Harry Bliss
Author
Publisher
Celadon Books
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"'I've always looked upon cartooning as comedy's last frontier. I have done stand-up, sketches, movies, monologues, awards show introductions, sound bites, blurbs, talk show appearances, and tweets, but the idea of a one-panel image with or without a caption mystified me. I felt like, yeah, sometimes I'm funny, but there are these other weird freaks who are actually funny. You can understand that I was deeply suspicious of these people who are actually...
Author
Publisher
Joanna Cotler Books
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
AD 490L
Language
English
Description
A young fly discovers, day by day, that there is a lot to learn about being an insect, including the dangers of flyswatters and flypaper and that heroes come in all shapes and sizes.
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Witches are afraid of humans, who don't have green skin, or fly, or cackle, or wear pointy hats. One Halloween, a brave little witch decides to fly over the human town to take a look for herself.
Author
Publisher
Celadon Books
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Number One Is Walking is Steve Martin's cinematic legacy-an illustrated memoir of his legendary acting career, with stories from his most popular films and artwork by New Yorker cartoonist Harry Bliss. Steve Martin has never written about his career in the movies before. In Number One Is Walking, he shares anecdotes from the sets of his beloved films-Father of the Bride, Roxanne, The Jerk, Three Amigos, and many more-bringing readers directly into...
8) Bailey
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2011.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.7 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
AD 460L
Language
English
Description
Although he is a dog, Bailey goes to school, where his canine abilities enliven an ordinary day.
Author
Publisher
Toon Books
Pub. Date
[2009]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.4 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
GN 360L
Language
English
Description
A young boy's fascination with pigeons soon erupts into a full-blown chase around Central Park, across the Brooklyn Bridge, through a fancy restaurant, and into the sky.
Author
Publisher
Joanna Cotler Books/HarperCollins Pub
Pub. Date
2001.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
AD 500L
Language
English
Description
When a principal loves his school so much that he wants the children to attend classes every day of the year, it's up to his students to show him free time is a good thing, too.
Author
Publisher
Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2004]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.4 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
AD 510L
Language
English
Description
A first grader is frightened on her first day of school after hearing a rumor that her teacher is a 300-year-old alien with a purple tongue who steals baby teeth from her students.
17) Diary of a worm
Author
Publisher
Live Oak Media
Pub. Date
[2004]
Lexile measure
AD 360L
Language
English
Description
A young worm discovers, day by day, that there are some very good and some not so good things about being a worm in this great big world.
18) Good Rosie!
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.9 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
490L
Language
English
Description
Rosie is a good dog and a faithful companion to her owner, George. She likes taking walks with George and looking at the clouds together, but the closest she comes to another dog is when she encounters her reflection in her empty dog bowl, and sometimes that makes Rosie feel lonely. One day George takes Rosie to the dog park, but the park is full of dogs that Rosie doesn't know, which makes her feel lonelier than ever. When big, loud Maurice and small,...
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2016.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.3 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
AD 450L
Language
English
Description
In his homework assignment, Gus spends less time on what he likes about sheep and more on how he has gotten in trouble doing such things as using a sheep as an umbrella, or letting sheep into his house.