Patricia MacLachlan
Author
Series
Boxcar children volume Prequel
Publisher
Albert Whitman
Pub. Date
©2012.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
In the year before they become the orphans known as the Boxcar children, Henry, Jessie, Violet, and Benny Alden live with their parents at Fair Meadow Farm, where, although times are hard, they take in a family who has been stranded in their car during a blizzard.
5) Barkus
Author
Series
Barkus volume 1
Publisher
Chronicle Books
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Barkus is a large and very smart dog who comes to live with seven-year-old Nicky when Nicky's Uncle Everton goes traveling--and soon he is a family and school favorite.
6) Chicken talk
Author
Publisher
Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"From Newbery Medalist MacLachlan and "New York Times"-bestselling illustrator Krosoczka comes a cheeky and heartwarming picture book about chickens who scratch messages around the farm for their humans to find--resulting in surprise, chaos, and plenty of fun."--Publisher's description.
8) Prairie days
Author
Publisher
Margaret K. McElderry Books
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Describes summer days growing up on the prairie.
Author
Publisher
Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
"Declan O'Brien always had a gentle word to share, odd phrases he liked to repeat, and songs to sing while he played basketball. His favorite song was Dona Nobis Pacem, 'Grant Us Peace.' His family loved him deeply and always knew they were loved in return. but a terrible accident one day changes their lives forever, and Fiona and Finn O'Brien are left without a father. Their mother is at a loss. What words are there to guide them through such overwhelming...
11) Fly away
Author
Publisher
Margaret K. McElderry Books
Pub. Date
©2014
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
While in North Dakota helping her Aunt Frankie prepare for a possible flood, Lucy finds her voice as a poet with the help of her two-year-old brother Teddy, the rest of their family, and a few cows.
Author
Publisher
Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2021]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Nora and Ben's younger sister Birdy loves to keep secrets ... One day Birdy watches her mother spit into a tube, ready to send it off to find out more about herself ... Birdy spits into a tube, too, when no one sees her. But when the test results come back, they are a surprise. Birdy is seemingly not related to Nora and Ben's parents. But if she is adopted, how could that have happened without the children knowing?"--
Author
Publisher
Margaret K. McElderry Books
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Eleven-year-old aspiring writer Louisa considers traveling the world with her globetrotting parents, but friendship with George helps her to see her grandparents' farm on Deer Island in a new light.
Author
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2014.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
If you were a boy named Henri Matisse who lived in a dreary town in northern France, what would your life be like? Would it be full of color and art? Full of lines and dancing figures? Find out in this beautiful, unusual picture book about one of the world's most famous and influential artists by acclaimed author and Newbery Medal-winning Patricia MacLachlan and innovative illustrator Hadley Hooper.
15) Wondrous Rex
Author
Pub. Date
2020
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A little boy who helps during the construction of a red barn on his family's land recalls his life as he and the barn grow older together.
17) Skylark
Author
Series
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
©1994.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Sarah came to the prairie from Maine to marry Papa. But that summer, a drought turned the land dry and brown. Fires swept across the fields and coyotes came to the well in search of water. So Sarah took Anna and Caleb back east, where they would be safe. Papa stayed behind. He would not leave his land. Maine was beautiful, but Anna missed home, and Papa. And as the weeks went by, she began to wonder what would happen if the rains never came. Would...
18) Once I ate a pie
Author
Publisher
Joanna Cotler Books
Pub. Date
©2006
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Thirteen dogs tell their stories in simple poems.
19) Caleb's story
Author
Series
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2001.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
The stranger lurking on the Witting family's prairie farm turns out to be their long-lost grandfather, whose presence plus prodding from Sarah forces Jacob to deal with his past.
20) Baby
Author
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
©1993.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Taking care of a baby left with them at the end of the tourist season helps a family come to terms with the death of their own infant son. Larkin's family welcomes Sophie into their home, caring for her and teaching her games and new words. They come to love this baby as their own, all the while knowing that eventually Sophie's mother will return one day to take her from them.