B. D. Wong
1) Stone Soup
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Language
English
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In this inspiring story about the strength people possess when they work together, Muth takes a simple, beloved tale and adds his own fresh twist. Includes an interview with author.
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Language
English
Description
One by one, on successive days of the week, six different colored blind mice investigate parts of the strange something near their pond and speculate to the group about its identity. Not until the seventh day, when the seventh mouse examines all of it, do they see what it truly is, proving that wisdom comes only from seeing the whole.
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Series
Pub. Date
2019.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 16
Language
English
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High Warlock Magnus Bane learns that a demon-worshipping cult, the Crimson Hand, is wreaking havoc across Europe, threatening more than just his romantic getaway with new boyfriend, Alec Lightwood.
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Series
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 17
Language
English
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Magnus Bane and Alec Lightwood must recover a book stolen by warlocks Ragnor Fell and Shinyun Jung, who are being controlled by a Greater Demon.
Magnus Bane and Alec Lightwood are living together in a fabulous loft; their warlock son, Max, has started learning to walk, and the streets of New York are peaceful and quiet-- well, relatively. Until the night that two old acquaintances break into Magnus's apartment and steal the powerful Book of the...
12) Stone Soup
Publisher
Weston Woods
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
This traditional story retold with three Chinese monks as the tricksters searching for the meaning of happiness. They soon discover that the more you give, the more you get and that happiness can be found in the most simple of endeavors.
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
Rapunzel is a girl with the very long, golden hair; A pair of elves secretly create an amazing pair of shoes for a poor but kindly shoemaker; When a young girl befriends a mysterious elderly woman, magical things begin to happen; Follow the adventures of billy goats named Gruff as they bravely hunt for fresh green grass to eat; Lon Po Po brings lessons about strangers, trust and courage; A king falls in love with a princess after she hides her identity...
15) Seven blind mice
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Retells in verse the Indian fable of the blind men discovering different parts of an elephant and arguing about its appearance. The illustrations depict the blind arguers as mice.
16) Stone Fox
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Little Willie hopes to pay the back taxes on his grandfather's farm with the purse from a dog sled race he enters.
19) Lon Po Po
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Language
English
Description
In this Chinese version of the classic fairy tale, a mother leaves her three children home alone while she goes to visit their grandmother. When the children are visited by a wolf, pretending to be their Po Po, or granny, they let him in the house, but ultimately are not fooled by his deep voice and hairy face. Combining ancient Chinese panel art techniques with a contemporary palette of watercolors and pastels, this powerful story brings lessons...