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41) The trip
Author
Series
Lexile measure
AD 500L
Language
English
Description
Keats begins abruptly with Louie, lonely in a drab new home, unaccountably constructing a peepshow city in a shoebox. But this combination of collage and childlike drawing does make an enticing, dreamlike background for Louie's imagined trip back to the old neighborhood. While there, Louie runs into a group of strange monsters who turn out to be his old friends in imaginative Halloween disguise; and their friendly cries of "Trick or treat," while...
Author
Publisher
Levine Querido
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
On Isaac's street most of the houses are decorated in red and green for Christmas including his friend, Teresa's, while Isaac's house is blue and white for Hanukkah; then someone smashes Isaac's window in the night, and Teresa comes up with a way to show support her friend--and gets the whole community to rally around their Jewish family.
Author
Lexile measure
870L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Olivia has been Macy McMillan's best friend ever since Macy transferred to Hamilton Elementary from Braeside School for the Deaf. But then their sixth grade teacher assigned that embarrassing family tree project, and Olivia made a joke about Macy's father, and now neither girl is speaking--signing--to the other. It couldn't have happened at a worse time. With her mother getting married and an ugly For Sale sign jammed into their yard, Macy could really...
Author
Publisher
Schwartz & Wade Books
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
AD 460L
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm
Language
English
Description
Each day, rain or shine, Honey works in her garden, and each day, the little girl who lives next door is right by Honey's side. She hangs on the fence in the mornings. She watches from her window when it's raining. And on nice nights, when Honey eats in her garden, the girl goes over for dessert. Here's a heartwarming picture book that shows how friendship-- just like a garden-- grows. But... what happens when one friend has to move away?
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
600L
Physical Desc
212 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Mia is spending her summer with her grandmother in a small Maine town, expecting it to be an oasis of stability in her changing life, but there is a new know-it-all boy next door, and soon she finds herself competing with Cayman in identifying an injured bird of prey--and pretty much everything else.
Author
Series
Publisher
Kar-Ben Publishing
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 x 28 cm.
Language
English
Description
When elderly Mr. Tempkin's plan to thwart the squirrels that have been raiding his birdfeeder goes awry, his neighbor Marky learns how special a friendship can be.
Author
Publisher
Charlesbridge
Pub. Date
[2022]
Edition
First US edition.
Lexile measure
NC 760L
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 30 cm
Language
English
Description
"Camila the chicken, Mr. Martinez the fox, Felipe the mouse, Rodolfo the cat, Matilde the pig, Mrs. Paquita the owl, Pepe the ogre, and Matilde the inventor all live on the same street, but nobody talks to anybody else. One day a chain reaction begins that turns this neighborhood into a true community"--Provided by publisher.
52) Remember us
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Lexile measure
680L
Language
English
Formats
Description
"It seems like Sage's whole world is on fire the summer before she starts seventh grade. As house after house burns down, her Bushwick neighborhood gets referred to as "The Matchbox" in the local newspaper. And while Sage prefers to spend her time shooting hoops with the guys, she's also still trying to figure out her place inside the circle of girls she's known since childhood. A group that each day, feels further and further away from her. But it's...
53) Grave secrets
Author
Series
Lexile measure
660L
Language
English
Description
Amanda maintains a pet cemetery in her backyard where she buries her dead pets, but when she and her friends prepare to bury a dead squirrel they find a grave with a doll in it, a discovery with links to a scary elderly neighbor.
Author
Series
Apartment house on Poppy Hill volume 1
Publisher
Chronicle Books
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
125 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Nine-year-old Ella considers herself the official greeter, tour guide, and is generally in charge of 1106 Wildflower Place, but the elusive Robinsons who live on the top floor are a mystery--one which Ella is determined to solve, and bring the elderly couple into the community of the apartment building on Poppy Hill.
Author
Pub. Date
2009
Edition
1st ed.
Lexile measure
760L
Physical Desc
133 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
When Johanna shows up at the beginning of summer to house-sit next door to Finn, he has no idea of the profound effect she will have on his life by the time summer vacation is over.
58) The suitcase
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
32 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm
Language
English
Description
When a weary stranger arrives one day with nothing but a suitcase, his new neighbors ask nervous questions about who he is and where he comes from before they are challenged to decide between trusting the newcomer or taking the risk of not believing him.
59) Snow birds
Author
Series
Beak and Ally volume 4
Publisher
Harper Alley, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
61 pages : color illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Beak loves the snow, but his hopes are dashed when Ally informs him the swamp stays warm year-round and not much changes. As a matter of fact, the only big change is that it gets a lot more crowded! Beak soon discovers what Ally means when the snow birds arrive... Hawaiian shirt-wearing, music-jamming new neighbors who have flown south for the winter. At first, Beak is thrilled when they decide to spend their vacation in his tree--he loves to party!...
Author
Publisher
Kids Can Press
Pub. Date
[2017].
Lexile measure
AD 610L
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : colored illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
"When Swanda first moves to Brooklyn from the country, she misses the wildlife she left behind. But not for long. Oh, look! What dear little birds! Swanda says to her dog when she notices all the pigeons outside her apartment. Come, Waldo, we ll get them a bird feeder all their own. It s fun to watch the pigeons flock to the feeder, at first. But then more arrive ... and more ... and more. And before she knows it, there are too many pigeons! Swanda...