Donna Jo Napoli
21) Spinners
Author
Pub. Date
[1999]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 6
Description
Elaborates on the events recounted in the fairy tale, "Rumpelstiltskin," in which a strange little man helps a miller's daughter spin straw into gold for the king on the condition that she will give him her first-born child.
Author
Pub. Date
[2008]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.3 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Corkscrew the pig is celebrating his birthday, but as his owners and their friends form various groups to play games, they leave out Corkscrew and his new friend, Pirate the parrot, who make it clear they want to join in the fun.
26) Give and take
Author
Series
Angelwings volume 5
Pub. Date
2000
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
Description
A little angel has to think carefully and work hard as he tries to lead Dinah to understanding the values of generosity and honesty.
27) Hands & hearts
Author
Pub. Date
2014.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 1
Description
"Highlights the bond between a mother and her child while providing a gentle introduction to sign language during their day at the beach"--
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2019.
Description
The timeless tales from the early books of the Bible have captivated generations. In this lush storybook, the fresh voice of lyrical storyteller Donna Jo Napoli and the lavish artwork of Christina Balit bring classic stories to life for a young, modern audience. Noah's Ark, Moses, David and Goliath, the ten plagues, Daniel and the lions' den, Jonah and the giant fish, and many more of the Bible's most powerful stories--27 in all--are compellingly...
30) Ready to dream
Author
Pub. Date
2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
Description
While drawing pictures of the animals she sees on her trip to Australia, a young girl named Ally meets Pauline, an aborigine woman and fellow artist, from whom Ally learns that art is not always created with just paper and paints, and that mistakes are actually happy accidents.
33) Dark shimmer
Author
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 11
Description
A retelling of Snow White from the evil step mother's point of view as fifteen-year-old Dolce grows up on islands in a Venetian lagoon where she learns how to make mirrors, but when her mother dies she is taken in by a widower and his daughter while she secretly continues making mirrors and slowly goes mad from mercury poisoning.