Wendy Anderson Halperin
1) Peace
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2013]
Lexile measure
AD 560L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Based on the Eastern philosophies of the Tao Te Ching, a lyrical picture book explores the eternal question of how to promote world peace and shares inspiring quotes from famous peacemakers while counseling readers on how to find peace within oneself.
4) Summer party
Author
Series
Cobble Street cousins volume 5
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
590L
Language
English
Description
Nine-year-old cousins Lily, Rosie, and Tess are sad when it is time to leave Aunt Lucy, so they plan a party and get a special surprise to look forward to in the near future.
Author
Publisher
Orchard Books
Pub. Date
2003.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
AD 610L
Language
English
Description
Although Lolly loves to visit her Auntie Zep's house, she feels homesick when she actually gets there, and so Auntie Zep retrieves the Secret Remedy Book from an old trunk.
6) Homeplace
Author
Publisher
Orchard Books
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
AD 520L
Language
English
Description
A grandmother and grandchild trace their family history and the growth of their home from a log cabin to a large farmhouse.
11) Love is
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2001]
Lexile measure
AD 270L
Language
English
Description
What is love? Celebrated artist Wendy Anderson Halperin answers this age-old questions by combining a well-known New Testament passage with her own intricate watercolor illustrations.
12) Nothing to do
Author
Publisher
Dutton Children's Books
Pub. Date
[2006]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
AD 560L
Language
English
Description
Celebrates many ways of enjoying a day when the calendar is blank--no homework, no soccer practice, no anything--from building a fort to lying down and watching the clouds change shape.
Author
Series
Cobble Street cousins volume 1
Publisher
Aladdin Paperbacks
Pub. Date
2000.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
670L
Language
English
Description
While staying with their aunt for a year, three nine-year-old cousins keep busy baking and selling cookies, putting on a poetry and singing performance, and trying to encourage a romance between their aunt and one of their former customers.
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
1998.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
AD 900L
Language
English
Description
In return for the kindness he showed a wee small man, a very old man is given a magical bowl that causes problems when it is not used properly.
15) Sophie and Rose
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
[1998]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
After she discovers an old doll that had belonged to her mother and her grandmother, Sophie grows to love the doll more and more even though she is missing some hair, gets chocolate-stained, and loses an eye.
17) Special gifts
Author
Series
Cobble Street cousins volume 3
Publisher
Aladdin Paperbacks
Pub. Date
2000.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
650L
Language
English
Description
Nine-year-old cousins Rosie, Lily, and Tess spend their winter vacation learning to sew with their neighbor Mrs. White and preparing for a special winter solstice dinner with Aunt Lucy and her boyfriend Michael.
18) Some good news
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
610L
Language
English
Description
Nine-year-old cousins Rosie, Lily, and Tess make a neighborhood newspaper celebrating all their friends on Cobble Street.
19) Soft house
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2005.
Lexile measure
490L
Language
English
Description
On a rainy afternoon, a little brother and big sister make a cozy house from blankets and cushions with the help of Mr. Cat.
20) Strawberry Hill
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Co
Pub. Date
2009.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 5
Lexile measure
610L
Language
English
Description
Ten-year-old Allie's family moves from urban New Haven to rural Stamford, Connecticut, in the midst of the Great Depression.