Created by Jeff Brown & Written by Sara Pennypacker
Grades 3-5; Genre - Fiction; GRL Q; AR pts: 1.0
Stanley’s family is on a ski vacation in Canada on the way to a wedding. Stanley meets a new friend and they literally get carried over the mountains to where the Inuit live. The boys learn to be a team and what it really means to be a good friend. Continue reading
By Mary Pope Osborne
Grades 2-4; Genre - Fiction with Fantastical Elements; GRL N; AR pts: 2.0
Jack and Annie visit Antarctica looking for the fourth secret of happiness to help Merlin feel better. They get to meet some magical penguins and one even volunteers to go back to Merlin with Jack and Annie. Continue reading
By John Reynolds Gardiner
Grades 4-5; Genre - Fiction; GRL P; AR pts: 1.0
Grandfather is sick and ten year old Little Willie is left to care for the farm and find a way to pay the taxes. His only hope to keep the farm is to win a dog sled race, but the legendary dog sled racer, Stone Fox, has also entered the race. Continue reading
By Louisa May Alcott
Grades 2-4; Genre - Fiction; AR pts: 3.0
Four sisters learn they can be happy even when times are hard. Continue reading
By Mary Pope Osborne
Grades 2-3; Genre - Fiction with Fantastical Elements; GRL N; AR pts: 2.0
Jack and Annie adventure to an island where they meet sailors who are exploring the sea. Jack and Annie get to go on board their ship and get washed overboard during a squall. An octopus saves them and they save the octopus from getting hurt by the explorers. Continue reading
By Gertrude Chandler Warner
Grades 3-4; Genre - Fiction; GRL O; AR pts: 3.0
The Alden children are helping out at the local animal shelter for the summer. Some mean men have come into town and threatened an older woman out of her home. The children hurry to beat the clock to protect the woman and her land. Continue reading
by Gertrude Chandler Warner
Grades 6-8; Genre - Fiction; GRL O; AR pts 2.0
New neighbors move in next to the Aldens. Henry, Jessie, Violet and Benny help the new young boys build a tree house and work together as they solve the mystery about a hidden room in the big house. Continue reading
By Pam Munoz Ryan
Grades 6-8; Genre - Fiction; GRL V; AR pts: 6.0
Living life like a princess, Esperanza is a young girl in Mexico. She's forced to leave her country with her mother and everything she's known and tries to figure out life and how to survive as an immigrant in American society. Continue reading
By Gertrude Chandler Warner
Grades 3-5; Genre - Fiction; GRL O; AR pts: 2.0
The Alden children go on a canoeing trip with Aunt Jane and find a stolen old coin collection. Continue reading
by Lucy Daniels
Grades 2-5; Genre - Fiction; GRL M; AR pts: 4.0
The Hope family goes on vacation. They find a lost dog with a cut foot and fix it up. The owners of the dog are grateful to the Hopes and invite them to their otter sanctuary as a way to thank them. Continue reading