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Browse by Lexile: 400L - 490L

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Fancy Nancy and the Boy from Paris

by Jane O'Connor

There's a new boy in school, and he's from Paris.

Nancy cannot believe her luck. But this Parisian may not be as fancy as Nancy expects!

Date Added: 08/02/2018


Category: 420L

Fancy Nancy and the Delectable Cupcakes

by Jane O'Connor

Nancy has been having a little trouble paying attention in class--but when it's time to get ready for the school bake sale, she is all ears. With Mom's help, Nancy remembers to follow all of the directions for a delectable batch of cupcakes . . . except for one very important detail!

Young readers will laugh out loud at Nancy's cupcake calamity in this funny I Can Read story!

Date Added: 08/02/2018


Category: 490L

Fancy Nancy and the Too-Loose Tooth

by Jane O'Connor

Nancy is about to lose her first tooth, but if she can prevent it from falling out until she arrives at school she will get a special necklace from the nurse.

Date Added: 08/02/2018


Category: 430L

Fancy Nancy at the Museum

by Jane O'Connor

Nancy's class is going on a trip to the museum, and Nancy wants to be extra fancy for the occasion. After a bumpy bus ride, she doesn't feel very well. Luckily for Nancy, her teacher, Ms. Glass, has a few fancy tricks of her own. Nothing can keep Nancy from making this trip magnifique! (That's a fancy French word for great!)

Date Added: 08/02/2018


Category: 460L

Nancy Clancy Sees the Future

by Jane O'Connor

Nancy Clancy is back in New York Times bestselling team Jane O'Connor and Robin Preiss Glasser's third Fancy Nancy chapter book, Nancy Clancy Sees the Future! Nancy thinks she may be able to read the future . . . and all signs point to her being a true clairvoyant--that's fancy for fortune-teller.

In this perfect follow-up to Nancy Clancy, Super Sleuth and Nancy Clancy, Secret Admirer, Nancy tries her hand at fortune-telling but quickly learns it's a bit more complicated than she thought. Does Nancy really have special powers, or is it all just a coincidence?

Fancy Nancy fans will love joining Nancy Clancy in the latest edition to the chapter book series. The central theme of all the Nancy Clancy books shines through, showing the power of positive thinking.

Date Added: 08/02/2018


Category: 480L

Dumb Bunny (Junie B., First Grader)

by Barbara Park

Lucille is having an Easter Egg Hunt at her mansion and the winner gets to swim in Lucille's heated indoor swimming pool. So how did Junie B. get stuck wearing a big dumb bunny suit?

Date Added: 06/22/2018


Category: 410L

Timmy Failure

by Stephan Pastis

This book is Timmy's Second Adventure.

He doesn’t like to pull rank.

To reveal that he’s this guy: Timmy Failure, founder, president, and CEO of the greatest detective agency in town, perhaps the nation. But he is.

And he’s about to crack the biggest case of his generation: a school competition to find a stolen globe.

It’s his ticket to bringing home a $500 prize, which is guaranteed to set him up for life.

But someone is clearly trying to game the system. Hoodwink. Con. Defraud.

So it’s up to Timmy Failure, with the dubious help of Total, his lazy polar-bear partner, and his unlikely new ally, eccentric Great-Aunt Colander, to find a way to avenge these shenanigans.

Defeat this injustice. If he can only get his entry form in on time.

Date Added: 06/22/2018


Category: 470L

The Littles and the Big Storm

by John Peterson

The wind is blowing hard! The big storm is coming! Ten-year-old Tom and eight-year-old Lucy want to help, but how can they? They are trapped in a cold refrigerator and their air is running out. Once they are rescued they will use all kinds of big people's things to fix leaks in the attic roof and build a raft to get to the pump to stop the flood in the basement. With all of that going on, the Little family must also figure out what is in the house with them. They hear noises, find the sink filled with water and discover a blue feather on the floor. Could these clues mean they are in even more danger? Continue your adventures with The Littles by reading many more books about them in the Bookshare library, including The Littles, The Littles Take a Trip, The Littles and the Surprise Thanksgiving Guests, The Littles to the Rescue, Tom Little's Halloween Scare, The Littles and the Trash Tinies, The Littles Go to School, The Littles Get Trapped, The Littles Give a Party and The Littles and the Missing Cat.

