Patricia MacLachlan
21) Snowflakes fall
Author
Pub. Date
[2013]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
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.
23) Cassie Binegar
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 3
Description
During her family's first summer in a weathered old house by the sea, Cassie learns to accept change and to find her own space.
Author
Series
Barkus volume 2
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Barkus is a large and very clever dog, and Baby is a cat, and together their adventures make life exciting for seven-year-old Nicky and her family
Author
Pub. Date
c2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Nora and Ben’s younger sister Birdy loves to keep secrets. She surprises her family more than once: She hides a kitten in her room. She writes a beautiful poem. One day Birdy watches her mother spit into a tube, ready to send it off to find out more about herself and where her family came from. Birdy spits into a tube, too, when no one sees her. But when the test results come back, they are a surprise. Birdy is seemingly not related to Nora and...
27) Barkus: book 1
Author
Series
Barkus volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.3 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Barkus is a large and very smart dog who comes to live with seven-year-old Nicky when Nicky's Uncle Everton goes traveling--and soon he is a family and school favorite.
28) Kindred souls
Author
Pub. Date
[2012]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Ten year-old Jake shares a special bond with his grandfather, Billy, but when Billy asks Jake to build him a sod house, Jake is not sure he wants to do it.
29) Once I ate a pie
Author
Pub. Date
[2006]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.9 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Thirteen dogs tell their stories in simple poems.
30) Prairie days
Author
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Describes summer days growing up on the prairie.
31) Journey
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 2
Description
Journey is eleven the summer his mother leaves him and his sister, Cat, with their grandparents. He is sad and angry, and spends the summer looking for the clues that will explain why she left.
32) White fur flying
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 1
Description
A sad and silent nine-year-old boy finds his voice when he moves next to a family that rescues dogs.
33) Edward's eyes
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 2
Formats
Description
Edward is one of a large and close family that loves baseball, music, books, and each other, and when he unexpectedly dies and his parents donate his organs, his wonderful eyes go to a perfect recipient.
35) Three Names
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Great-grandfather reminisces about going to school on the prairie with his dog Three Names.
37) My friend Earth
Author
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Die-cut pages invite reader to explore how Earth is a friend to all creatures, watching over us as the year cycles through the seasons.
Author
Pub. Date
2014.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 1
Description
If you were a boy named Henri Matisse who lived in a dreary town in northern France, what would your life be like? Would it be full of color and art? Full of lines and dancing figures? Find out in this beautiful, unusual picture book about one of the world's most famous and influential artists by acclaimed author and Newbery Medal-winning Patricia MacLachlan and innovative illustrator Hadley Hooper.
40) Someone like me
Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
Description
In this semi-autobiographical picture book, author Patricia MacLachlan relates what it might take to grow up to become a writer.