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Author
Lexile measure
730L
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
A novel of star-crossed lovers, set in the circus world circa 1932. When Jacob Jankowski, recently orphaned and suddenly adrift, jumps onto a passing train, he enters a world of freaks, grifters, and misfits, a second-rate circus struggling to survive during the Great Depression, making one-night stands in town after endless town. A veterinary student who almost earned his degree, Jacob is put in charge of caring for the circus menagerie. It is there...
Author
Series
Lexile measure
570L
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Ivan is an easygoing gorilla. Living at the Exit 8 Big Top Mall and Video Arcade, he has grown accustomed to humans watching him through the glass walls of his domain. He rarely misses his life in the jungle. In fact, he hardly ever thinks about it at all. Instead, Ivan thinks about TV shows he's seen and about his friends Stella, an elderly elephant, and Bob, a stray dog. But mostly Ivan thinks about art and how to capture the taste of a mango or...
Author
Series
Elephant and Piggie books volume 24
Pub. Date
[2015]
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
190L
Physical Desc
57 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Piggie really likes slop. She likes it so much, she wants Gerald to try some! But can Gerald find the courage to do it? Or will the smell alone be too much to handle?"--
Author
Series
Elephant and Piggie books volume 22
Pub. Date
[2014]
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
250L
Physical Desc
57 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Piggie tells Gerald she has a surprise for him, but it is not there yet so Gerald must be patient.
Author
Lexile measure
730L
Language
English
Description
When ten-year-old orphan Peter Augustus Duchene encounters a fortune teller in the marketplace one day and she tells him that his sister, who is presumed dead, is in fact alive, he embarks on a remarkable series of adventures as he desperately tries to find her.
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"James Patterson and award-winning Zambian writer Ellen Banda-Aaku deliver an unforgettable survival story of a Maasai girl who faces down poachers to find a future among the elephants. Clever, sensitive Jama likes elephants better than people. While her classmates gossip-- especially about the new boy, Leku-- Jama takes refuge at the watering hole outside her village. There the twelve-year-old Maasai girl befriends a baby elephant she names Mbegu,...
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
In this novel-in-verse that picks up a few months after the events of The One and Only Bob, Ruby recounts her life before the circus when her caretaker from the elephant orphanage in Africa comes for a visit.
Ruby's story picks up a few months after the events of The One and Only Bob . Now living in a wildlife sanctuary, Ruby's caretaker from the elephant orphanage in Africa where she grew up is visiting. Seeing him again brings back a flood of memories...
Author
Series
Elephant and Piggie books volume 25
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
330L
Physical Desc
57 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm + 1 paper frame.
Language
English
Description
"Piggie is determined to thank everyone she knows, but Gerald thinks she will forget someone important"--
Author
Series
Elephant and Piggie books volume 18
Pub. Date
[2012]
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
310L
Physical Desc
57 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Elephant Gerald and Piggie want to go for a drive, but as Gerald thinks of one thing after another that they will have to take along, they come to realize that they lack the most important thing of all.
Author
Series
Elephant and Piggie books volume 3
Pub. Date
2007.
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
210L
Physical Desc
57 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Gerald the elephant discovers that there is something worse than a bird on your head-- two birds on your head! Piggie will try to help her best friend.
12) Oliver
Author
Lexile measure
450L
Language
English
Description
Oliver the elephant looks elsewhere for employment after learning that the circus already has enough elephants.
Author
Series
Lexile measure
570L
Language
English
Description
Bob, a mutt of uncertain heritage, sets out on a dangerous journey in search of his long-lost sister with the help of his two best friends, Ivan the gorilla and Ruby the elephant. As a hurricane approaches and time is running out, Bob finds courage he never knew he had and learns the true meaning of friendship and family. -- adapted from back cover
19) Super Jumbo
Author
Pub. Date
2016.
Lexile measure
AD 600L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Little Jumbo works tirelessly to be a superhero in his neighborhood, although not everyone appreciates his crime fighting techniques.
20) Little elephant
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
48 pages : color illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Little Elephant is a fact-filled picture book story based on the adventures of Elephant Calf and her large family.
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