Tomie DePaola
83) Here we all are
Author
Series
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
2000.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
700L
Language
English
Description
Children's author-illustrator Tomie De Paola describes his experiences at home and in school when he was a boy.
84) What a year
Author
Series
Publisher
Puffin Books
Pub. Date
2003.
Lexile measure
660L
Language
English
Description
The author relates memories from one year of his childhood, including his sixth birthday, trick-or-treating for Halloween, a bout of chicken pox, and the Christmas holiday.
Author
Publisher
Nancy Paulsen Books
Pub. Date
2012.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
AD 630L
Language
English
Description
On the morning of the first Christmas, the colorful birds of Bethlehem gather to talk about the exciting events they have witnessed, from the long line of people approaching the town to the stable where a newborn baby lies.
92) Kit and Kat
Author
Series
Publisher
Grosset & Dunlap
Pub. Date
[1994]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.4 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
260L
Language
English
Description
Three stories featuring the Kitten Kids sleeping at their grandparents' house, riding bikes, and playing with a bully.
93) For the duration
Author
Series
26 Fairmount Avenue book.War years volume 8
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
[2009]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
810L
Language
English
Description
From gas rationing to air-raid drills, as long as the war lasts, life is going to be different for Tomie. And sometimes different is hard. Fortunately, Tomie still has school, his family, and the things he's good at to carry him through.
100) On my way
Author
Series
Publisher
Puffin Books
Pub. Date
2002.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
660L
Language
English
Description
A memoir in which children's author Tomie De Paola recalls his baby sister's frightening bout with pneumonia, and the exciting events of the summer between kindergarten and first grade.