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FIC; Parish, Peggy; Lexile: 420; Books by Quantity, Primary, 64 pg, Perma-Bound, 1991; 0064441555
Amelia Bedelia is a housekeeper who takes her instructions quite literally. She is so eager to please that she follows her employer's instructions to the letter with silly results. For example, reading the list of chores that her employer has left, Amelia begins with "Dust the furniture." How odd, she thinks to herself. "At my house we undust the furniture." But she dutifully locates the "Dusting Powder", and proceeds to sprinkle it all over the living-room. Next she is asked to "Draw the drapes when the sun comes in." So of course, Amelia sits down with a sketchpad and gives it her best shot. Author: Peggy Parish. Reading Level 2.5, Interest Level 1-4. Teacher's guides available, please book (#1291).

Brother Bear gets a sled, skis, and ice skates for Christmas. Papa bear takes Brother bear out to show him how to use his new equipment. Papa bear tries to show Brother bear how he used to sled, skate, and ski when he was a cub. Things don't go as Papa bear plans. Dad is so smug about teaching these things but every time he tries to teach, he has a calamity. Author: Stan and Jan Berenstain. Reading Level 1.9, Interest Level P-2.

The British army has taken over Philadelphia under General Howe. Fourteen-year-old John Darragh, acting as a spy, must get a coded message to General Washington. John's mother has hidden the messages inside the buttons of his coat. John faces considerable dangers as he circumvents British guards, knowing full well that spies are routinely sent to prison or hanged. John's courage and "smarts" see him through all the way to General Washington and he delivers the secret messages in person. Author: Peter and Connee Roop. Reading Level 2.9, Interest Level 2-4.

Two friends, Frog and Toad, share experiences in each season of the year. In fall Frog and Toad rake each other's leaves for a surprise, but the wind undoes the jobs before either is aware of the other's favor. In the winter Toad, riding in front, does a fine job of steering a sled until he realizes that the more experienced Frog has fallen off. In summer Toad becomes covered with sticks and leaves that are stuck to two ice cream cones that have melted all over him. He scares off everyone but Frog, who recognizes him under the gunk. At Christmas he worries when his friend is late to dinner, until Frog shows up with a gift. Author: Arthur Lobel. Reading Level 2.6, Interest Level K-3.

Frog and Toad agreed: it was a perfect day for a swim. The endearing pair hop along through five enchanting stories, looking for Toad's lost button, greeting the spring, Toad taking care of Frog when he is sick even though it means getting sick himself, and waiting for mail. Their genuine care for each other makes Frog and Toad two of the finest amphibious role models around. Young readers will chuckle with Frog as they watch Toad's silly efforts to make up a story. And they will applaud Toad as he finally wakes up after hibernating all winter. The mail story will warm the hearts of any would-be pen pal--or anyone who has ever known what it's like to have a true-blue (or green) friend. Author: Beverly Cleary. Reading Level 2.9, Interest Level 1-3. Teacher's guide available, please book (#1301). Replaces MB 040030.

This pair of amphibian pals likes to do everything together. Frog helped Toad chase his to-do list when it blew away. Toad learned that you must have patience when growing flowers in the garden. After reading a book about dragons and giants, the amphibian duo go on an adventure to see just how brave they are. Toad dreamed he was a great stage performer and was frightened to see that Frog was getting smaller and smaller the more popular he became. One day, Toad baked some cookies and the two tried to develop the willpower not to eat them all. Sensitive and funny, these stories show children what real friendship is all about. Author: Arnold Lobel. Reading Level 2.9, Interest Level 1-3. Teacher's guide available, please book (#1303).

When Babe the piglet was purchased by farmer Hogget, it was with sausage in mind until Babe displays an amazing talent for sheepherding. Author: Dick King-Smith. Reading Level 5.6, Interest Level 4-7. Teacher's guide available, please book (#1083).

Sequel to "The Castle in the Attic". Two years have elapsed since young William battled the forces of evil in "The Castle in the Attic". Now turning 12, he's miserable because he thinks his friend has outstripped him in bravery. Jason has "jumped the trains," which is the local male rite of passage, while he has failed. In the previous story, his family's former housekeeper, Mrs. Phillips, gave William a model castle and a magic token through which he entered its inner world. Now that he is maturing, she again presents him with the token, and he and Jason return to the castle. A monstrous army of rats, behind a gigantic leader, is ravaging the land, eating everyone in sight. William is pressed into defending the castle and destroying the rats. The magic token has been stolen so he has to rely on his wits and his courage and in the process, he learns that he does not have to jump trains to prove bravery. Author: Elizabeth Winthrop. Reading Level 4.4, Interest Level 4-7.

