Amy Hest
4) Little chick
Author
Pub. Date
2009
Edition
1st U.S. ed.
Lexile measure
AD 500L
Physical Desc
52 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 27 cm
Language
English
Description
Three full color tales about a special intergenerational bond, featuring Little Chick and her loving Old Auntie.
Author
Publisher
Neal Porter Books
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
"A celebration of the joy and comfort to be found in alone time and the joy and comfort that a friend can bring." -- Provided by publisher.
Author
Pub. Date
1997
Edition
1st U.S. ed.
Lexile measure
470L
Physical Desc
39 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 27 x 29 cm
Language
English
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Description
A thirteen-year-old Jewish orphan reluctantly leaves her grandmother and immigrates to New York City, where she works for three years sewing lace and earning money to bring Grandmother to the United States, too.
8) Ruby's storm
Author
Pub. Date
1994
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
On a stormy spring day, Ruby makes her way through the city to visit her grandfather.
Author
Pub. Date
2007
Edition
1st ed.
Lexile measure
670L
Physical Desc
143 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
Although she loves her father, their home in New York City, and third-grade teacher Miss Meadows, Annie misses her mother who died recently. Eight-year-old Annie lives in a sunny apartment in Manhattan with her father, Professor Rossi. Life would be pretty good if only Annie didn't so achingly miss her mother. When Mrs. Rossi died suddenly, she left not only Annie but also a class full of students - who pour out their hearts in a scrapbook Annie will...
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
HL 570L
Physical Desc
181 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
Told from three viewpoints, a brisk historical tale follows the experiences of two sisters who discover an abandoned baby on the library steps, while their estranged friend, racing to complete an important errand for his World War II soldier brother, jumps to the wrong conclusion.
Author
Publisher
Abrams Book for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 25 x 26 cm
Language
English
Description
"After a young boy's beloved dog dies, the boy encounters a stray dog on the beach. At first, the boy is not interested in having another dog as a pet, but as he walks and plays on the beach, he gradually becomes interested in taking care of the stray dog as a pet" --
Author
Pub. Date
2007
Edition
Kohl's edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 x 25 cm
Language
English
Description
When Mrs. Bear and little Sam deliver the cakes they have made for their friends in the neighborhood, Sam carries the cakes all by himself, through the snow and up to the front doors.
20) The reader
Author
Pub. Date
2012
Edition
1st ed.
Lexile measure
AD 480L
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : chiefly color illustrations ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
A boy and his dog hike to the top of a very tall, snowy hill where they play, enjoy a snack, and then share their favorite book before sledding home.