Linda Jennings
1) Tom's tail
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Tom the pig wanted his tail to be straight and he got his wish with a little help from his farmyard friends.
2) Easy peasy!
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
c1997
Language
English
Description
By jumping up onto higher and higher objects, Kitty manages to reach a tempting plate of fish.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 9.7 - AR Pts: 27
Language
English
Description
During the French Revolution a young English lawyer goes to the guillotine to save a French aristocrat, husband of the woman he loves. "It was the best of times; it was the worst of times ..." With these famous words, Charles Dickens plunges the reader into the French Revolution. From the storming of the Bastille to the relentless drop of the guillotine, Dickens vividly captures the terror and upheaval of that tumultuous period. At the center is the...
Author
Publisher
Good Books
Pub. Date
2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
When three puppies go out for their first romp in snow, they are frightened by a stranger and Ollie, separated from his siblings, must try to find his way home through snowy fields and icy woods.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 9.2 - AR Pts: 35
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"Considered by many to be Dickens' finest novel, Great Expectations traces the growth of the book's narrator, Philip Pirrip (Pip), from a boy of shallow dreams to a man with depth of character. From its famous dramatic opening on the bleak Kentish marshes, the story abounds with some of Dickens' most memorable characters. Among them are the kindly blacksmith Joe Gargery, the mysterious convict Abel Magwitch, the eccentric Miss Havisham and her beautiful...
10) The golden goose
Author
Publisher
Silver Burdett
Pub. Date
1985
Language
English
Description
Simpleton's generosity helps him gain a princess for his bride.
11) Lost in the snow
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
When Ollie sees snow for the first time, he's amazed. He rushes outside to play with his brother and sister, but then a huge, scary dog, appears and the puppies scatter. Ollie runs and runs, and when he finally stops, he finds himself lost and alone.
15) Scioto County
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
When Scioto County was established in March 1803, no one could have imagined the wide-ranging series of events that would encompass its history for the next 200-plus years. Situated in south-central Ohio along the Ohio River, the region experienced incredible prosperity with the Ohio and Erie Canal and later the railroads during the 1800's. In the early 1900's, shoe factories, steel mills, and brick plants produced jobs and merchandise that benefitted...