Steven Kellogg
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From Steven Kellogg's Pinkerton Series.
Pinkerton and his feline sidekick bump into Dr. Aleasha Kibble and her Hunting Academy out for fox, but the striped fox looks remarkably like a skunk.
Steven Kellogg has illustrated more than a hundred books, including IS YOUR MAMA A LLAMA? and THE DAY JIMMY'S BOA ATE THE WASH. He has also retold and illustrated the adventures of tall-tale heroes such as Paul Bunyan, Mike Fink, and Johnny Appleseed. He lives...
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"A zesty tale that is delivered with splendid flourish . . ." ---Booklist, starred review
Pinkerton seems lonely. So his young owner goes to the pet show to find him a friend. She returns with a kitten named Rose, who could be the ideal playmate for Pinkerton. But Rose has ideas of her own. She wants to be a Great Dane, and suddenly Pinkerton decides to start acting like a kitten. So Pinkerton, Rose and their owners go back to the pet show to seek...
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Shout it once! Shout it twice!Friends forever! Skog and mice!
Jenny and her city-mouse friends take to the seas in search of a more peaceful place to live. But when they arrive at what first seems the island of their dreams, they have a giant problem to contend with: the island's only inhabitant, the Skog. Judging by his enormous footprints, he seems a more terrible threat than a hundred urban cats and dogs. How will the mice master their new domain?Funny,...
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English
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This silly charmer of a story inspired four sequels about the impossibly clueless but irresistibly sweet Pinkerton.
Pinkerton doesn't understand his owner's commands. When told to come, he jumps out the window. When asked to fetch, he destroys the slippers instead. Pinkerton's desperate owners take him to obedience school, but he flunks out in record time. Then one night a burglar breaks into their house, and Pinkerton is able to put his bad habits...
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From beloved author Steven Kellogg!
It's Louis's birthday and Uncle McAllister has brought him a very special gift- a tadpole all the way from Scotland! Louis can hardly wait for Alphonse to grow into a frog. But it soon becomes clear that Alphonse is not turning into any ordinary frog. First Alphonse outgrows his jar, then the sink, and then the bathtub!
Steven Kellogg has illustrated more than a hundred books, including IS YOUR MAMA A LLAMA?...
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"The sky is failing! The sky is failing!"
Chicken Little and her feathered friends are all aflutter when she gets a mysterious bump on the head. Steven Kellogg's hilarious retelling brings fresh delight to this timeless classic of chain reaction panic.
Steven Kellogg has illustrated more than a hundred books, including IS YOUR MAMA A LLAMA? and THE DAY JIMMY'S BOA ATE THE WASH. He has also retold and illustrated the adventures of tall-tale heroes...
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Weston Woods
Pub. Date
p2004
Language
English
Description
Pinkerton is a puppy with a heart of gold, but he just won't behave. In an effort to end his mischievous ways, Emily and her mother enroll Pinkerton in Dr. Aleasha Kibble's Canine University. Pinkerton can't seem to get anything right, and he flunks out in record time. But when a burglar visits the house, Pinkerton, with some clever help from Emily and her mother, proves that he has known exactly how to behave all along.
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Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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In a story loosely based on The Pied Piper of Hamelin, an elf acquires from a miserable witch a magic pipe that allows him to transform things, including the mean-spirited Grand Duke who rules over a rat-infested town.
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Publisher
Mulberry Books/Morrow Junior Books
Pub. Date
1997, c1991
Edition
1st Mulberry ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 1
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English
Description
A boy climbs to the top of a giant beanstalk, where he uses his quick wits to outsmart a giant and make his and his mother's fortune.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.6 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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"Is your mama a llama?" Lloyd, the baby llama, asks his creature friends, including Dave, the bat; Fred, the duckling; Jane, the calf; and Clyde, the seal, among others. Each question Lloyd asks forms one half of an elegant rhymed couplet that is completed by the answer each creature friend gives: "'Is your mama a llama?' I asked my friend Clyde. ''No, she is not,' is how Clyde replied." Steven Kellogg has illustrated more than a hundred...
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Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
c2007
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Using determination and vision, Clorinda the cow and her friend Hop the pig build a variety of flying machines, hoping to fulfill her desire to take flight.
15) Snowflakes fall
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Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2013]
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
In this illustrated poem in honor of the victims of the 2012 shooting in Newtown, Connecticut, falling snowflakes celebrate the uniqueness of life, its precious, simple moments, and the strength of memory.
16) A beasty story
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Publisher
Silver Whistle/Harcourt Brace
Pub. Date
c1999
Edition
1st ed.
Language
English
Description
A group of mice venture into a dark, dark woods where they find a dark brown house with a dark red stair leading past other dark colors to a spooky surprise.
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New Video Group
Pub. Date
2005
Language
English
Description
"Danny and the dinosaur": When Danny visits the museum, he thinks it would be nice to play with a dinosaur. It's great fun when the dinosaur is just as eager to play with Danny. The two spend a whole day together. "The Island of the Skog": A band of mice and their leader set sail to an island inhabited by a hostile Skog with gigantic feet. "The beast of Monsieur Racine": Monsieur Racine lays a trap and catches a marauder, a strange but harmless-looking...
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Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2014.
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Everybody has a favorite animal. Some like little white dogs or big black cats or hoppy brown bunnies best. Others prefer squishy snails or tall giraffes or sleek black panthers. With beautiful illustrations and charming personal stories, 14 children's book artists share their favorite animals and why they love them"--publisher.