Marion Dane Bauer
1) On my honor
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 2
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Description
When his best friend drowns while they are both swimming in a treacherous river that they had promised never to go near, Joel is devastated and terrified at having to tell both sets of parents the terrible consequences of their disobedience.
3) Snow
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2 - AR Pts: 1
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Description
Simple text and illustrations explore the wonders of snow.
4) Winter dance
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 1
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Description
A fox wonders how he should prepare for the coming winter, but what other animals advise will not work for him until another fox comes to his aid.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 3
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Description
In Anchorage, Alaska, two lonely youngsters make a connection--a brown bear injured just after his mother sends him out on his own, and a human whose father is a new keeper at the Alaska Zoo and whose mother and sister are still in Minnesota.
6) Rain
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.2 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Illustrations and simple text explain what rain is, how it is used by plants, birds, and people, and the importance of clean water.
9) Sunshine
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 4
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Description
For most of Ben's life, he has been a kid without a mom. He has his dad, who knows Ben doesn't like oatmeal and always hugs Ben before bed. And he has Sunshine, his loyal little dog, who is never far from his side. But his mom, who left when he was young, has just been a story, faint in his memory. Now he's about to spend a whole week with her on her remote island in the middle of the northern Minnesota wilderness. Though he's nervous about bears...
10) Wind
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.6 - AR Pts: 1
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Description
Illustrations and simple text explain what wind is, how it is used by plants, birds, and people, and how wind can become a storm.
12) Clouds
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.8 - AR Pts: 1
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Description
Illustrations and simple text explain three types of clouds, stratus, cumulus, and cirrus.
15) An Early Winter
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Description
Tim is distressed to learn that his mom, new stepfather, and grandmother are sure Granddad has Alzheimer's disease. Refusing to accept the possibility that they may be right, Tim persuades Granddad to run away with him on a fishing trip, convinced this will prove that Granddad is still capable of taking care of himself. But on the way to the lake, Granddad keeps forgetting things: their equipment, the soft drinks, even how to make change at the roadside...
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Description
Long ago and even today, the story is told of how all the animals in the world, at the stroke of midnight on Christmas Eve, speak. With their newfound power of speech, the animals rejoice at the birth of Jesus, born humbly in a manger and surrounded by animals. Singing in treetops, braying in stables, barking in yards--the animals all rejoice and proclaim, "The Child is come."
With rich illustrations and lyrical text, Newbery Honor Award-winner...
18) The Grand Canyon
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.4 - AR Pts: 1
Description
"It all started with water. But how did one river make such a deep canyon? Read on and find out"--Back cover.