Virginia Lee Burton
2) Choo Choo
Author
Language
English
Description
The adventures of a beautiful little locomotive who decided to run away from her humdrum duties.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Since its publication in 1939, Virginia Lee Burton's Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel has delighted generations of children. Together, Mike and his red steam shovel named Mary Anne dig the great canals, cut through high mountains, lower the hills, and even make deep holes for skyscrapers. With the advent of more modernized shovels, however, Mary Anne is going to be sold for junk! Thanks to Mike's fierce loyalty to his friend, she is spared-and guaranteed...
10) Life story
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Examines and explains how life on Earth came to be and how the Earth and life on it developed and evolved throughout time, told through a play with five acts and a prologue.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Two rascally weavers convince the emperor they are making him beautiful new clothes, visible only to those fit for their posts, but during a royal procession in which he first wears them, a child whispers that the emperor has nothing on.
14) La casita
Author
Publisher
Sistemas Tecnicos de Edicion
Pub. Date
1992
Language
Español
Description
A country house is unhappy when the city, with all its buildings and traffic, grows up around her.
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Way out west in Cactus county lived a horse named Calico. She wasn't very pretty, but she was smart and could run like greased lightning. When villain Stewy Stinker threatens to hold up Santa Claus on Christmas Eve, will Calico the Wonder Horse be able to save the day?"--
Publisher
Weston Woods Studios
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
Live through a stinky night in the life of a New York City garbage truck that likes to eat alphabet soup. Follow Mr. Gilly around Trashy Town until his truck is full of glorious garbage. Big diesel engines threaten to run Mike Mulligan and his steam shovel out of business until he finds just the job to prove their worth. An old tricycle is mistaken for trash, but just before being crushed for scrap metal, it magically speeds away on an adventure through...