Jim LaMarche
1) The raft
Author
Publisher
Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Books
Pub. Date
2000.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
AD 650L
Language
English
Description
Reluctuant Nicky spends a wonderful summer with Grandma who introduces him to the joy of rafting down the river near her home and watching the animals along the banks.
4) Pond
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
AD 600L
Language
English
Description
"A group of friends discovers a neglected pond in the woods and decides to fix it up together"--
5) Up
Author
Publisher
Chronicle Books
Pub. Date
[2006]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Tired of being called Mouse and staying home while his brother helps on their father's fishing boat, Daniel proves himself when a problem arises that he can solve using his newly-developed, extraordinary talent.
Author
Publisher
Random House Children's Books
Pub. Date
2011.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A cat whose kitten days are far behind her says goodbye to her human family, and the animals and places that have made her life special, before leaving this life behind. Tiger Rose's kitten days are long gone and she's grown too tired to stay, so she says her goodbyes to all the creatures and the joys of her natural world?from the scolding blue jay, to the dog and children she shares her home with, to a chipmunk, startled by her gentleness, to her...
8) The carousel
Author
Series
Publisher
Harcourt Brace
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Two sisters find that the horses of a broken carousel have come alive in the rain.
Author
Series
Publisher
HarperTrophy
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 4
Lexile measure
870L
Language
English
Description
After grasshoppers ruin the crops, eight-year-old Laura Ingalls and her family leave Plum Creek and move to Burr Oak, Iowa, where they experience life in a small town and help manage a hotel.
10) Albert
Author
Publisher
Silver Whistle/Harcourt Brace
Pub. Date
2001.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
600L
Language
English
Description
One day when Albert is at his window, two cardinals come to build a nest in his hand, an event that changes his life.
11) A story for Bear
Author
Pub. Date
2002
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
800L
Language
English
Description
A young bear who is fascinated by the mysterious marks he sees on paper finds a friend when a kind woman reads to him.
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2007]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
AD 850L
Language
English
Description
When a young bear is awakened from his winter nap by a mysterious sound, he makes new friends and discovers the true meaning of Christmas.
13) Little Oh
Author
Publisher
Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Books/Morrow
Pub. Date
[1997]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
AD 650L
Language
English
Description
A mother tells her son the story of Little Oh, a girl made of paper who becomes separated from her human mother.
14) Ivy takes care
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2013.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 4
Lexile measure
830L
Language
English
Description
Brokenhearted when her best friend departs for the summer, Ivy spends her own summer caring for animals in the mid-century Southwest, sharing her season of discovery with a stubborn pony, a mischievous puppy, and a scarred racehorse.
16) The sea of sleep
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2010.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.1 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
AD 530L
Language
English
Description
Soothing text takes the reader on a bedtime journey across a peaceful and beautiful sea to sleep.
17) Mandy
Author
Publisher
Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Books
Pub. Date
[1991]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Hearing-impaired Mandy risks going out into the scary night, during an impending storm, to look for her beloved grandmother's lost pin.
18) Winter is coming
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.4 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
AD 490L
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Each day, from September through November, brings glimpses of forest animals seeking food in preparation for the onset of winter, from a fox sniffing the last apple on the ground to a flock of wild turkeys that finds nothing.
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2011]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
AD 740L
Language
English
Description
In Depression-era New York City, construction workers at the Rockefeller Center site help a family in need--a gift that is repaid years later in the donation of an enormous Christmas tree.