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Accelerated Reader Middle Grade Collection

Description: A collection of popular middle grades books that have quizzes on Accelerated Reader #kids #teens


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My New Friend Is So Fun!

by Mo Willems

Meet Elephant Gerald and Piggie, winners of two Theodor Seuss Geisel Medals and recipients of three Geisel Honors! Gerald is careful. Piggie is not. Piggie cannot help smiling. Gerald can. Gerald worries so that Piggie does not have to. Gerald and Piggie are Best Friends. In My New Friend Is So Fun! Piggie is having so much fun with her new friend. But where does that leave Gerald?

Date Added: 08/11/2020


Category: ATOS LEVEL: 1.1

Award: AR POINTS: 0.5

Fred and Ted's Road Trip

by Peter Eastman

Fred and Ted--beloved canine stars of P.D. Eastman's Big Dog . . . Little Dog and son Peter Eastman's Fred and Ted Go Camping and Fred and Ted Like to Fly--are on the move once again in Fred and Ted's Road Trip, the 100th Beginner Book published since Dr. Seuss launched the series in 1957 with The Cat in the Hat.In their latest adventure, Fred and Ted pack a picnic basket, jump in their cars, and hit the open road--but as usual, things don't go as the doggy duo plan. They encounter muddy roads, thunder and lightning, tire-piercing cacti, and overenthusiastic tire inflating that almost sends Fred into orbit! Perfect for P. D. Eastman fans, dog lovers, and families on car trips, this is a beginner reader that harkens back to the best of the Beginner Books edited by the Good Doctor himself.From the Hardcover edition.

Date Added: 08/11/2020


Category: ATOS LEVEL: 1.1

Award: AR POINTS: 0.5

Should I Share My Ice Cream? An Elephant and Piggie Book

by Mo Willems

Gerald is careful. Piggie is not. Piggie cannot help smiling. Gerald can. Gerald worries so that Piggie does not have to. Gerald and Piggie are best friends. In Should I Share My Ice Cream? Gerald has a big decision to make. But will he make it in time?

Date Added: 08/11/2020


Category: ATOS LEVEL: 1.1

Award: AR POINTS: 0.5

We Are Growing!

by Mo Willems and Laurie Keller

Walt and his friends are growing up fast! Everyone is the something-est. But . . . what about Walt? He is not the tallest, or the curliest, or the silliest. He is not the anything-est! As a BIG surprise inches closer, Walt discovers something special of his own!

Date Added: 08/11/2020


Category: ATOS LEVEL: 1.1

Award: AR POINTS: 0.5

Fly High, Fly Guy!

by Tedd Arnold

Mom and Dad won't let Fly Guy go along on the family road trip because they're afraid he'll get lost. But when Dad accidentally shuts him in the trunk, Fly Guy goes along for the ride.

First Fly Guy gets lost at the picnic site, but he shows up in the garbage can. Then he gets lost at the art museum, but he shows up as part of a modern painting. At the beach, he turns up in a shell, and at the amusement park, on Buzz's hot dog (yuck!). Then, Dad can't figure out how to get home, and the whole family is lost -- until Fly Guy leads the way! Picture descriptions present.

Date Added: 08/11/2020


Category: ATOS LEVEL: 1.4

Award: AR POINTS: 0.5

A Big Guy Took My Ball!

by Mo Willems

Meet Elephant Gerald and Piggie, winners of two Theodor Seuss Geisel Medals and recipients of two Geisel Honors!

Gerald is careful. Piggie is not.

Piggie cannot help smiling. Gerald can.

Gerald worries so that Piggie does not have to.

Gerald and Piggie are best friends.

In A Big Guy Took My Ball! Piggie is devastated when a big guy takes her ball! Gerald is big, too... but is he big enough to help his best friend?

Images are described.

Other books in this series are available in this library.

