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Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
In 1861, the Civil War began. People in the North and the South fought against each other. How did Abraham Lincoln rise to the challenge of leading the nation during this difficult time? Young readers will find out as they read about his early life and his presidency. They will also make connections to their own lives as they learn about the many ways Lincoln is remembered and honored today. Each 24-page book in this series features controlled text...
5) Bear Island
Author
Publisher
Feiwel and Friends
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Louise and her family are sad over the loss of their beloved dog, Charlie. "Life will not be the same," Louise says, as she visits a little island that Charlie loved. But on a visit to the island after Charlie's death, something strange happens: She meets a bear. At first, she's afraid, but soon she realizes that the bear is sad, too. As Louise visits more often, she realizes that getting over loss takes time. And just when she starts to feel better,...
6) The scar
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
When his mother dies, a little boy is angry at his loss but does everything he can to hold onto the memory of her scent, her voice, and the special things she did for him, even as he tries to help his father and grandmother cope.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
"A little girl grieves the loss of her mother, but she can't grieve alone. When her friends and family arrive at her house to sit shiva, laden with cakes and stories, she refuses to come downstairs. But the laughter and memories gradually bring her intothe fold, where she is comforted by her community. By the end of the book, she feels stronger and more nourished, and she understands the beautiful tradition. Then, when sees her father sitting alone,...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
"In the mid-1800s seventy-five million buffalo roamed in North America. In little more than fifty years, there would be almost none." The death of the buffalo and the settlers' farming and ranching practices endangered the prairie, as drought made the farmland crumble to dust. To help repair the land, the buffalo had to be saved.
10) Grandma's gloves
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
When her grandmother, a devoted gardener, dies, a little girl inherits her gardening gloves and feels closer to her memory.
Author
Publisher
Tiger Tales
Pub. Date
2001, c2000
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Each Friday Little Bear and his grandpa share a snack, a treehouse, and stories but one day Grandpa is in the hospital, too tired to tell a story, and Little Bear tells one of his own as Grandpa falls into the deepest sleep.
15) Anne Frank
Author
Publisher
Lincoln Children's Books, an imprint of The Quarto Group
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Presents information about Anne Frank, including her childhood in Holland, her years in hiding, her death, and her legacy.
Author
Series
Publisher
Tiger Tales
Pub. Date
2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Mia still hasn't got over her cat's death - she had Sandy for as long as she can remember. But one day, just before Christmas, she finds out that her friend's cat has had kittens. Over the holidays she goes round to play with them. Is Mia ready to welcome a new kitten into her life?
19) The nightingale
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2002
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Though the emperor banishes the nightingale in preference of a jeweled mechanical imitation, the little bird remains faithful and returns years later when the emperor is near death and no one else can help him.
20) Sammy in the sky
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A little girl tells about her special pet, Sammy, "the best hound dog in the whole world," and how, after he becomes sick and dies, she comes to know the truth of her mother's words, that Sammy's spirit is everywhere.