Jim LaMarche
1) Pond
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2016]
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
AD 600L
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 26 x 29 cm
Language
English
Description
"A group of friends discovers a neglected pond in the woods and decides to fix it up together"--
Author
Lexile measure
AD 490L
Language
English
Description
Each day, from September through November, a girl quietly sitting in the woods with her sketchbook glimpses forest animals seeking food in preparation for the onset of winter, from a fox sniffing the last apple to a flock of wild turkeys that finds nothing.
Author
Pub. Date
2011
Edition
1st ed.
Lexile measure
AD 740L
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 30 cm
Language
English
Description
In Depression-era New York City, construction workers at the Rockefeller Center site help a family in need--a gift that is repaid years later in the donation of an enormous Christmas tree.
Author
Pub. Date
2005
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
A lonely little fir tree, standing by itself at the edge of the forest, has its life transformed when a father takes it home to serve as a living Christmas tree for his bedridden son.
6) Albert
Author
Pub. Date
2001
Edition
1st ed.
Lexile measure
600L
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 31 cm
Language
English
Description
One day when Albert is at his window, two cardinals come to build a nest in his hand, an event that changes his life.
11) A story for Bear
Author
Pub. Date
2002
Edition
1st ed.
Lexile measure
800L
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 x 28 cm
Language
English
Description
A young bear who is fascinated by the mysterious marks he sees on paper finds a friend when a kind woman reads to him.
12) Little Oh
Author
Pub. Date
1997
Lexile measure
AD 650L
Language
English
Description
A mother tells her son the story of Little Oh, a girl made of paper who becomes separated from her human mother.
Pub. Date
2008
Edition
Full screen ver.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (61 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
As the zookeeper makes his nightly rounds, he has no idea that Gorilla is letting all the animals out of their cages. A thoughtful little bear decides to get the moon a birthday present, so he climbs a mountain to ask the moon what it wants. Granny and all the critters in her house pile on her bed for a nap, until a little flea has a big surprise. An old couple pines to have children, so the moon presents them with twelve tiny babies. A lonesome trombone...
14) A single pearl
Author
Publisher
Disney/Hyperion Books
Pub. Date
[2013]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 30 cm
Language
English
Description
"A simple grain of sand undergoes an inspiring transformation"--
16) Puma dreams
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2019]
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
AD 530L
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 25 x 29 cm
Language
English
Description
A young girl yearns to see an elusive puma in the wild, knowing that their numbers are dwindling and that what her Gram calls a "long-dream" may never come true.
17) The king of bees
Author
Publisher
Peachtree
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
AD 600L
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 28 cm
Language
English
Description
Henry is fascinated by the bees his Aunt Lilla cares for and he would love to help, but she says he must wait until he is older. --
18) The carousel
Author
Pub. Date
1995
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
32 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 21 x 28 cm
Language
English
19) Ivy takes care
Author
Pub. Date
2013
Edition
1st ed.
Lexile measure
830L
Physical Desc
199 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
Brokenhearted when her best friend departs for the summer, Ivy spends her own summer caring for animals in the mid-century Southwest, sharing her season of discovery with a stubborn pony, a mischievous puppy, and a scarred racehorse.
20) Mandy
Author
Pub. Date
1991
Lexile measure
AD 630L
Physical Desc
32 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 24 x 28 cm
Language
English