Jerry Pinkney
Author
Pub. Date
2009
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
36 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 25 x 29 cm
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
In this wordless retelling of an Aesop fable set in the African Serengeti, an adventuresome mouse proves that even a small creature is capable of great deeds when she rescues the King of the Jungle.
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 31 cm
Language
English
Description
"In this reinvention of Hans Christian Andersen's classic tale, a little mermaid trades her voice for legs and makes a new friend on land, but must return to the sea to save her family"--
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
540L
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 25 x 29 cm
Language
English
Description
Three billy goats must outwit the big, ugly troll that lives under the bridge they have to cross on their way up the mountain.
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2015.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 25 x 29 cm
Language
English
Description
In this retelling of the classic Aesop fable, hardworking ants stock up for the winter while a fun-loving grasshopper plays all year long, until the cold weather arrives and he realizes his mistake in not planning ahead.
11) Noah's ark
Author
Pub. Date
2002
Lexile measure
550L
Physical Desc
1 volume, 36 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm
Language
English
Description
This dramatic production of the well-known biblical story will help children learn about our responsibility to care for the living things on earth.
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
146 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"Jerry Pinkney, Caldecott Medal winner and illustrator of over one hundred books, tells the story of his childhood and how he developed his artistic talent"--
14) Puss in Boots
Author
Pub. Date
2012
Lexile measure
NC 850L
Physical Desc
36 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 30 cm
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
A clever cat wins for his master a fortune and the hand of a princess.
Author
Lexile measure
370L
Language
English
Description
"As a curious little chipmunk leaves his nest to greet the twilight, he gazes at the glittering sky above him. He can't help but also notice the sparkling dewdrops on a spider's web, the lights of the fireflies, and the shimmers of moonlight on the water. 'How I wonder what you are!' marvels the tiny creature, launching a dreamlike quest to reach for the stars."--Amazon.com.
16) Lolita
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
The most controversial classic novel of the 20th century, Lolita tells the story of Humbert Humbert, a middle-aged man who is aroused to erotic desire only by a young girl. Awe and exhilaration--along with heartbreak and mordant wit--abound in Lolita, Nabokov's most famous and controversial novel, which tells the story of the aging Humbert Humbert's obsessive, devouring, and doomed passion for the nymphet Dolores Haze. Lolita is also the story of...
18) John Henry
Author
Pub. Date
1994
Edition
1st ed.
Lexile measure
AD 620L
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 30 cm
Language
English
Description
Retells the life of the legendary African American hero who raced against a steam drill to cut through a mountain.
20) Aesop's fables
Pub. Date
2000
Lexile measure
760L
Physical Desc
87 pages : color illustrations ; 30 cm
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
A collection of nearly sixty fables from Aesop, including such familiar ones as "The Grasshopper and the Ants, " "The North Wind and the Sun, " "Androcles and the Lion, " "The Troublesome Dog, " and "The Fox and the Stork."