Date Added: 06/22/2018


Category: 490L

The Littles and the Great Halloween Scare

by John Peterson

It's almost Halloween and Tom and Lucy Little are going to scare the adults! But before they can come up with a plan, their Uncle Nick retires from the army and comes to live with the rest of the Little clan. The Littles don't know about Nick's pet Mus Mus, a White House mouse, and they are caught off guard and scared silly when the mouse appears in their home. But before Halloween is over, Tom and Lucy will have the last laugh as they play the best prank ever on their family.

The Littles are tiny people no more than six inches tall who have tails and live inside the walls of a house where the big people don't even know they are there. Read many more books about the little children, ten-year-old Tom and his sister 8-year-old Lucy in the Bookshare collection including The Littles and the Big Storm, The Littles and the Surprise Thanksgiving, The Littles Give a Party, The Littles Have A Happy Valentine's Day and at least ten more.

Date Added: 06/22/2018


Category: 440L

The Littles Get Trapped!

by John Peterson

This early reader is based on the books of John Peterson. The Littles take it upon themselves to see that Hildy the cat doesn't starve while the Bigg family is away.

As Tom and Lucy manage to get the refrigerator door open to get the cat food, the door slams shut trapping them inside.

Date Added: 06/22/2018


Category: 440L

The Littles Go Exploring

by John Peterson

The Littles venture into the land beyond the Dark Woods, an area unknown to small people. Reissue to celebrate the Littles' 25th anniversary.

Date Added: 06/22/2018


Category: 440L

The Littles Have a Wedding

by John Peterson

Meet the Littles, a family like any other but with a few tiny differences! They live in the walls of the Bigg family house where they get everything they need. In return they make sure the Bigg house is always in good repair. When Dinky comes home from his latest adventure, he's not alone. Della came back with him and they're going to be married! But a tiny person wedding takes a huge amount of preparation. The Littles need to get everything ready and travel to a neighboring house by the next day. Will they be ready in time?

Date Added: 06/22/2018


Category: 480L

Virals

by Kathy Reichs

Adventure is in Tory Brennan's blood. After all, she's the grandniece of world-famous forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan. Always up for a challenge, Tory and her science-geek friends spend their time exploring the marshlands of Loggerhead Island, home to the very off-limits Loggerhead Island Research Institute, where something strange is going on.

After rescuing a stray wolfdog pup from a top-secret lab, Tory and her friends are exposed to a rare strain of canine parvovirus, changing them--and their DNA--forever. Now they are more than friends. They are a pack. They are Virals. And they're dangerous to the core. But are they unstoppable enough to catch a cold-blooded murderer? ~From the Trade Paperback edition.

Date Added: 08/06/2018


Category: 480L

Sugar

by Jewell Parker Rhodes

Ten-year-old Sugar lives on the River Road sugar plantation along the banks of the Mississippi. Slavery is over, but laboring in the fields all day doesn't make her feel very free.

Thankfully, Sugar has a knack for finding her own fun, especially when she joins forces with forbidden friend Billy, the white plantation owner's son.

Sugar has always yearned to learn more about the world, and she sees her chance when Chinese workers are brought in to help harvest the cane.

The older River Road folks feel threatened, but Sugar is fascinated. As she befriends young Beau and elder Master Liu, they introduce her to the traditions of their culture, and she, in turn, shares the ways of plantation life.

Sugar soon realizes that she must be the one to bridge the cultural gap and bring the community together.

Here is a story of unlikely friendships and how they can change our lives forever.

From Jewell Parker Rhodes, the author of Ninth Ward (a Coretta Scott King Honor Book and a Today show Al's Book Club for Kids pick), here's another tale of a strong, spirited young girl who rises beyond her circumstances and inspires others to work toward a brighter future.

Date Added: 08/06/2018


Category: 430L

Towers Falling

by Jewell Parker Rhodes

From award-winning author Jewell Parker Rhodes, a powerful novel set fifteen years after the 9/11 attacks.

When her fifth-grade teacher hints that a series of lessons about home and community will culminate with one big answer about two tall towers once visible outside their classroom window, Deja can't help but feel confused.

