Christopher Raschka
41) Alphabetabum
Author
Publisher
The New York Review Children's Collection
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
"What happens to the pictures of us? Nowadays they go straight to the Internet where anyone anywhere in the world can see them. And they're nothing terribly special. It wasn't that way a hundred years ago, when getting your picture taken was a very important event. You dressed your best and you looked thoughtfully and for a long time into the awesome, magical lens of the camera. But even these important pictures sometimes were lost, sold by the photographer...
42) Hip hop dog
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
A neglected dog finds his purpose through rapping and rhyming.
43) Doggy Dog
Author
Series
Publisher
Abrams Appleseed
Pub. Date
©2014.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 0.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Simple words and illustrations detail some of the things that Doggy Dog is not, including a cat, a lampshade, and a potato.
45) A ball for Daisy
Author
Publisher
Schwartz & Wade Books
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
A wordless picture book shows the fun a dog has with her ball, and what happens when it is lost.
46) Skin again
Author
Language
English
Description
Affirms identity as involving outward appearance, while emphasizing that to really know a person means to get to what is inside them.
49) Puddle
Author
Publisher
Greenwillow Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A puddle sits despairingly as she is trampled on by humans and animals alike until something miraculous happens that makes her feel worthwhile.
50) Home at last
Author
Publisher
Greenwillow Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"After Lester is adopted from his foster home by Daddy Albert and Daddy Rich, he can't fall asleep in his new bed. What will it take to make Lester feel home at last?"--
51) Little tree
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Inspired by a poem by E.E. Cummings, this is the story of a little tree that finds its own special place in the world as a much-loved Christmas tree.
53) Yellow Dog blues
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Traveling across the Mississippi Delta, Bo Willie searches blues landmarks like Dockery Farms and Beale Street for his missing dog"--
55) When lions roar
Author
Publisher
Orchard Books
Pub. Date
2013
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 0.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Loud, scary noises frighten a child until quiet and calmness return.
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2001.
Language
English
Description
The words in a concrete poem may wriggle about, curve around or hurtle down the page, but they always startle and delight the eye. Here are thirty such visual poems, in which the arrangement of letters and words, choice of typeface and use of space add extra meaning to the text. Suggested level: primary, intermediate, junior secondary.