Dick King-Smith
5) Funny Frank
Author
Pub. Date
[2002]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Gertie the hen is appalled when her son Frank wants to swim with the ducks, but Jemima and her mother, the farmer's wife, make him a special outfit so that his dream can come true.
9) Harry's Mad
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 3
Description
An african grey parrot is the last thing that Harry Holdsworth expects to inherit from Great-Uncle George. Who wants a pet bird when you're hoping for a treasure chest? Certainly not Harry - until Mad opens his beak and starts to speak!
10) Lady Lollipop
Author
Series
Lollipop volume 1
Pub. Date
2001.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 1
Description
A quick-witted swineherd and a pig named Lollipop are royally rewarded after they reform a spoiled princess.
11) The stray
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 3
Description
When seventy-five-year-old Henny Hickathrift runs away from the old people's home, she meets five children and their parents who welcome her into their family.
13) Mr. Ape
Author
Pub. Date
[1998]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 3
Description
A wealthy old man living alone in his enormous home meets a Gypsy father and son, adopts many animals, and finally learns the true meaning of family.
14) Martin's mice
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 3
Description
A farm cat who doesn't want to catch mice keeps a family of them as pets in the barn; but then he is given away to a townswoman and acquires a new perspective.
15) The Merman
Author
Pub. Date
1999.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 2
Description
While vacationing in Scotland, Zeta meets a rather unusual fellow. Meinus is a merman-definitely not your average summer friend. Everythings an adventure when Marinus is around and Zeta knows she will miss her friend terribly when the summer ends. But Marinus has one last surprise for her - one that will last a lifetime.
16) Smasher
Author
Pub. Date
c1997
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 1
Description
When Mrs. Buzzard wants to get rid of the big, ugly dog that creates a lot of trouble, Farmer Buzzard decides on a plan to save this lovable monster from banishment.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2008]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 2
Description
Movie summary:
Present day Scotland. A tale is told to a couple of American tourists by a kindly gentleman in a pub. Angus is a lonely boy who pines for his father, who is serving in the Royal Navy during World War II. Angus, along with his sister and mother, live on an estate that has been billeted by soldiers in the Scottish Highlands, near Loch Ness. The troop's commander has an eye for mom, is suspicious about a mysterious handyman, Lewis, who...
19) The catlady
Author
Pub. Date
2006.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Muriel Ponsonby, the Catlady, lives with dozens of cats, many of whom she believes are reincarnated friends, relatives, and even royalty.