Amy Ehrlich
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"Tell me a story of when you were little," children everywhere love to ask. In this acclaimed collection, ten award-winning, well-known writers comply by reaching across their own childhoods to those of their readers. Whether telling of growing up in Japan or upstate New York or the California coast, recalling The Great Depression or World War II or the 1950s, describing children's victories or heartaches, the writers of these stories make it clear...
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"Tell me a story of when you were little" is something children love to ask. Now ten award-winning writers: Mary Pope Osborne, Laurence Yep, James Howe, Katherine Paterson, Walter Dean Myers, Susan Cooper, Nicholasa Mohr, Reeve Lindbergh, Avi, and Francesca Lia Block tell young readers stories drawn from their own childhood memories. The authors have also contributed notes about why they chose particular memories to write about and what in their lives...
8) Baby Dragon
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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All day, Baby Dragon turns down other animals' offers to go play or find a snack while he waits for his mother to return for him, but at nightfall, he agrees to go with Crocodile to find her.
10) Bravo, Kazam!
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English
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Kazam has trouble making her magic tricks turn out the way she expects.
13) The Snow Queen
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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The strength of a little girl's love enables her to overcome many obstacles and free a boy from the Snow Queen's spell.
14) Cinderella
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English
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In her haste to flee the palace before the fairy godmother's magic loses effect, Cinderella leaves behind a glass slipper.
18) The Snow Queen
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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The strength of young Gerda's love enables her to overcome many obstacles as she tries to free her beloved friend, Kay, from the Snow Queen's spell.
19) Thumbelina
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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A tiny girl no bigger than a thumb is stolen by a great ugly toad and subsequently has many adventures and makes many animal friends, before finding the perfect mate in a warm and beautiful southern land.