Winner of the Theodore Seuss Geisel Honor

Date Added: 08/11/2020


Category: ATOS LEVEL: 1.0

Award: AR POINTS: 0.5

Watch Me Throw the Ball!

by Mo Willems

Meet Elephant Gerald and Piggie, winners of the Theodor Seuss Geisel medal for There Is a Bird on Your Head! Gerald is careful. Piggie is not. Piggie cannot help smiling. Gerald can. Gerald worries so that Piggie does not have to. Gerald and Piggie are best friends. In Watch Me Throw the Ball!, Gerald thinks ball-throwing is serious business. But does Piggie know something about throwing that Gerald does not?

Date Added: 08/11/2020


Category: ATOS LEVEL: 1.0

Award: AR POINTS: 0.5

Pete the Cat

by James Dean

Pete the Cat is hungry. What should he make for lunch? Pete decides to make a sandwich! But this isn't an ordinary sandwich. . . . Pete has some pretty groovy ideas about what should go inside. And the bigger this sandwich gets, the more ideas Pete has! But what happens if Pete's sandwich gets too big for him to eat?

Date Added: 08/11/2020


Category: ATOS LEVEL: 1.2

Award: AR POINTS: 0.5

I Spy Fly Guy!

by Tedd Arnold

When Fly Guy and Buzz play hide-and-seek, Fly Guy hides in his favorite place, the garbage can. But as Buzz finishes counting, the garbageman drives away with the garbage and Fly Guy, too!

A very worried Buzz follows the truck to the dump, where he sees zillions of flies. Where is Fly Guy? Time after time, Buzz thinks he spies Fly Guy, only to be snubbed, boinked, or bitten. Then he realizes they've been playing a game. He yells, "I give up. You win!" And Fly Guy leaves his new hiding place -- he was on top of Buzz's hat all along!

Winner of the Theodore Seuss Geisel Honor

Date Added: 08/11/2020


Category: ATOS LEVEL: 1.5

Award: AR POINTS: 0.5

Fly Guy Meets Fly Girl

by Tedd Arnold

Fly Guy has a new friend! When Fly Guy meets Fly Girl, he is amazed and smitten.

Date Added: 08/11/2020


Category: ATOS LEVEL: 1.4

Award: AR POINTS: 0.5

Rap a Tap Tap, Here's Bojangles--Think of That!

by Leo Dillon and Diane Dillon

This book for young children tells the story of Bill "Bojangles" Robinson--an African-American tap dancer and one of the most popular entertainers of the 1920's-30s.

Date Added: 08/11/2020


Category: ATOS LEVEL: 1.9

Award: AR POINTS: 0.5

Super Fly Guy

by Tedd Arnold

FLY GUY is off to school. Will he make trouble? Or will he save the day? A funny story by bestselling author and illustrator Tedd Arnold.

Date Added: 08/11/2020


Category: ATOS LEVEL: 1.7

Award: AR POINTS: 0.5

Happy Halloween, Biscuit!

by Alyssa Satin Capucilli

Wooof! Wooof! Biscuit and the little girl are going trick-or-treating on his first Halloween. What kinds of silly surprises are in store for them? Pull back the flaps to find out!

Date Added: 08/11/2020


Category: ATOS LEVEL: 1.2

Award: AR POINTS: 0.5

There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed Fly Guy

by Tedd Arnold

After accidentally swallowing her grandson's pet fly, Grandma tries to retrieve it by consuming progressively larger animals.

Date Added: 08/11/2020


Category: ATOS LEVEL: 1.6

Award: AR POINTS: 0.5

Buzz Boy and Fly Guy

by Tedd Arnold

The excitement is jam packed in Fly Guy's newest episode, which features a comic book within the story. Buzz and Fly Guy are superheroes. The dynamic duo must battle a fiery dragon and a band of pirates.

Date Added: 08/11/2020


Category: ATOS LEVEL: 1.3

Award: AR POINTS: 0.5

Hooray for Fly Guy!

by Tedd Arnold

Fly Guy joins Buzz's football team, despite Coach's misgivings, and hits the field for a special, secret play.

