Garth Williams
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No one has drawn animals with as much warmth, humor, and realism as Garth Williams, who illustrated the beloved classics Charlotte's Web, Stuart Little, and the Little House on the Prairie series.
This classic Little Golden book—with piglets, kittens, calves, and bunnies, and a simple, humorous story—is one of his best. Loved for generations, this warm and fuzzy classic is sure to delight a new crop of young Little...
This classic Little Golden book—with piglets, kittens, calves, and bunnies, and a simple, humorous story—is one of his best. Loved for generations, this warm and fuzzy classic is sure to delight a new crop of young Little...
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Little house (Laura Ingalls Wilder) volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 8
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760L
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A family travels from the big woods of Wisconsin to a new home on the prairie, where they build a house, meet neighboring Indians, sink a well, and fight a prairie fire.
A family travels from the big woods of Wisconsin to a new home on the prairie, where they build a house, meet neighboring Indians, build a well, and fight a prairie fire.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 5
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A year in the life of two young girls growing up on the Wisconsin frontier, as they help their mother with the daily chores, enjoy their father's stories and singing, and share special occasions when they get together with relatives or neighbors.
5) Farmer boy
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 9
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Story of farm life before farms were mechanized and electrified.
"This farmer boy lived in northern New York about 1868. School days, beginning when he was nine years old, work on the farm and some innocent pleasures rounded out his life." Wis. bul.
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Little house (Laura Ingalls Wilder) volume 7
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 9
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Pa's homestead thrives, Laura gets her first job in town, blackbirds eat the corn and oats crops, Mary goes to college, and Laura gets into trouble at school, but becomes a certified school teacher.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 9
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The Ingalls family moves to the Dakota territory, claims a homestead, and braves the hardships and perils of living on the frontier.
Ma and the girls follow Pa west by train where they make their home at a rough railroad camp and plan for their own homestead.
10) Stuart Little
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 3
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Stuart Little is a mouse in the family of the Frederick C. Littles and is a pleasant character, with a shy manner. His adventure starts when he tries to find his friend, Margalo, a little pretty bird.
11) The long winter
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 10
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After an October blizzard, Laura's family moves from the claim shanty into town for the winter, a winter that an Indian has predicted will be seven months of bad weather.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 10
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Fifteen-year-old Laura learns that living away from home and teaching school can be a bit frightening when most of the students are taller than she is, but every week Almanzo Wilder arrives to take her to her family for the weekend.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 4
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Tucker is a streetwise city mouse. He thought he'd seen it all. But he's never met a cricket before, which really isn't surprising, because, along with his friend Harry Cat, Tucker lives in the very heart of New York City-the Times Square subway station. Chester Cricket never intended to leave his Connecticut meadow. He'd be there still if he hadn't followed the entrancing aroma of liverwurst right into someone's picnic basket. Now, like any tourist...
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Chester Cricket volume 6
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
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A hungry mouse and a lonely kitten become friends and seek adventure and fortune together in the streets and subways of New York City.
16) Emmett's Pig
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A sweet story for anyone who's ever dreamed of having a pet pig
Emmett loves pigs and has all the toy pigs any kid could dream of. But Emmett wants a real pig. He lives in a New York City apartment, so Emmett's family says that he can't keep one in the house. Instead, on his birthday, his dreams will come true in the most surprising way!
This Level Two I Can Read book is geared for kids who read on their own but still need a little help.
This digital...
18) Amigo
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Aladdin Books
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
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Desperately wanting a pet to love, a boy decides to tame a prairie dog who has already decided to tame the boy for his own pet.
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Chester Cricket volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 5
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The adventures of a city bred cat and mouse when they go to the country in Connecticut to visit their friend, Chester Cricket.