A perpetual outsider both at home and at school, Jess Aarons just never seems to fit in no matter how hard he tries. His goal to become the fastest runner in middle school is thwarted by newly arrived classmate Leslie Burke, who enters in an "all boys" race and wins. They strike up a friendship and their bond is soon cemented thanks to Leslie's love for storytelling and Jess' skill as an artist. The two lonely kids create a secret kingdom called Terabithia that is only accessible by swinging over a stream on a nearby rope. Their adventures in Terabithia find them doing battle against the dreaded Dark Master and his malevolent creatures while plotting revenge against the schoolyard bullies. Thanks to his adventures in Terabithia and his friendship with Leslie, Jess finally finds the confidence needed to stand tall and be himself. Author: Katherine Paterson. Reading Level 4.6, Interest Level 4-7. Teacher's guide available - please book (#1207).

This story is written by Harold. His full time occupation is dog. He lives with Mr. and Mrs. Monroe and their sons Toby and Pete. Also sharing the home are a cat named Chester and a rabbit named Bunnicula. It is because of Bunnicula that Harold turned to writing. Someone had to tell the full story of what happened in the Monroe household after the rabbit arrived. Was Bunnicula really a vampire? Only Bunnicula knows for sure. Harold and Chester resort to hilarious antics to alert their family that the newly adopted bunny may actually be a vegetable vampire. Author: Deborah and James Howe. Reading Level 4.2, Interest Level 4-7. Teacher's guides available - please book (#1263).

Ten-year-old William has just received the best present of his life, an old, real-looking stone and wooden model of a castle, with a drawbridge, a moat, and a finger high knight to guard the gates. It's the mysterious castle his housekeeper has told him about. He is so distraught at the idea of his beloved housekeeper/nanny Mrs. Phillips returning to England that, with the aid of a magic token, he shrinks her into the size of the toy knight. William can't wait to play with the castle. He's certain there's something magical about it. And sure enough, when he picks up the tiny silver knight, it comes alive in his hand! Sir Simon tells William a mighty story of wild sorcery, wizards, and magic. Suddenly William is off on a fantastic quest to another land and another time where a fiery dragon and an evil wizard are waiting to do battle. Author: Elizabeth Winthrop. Reading Level 4.9, Interest Level 4-7. Teacher's guide(s) available, please book (#1471).

Wilbur, the runt of his litter, is saved from an untimely death by Fern Arable, a spunky eight-year-old farmer's daughter. Fern sells Wilbur to her uncle, Homer Zuckerman, a farmer who lives nearby. Each day Fern lovingly visits with Wilbur, but her role as his best friend is soon taken over by Charlotte, a wise spider who also lives in the barnyard. When they learn that Wilbur is being fattened up for slaughter, Charlotte promises to do all she can to protect him from this fate. A no-nonsense but compassionate arachnid, Charlotte finds a unique way to let the world know that Wilbur is worthy of saving. Author: E.B. White. Teacher's guides available, please book (#1267). Reading Level 4.4, Interest Level 4-7.

John Midas is a very greedy boy who only loves to eat candy, especially chocolate. His parents try to get him to eat healthy meals, but all he wants to eat is chocolate. One day he finds a strange quarter-sized coin lying on the sidewalk. Shortly thereafter, he enters a candy store he has never see before, with a mysterious owner who knows John's name and claims that the strange coin is the only kind of money he accepts. John purchases a large box of chocolates that contains only one small chocolate ball, with an exquisite flavor. The next morning, John discovers that anything that touches his mouth transforms into chocolate. He becomes thirstier and sicker, and begins longing for the wholesome foods his parents wanted him to eat. John's kiss turns his weeping mother into a chocolate statue.

He tracks down the storekeeper who reveals that the coin John used can only be seen by greedy men, and if John is truly repentant of his greed and gluttony then everything he turned into chocolate will be reverted to their original forms. Author: Patrick Skene Catling. Reading Level 4.7, Interest Level 4-7. Teacher's guide available - please book (#1209).

Jack and Annie set out on their 21st Magic Tree House adventure. This time the Magic Tree House whisks them back to the time of the American Civil War. Jack and Annie enthusiastically transport themselves to a field near the fighting. They are soon enlisted as volunteer nurses assisting none other than Clara Barton as she drives her horse-drawn ambulance right onto the battlefields to help save wounded soldiers, including one with a very special connection to Jack and Annie. They help save the life of their very own great-great-great grandfather. Author: Mary Pope Osborne. Reading Level 3.4, Interest Level 2-5.

