Rachel Isadora

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1) Uh-oh!

Author

Isadora, Rachel

Language

English

Formats

Book, eBook

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As an African American toddler keeps getting into mischief throughout the day, the reader is invited to discover what the trouble is with each page-turn and to say "uh-oh."

2) Ben's trumpet

Author

Isadora, Rachel

Accelerated Reader

IL: LG - BL: 2.2 - AR Pts: 1

Language

English

Formats

Book, eAudiobook

Description

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Ben wants to be a trumpeter, but plays only an imaginary instrument until one of the musicians in a neighborhood night club discovers his ambition.

3) There was a tree

Author

Isadora, Rachel

Publisher

Nancy Paulsen Books

Pub. Date

c2012

Language

English

Description

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A version of the cumulative song "The Green Grass Grew All Around," set in Africa.

4) Say hello!

Author

Isadora, Rachel

Publisher

G. P. Putnam's Sons

Pub. Date

c2010

Edition

1st ed.

Accelerated Reader

IL: LG - BL: 1.1 - AR Pts: 1

Language

English

Description

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A little girl greets people in her neighborhood in many different languages.

5) Old Mikamba had a farm

Author

Isadora, Rachel

Publisher

Nancy Paulsen Books, An Imprint of Penguin Group (USA) Inc

Pub. Date

2013

Language

English

Description

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The inhabitants of Old Makimba's farm in Africa, including a baboon, an elephant, and a lion, are described, verse by verse. Includes facts about African animals.

6) Bring on that beat

Author

Isadora, Rachel

Publisher

Putnam

Pub. Date

c2002

Language

English

Description

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Illustrations and rhyming text evoke the rhythms of jazz music.

7) Jake at gymnastics

Author

Isadora, Rachel

Publisher

Nancy Paulsen Books, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA)

Pub. Date

[2014]

Edition

Dolly Parton's Imagination Library edition.

Language

English

Description

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Toddlers have fun at gymnastics class.

8) At the crossroads

Author

Isadora, Rachel

Publisher

Greenwillow Books

Pub. Date

c1991

Edition

1st ed.

Accelerated Reader

IL: LG - BL: 1.9 - AR Pts: 1

Language

English

Description

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South African children gather to welcome home their fathers who have been away for several months working in the mines.

9) Over the green hills

Author

Isadora, Rachel

Publisher

Greenwillow Books

Pub. Date

c1992

Edition

1st ed.

Accelerated Reader

IL: LG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1

Language

English

Description

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Zolani, who lives in a rural black homeland in South Africa, goes with his mother to visit his Grandma Zindzi.

10) Rapunzel

Author

Isadora, Rachel

Publisher

G. P. Putnam's Sons

Pub. Date

c2008

Accelerated Reader

IL: LG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 1

Language

English

Description

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Recasts in an African setting the familiar fairy tale in which a beautiful girl with extraordinarily long hair is imprisoned in a lonely tower by a witch.

11) Happy Belly, Happy Smile

Author

Isadora, Rachel

Publisher

HarperCollins

Pub. Date

2009

Language

English

Description

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Every Friday Louie sees the hustle and bustle behind the scenes at his grandpa's Chinese restaurant. The chef's hands fly as he chops vegetables, the delivery boy zips in for a pickup, and the waiters holler out order after order. Then it's time to eat. Grandpa offers Louie a whole fish and crabs. "No, thank you, Grandpa!" But the dumplings, egg rolls, and chow mein sure look good. No trip to the Chinese restaurant is complete without a fortune

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12) Yo, Jo!

Author

Isadora, Rachel

Publisher

HarperCollins

Pub. Date

2007

Language

English

Description

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While Jomar and his brother, Franklin, are on their stoop waiting for Grandpa, friends and neighbors come by—whizzing on skates, showing off their new treads, or bouncing a ball. Whether it's Whassup? or Yo!, Jo's got a greeting for everyone—until Grandpa arrives and only classic words will do: I love you.
With a fresh new style, Caldecott Honor-winning illustrator Rachel Isadora fashions an exuberant intergenerational celebration...