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Series
Peter books (Ezra Jack Keats) volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Peter longs to be able to whistle for his dog and makes many ingenious attempts. On board pages.
Author
Series
Amazing Grace (Picture books) volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Although a classmate says that she cannot play Peter Pan in the school play because she is black, Grace discovers that she can do anything she sets her mind to do.
4) Pet show!
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
When he can't find his cat to enter in the neighborhood pet show, Archie must do some fast thinking to win a prize.
Author
Series
Peter books (Ezra Jack Keats) volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"The adventures of a little boy in the city on a very snowy day"--
"A small boy discovers that he can throw snowballs, make angels, and slide down hills in the fascinating world of snow"--
Author
Series
Peter books (Ezra Jack Keats) volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Formats
Description
When Peter discovers his blue furniture is being painted pink for a new baby sister, he rescues the last unpainted item, a chair, and runs away.
8) Goggles!
Author
Series
Peter books (Ezra Jack Keats) volume 5
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Two boys must outsmart the neighborhood bullies before they can enjoy their new treasure, a pair of lensless motorcycle goggles.
9) John Henry
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Retells the life of the legendary African American hero who raced against a steam drill to cut through a mountain.
Author
Pub. Date
2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
As an elderly woman, Lillian recalls that her great-great-grandparents were sold as slaves in front of a courthouse where only rich white men were allowed to vote, then the long fight that led to her right--and determination--to cast her ballot since the Voting Rights Act gave every American the right to vote.
11) Hair love
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Description
A little girl's daddy steps in to help her arrange her curly, coiling, wild hair into styles that allow her to be her natural, beautiful self.
12) Flower garden
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Helped by her father, a young girl prepares a flower garden as a birthday surprise for her mother.
14) The old truck
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"On a small family farm, an old truck falls into disrepair and lies nearly forgotten, except by the family's daughter. The truck is been part of her daydreams as she grows up and develops strength and independence. As an industrious young woman, she pulls the rusted and overgrown vehicle from its almost-grave and restores it"--Provided by publisher.
17) Tops & bottoms
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Formats
Description
Hare turns his bad luck around by striking a clever deal with the rich and lazy bear down the road.
18) Uptown
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
A tour of the sights of Harlem, including the Metro-North Train, brownstones, shopping on 125th Street, a barber shop, summer basketball, the Boy's Choir, and sunset over the Harlem River.
Author
Series
Dyamonde Daniel books volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Spunky third-grader Dyamonde Daniel misses her old neighborhood, but when she befriends a boy named Free, another new student at school, she finally starts to feel at home.