Shirley Hughes
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Lily's mother is sick and her father must go to work, but she does not want to stay with a babysitter, even if it means playing with cute baby Sam, sweet little dog Ringo, and fun big brother Jack.
Author
Publisher
The Bodley Head
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
Tracking the season on an Advent calendar while preparing special cards and gifts to exchange with loved ones, little Alfie and Annie Rose write a special letter to Father Christmas and anticipate the arrival of the exciting holiday.
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2013, c2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
When their mother reluctantly joins the Italian Resistance against Nazi occupying forces in World War II Florence, young Paolo and his sister, Costanza, devise a clever way to use their bicycle to assist the movement.
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2017.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
Enduring the terror and shortages caused by the Blitz in 1940 Liverpool, thirteen-year-old Joan is unable to spend time with her friends in the face of intensifying bombing raids and makes a shattering discovery about a stranger and a local mill.
Author
Series
Digby O'Day volume 3
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2016.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
When Digby O'Day and Percy head to the air show to see gliders, helicopters, and hot-air balloons, Ariel, the new pet parrot of neighbor Lou Ella, sneaks out to tag along which causes problems for the trio.