Date Added: 08/11/2020


Category: ATOS LEVEL: 1.6

Award: AR POINTS: 0.5

Hi! Fly Guy

by Tedd Arnold

When Buzz captures a fly to enter in The Amazing Pet Show, his parents and the judges tell him that a fly cannot be a pet, but Fly Guy proves them wrong.

[This text is listed as an example that meets Common Core Standards in English language arts for K-1 at http://www.corestandards.org.]

Winner of the Theodore Seuss Geisel Honor

Date Added: 08/11/2020


Category: ATOS LEVEL: 1.6

Award: AR POINTS: 0.5

Shoo, Fly Guy!

by Tedd Arnold

Fly Guy returns home to discover that Buzz has gone on a picnic without him!

Sad and hungry, Fly Guy takes off in search of his favorite food.

He gets shooed away from a hamburger, a pizza, a dog's bones, and even roadkill--leaving readers to guess what Fly Guy's favorite oozy, lumpy, smelly, and brown food could possibly be!

Date Added: 08/11/2020


Category: ATOS LEVEL: 1.7

Award: AR POINTS: 0.5

Fancy Nancy and the Boy from Paris

by Jane O'Connor

There's a new boy in school, and he's from Paris.

Nancy cannot believe her luck. But this Parisian may not be as fancy as Nancy expects!

Date Added: 08/11/2020


Category: ATOS LEVEL: 1.9

Award: AR POINTS: 0.5

Splat The Cat Sings Flat

by Rob Scotton

Splat's class is preparing to sing on Parents' Night, but Splat has stage fright! What will it take for him to overcome his fear?

Date Added: 08/11/2020


Category: ATOS LEVEL: 1.8

Award: AR POINTS: 0.5

Fancy Nancy at the Museum

by Jane O'Connor

Nancy's class is going on a trip to the museum, and Nancy wants to be extra fancy for the occasion. After a bumpy bus ride, she doesn't feel very well. Luckily for Nancy, her teacher, Ms. Glass, has a few fancy tricks of her own. Nothing can keep Nancy from making this trip magnifique! (That's a fancy French word for great!)

Date Added: 08/11/2020


Category: ATOS LEVEL: 1.8

Award: AR POINTS: 0.5

Fancy Nancy

by Jane O'Connor

Nancy absolutely adores stars. She loves how they sparkle in the sky, and she can even name the constellations. Nancy can hardly wait for her class visit to the planetarium! Young readers will delight in this newest addition to the Fancy Nancy I Can Read series, sharing in Nancy's anticipation and disappointment when the trip doesn't go as planned. But with her trademark panache, Nancy manages to make even this frustrating situation fun-and, of course, fancy. Picture descriptions present.

Date Added: 08/11/2020


Category: ATOS LEVEL: 1.9

Award: AR POINTS: 0.5

D.W. Flips!

by Marc Brown

Arthur's little sister, D.W., has her doubts about the gymnastics class she's taking. She's pretty sure she's better than most of the kids in the class. But when it's time to learn how to do a forward roll, she learns how hard it can be and how much practice it takes to really become good at it. Worse yet, Emily is better at flips than is D.W., and Emily knows it.

Date Added: 08/11/2020


Category: ATOS LEVEL: 1.5

Award: AR POINTS: 0.5

Arthur's Mystery Babysitter

by Marc Brown

When Arthur's parents go out for the evening, they tell Arthur and D.W. that a mystery babysitter will take care of them.

Date Added: 08/11/2020


Category: ATOS LEVEL: 1.9

Award: AR POINTS: 0.5

Cat the Cat, Who Is That?

by Mo Willems

With this brilliant new series, Willems introduces early concepts through vibrant art, very simple text, and repetition. Cat the Cat introduces youngsters to all her animal pals.

Date Added: 08/11/2020


Category: ATOS LEVEL: 0.5

Award: AR POINTS: 0.5


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