Mac Barnett
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"A fearful ghost, a take-charge girl, an interracial friendship, and a tale in which fear is . . . sweetly tied to positive qualities of imagination." -The New York Times
You would like being friends with Leo. He likes to draw, he makes delicious snacks, and most people can't even see him. Because Leo is also a ghost. When a new family moves into his home and Leo's efforts to welcome them are misunderstood, Leo decides it is time to leave and...
Author
Series
Publisher
Orchard Books, an imprint of Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
In 1989 someone is threatening to steal the crown jewels, so the Queen of England summons Mac B. to England to protect them--and when they are stolen from a locked dungeon cell, where Mac and Holcroft, one of the warders, are supposed to be guarding them,it is up to Mac to figure out how they were stolen, and whether the thief is the descendant of an Irish soldier-of-fortune who tried to steal them in 1671, or someone else entirely.
23) Jack at bat
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
The Lady and Rex have a baseball game against the Big City Brats. Jack is not allowed to swing the bat, so he is told to be the Bat Boy. That is, until the Lady Town Ladies and the Big City Brats are tied. It's up to Jack to hit a home run, but on the wayto home plate he spots some snacks...
24) Jack and Santa
Author
Series
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"When Jack finds himself on the naughty list, he worries that Santa will bring him coal. But Jack wants presents-lots of them. Will Jack be able to prove to Santa that he's not so bad after all?"--
25) Jack blasts off!
Author
Series
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2019.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
When the Lady is mad at Jack, she sends him and Rex on a one-way trip into outer space where they meet an alien named Zip and get into trouble.
Author
Publisher
Disney/Hyperion Books
Pub. Date
c2009
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
When Billy Twitters' 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.
29) The skunk
Author
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"A man is followed by a skunk all day until the tables turn"--
30) Noisy night
Author
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"A clever picture book about a multi-level apartment building's occupants and their many nighttime noises"--
Author
Series
Terrible two volume 4
Publisher
Amulet Books
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
As the Terrible Two face the end of their time together in Yawnee Valley, they are determined to pull a prank that changes the town forever.
33) Mustache!
Author
Publisher
Disney-Hyperion Books
Pub. Date
2011.
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
AD 530L
Language
English
Description
When extremely good-looking King Duncan builds more and more tributes to his handsome face, neglecting kingdom projects and repairs, his loyal subjects find a mustachioed solution.
34) Guess again!
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
c2009
Edition
1st ed.
Language
English
Description
For each round of guessing, readers are presented with a page of illustrations opposite a rhyming quatrain. The unexpected conclusion of the verse's final line is revealed on the next page.
35) The magic word
Author
Publisher
Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2016]
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Tired of his babysitter asking him to use the magic word, Paxton C. Heymeyer triggers a series of fantastical misadventures when he realizes he can get what he wants by saying "alakazoomba" instead of "please."
36) Best of Friends
Author
Publisher
Walden Pond Press
Pub. Date
2010
Edition
Unabridged
Language
English
Description
It's here: Volume One of the official Guys Read Library. Jon Scieszka's Guys Read initiative was founded on a simple premise: that young guys enjoy reading most when they have reading they can enjoy. And out of this comes a series that aims to give them just that. Ten books, arranged by theme, featuring the best of the best where writing for kids is concerned. Each book is a collection of original short stories, but these aren't your typical anthologies—each
...Author
Series
First cat in space volume 1
Publisher
Katherine Tegen Books, HarperAlley, imprints of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2022]
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Something terrible is happening in the skies! Rats are eating the MOON! There's only ONE hero for the job, a bold and fearsome beast bioengineered in a secret lab to be the moon's savior and Earth's last hope! And that hero is... a cat. A cat who will be blasted into space! Accompanied by the imperious Moon Queen and LOZ 4000, a toenail clipping robot, the First Cat in Space journeys across a fantastic lunar landscape in a quest to save the world....
38) Square
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2019
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
When his friend Circle asks him to do her portrait after praising him as a sculptor and genius, Square struggles to carve her likeness from a stone block.
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
"When Santa arrives at a child's house on Christmas Eve, does he go down the chimney feetfirst or headfirst? What if he gets stuck? What if there's no chimney? Maybe he slides under the door, as thin as a piece of paper? Or is it possible he pours himself through the faucet? What happens once he's inside? Whether it's shape-shifting or impromptu laundry use, Mac Barnett's iconic talent for earnest deadpan humor and Jon Klassen's irresistibly funny...
40) Twenty questions
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Not all questions have answers. Some have more than one answer. And others have endless answers, unfolding out to the edges of the world. In this spare yet expansive narrative, acclaimed author Mac Barnett poses twenty questions both playful and profound. Some make us giggle. Others challenge our assumptions. The result is a quirky, wandering exploration of where the best questions lead--to stories. Intriguing, richly interactive, and brought to...