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Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Mama Panya has just enough money to buy ingredients for a few pancakes, so when her son Adika invites all their friends to join them, she is sure there will not be enough to go around. With facts about Kenya and Kiswahili, and a recipe for pancakes, too.
4) Our table
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Violet longs for the time when her family was connected: before life, distractions, and technology pulled them all away from each other. They used to gather at the table, with food and love, to make memories, share their lives, and revel in time spent together. But now her family has been drifting apart, and with nobody to gather around it, the table grows smaller and smaller. Can Violet remind her family of the warmth of time spent together, and...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
When Saya's mother is sent to jail as an illegal immigrant, she sends her daughter a cassette tape with a song and a bedtime story, which inspires Saya to write a story of her own--one that just might bring her mother home.
10) Big brave Daddy
Author
Publisher
Blue Apple Books
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
Charlie looks forward to the day when he can exchange his sled for skis, his tricycle for a racing bike, and join in big, daring adventures with the Daddy he loves.
13) My brother
Author
Publisher
Farrar Straus Giroux
Pub. Date
2007
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A child describes the many wonderful things about "my brother," who can fly, write amazing stories, and stand up to bullies.
14) My big sister
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
c2003
Language
English
Description
Photographs and simple text illustrate baby's view of what it is like to have a big sister.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Children who have a parent in prison express their feelings of sadness, anger, worry, and embarrassment and suggest that talking to others and keeping in contact with the missing parent helps them deal with the situation.
17) My mom
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus, Giroux
Pub. Date
2005
Language
English
Description
A child describes the many wonderful things about "my mom," who can make anything grow, roar like a lion, and be as comfy as an armchair.
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
c2000
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Describes how dads show love by explaining all the things that they cannot do, such as sleeping late, keeping their ties clean, and reading books by themselves.
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