Kevin Henkes
8) My garden
Author
Pub. Date
[2010]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 1
Formats
Description
After helping her mother weed, water, and chase the rabbits from their garden, a young girl imagines her dream garden complete with jellybean bushes, chocolate rabbits, and tomatoes the size of beach balls.
9) Waiting
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.9 - AR Pts: 1
Formats
Description
An owl, puppy, bear, bunny, and pig wait for marvelous things to happen.
10) Olive's ocean
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 4
Formats
Description
On a summer visit to her grandmother's cottage by the ocean, twelve-year-old Martha gains perspective on the death of a classmate, on her relationship with her grandmother, on her feelings for an older boy, and on her plans to be a writer.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 3
Formats
Description
Seven year old Billy Miller starts second grade with a bump on his head and a lot of worries, but by the end of the year, he has developed good relationships with his teacher, his little sister, and his parents and learned many important lessons.
12) Bird Lake moon
Author
Pub. Date
[2008]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 4
Formats
Description
Twelve-year-old Mitch and his mother are spending the summer with his grandparents at Bird Lake after his parents separate, and ten-year-old Spencer and his family have returned to the lake where Spencer's little brother drowned long ago, and as the boys become friends and spend time together, each of them begins to heal.
Author
Pub. Date
[2002]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.5 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Owen is joyous when he receives a marshmallow chick as part of an Easter basket. Decked out in his purple plaid Easter finery, this boy mouse spends a giddy day playing with his sugary new pal. And does he succumb to tasty temptation? How dare you even think such a thing!
17) Owen
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.4 - AR Pts: 1
Formats
Description
Owen's parents try to get him to give up his favorite blanket before he starts school, but when their efforts fail, they come up with a solution that makes everyone happy.
18) Chester's way
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Chester and Wilson share the same exact way of doing things, until Lilly moves into the neighborhood and shows them that new ways can be just as good.
19) Junonia
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 3
Formats
Description
The week of her tenth birthday, Alice and her parents go to Sanibel Island, Florida, just as they do every year, but this time some of the people who are always there are missing and some new people have come. This unsettles Alice, who wants things to be exactly the same as they alway have been.
20) So happy!
Author
Pub. Date
[2005]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.5 - AR Pts: 1
Formats
Description
Brief text and illustrations tell the story of a boy, a rabbit, and a seed.