She sets off on a journey of discovery, with new friends Ben and Sabeen by her side.

But just as she gets closer to answering big questions about who she is, what America means, and how communities can grow (and heal), she uncovers new questions, too.

Like, why does Pop get so angry when she brings up anything about the towers?

Award-winning author Jewell Parker Rhodes tells a powerful story about young people who weren't alive to witness this defining moment in history, but begin to realize how much it colors their every day.

Date Added: 08/06/2018


Category: 410L

Calvin Coconut

by Graham Salisbury and Jacqueline Rogers

Calvin and his Mom's boyfriend, Ledward, are good friends. When Ledward wins plane tickets, he invites Calvin to go on a man trip--they'll fly to Hawaii, the Big Island, for a day, and go deep-sea fishing. Wow!

Calvin's never been on a plane, or any boat but his skiff. What a day--Calvin catches his first big fish, an ono. But that's nothing compared to what happens when Ledward hooks a huge, and very angry marlin that charges the boat!

Date Added: 07/19/2018


Category: 490L

Calvin Coconut

by Graham Salisbury and Jacqueline Rogers

Calvin Coconut's fourth grade class meets Benni Obi, a weird and likable new kid. Benny brags about knowing kung fu, wears mirrored sunglasses, eats worms, crickets, and chocolate-covered scorpions, and says all the wrong things to bully Tito. Uh-oh.

Meanwhile, the neighborhood kids and pets clear the road--Calvin's babysitter Stella is learning how to drive. She's got a lead foot. Readers will enjoy the humor in Kung Fooey as Calvin's smarts and courage help him learn something new about standing up for friends, and facing a bully.

Date Added: 07/19/2018


Category: 420L

Calvin Coconut

by Jacqueline Rogers and Graham Salisbury

Hawaii boy Calvin Coconut has come up with the best idea ever for his sister Darci's birthday party. But a huge tropical storm hits the islands and threatens everything. It rains and rains. And rains.

The river next to Calvin's house rises high. When Calvin's friend Willy falls into the raging water, Calvin grabs his skiff to save him. As Willy is swept into the bay, Calvin struggles in the wild waves. What happens next shows Calvin what heroes are made of.

Date Added: 07/19/2018


Category: 460L

Calvin Coconut

by Graham Salisbury and Jacqueline Rogers

Calvin's dad is a famous pop singer, and he's going to be in a concert on the island! Everyone wants to go.

Dad gave Calvin's mom 10 tickets, and Calvin has to decide who gets the last ticket: teacher's pet Shayla, who has a crush on him (ick!) or Tito the bully?

But much more important: Calvin hasn't seen his dad in four years. And he's never met Dad's new wife. Will Dad still like Calvin now?

Date Added: 07/19/2018


Category: 410L

The Case of the Baffled Bear

by Cynthia Rylant

Bunny and Jack, animal detectives, take a break from playing cards to look for Bernard Bear's missing messenger whistle.

Date Added: 07/17/2018


Category: 470L

The Case of the Desperate Duck

by Cynthia Rylant

In their latest case, animal detectives Bunny and Jack help Mabel the duck find out who stole the sugar cubes from her tea room.

Date Added: 07/17/2018


Category: 480L

The Case of the Fidgety Fox

by Cynthia Rylant

When the fluffy dice of Melvin the bus driver turn up missing, Bunny and Jack, two animal detectives, investigate the case.

Date Added: 07/17/2018


Category: 460L

The Case of the Missing Monkey

by Cynthia Rylant

While having breakfast at their favorite diner, two detectives, Bunny and Jack, solve a mystery that is not what it seems.

Date Added: 07/17/2018


Category: 470L

The Case of the Puzzling Possum

by Cynthia Rylant

Bunny and Jack investigate the disappearance of a trombone from Mr. Riley's music store.

Date Added: 07/17/2018


Category: 470L

The Case of the Sleepy Sloth

by Cynthia Rylant

While having a picnic on the docks, animal detectives Bunny and Jack meet a dog whose one and only lawn chair is missing, and they set out to solve the case.

Date Added: 07/17/2018


Category: 440L


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