Roald Dahl
1) The BFG
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 6
Lexile measure
720L
Language
English
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Description
Kidsnatched from her orphange by a BFG (Big Friendly Giant), who spends his life blowing happy dreams to children, Sophie concocts with him a plan to save the world from nine other man-gobbling cannybull giants.
2) Matilda
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 6
Lexile measure
840L
Language
English
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Formats
Description
Matilda applies her previously untapped mental powers to rid the school of the evil, child-hating headmistress, Miss Trunchbull, and restore her nice teacher, Miss Honey, to financial security.
4) The Witches
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 5
Lexile measure
740L
Language
English
Formats
Description
A young boy and his Norwegian grandmother, who is an expert on witches, together foil a witches' plot to destroy the world's children by turning them into mice.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 5
Lexile measure
720L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Last seen flying through the sky in a giant elevator in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Charlie Bucket's back for another adventure. When the giant elevator picks up speed, Charlie, Willy Wonka, and the gang are sent hurtling through space and time. Visiting the world's first space hotel, battling the dreaded Vermicious Knids, and saving the world are only a few stops along this remarkable, intergalactic joyride.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
600L
Language
English
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Description
"Mr Fox steals food from the horrible farmers Boggis, Bunce and Bean -- on fat, one short, one lean. These three crooks concoct a plan to dig Mr Fox out of his home, but they don't realise how truly fantastic Mr Fox is, or how far he'll go to save his family ..."--Back cover.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 6
Lexile measure
770L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Danny thinks his dad is the most marvellous and exciting father a boy could wish for. Life is happy and peaceful in their gipsy caravan, until one day Danny discovers his dad has been breaking the law. What's more, soon Danny has to join his father as they attempt to pull off a daring and devilish plot against their horrible, greedy neighbour, Mr Victor Hazell.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
"As full of excitement and the unexpected as his world-famous, best-selling books, Roald Dahl's tales of his own childhood are completely fascinating and fiendishly funny"-- Cover back. In Boy, Roald Dahl recounts his days as a child growing up in England. From his years as a prankster at boarding school to his envious position as a chocolate tester for Cadbury's, Roald Dahl's boyhood was as full of excitement and the unexpected as are his world-famous,...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
600L
Language
English
Description
The enormous crocodile devises secret plans and a few clever tricks to secure his lunch only to have them foiled by his neighbors. The other jungle animals thwart the ferocious crocodile's plans to eat some "nice juicy children" for lunch. The Enormous Crocodile decides that he wants a nice juicy child for lunch, horrifying the other animals in the jungle--his friend, the Notsobig One; Humpy-Rumpy, the hippopotamus; Trunky, the elephant; Muggle-Wump,...
Author
Publisher
Puffin Books
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
840L
Physical Desc
78 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
A small boy with a desire to own a candy shop meets a window-washing team composed of a giraffe, a pelican, and a monkey and together they go to work for the wealthy Duke of Hampshire, who makes all their dreams come true.
13) Vile verses
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2005.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 2
Physical Desc
191 : illustrations (some color) ; 27 cm
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
An illustrated collection of children's songs, fairy tales, and poems.
14) The magic finger
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
560L
Language
English
Description
Angered by a neighboring family's sport hunting, an eight-year-old girl turns her magic finger on them.
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
After the daring rescue of a spider, a young boy named James gains possession of some magic crocodile tongues. When James spills them in the garden, out sprouts an enormous peach! Climbing inside, he meets an astonishing cast of characters and embarks on a magical odyssey full of thrills and adventure.
Author
Publisher
Books on Tape
Pub. Date
2013
Edition
Unabridged
Language
English
Description
“Roald Dahl sometimes shared a tonal kinship with Ogden Nash, and he could demonstrate a verbal inventiveness nearly Seussian…[His] stories work better in audio than in print.” –The New York Times
FANTASTIC MR. FOX
Nobody outfoxes Fantastic Mr. Fox!
Someone's been stealing from the three meanest farmers around, and they know the identity of the thief—it's Fantastic Mr. Fox! Working alone they...
FANTASTIC MR. FOX
Nobody outfoxes Fantastic Mr. Fox!
Someone's been stealing from the three meanest farmers around, and they know the identity of the thief—it's Fantastic Mr. Fox! Working alone they...
18) The Twits
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
750L
Language
English
Description
Mr. and Mrs. Twit are the smelliest, nastiest, ugliest people in the world. They hate everything--except playing mean jokes on each other, catching innocent birds to put in their Bird Pies, and making their caged monkeys, the Muggle-Wumps, stand on their heads all day. But the Muggle-Wumps have had enough. They don't just want out, they want revenge. [www.amazon.fr]
Author
Series
Publisher
Alfaguara
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
Primera edicion.
Physical Desc
202 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
Español
Description
Kidsnatched from her orphanage by a BFG (Big Friendly Giant), who spends his life blowing happy dreams to children, Sophie concocts a plan with him to save the world from other man-gobbling giants in this live-action film heading to the theaters in July.