Barbara McClintock
1) Vroom!
Author
Publisher
Farrar Straus Giroux
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
This book follows a young girl's imaginary journey as she zooms in a race car past fields and forests to faraway lands before returning home to her own safe bed.
2) Dahlia
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2002
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 28 cm.
Language
English
Description
Charlotte does not like dolls, until she receives a special doll from her aunt and they become good friends.
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
[2008]
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
When Adele and Simon visit their Aunt Cecile in New York City, she takes them on a train trip around the United States, but from Boston to San Francisco to Washington, D.C., Simon keeps losing his belongings, despite his sister's reminders. Includes facts about the places they visit.
4) The mitten
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2009
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
[32] p. : col.ill. ; 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
A retelling of the traditional tale of how a boy's lost mitten becomes a refuge from the cold for an increasing number of animals.
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2006
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
[33] p. : col. ill., col. map ; 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
When Adele walks her little brother Simon home from school he loses one more thing at every stop: his drawing of a cat at the grocer's shop, his books at the park, his crayons at the art museum, and more. When Simon's older sister, Adele, picks him up from school, he has his hat and gloves and scarf and sweater, his coat and knapsack and books and crayons, and a drawing of a cat he made that morning. Adele makes Simon promise to try not to lose anything....
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Co
Pub. Date
c2003
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.1 - AR Pts: 13
Physical Desc
290 p. : col. ill. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Talkative, ten-year-old Rebecca goes to live with her spinster aunts, one harsh and demanding, the other soft and sentimental, and spends seven difficult but rewarding years growing up in their company.