Jacqueline Rogers
2) Little Ree
Author
Series
Little Ree volume 1
Language
English
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Description
Publisher Annotation: Little Ree trades in her city days for a country way of life when she moves with her family to her grandparents? ranch. She?s excited to ride horses, swim in the pond, and help Grandma cook for everyone. But on her first day, she finds that living on a ranch can be tough. She has to get up at the crack of dawn, learn to herd cows, and make sure her horse, Pepper, doesn?t eat everything in sight. And that?s all before breakfast!...
Author
Series
Calvin Coconut volume 9
Publisher
Wendy Lamb Books
Pub. Date
c2013
Language
English
Description
Calvin and his friends have the opportunity to earn some money by appearing as extras in a zombie movie being filmed on a nearby beach.
Author
Series
Calvin Coconut volume 3
Publisher
Wendy Lamb Books
Pub. Date
c2010
Language
English
Description
When his teacher asks him to write a persuasive argument about something he really wants, fourth-grader Calvin creates a unique way to express his desire for a dog.
Author
Series
Calvin Coconut volume 6
Publisher
Wendy Lamb Books
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
Description
Fourth-grader Cal learns a lot about teasing and standing up for others when a weird new student joins his class, while Stella, the tenth-grader who lives with Cal's family to help his mother, practices for her driving test.
10) The Littles
Author
Series
The Littles volume 1
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
c1967
Language
English
Description
The Littles are a family of tiny people who live in the Bigg family's house. Mr. Little is only six inches tall, and he is big for a Little. The Littles develop a plan to get rid of the mice in the Bigg's house.
Author
Series
Publisher
Random House Children's Books
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
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Description
Calvin Coconut's fourth grade class meets Benni Obi, a weird and likable new kid. Benny brags about knowing kung fu, wears mirrored sunglasses, eats worms, crickets, and chocolate-covered scorpions, and says all the wrong things to bully Tito. Uh-oh. Meanwhile, the neighborhood kids and pets clear the road—Calvin's babysitter Stella is learning how to drive. She's got a lead foot.
Readers will enjoy the humor in Kung Fooey
Author
Series
Calvin Coconut volume 5
Publisher
Random House Children's Books
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
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Description
Hawaii boy Calvin Coconut has come up with the best idea ever for his sister Darci's birthday party. But a huge tropical storm hits the islands and threatens everything. It rains and rains. And rains.
The river next to Calvin's house rises high. When Calvin's friend Willy falls into the raging water, Calvin grabs his skiff to save him. As Willy is swept into the bay, Calvin struggles in the wild waves. What happens next shows Calvin what heroes...
The river next to Calvin's house rises high. When Calvin's friend Willy falls into the raging water, Calvin grabs his skiff to save him. As Willy is swept into the bay, Calvin struggles in the wild waves. What happens next shows Calvin what heroes...
Author
Series
Publisher
Random House Children's Books
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
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Description
There are zombies at Kailua beach!! Well, kind of. Fourth-grader Calvin Coconut and his friends have been recruited by Benny Obi (the boy from Kung Fooey who liked to tell crazy stories and ate bugs) to be extras in his uncle's movie: Zombie Zoomba! And who ends up with an actual part? Calvin's babysitter, Stella.
Author
Series
Dixie (Grace Gilman) volume 3
Language
English
Description
Emma gets to make a special treat for her class, so she decides to make her favorite, oatmeal spice cookies! But when there's a kitchen mix-up, sweet turns to spicy, and Emma goes to school with some bad treats. Luckily, Dixie sniffs out the problem and Emma's mom figures out the solution-but will the pair make it to school before it's too late? Dixie stars in another I Can Read title, a tasty treat for all beginning readers.
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English
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#1 New York Times bestselling authors former First Lady Laura Bush and her daughter Jenna Bush Hager have created an exuberant picture book tribute to our national parks and the importance and fun of connecting with nature. Our Great Big Backyard follows Jane, whose plans of spending the summer playing video games with her friends are dashed when her parents announce that her family is going on a road trip to national parks around the country. Yet...