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Originally published in the 1920s. The book contains a wealth of information on every aspect of writing children's books and plays. Contents include: Preparing the Ground – Titles – Fairy and Dragon Stories – Animal and Nature Stories – Adventure Stories – Sporting and School Tales – Points to Remember – Editors – Markets for Manuscripts – Lengths – Submissions – Children's Plays – The Serial and Series – Books – Writing...
2) Mary Poppins
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 6
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A blast of wind, a house-rattling bang, and Mary Poppins arrives at Number Seventeen Cherry Tree Lane. Quicker than she can close her umbrella, she takes charge of the Banks children--Jane, Michael, and the twins--and she changes their lives forever.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 1
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The Tale of Mr. Jeremy Fisher endures as one of Beatrix Potter's most popular and well-loved tales. It tells of an optimistic and slightly accident-prone frog, who sets off on a fishing expedition across the pond, only to find himself bitten on the toe bt a water-beetle, fighting with a stickleback, and eventually nearly eaten by a trout!
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 7
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"Aven Green loves to tell people that she lost her arms in an alligator wrestling match, or a wildfire in Tanzania, but the truth is she was born without them. And when her parents take a job running Stagecoach Pass, a rundown western theme park in Arizona, Aven moves with them across the country knowing that she'll have to answer the question over and over again. Her new life takes an unexpected turn when she bonds with Connor, a classmate who also...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 11
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teenager Velvet seems like any other girl who's horse-crazy. but who else would dare chop off her hair, don jockey's clothes, and enter the world's toughest steeplechase? Here's the story that made Elizabeth Tayor a teenage screen star...a story you'll laugh over, cry over, and never forget.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 3
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Misty's Twilight is part thouroughbred, part Chinoteague pony, and one hundred percent fire and talent. A direct descendant of the most famous pony ever, Misty of Chinoteague, Twilight has greatness in her blood. Now it's her turn to shine, perhaps as a cutting horse, a jumper, or in the graceful art of dressage.Can Twilight, whose ancestors were wild ponies living on an untamed island, do it? Can she compute against the best horses in the world...and...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 17
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"Thor's hammer is missing again. The thunder god has a disturbing habit of misplacing his weapon-- the mightiest force in the Nine Worlds. This time the hammer isn't just lost, it has fallen into enemy hands. If Magnus Chase and his friends can't retrieve the hammer quickly, the mortal worlds will be defenseless against an onslaught of giants. Ragnarok will begin. The Nine Worlds will burn. Unfortunately, the only person who can broker a deal for...
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I survived volume 4
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 2
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Visiting his favorite Hawaiian beach when Japanese forces suddenly attack Pearl Harbor, eleven-year-old Danny Crane struggles through the smoke, destruction, and chaos to make his way back home.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 9
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The adventures of Laura Ingalls and her family continue as they move from their little house on the banks of Plum Creek to the wilderness of the unsettled Dakota Territory. Ma and the girls follow Pa west by train where they make their home at a rough railroad camp and plan for their own homestead.
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Wayside School volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 3
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Humorous episodes from the classroom on the thirtieth floor of Wayside School, which was accidentally built sideways with one classroom on each story.
13) Strider
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 3
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In a series of diary entries, Leigh tells how he comes to terms with his parents' divorce, acquires joint custody of an abandoned dog, and joins the track team at school.
14) The tiger rising
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 3
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"In one morning, Rob Horton discovers a tiger in a cage and a girl who speaks her mind. It's then that he begins to understand that some things - like memories, and heartache, and tigers - can't be locked up forever" -- back cover.
16) Goodnight Moon
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.8 - AR Pts: 1
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Goodnight to each of the objects in the great green room: goodnight chairs, goodnight comb, goodnight air.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 10
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"Laura's teaching position forces her to live away from home for the first time. Only one thing gets her through the lonely weeks - every weekend, Almanzo Wilder arrives at the school to take Laura home for a visit"--P. [4] of cover..
20) Broken Pride
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Bravelands. Original series volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 12
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A lion cast out from his tribe. An elephant who can read the bones of the dead. A baboon rebelling against his destiny.Together, they must heed the call of the wild. For generations, the animals of the African plains have followed a single rule: only kill to survive. But when an unthinkable act of betrayal shatters the peace, the fragile balance between predators and prey will rest in the paws of three unlikely heroes.