Teri Sloat
3) Berry magic
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Long ago, the only berries on the tundra were hard, tasteless, little crowberries. As Anana watches the ladies complain bitterly while picking berries for the Fall Festival, she decides to use her magic to help. 'Atsa-ii-yaa (Berry), Atsa-ii-yaa (Berry), Atsaukina!' (Be a berry!), Anana sings under the full moon, turning four dolls into little girls that run and tumble over the tundra, creating patches of fat, juicy berries: blueberries, cranberries,...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Set on the coast of the Pacific Northwest, this variation on the traditional cumulative rhyme describes the silly consequences of an old woman's fishy diet. A bright, energetic retelling of a beloved children's rhyme, with a Pacific Northwest twist. "There was an old lady who swallowed a trout That splished and splashed and thrashed about." Everyone has heard about the old lady who swallowed a fly, but there is something particularly fishy about this...
13) Sody sallyratus
Author
Publisher
Dutton Children's Books
Pub. Date
c1997
Language
English
Description
When one after another family member goes the store for baking soda and never returns, the pet squirrel decides to investigate in this retelling of a traditional Appalachian tale.
14) I'm a duck!
Author
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
2006
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A duck marvels at how wonderful it is to be a duck, with feathers, webbed feet, and wings that can fly, from the time he is hatched until he becomes a dad.
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt
Pub. Date
2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
In this song based on "The Old Woman Who Swallowed a Fly," a prehistoric man, contemplating the creation of the world, paints images on the ceiling of a cave, that are later discovered by a young Spanish girl in 1879.