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26 Fairmount Avenue (SERIES) by Tomi dePaola

26 Fairmount Avenue Series

By Tomie dePaola
Level 4
Entertainment
3
Moral
4
Educational
2
Literary
3.5

50 Amazing Facts About Bones

By Jessica Jung
Picture Books
Entertainment
3
Moral
1
Educational
5
Literary
3
7 Tipping Points That Saved the World by Chris Stewart & Ted Stewart

7 Tipping Points That Saved the World

By Chris Stewart & Ted Stewart
Level 9
Entertainment
3
Moral
5
Educational
5
Literary
4.5
A Basket of Flowers by Christoph von Schmid

A Basket of Flowers

By Christoph von Schmid
Level 9
Entertainment
3
Moral
5
Educational
3
Literary
4.5
A Basket of Plums by Maud Lindsay

A Basket of Plums

By Maud Lindsay
Picture Books
Entertainment
3
Moral
3
Educational
2
Literary
5

A Chance in the World (Young Reader’s Edition)

By Steve Pemberton
Level 7
Entertainment
3.5
Moral
4.5
Educational
4.5
Literary
4
A Child's Garden of Verses by Robert Louis Stevenson

A Child’s Garden of Verses

By Robert Louis Stevenson
Level 4
Entertainment
3
Moral
5
Educational
5
Literary
2
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens

A Christmas Carol

By Charles Dickens
Level 9
Entertainment
3
Moral
5
Educational
5
Literary
5
A Crown for Kate by Jenny Phillips

A Crown for Kate

By Jenny Phillips
Level 1B
Entertainment
4
Moral
3
Educational
1
Literary
5

A Dolphin Named Bob

By Twig C George
Level 4
Entertainment
4
Moral
3
Educational
4
Literary
3

A Dream of Flight

By Rob Polivka and Jef Polivka
Picture Books
Entertainment
3.5
Moral
3
Educational
5
Literary
3.5

A Drop of Water

By Walter Wick
Picture Books
Entertainment
2.5
Moral
2
Educational
5
Literary
4
A Gift for Mamma by Esther Hautzig

A Gift for Mama

By Esther Hautzig
Level 3
Entertainment
2.5
Moral
2.5
Educational
3
Literary
3
A Girl of the Limberlost by Gene Stratton-Porter

A Girl of the Limberlost

By Gene Stratton-Porter
Level 11
Entertainment
3
Moral
5
Educational
5
Literary
5
A Grain of Rice by Helena Clare Pittman

A Grain of Rice

By Helena Clare Pittman
Level 3
Entertainment
3.5
Moral
3.5
Educational
4
Literary
5
A Home for Mr. Emerson

A Home for Mr. Emerson

By Barbara Kerley
Picture Books
Entertainment
3
Moral
3.5
Educational
4
Literary
4
A House of Tailors by Patricia Reilly Giff

A House of Tailors

By Patricia Reilly Giff
Level 7
Entertainment
3.5
Moral
3
Educational
2
Literary
4
A Leaf, a Stick, and a Stone by Maggie Felsch

A Leaf, a Stick, and a Stone

By Maggie Felsch
Picture Books
Entertainment
3.5
Moral
4
Educational
3
Literary
5

A Little Princess

By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Level 8
Entertainment
4
Moral
4
Educational
4
Literary
5
A Little Princess (Little Golden Book) by Andrea Posner-Sanchez & Lorena Alvarez

A Little Princess (Little Golden Book)

By Andrea Posner-Sanchez & Lorena Alvarez
Level 3
Entertainment
3.5
Moral
3.5
Educational
1
Literary
3
A Mushroom Walk by Jenny Phillips

A Mushroom Walk

By Jenny Phillips
Picture Books
Entertainment
3
Moral
5
Educational
5
Literary
4

A New Coat for Anna

By Harriet Ziefert
Picture Books
Entertainment
3
Moral
4
Educational
5
Literary
3.5

A Night Divided

By Jennifer A. Nielsen
Level 8
Entertainment
4.5
Moral
3
Educational
5
Literary
4.5
A Picture Book of (SERIES) by David Adler

A Picture Book of . . . Series

By David Adler
Level 4
Entertainment
3
Moral
4
Educational
5
Literary
3

A Pigeon in Paris

By Paige Howard
Picture Books
Entertainment
5
Moral
5
Educational
3
Literary
2

A Place Called Freedom

By Scott Russell Sanders
Level 3
Entertainment
3
Moral
5
Educational
5
Literary
5

A Place Where Sunflowers Grow

By Amy Lee-Tai
Picture Books
Entertainment
5
Moral
5
Educational
3.5
Literary
3
A Single Shard by Linda Sue Park

A Single Shard

By Linda Sue Park
Level 7
Entertainment
4
Moral
4
Educational
5
Literary
4

A Slip of a Girl

By Patricia Reilly Giff
Level 9
Entertainment
4
Moral
4
Educational
4
Literary
4

A Thousand Shall Fall

By Susi Hasel Mundy
Level 10
Entertainment
5
Moral
5
Educational
5
Literary
5

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