjoy the results of their hard work"-- Provided by publisher.
6) Young Zeus
Author
Publisher
Recorded Books, Inc
Publication Date
2017
Language
English
Description
G. Brian Karas' work for young readers has earned him two ALA Notable titles and a Boston Globe-Horn Book Honor. Here he introduces listeners to the mystical world of the Greek gods by imagining the youth of the future god king, Zeus. Growing up with his mom on the island Crete, Zeus learns that families can be just plain strange, no matter if you're a god or a mortal. Listeners will thrill to accounts of Zeus battling Titans and other monsters while...
7) Young Zeus
Author
Publisher
Recorded Books
Publication Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
This is the story of how young Zeus, with a little help from six monsters, five gods, an enchanted she-goat (that's me), and his mother, became god of gods, master of lightning and thunder, and ruler over all.
Author
Publication Date
2014
Accelerated Reader
IL: - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 0.5
Language
English
Formats
Description
"The true story of Ivan, known as the Shopping Mall Gorilla, who lived alone in a small cage for almost 30 years before being relocated to the gorilla habitat at ZooAtlanta."-- Provided by publisher.
9) More-igami
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Publication Date
2016
Accelerated Reader
IL: - BL: 2.4 - AR Pts: 0.5
Language
English
Formats
Description
Joey loves things that fold: maps, bed, accordions, you name it. When a classmate's mother turns a plain piece of paper into a beautiful origami crane, his eyes pop. Maybe he can learn origami, too. But it's going to take practice - on his homework, the newspaper, the thirty-eight dollars in his mother's purse . . Enough! No more folding! How can Joey become an origami master if he can't practice? Happily, he finds a way - and perhaps a chance to...
11) Saving Sweetness
Author
Publication Date
1996
Accelerated Reader
IL: - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 0.5
Language
English
Formats
Description
When Sweetness, the "ittiest, bittiest orphan," escapes from Mrs. Sump's orphanage and runs into the desert, the sheriff tries to save her. When he is captured by the ugliest desperado in the west, Sweetness saves him.
Author
Publication Date
2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 0.5
Language
English
Formats
Description
Overview: In a starred review, Publishers Weekly declared this delightful picture book "a beautifully restrained tribute to trust and tenderness shared by siblings; an entrepreneurship how-to that celebrates the thrill of the marketplace without shying away from its cold realities; and a parable about persistence." A lemonade stand in winter? Yes, that's exactly what Pauline and John-John intend to have, selling lemonade and limeade-and also lemon-limeade....
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin
Publication Date
1994.
Accelerated Reader
IL: - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 0.5
Language
English
Description
When Truman sends away the coupon for an ant farm given as a birthday gift by his Aunt Fran, he gets more than he bargained for when aunts start showing up and he must train them all.
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