Daniel Pinkwater
Author
Publisher
Tachyon Publications
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
The inimitable Daniel Pinkwater (The Hoboken Chicken Emergency) brings his zany wit and wisdom to a gentle middle-grade adventure following a kid's off-the-beaten-path journey, featuring an unfocused spiritual guide, a not-quite-dwarf, a graffiti "artist," a ghost whale, and mystical shenanigans galore.--
Author
Publisher
Tachyon
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Molly O'Malley is a clever, adventurous girl. She is also a Dwerg. Dwergs are strange folks who live very quietly in the Catskill mountains, have lots of gold, and are kind of like dwarves (but also not!). Molly isn't interested in cooking and weaving, as she is expected to be. So, she sets off to see the world for herself. Which means a new job, a trip to New York City, prowling gangsters, an adorable king, a city witch, and many historical ghosts....
Author
Series
Mrs. Noodlekugel volume 2
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2013
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
When Mrs. Noodlekugel's four mice make a terrible mess with cookie crumbs at tea, she decides to take them on the bus to visit the eye doctor -- and invites Nick and Maxine to come along!
10) Bear and bunny
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Best friends Bear and Bunny wander through the woods looking for food, singing songs, and talking about what kind of pet they might like to adopt.
12) Kat hats
Author
Publisher
Abrams Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
A trained cat who is able to form himself into specialty hats, Thermal Herman is world-renowned for his warmth and agility, but when a friend wanders off with a brain freeze and finds themself in peril, Thermal Herman must rush in to save the day.
13) Bear in love
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2012.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A bear with a secret admirer who leaves sweet, crunchy treats outside his cave each night tries to repay the kindness with honey, but comes to find out that his new friend is smaller, cuter, and fonder of carrots than any bear.
14) I am the dog
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Jacob trades places for the day with his dog Max and discovers the joys of chasing balls, eating kibble, and getting scratched behind the ears.
16) Mrs. Noodlekugel
Author
Series
Mrs. Noodlekugel volume 1
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Nick and Maxine have a new babysitter--the eccentric Mrs. Noodlekugel who lives in the funny little house behind their drab high-rise apartment building along with her feline butler, Mr. Fuzzface, and three myopic mice.
17) Young Larry
Author
Publisher
Marshall Cavendish
Pub. Date
c1997
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
After being hit on the head by his mother and told to fend for himself, Larry the polar bear floats from Baffin Bay to New Jersey where he gets a job as a lifeguard.
18) Bear's picture
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Company
Pub. Date
2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A bear continues to paint what he likes despite criticism from two passing gentlemen.
19) Wolf Christmas
Author
Publisher
Marshall Cavendish
Pub. Date
c1998
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
On the longest night of the year, a family of wolves takes a run through the woods to see the unusual sight of a human family's Christmas celebration.
20) Second grade ape
Author
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
1997
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Flash Fleetwood finds a very quiet gorilla which he names Phil, and, to the delight of the second grade students, their teacher Mrs. Hotdogbun says he may attend school along with them.