BOOK OF THE WEEK
3/9/20
Born to Ride: A Story About Bicycle Face
Theule, Larissa
AR Quiz No. 501068 EN Fiction
IL: LG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 0.5
Louise Belinda Bellflower lives in Rochester, New York, in 1896. She spends her days playing with her brother, Joe. Joe gets to ride a bicycle, and Louise Belinda doesn't.
3/2/20
Judge, Lita
AR Quiz No. 168058 EN Fiction
IL: LG - BL: 2.1 - AR Pts: 0.5
Little Penguin, who has the "soul of an eagle," enrolls in flight school.
2/24/20
Barnett, Mac
AR Quiz No. 501133 EN Fiction
IL: LG - BL: 2.2 - AR Pts: 0.5
This book is about Circle, Triangle, and Square and how Circle makes a rule and has to rescue Triangle when he breaks that rule.
2/17/20
The Evil Princess vs. the Brave Knight
Holm, Jennifer
AR Quiz No. 503744 EN Fiction
IL: LG - BL: 2.2 - AR Pts: 0.5
Two siblings exemplify their titles of "Evil Princess" and "Brave Knight." He, with sword and armor, protects the castle, while she, in cape and crown, actively spites him. Book #1
2/10/20
Sima, Jessie
AR Quiz No. 501740 EN Fiction
IL: LG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 0.5
A little robot named Z finds a message signed, "Love, Beatrice." Unable to learn what love is from other robots, he decides to find the answer.
2/3/20
Biedrzycki, David
AR Quiz No. 186698 EN Fiction
IL: LG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 0.5
Little Phil Groundhog and his shadow do everything together, but when they grow up, the more adventurous shadow wants to travel, and soon Phil goes on a search for his friend.
1/28/20
Billy Twitters and His Blue Whale Problem
Barnett, Mac
AR Quiz No. 132155 EN Fiction
IL: LG - BL: 3.0 - AR Pts: 0.5
When Billy's mother follows through on her threat to buy him a blue whale if he refuses to obey, he finds himself the owner of an enormous pet that he must take with him everywhere, which does not make him popular at school.
1/20/20
Grack, Rachel
AR Quiz No. 188919 EN Nonfiction
IL: LG - BL: 2.3 - AR Pts: 0.5
Beginning readers are introduced to Chinese New Year.
1/13/20
Pilkey, Dav
AR Quiz No. 18642 EN Fiction
IL: LG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 0.5
A paperboy and his dog enjoy the quiet of the early morning as they go about their rounds.
1/6/2020
Keats, Ezra Jack
AR Quiz No. 6092 EN Fiction
IL: LG - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 0.5
A small boy experiences the joys of a snowy day.
12/16/19
The Night Before Christmas
Moore, Clement
Pop-Ups by Michael Hague
The classic Christmas poem with pop-up illustrations.
12/9/19
Cronin, Doreen
AR Quiz No. 177186 EN Fiction
IL: LG - BL: 1.1 - AR Pts: 0.5
As Farmer Brown prepares the house for Christmas, Duck tries to play Santa but gets stuck in the chimney, along with all the other animals who try to help.
12/2/19
Barnett, Mac
AR Quiz No. 148457 EN Fiction
IL: LG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 0.5
With a supply of yarn that never runs out, Annabelle knits for everyone and everything in town, until an evil archduke decides he wants the yarn for himself.
11/26/19
Mora, Oge
AR Quiz No. 199108 EN Fiction
IL: LG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 0.5
When the aroma of Omu's homemade stew fills the air, her neighbors arrive, one by one, for a taste until the pot is empty.
11/18/19
Brosgol, Vera
AR Quiz No. 184630 EN Fiction
IL: LG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 0.5
Grandmother wants so badly to be left alone to finish the knitting for her grandchildren that she leaves her tiny home and her big family to journey to the moon and beyond to find peace and quiet to finish her knitting.
11/11/19
Higgins, Ryan T.
AR Quiz No. 195764 EN Fiction
IL: LG - BL: 2.3 - AR Pts: 0.5
Penelope, a T. rex, has a hard time making friends - especially when her classmates are so delicious.
11/4/19
Willems, Mo
AR Quiz No. 185161 EN Fiction
IL: LG - BL: 2.2 - AR Pts: 0.5
It is Nanette's first trip to get the baguette.
10/28/19
Buehner, Caralyn
AR Quiz No. 504202 EN Fiction
IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 0.5
After a Halloween snowfall, a pair of children build some snowmen and imagine the snowmen's nighttime adventures.
10/21/19
Pilkey, Dav
AR Quiz No. 13785 EN Fiction
IL: LG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 0.5
All the other dogs make fun of Oscar the dachshund until one Halloween when, dressed as a hot dog, Oscar bravely rescues the others.
10/15/19
Palacio, R.J.
AR Quiz No. 188348 EN Fiction
IL: LG - BL: 1.5 - AR Pts: 0.5
This book shows readers what it's like to live in Auggie's world, a world in which he feels like any other kid, but he's not always seen that way.
10/8/19
Munson, Derek
AR Quiz No. 45222 EN Fiction
IL: LG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 0.5
Hoping that the enemy pie which his father makes will help him get rid of his enemy, a little boy finds that it helps make a new friend.
9/30/19
Miller, Pat Zietlow
AR Quiz No. 195356 EN Fiction
IL: LG - BL: 2.2 - AR Pts: 0.5
This moving and thoughtful story explores what a child can do to be kind and how each act, big or small, can make a difference.
9/16/19
Betton, Jen
AR Quiz No. 198160 EN Fiction
IL: LG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 0.5
Hedgehog wakes up needing a hug but has trouble finding a friend who will get close to his prickles.
9/9/19
Barnett, Mac
AR Quiz No. 169653 EN Fiction IL: LG - BL: 1.9 - AR Pts: 0.5
Sam and Dave are on a mission to find something spectacular. So they dig a hole and keep digging and they find nothing. Yet the day turns out to be pretty spectacular after all.
9/2/19
Do Not Bring Your Dragon to the Library
Gassman, Julie
AR Quiz No. 185269 EN Fiction IL: LG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 0.5
A child learns a valuable lesson: libraries and dragons do not mix.