Aaron Renier
1) The Lifters
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 7
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When Gran and his family move to Carousel, he has no idea that the town is built atop a secret. Little does he suspect, as he walks his sister to school or casually eats a banana, that mysterious forces lurk mere inches beneath his feet, tearing up the earth like mini-hurricanes and causing the town to slowly but surely sink. When Gran's friend, the difficult-to-impress Catalina Catalan, presses a silver handle into a hillside and opens a doorway...
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The knights' tales volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 2
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Sir Lancelot arrives in King Arthur's court and has many grand adventures after becoming the king's bravest and greatest knight.
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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.--
Mick's big brother Maurice is home from Tibet! Maurice is now the (self-proclaimed) Guru Lumpo Smythe-Finkel, and he and his dog, Lhasa, are settled...
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The knights' tales volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 2
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While not the most intrepid knight of the Round Table, Sir Givret the Short helps King Arthur and the other knights with his cunning and cleverness.
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The knights' tales volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 2
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Relates the adventures of Sir Gawain, the only undefeated knight in King Arthur's court, who eventually learns the value of friendship, courtliness, and courtesy after a challenge from the Green Knight.
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The knights' tales volume 4
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 2
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After receiving an ominous prophecy at his christening, Sir Balin lives his life alternately trying to fulfill it and trying to avoid it.
7) Kat Hats
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A wild picture book starring a world-renowned cat, his trainer, a cast of quirky characters from award-winning creators Daniel Pinkwater and Aaron Renier.
Thermal Herman 6-7/8 is the top Kat Hat in Matt Katz's company. A trained cat, who is able to form himself into specialty hats, Thermal Herman is world-renowned for his warmth and agility. When a friend wanders off with a brain freeze and finds themself in peril, Thermal Herman must rush in to...
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This witty picture book from children's luminary Daniel Pinkwater and Aaron Renier offers an insider's look that will make you completely abandon everything you thought you knew about vampires!
Welcome to the village of Blinsh, Pinksylvania, famous for the many vampires that call it home. With a caring look at this town not so different from our own, we hope the reader will get to know more about vampires and see that they are not so different from...
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Bestselling author Daniel Pinkwater (Lizard Music, The Hoboken Chicken Emergency) returns in classic form with the illustrated, middle-grade adventures of one young Molly O'Malley: a dwarf (well, dwarf-ish) girl who just won't settle for a boring life in the Catskills.
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...