Diane Dillon
Author
Language
English
Description
Like most girls and boys, Zoe enthusiastically embraces the wonders of our world and its infinite possibilities. "I can be anything I want to be!" she tells us, presenting herself in a range of careers. "But what if you fail?" asks a voice of doubt that attempts to undermine her confidence.
Bold and sassy, Zoe swats the voice away at every turn, declaring her certainty with a charisma that will encourage us all to silence the fears projected onto...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Simple words and colorful paintings tell the warm, engaging story of new parents who buy a rocking chair when they are expecting a baby. Bright, sunny illustrations show the precious intimacy between parents and their children; the new mother glows with affection, and the new father reads aloud to their young son.
Time passes, and the boy grows up; the beloved rocker is moved to the attic and gathers dust. But when the boy becomes a man, the cycle...
Author
Publisher
The Blue Sky Press, an imprint of Scholastic, Inc
Pub. Date
2019
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Before the baby arrives a couple orders a rocking chair, and as the family grows and changes, the rocking chair is always there, a center of love and continuity
9) Blast off
Author
Publisher
New York Review Children's Collection
Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
Description
When her friends tease her for dreaming of being an astronaut, a young African American girl uses discarded items to make a spaceship for her interstellar journey
Author
Publisher
Dial Press
Pub. Date
©1975
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A retelling of a traditional West African tale that reveals how the mosquito developed its annoying habit. A mosquito annoyed the iguana, who frightened the python, who scared the rabbit ... and now the whole jungle is in an uproar because the sun won't rise. The animals discuss the situation and decide to punish the mosquito. Even today, whenever we hear a mosquito buzz, we smack it hard!
11) I have a dream
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s August 28, 1963 "I Have a Dream" speech has been illustrated by 15 Coretta Scott King Award-winning artists, and includes signed statements from the artists explaining the emotions they were tying to capture and why and how they used certain colors and tones. In addition to a foreword by Coretta Scott King, the book includes a biographical sketch, preceded by a black-and-white photograph, highlighting critical events...
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
25 Award-winning Authors and Illustrators
Brilliant new worlds
Captivating new ideas
Powerful new stories of action, adventure, and fantasy
Just imagine…
• It's game on, the fate of the universe is on the line-and you're about to go all in.
• Saving the mammoths is in your hands-can you conjure the magic to make it happen?
• You've got a monster BFF-whom you're hiding from your own monster-hunting family.
• You're part of...