In the imaginary town of ChewandSwallow, an elderly grandfather tells his grandchildren about the town where the weather comes three times a day, at breakfast, lunch, and dinner, and is always food and beverages. The rain is juice and soup, the snow is ice cream, and the wind brings hamburgers. Because of this phenomenon, there are no grocery stores. However, when floods and storms of giant food come, the population is forced to leave ChewandSwallow on boats made of bread, and adapt to their new lives in the world where the sky doesn't bring food. Author: Judi Barrett. Reading Level 4.3, Interest Level K-3. Teacher's guide available - please book (#1229).

Arriving at a newsstand in the Times Square subway station from his native Connecticut via a picnic basket, Chester - a small black cricket - is a dirty bug to Mama Belini. Tiny Chester is lucky enough to find three good friends: a little boy named Mario Bellini, whose parents run the unsuccessful newsstand where Chester lives; a fast-talking Broadway mouse called Tucker; and Tucker's pal, Harry Cat. Between escapades in New York City, the four somehow manage to bring success to the almost bankrupt newsstand. Author: George Selden. Reading Level 4.9, Interest Level 4-7. Teacher's guide(s) available, please book separately (#1371).

Volume 1. Eight-year-old Jack and his sister Annie, find a magic treehouse which transports them back in time to the age of the dinosaurs. Author: Mary Pope Osborne. Reading Level 2.6, Interest Level 2-5. Teacher's guide available, please book (#1122).

Squirrel, a stray puppy, tells her life story from her nurturing mother to making her own way in the world, facing busy highways, weather, and humans - both brutal and kind. Author: Ann M. Martin. Guided reading level - S. Reading Level 5.1, Interest Level 4-7

Stanley Lambchop is an ordinary boy. At least he was, until the night his bulletin board fell off the wall and flattened him. At only half an inch thick, Stanley can now do many amazing things such as slide under doors, mail himself across the country in an envelope, and fly like a kite! Book includes link to the Flat Stanley Project for sending your own Stanley on adventures. Author: Jeff Brown. Reading Level 4.0, Interest Level 2-5. Teacher's guides available, please book (#1269).

Rescued from the outrageous neglect of his aunt and uncle, a young boy with a great destiny proves his worth while attending a school for wizards. In the non-magic human world Harry is a nobody, treated like dirt by the aunt and uncle who begrudgingly inherited him when his parents were killed by the evil Voldemort. But in the world of wizards, small, skinny Harry is famous as a survivor of the wizard who tried to kill him. He is left only with a lightning-bolt scar on his forehead, curiously refined sensibilities, and a host of mysterious powers. Author: J.K. Rowling. Reading Level 5.5, Interest Level 4-7. Teacher's guide available, please book (#1305).

A tale which first creates the fantasy called Middle Earth and its charming dwarf-like creatures, the Hobbits. Bilbo Baggins is aroused from his comfortable Hobbit hole. He is visited by Gandalf the Wizard and 13 Dwarves on an adventure. They are looking for someone to act as a thief or perhaps a scout, for they are going to attempt to retrieve the treasure amassed by Smaug the Dragon. Bilbo is an honest, decent fellow, yet he has certain latent qualities that suit him to the job. Bilbo is determined not to participate in this "harebrained" scheme; nevertheless, he is somehow roped into it and begins his adventure, without his handkerchief which represents all the comforts of home. In the end, it is the story of the average person, a person who loves his creature comforts, and yet is stirred to do great things by the forces of destiny and his own indomitable will. Author J.R.R. Tolkien. Reading Level 6.6, Interest Level 9+. Teacher's guide available - please book (#1235).

What could be better than a magic cupboard that turns small toys into living creatures? Omri's big brother has no birthday present for him, so he gives Omri an old medicine cabinet he's found. Although their mother supplies a key, the cabinet still doesn't seem like much of a present. But when an exhausted Omri dumps a plastic toy Indian into the cabinet just before falling asleep, the magic begins. Turn the key once and the toy comes alive; turn it a second time and it's an action figure again. Author: Lynne Reid Banks. Reading Level 4.6, Interest Level 4-7.Teacher's guides available, please book (#1273).

When Joe, Fred, and Sam are sent back in time by a magic book, they find themselves face-to-face with giants, dragons, wizards, and the Knights of the Round Table. Time Warp Trio Series #1. Author: Jon Sciescka. Reading Level 3.8, Interest Level 2-5

FIC; Applegate, Katherine; Lexile: 590; Books by Quantity, Intermediate - Middle School, 215 pg, Feiwel and Friends, 2017; 9781250043221
An old red oak tree tells how he and his crow friend, Bongo, help their human neighbors get along after a threat against an immigrant family is carved into the tree's trunk.