Catalog Search Results
Author
Lexile measure
850L
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Alice in Wonderland: A little girl falls down a rabbit hole and discovers a world of nonsensical and amusing characters.
Through the looking glass: In this sequel to "Alice in Wonderland," Alice goes through the mirror to find a strange world where curious adventures await her.
Series
Publisher
Grosset & Dunlap
Pub. Date
[1946]
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
A selection of thirteen tales from the Arabian folklore epic The thousand and one nights, in which Scheherazade tries to free her people from the cruel tyranny of their sultan, who daily executes his new-wed wife, by telling him enchanting tales.
24) Little women
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.9 - AR Pts: 33
Lexile measure
1300L
Language
English
Description
For generations, children around the world have come of age with Louisa May Alcott's March girls: hardworking eldest sister Meg, headstrong, impulsive Jo, timid Beth, and precocious Amy. With their father away at war, and their loving mother Marmee working to support the family, the four sisters have to rely on one another for support as they endure the hardships of wartime and poverty. We witness the sisters growing up and figuring out what role...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6.6 - AR Pts: 18
Lexile measure
HL 990L
Language
English
Description
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is essential to the understanding of the American soul. The recent discovery of the first half of Twain's manuscript, long thought lost, made front-page news. And this unprecedented edition, which contains for the first time omitted episodes and other variations present in the first half of the handwritten manuscript, as well as facsimile reproductions of thirty manuscript pages, is indispensable to a full understanding...
27) Heidi
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.2 - AR Pts: 16
Lexile measure
AD 1000L
Language
English
Description
A Swiss orphan is heartbroken when she must leave her beloved grandfather and their happy home in the mountains to go to school and to care for an invalid girl in the city. Includes illustrated notes throughout the text explaining the historical backround of the story.
28) The Wizard of Oz
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7 - AR Pts: 7
Lexile measure
AD 1000L
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Sweet little Dorothy and Toto, her pet dog, are in for an unexpected adventure when the house they live in in Kansas is swept away in a cyclone to Munchkinland, a faraway place in the magical Land of Oz. As they land in this enchanted country, their house falls on the Wicked Witch of the East, killing her! Just then, the Good Witch of the North appears and thanks Dorothy for setting the people free from bondage. Dorothy wants to be back home. But...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 11.3 - AR Pts: 42
Lexile measure
600L
Language
English
Description
A young Gascon nobleman, d'Artagnan, sets off for Paris in hopes of joining the Musketeers. He proves himself fighting with them and earns a place in their ranks. With d'Artagnan the three preserve the honor of the king and thwart the schemes of Cardinal Richelieu.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.2 - AR Pts: 11
Lexile measure
NC 1140L
Language
English
Description
Experience the timeless story of Toad, Rat, Mole, and Badger in a beautiful new unabridged, hardcover designed and illustrated by New York Times Bestselling author and Eisner Award winning creator David Petersen (Mouse Guard). Painstakingly illustrated over three years, this exquisite and lavish edition features both color and pen and ink illustrations throughout. Begun as a series of letters from Kenneth Grahame to his son, The Wind in the Willows...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 11
Lexile measure
930L
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
When the kind and imaginative seven-year-old Sara Crewe reaches Miss Minchin's Select Seminary for Young Ladies with her papa, she doesn't quite like it. "'I don't like it, papa," she said. "But then I dare say soldiers--even brave ones-- don't really like going into battle." The apple of her father's eye, Sara has all the privileges at the seminary and is treated with special care. Soon enough, she befriends her classmates and is nicknamed a 'princess',...
32) Dracula
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.6 - AR Pts: 25
Lexile measure
HL 1070L
Language
English
Appears on list
Formats
Description
This is the classic, hypnotic story of the undead creatures of the night--and the human lives they touch--as they relentlessly seek to satiate an accursed craving for their only sustenance: human blood. A Gothic novel of immense proportions, "Dracula" has only strengthened its grip on the public over the course of the last century.
33) The time machine
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
1070L
Language
English
Description
A classic novel of the future follows the Time Traveller as he hurtles one million years into the future and encounters a world populated by two distinct races, the childlike Eloi and the disgusting Morlocks who prey on the Eloi.
36) Frankenstein
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
GN 850L
Language
English
Description
From the Publisher: Frankenstein: Using parts from corpses, Victor Frankenstein creates a large, man-like creature. Rejected and abused by humans, the creature takes revenge by committing murder. Frankenstein then pursues the creature, determined to kill him or die in the attempt. The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde: When Dr. Henry Jekyll begins to look ill and isolates himself from his friends, they fear for his life. A mysterious, evil man...
38) Aesop's fables
Series
Publisher
Grosset & Dunlap
Pub. Date
1983.
Language
English
Description
A collection of the brief animal tales with specific morals which are attributed to a Greek slave.