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(0)Phyllis Root
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
In this counting book, increasingly larger groups of animals try to help a duck that is stuck in the sleepy, slimy marsh. One duck is stuck in the muck. Can two fish, tails going swish, help? What about three moose, munching on spruce? Will four crickets, chirping in the thickets, be able to pull the unlucky duck out of the muck? With bright, spirited illustrations by Jane Chapman, this counting tale by Phyllis Root is a feast of sounds and numbers...
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2006.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
One winter in the Far North the sun disappears and Lucia, accompanied by her milk-white cat, braves the freezing cold and trolls who want to eat her, trying to find the sun and bring it back.
7) Snowy Sunday
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"One very snowy Sunday, snowflakes as big as balls of wool are falling on Bonnie Bumble's farm. The cow, the duck, the hens, and even Spot the dog are all shivery and cold. "This will never d-d-d-do, " says Bonnie with chattering teeth. So she gets busy with needles and wool and knits and knits--hats and scarves, beak-warmers and tail-warmers. But how can she get the sun to make everyone warm and toasty again?"--
Author
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Once covering almost 40 percent of the United States, native prairie is today one of the most endangered ecosystems in the world. "Plant a Pocket of Prairie" teaches children how changes in one part of the system affect every other part: when prairie plants are destroyed, the animals who eat those plants and live on or around them are harmed as well. Root shows what happens when we work to restore the prairies, encouraging readers to "plant a pocket...
11) Rattletrap car
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2001
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Various disasters threaten to stop Poppa and the children from getting to the lake in their rattletrap car, but they manage to come up with an ingenious solution to each problem.
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Celia Thaxter grew up on a desolate island off the coast of Maine, where her father worked as lighthouse keeper. Amid the white and gray of the sea, the rocks, and even the birds, young Celia found color where she could: green mosses and purple starfish and pink morning glories by the shore. And she planted her first garden, tucking bright marigolds between rocky ledges. When she was twelve, Celia's family moved to nearby Appledore Island, where her...
13) Toot toot zoom!
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Pierre the fox goes on a road trip to find a friend.
14) Kiss the cow
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2003, ©2000
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Annalisa, the most curious and stubborn of Mama May's children, disobeys her mother and upsets the family cow by refusing to kiss her in return for the milk she gives.
Author
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
The reader is invited to count the animals and plants that live on or in Minnesota's bogs, marshes, rivers, lakes, prairies, and woods. Includes facts on the state's ecosystems and the plants and animals that make their homes there.
16) Big belching bog
Author
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press
Pub. Date
©2010
Language
English
Description
Introduces the inhabitants of Minnesota's peat bogs, explains methane gas production, and imagines what a bog's burp must sound like.
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2002.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Alex calms his younger brother when they hear strange noises at bedtime, but is he brave enough to cross the cold floor of their dark room when a feet-grabbing, toe-eating, noise-making "something" might get him?
18) Begin with a bee
Author
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Looking closely at the life cycle of one bee, this book helps readers of all ages understand and appreciate the contributions and significance of all bees"--