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Author
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2013
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
On her way to visit her daughter on the other side of the jungle, Grandma encounters a hungry fox, bear, and tiger, and although she convinces them to wait for her return trip, she still must find a way to outwit them all.
Author
Series
Publisher
Capstone
Pub. Date
2021
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Katie Woo is excited to go a to a special daddy-daughter dance. There's only one problem. Katie's dad keeps stepping on her toes. Can Katie help her daddy with his dance moves? With reader questions, a glossary, an activity, this book is a great choice for libraries.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
The progress of America after the Industrial Revolution came at the cost of many unnamed lives, and there's no story more indicative of this than the plight of the Chinese men who built the Transcontinental Railroad. Young readers will be transported through first-person accounts, and even a Western Union telegram, into the Central Pacific camp, learning how track was laid, how perilous the job was, and how deeply racism affected these men who thanklessly...
Author
Series
Publisher
Capstone
Pub. Date
2021
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Katie Woo has science on her mind. She's doing a science experiment and building her own volcano. But when her project gets out of control, Katie gets mad. Can Katie keep from blowing her top? Readers are supported with a glossary, writing prompts, and discussion questions.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Tanabata Matsuri, the Star Festival, celebrates a popular folktale: The Emperor of the Heavens separates his daughter, Orihime, from her love, Hikoboshi, all year, but on this day, the two stars finally reunite, crossing a bridge over the Milky Way. For Keiko, her mama, and her grandmother, Tanabata is about making tanzaku wishes, taking in the colorful decorations, and eating delicious food like nagashi somen and shaved ice. But, when Obaasan gets...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Ming Da is only nine years old when he becomes the emperor of China, and his three advisors take advantage of him by stealing his stores of rice, gold, and precious stones. But Ming Da has a plan. With the help of his tailors, he comes up with a clever idea to outsmart his devious advisors: He asks his tailors to make "magical" new clothes for him. Anyone who is honest, the young emperor explains, will see the clothes' true splendor, but anyone who...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
An original story based on Hindu mythology, this book tells the story about how Ganesha's love of sweets led to a broken tusk and the writing of the epic poem, the Mah�abh�arata. Includes author's note about the myth.
12) A different pond
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
"As a young boy, Bao Phi awoke early, hours before his father's long workday began, to fish on the shores of a small pond in Minneapolis. Unlike many other anglers, Bao and his father fished for food, not recreation. Between hope-filled casts, Bao's father told him about a different pond in their homeland of Vietnam"--
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Will she be an artist? A cook? A writer? Sara Mee is turning one, and her family and friends gather for her tol, or first-birthday celebration. Food and presents abound, but most exciting of all is the traditional Korean prophecy game, called the toljabee, which predicts what Sara Mee will be when she grows up. A book for all cultures, WHAT WILL YOU BE, SARA MEE? celebrates siblings, community, and the blending of traditions.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
Español
Description
Patty, la tía de Katie, es elegida alcaldesa. Katie cree que su tía podrá crear algunas reglas geniales, ¡como repartir helados gratis los domingos! Cuando la tía Patty le explica en qué consiste su trabajo, a Katie se le ocurren algunas ideas que quiere compartir con el ayuntamiento. ¿Cómo podrían Katie y sus amigos mejorar el vecindario para todos los niños?
15) Too much rain
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
When heavy rain causes flooding, Katie Woo and her parents spend the night in a shelter.
16) Patsy Mink
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
The My Itty-Bitty Bio series are biographies for the earliest readers. This book examines the life of Hawaiian Patsy Mink, the first Asian American woman elected to Congress, in a simple, age-appropriate way that helps children develop word recognition and reading skills. The series celebrates diversity, covering women and men from a range of backgrounds and professions including immigrants and individuals with disabilities. Includes a timeline, primary...
18) Larry Itliong
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
The My Itty-Bitty Bio series are biographies for the earliest readers. This book examines the life of Larry "Seven Fingers" Itliong, a Filipino American labor organizer, in a simple, age-appropriate way that helps children develop word recognition and reading skills. The series celebrates diversity, covering women and men from a range of backgrounds and professions including immigrants and individuals with disabilities. Includes a timeline, primary...
19) Grace Lee Boggs
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
The My Itty-Bitty Bio series are biographies for the earliest readers. This book examines the life of political and social activist Grace Lee Boggs, a Chinese American author and revolutionary, in a simple, age-appropriate way that helps children develop word recognition and reading skills. The series celebrates diversity, covering women and men from a range of backgrounds and professions including immigrants and individuals with disabilities. Includes...
20) Fred Korematsu
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
The My Itty-Bitty Bio series are biographies for the earliest readers. This book examines the life of civil rights hero Fred Korematsu, a Japanese American who stood up for other Japanese Americans during World War II, in a simple, age-appropriate way that helps children develop word recognition and reading skills. The series celebrates diversity, covering women and men from a range of backgrounds and professions including immigrants and individuals...
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