Anthony Browne
1) My dad
Author
Publisher
Farrar Straus Giroux
Pub. Date
2001, c2000
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A child describes the many wonderful things about "my dad," who can jump over the moon, swim like a fish, and be as warm as toast.
3) Little Frida
Author
Language
English
Description
Following a bout with polio at the age of six, Frida Kahlo's life was marked by pain and loneliness. In real life, she walked with a limp, but in her dreams, she flew. One day, her imagination took her on a journey to a girl in white who could dance without pain and hold her secrets, an indelible figure who would find her way into Frida's art in years to come. Inspired by Frida Kahlo's diary, Anthony Browne captures the essence of the artist's early...
4) Bear hunt
Author
Language
English
Description
Hunters after a bear are constantly outwitted as Bear takes his pencil and draws his way out of each situation.
5) The tunnel
Author
Publisher
Distributed by Random House
Pub. Date
c1989
Language
English
Description
Scornful of his younger sister's fears, a young boy decides to explore a tunnel forcing her to go after him when he doesn't return.
9) Me and you
Author
Publisher
Farrar Straus Giroux
Pub. Date
2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
An urban retelling of the classic Goldilocks and the Three Bears story, told from the baby bear's perspective.
10) Changes
Author
Publisher
Knopf
Pub. Date
c1990
Language
English
Description
As he waits at home for his parents to return, a young boy ponders his father's remark "Things are going to change around here" and begins to imagine all kinds of changes in the world around him.
11) Willy's pictures
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2000
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Willy the chimp paints pictures that are tributes to art masterpieces, including "American Gothic," "The Birth of Venus," and "Mona Lisa."
14) Willy and Hugh
Author
Publisher
A.A. Knopf
Pub. Date
c1991
Language
English
Description
Willy the chimpanzee is lonely until he meets Hugh Jape in the park, and the two become friends.
16) How do you feel?
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Language
English
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Description
A young chimp describes a variety of emotions he experiences.
17) Little Beauty
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
When a gorilla who knows sign language tells his keepers that he is lonely, they bring him a very special friend.
18) Willy the wimp
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A young chimpanzee, tired of being bullied by the suburban gorilla gang, decides to build up his muscles so he won't be a wimp anymore.
19) Silly Billy
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2006.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
To help with his anxiety, Billy uses the worry dolls his grandmother recommends, but he finds that they do not quite solve his problem.
20) The shape game
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2003
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
The author/illustrator describes how his mother's wish to spend her birthday visiting an art museum with her family changed the course of his life forever.