Amy June Bates
Author
Series
Sam the Man volume 1
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
Description
When seven-year-old Sam Graham, eager for some spending money, volunteers to look after a neighbor's chickens, the experience inspires him to get his own chicken--a special bird named Helga.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2005]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Unlike most girls of her time, Susan B. Anthony received an education. Her schooling taught her that women should have the same rights as men, above all the right to vote. From the time she was a young woman until the day she died, Susan worked very hard to change American and make her dream a reality.
Author
Series
Sam the Man volume 5
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 3
Description
Second-grader Sam Graham wants a cell phone to do research and share information but when his parents say no, he devises a new plan that starts a fad at school.
27) Red butterfly
Author
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 4
Description
In China, a foundling girl with a deformed hand raised in secret by an American woman must navigate China's strict adoption system when she is torn away from the only family she has ever known.
30) Hands & hearts
Author
Pub. Date
2014.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 1
Description
"Highlights the bond between a mother and her child while providing a gentle introduction to sign language during their day at the beach"--
31) Hair for Mama
Author
Pub. Date
[2007]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
Description
When Marcus's mother has chemotherapy for her cancer and loses her hair, he tries to find new hair for her to make her well again.
Author
Pub. Date
[2009]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Young Abe Lincoln learns the meaning of selflessness and freedom when he encounters a soldier on a country road and gives up his prized possession: a fish he caught for the family's evening meal. Includes author's note on the early life of the sixteenth president.
33) Loving hands
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Description
"Hands wave hello, hands hold, hands heal. Hands say, I am here for you always. In simple, stirring rhymes, author Tony Johnston pens a timeless ode to parenthood. The small moments and quiet scenes that make up childhood-- learning to clap, planting a garden, waving good-bye on the first day of school-- fill the pages of this gentle tale, capturing the reassurance and love that parents hand their children every day. Warm illustrations by Amy June...
Author
Description
Putting a fear to rest
Sara Barker is afraid of dogs. Whenever she sees even a picture of one, she feels clammy and cold all over. So what's Sara to do when she learns that her new next-door neighbor owns two of them? Two young and big dogs, to be specific. Her neighbor turns out to be an ebullient older woman who befriends Sara and promises her dogs will keep their distance. But one day a situation arises in which Sara is forced to venture into...
39) Rock-a-Bye Room
Author
Description
Rock-a-bye, little one, bedtime is soon.
Rocking horse waits in your rock-a-bye room.
A mother soothes her daughter before bed as they say good night to all the things in her room-a rocking horse, dolls, blocks, and even the pictures on the wall-until it's time to share a story and a kiss good night. With lulling rhymes and lush watercolors, Rock-a-Bye Room is a homespun love song from a mother to child with a dreamy, rockabilly twist. This tender...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Gittel and her mother were supposed to immigrate to America together, but when her mother is stopped by the health inspector, Gittel must make the journey alone. Her mother writes her cousin's address in New York on a piece of paper. However, when Gittel arrives at Ellis Island, she discovers the ink has run and the address is illegible! How will she find her family? Both a heart-wrenching and heartwarming story, Gittel's Journey offers a fresh perspective...
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