Ross MacDonald
1) Henry's hand
Author
Publisher
Abrams Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2013.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
AD 570L
Language
English
Description
Henry is a monster whose body parts tend to fall off but his right hand helps keep everything together and is his best friend, until Henry becomes lazy and his hand decides to leave.
3) Bad baby
Author
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2005.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Superhero Jack finds his life turned upside down by the arrival of a very big, and very naughty, baby sister.
Author
Publisher
Abrams Books for Young Readers
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
990L
Language
English
Formats
Description
From humble beginnings sketching Iowa's cornfields and rolling hills as a child, painter Grant Wood (1891-1942) became the father of Regionalism-- an artistic movement that celebrated the real-life surroundings of the people. [This] is a picture-book biography that explores the birth of the famous painting, the movement that made it possible, and the artist who created it all.
Author
Publisher
A.A. Knopf
Pub. Date
[2008]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
760L
Language
English
Description
Jerry Siegel & Joe Shuster, two misfit teens in Cleveland, were more like Clark Kent than Superman. Both boys escaped into the worlds of science fiction and pulp magazine tales. In 1934, they created the superhero, but it was four years before they convinced a publisher to take a chance on their Man of Steel in a new format--the comic book.
Author
Publisher
Broadway Books
Pub. Date
2005.
Language
English
Description
We've all been there--trapped in a conversation with smarty-pants music fiends, not wanting to let on that we haven't the slightest idea what they're talking about. This book is here to define every single sacred totem of rock fandom's know-it-all fraternity. The dictionary is the brainchild of Vanity Fair writers Kamp and Daly, who originally devised it as a short feature in the magazine's music issue. The response was so great (and grateful) that...