Eleanor Estes
2) Ginger Pye
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 9
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English
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Winner of the Newbery Medal: This quirky, heartwarming tale of a family searching for their missing dog is "absorbing . . . sure to please" (Kirkus Reviews).
Meet the marvelous Pyes. There's Mrs. Pye, the youngest mother in town. Mr. Pye, a famous bird man, who handles all the nation's important bird problems. Rachel Pye, who is so reasonable she can make unreasonable ideas sound like good ones. Jerry Pye, who knows about rocks...
Meet the marvelous Pyes. There's Mrs. Pye, the youngest mother in town. Mr. Pye, a famous bird man, who handles all the nation's important bird problems. Rachel Pye, who is so reasonable she can make unreasonable ideas sound like good ones. Jerry Pye, who knows about rocks...
3) The Moffats
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The adventures of the four Moffat children and their widowed mother in New England.
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There has never been a museum in Cranbury...until now.
Among its treasures are the first bike each of the Moffat kids rode, stardust from a meteor that fell to earth, a beautiful painting made by Sylvie, and-most spectacularly-Rufus, the Waxworks Boy, who is as funny as he is waxy. The museum is so interesting that Mr. Pennypepper even brings tourists to visit.
But the museum is really for Jane, Joey, and Rufus themselves, so they can remember
5) Pinky Pye
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 9
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English
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While spending a bird-watching summer on Fire Island, the Pye family acquires a small black kitten that can use a typewriter.
6) Rufus M
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 8
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English
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Newbery Honor Book: “Delightful reading. An hour spent with the Moffats is fun for all ages.” —Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
You’ve never met anyone quite like Rufus Moffat. He gets things done—but he gets them done his way.
When he wants to check out library books, Rufus teaches himself to write...even though he doesn't yet know how to read. When food is...
You’ve never met anyone quite like Rufus Moffat. He gets things done—but he gets them done his way.
When he wants to check out library books, Rufus teaches himself to write...even though he doesn't yet know how to read. When food is...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 2
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English
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When barbarians invade Rome, Miranda the cat and her daughter Punka must find a safe place to hide from the chaos. They make their way through the burning city, collecting motherless kittens as they go. At last they reach the Colosseum--but even there, danger lurks!
How these fortunate felines survive to become the noble ancestors of the cats of modern Rome is all due to the cleverness of the cat they come to call Miranda the Great, Queen of the...
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Jimmy McGee is a tiny, leprechaun-like man whose peaceful life is disrupted when he rescues Amy's doll Little Lydia from a monstrous wave that sweeps her off the beach. Can Jimmy find a way to restore Little Lydia to her original state as a "do-nothing doll" before he returns her to her rightful owner?
From the bestselling author of Ginger Pye comes the quirky story of a little man who saves the day in a big way.
10) The Alley
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In the heart of Brooklyn, New York, there is an alley that is the most beautiful place to live in the whole wide world. Or so Connie Ives believes. The alley is the perfect location to sharpen Connie's swinging skills, hold practices for the Alley Conservatory of Music, and convict a burglar by trial.
From the bestselling author of Ginger Pye comes the story of a little girl whose eyes are always open to the beauty of the world that surrounds her....
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Nobody believed Hugsy Goode when he prophesied that a tunnel lay beneath the alley until-generations later-Nicholas (alias Copin) and Timothy (alias Tornid) decide to explore. And lo and behold, right under the vine-covered hole outside the house where Hugsy Goode used to live, they find an entrance to adventures beyond their wildest dreams.
A sequel to The Alley.
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In The Curious Adventures of Jimmy McGee, Jimmy McGee is a tiny leprechaun-like man who thinks of himself as nothing more than a plumber, even if he does do his job very quickly thanks to a certain magic he possesses called zoomie-zoomies. But Jimmy's life of turning on water and fixing dripping faucets is disrupted when he rescues Amy's doll, Little Lydia, from a monstrous wave that sweeps her off the beach. Jimmy keeps Little Lydia safe under his...