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"Today's kids have adopted sedentary lifestyles filled with television, video games, and computer screens. But more and more, studies show that children need "rough and tumble" outdoor play in order to develop their sensory, motor, and executive functions. In this important book, a pediatric occupational therapist explains why unrestrained movement and outdoor play are vital for children's cognitive development, and offers fun, engaging activities...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
960L
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English
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A shortened, simplified version of an adventure in seventeenth-century France, when young d'Artagnan initially quarrels with, then befriends, three musketeers and joins them in trying to outwit the enemies of the king and queen.
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Land of Roar volume 3
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English
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"Rose and Arthur are back in Roar, on a voyage that takes them further than they've ever been before: beyond The End. It's an amazing adventure - full of secrets, surprises and fairies with fangs - but then a mysterious storm changes everything. Shipwrecked on a strange island, they make a shocking discovery ... Could this be the end of Roar?" -- Publisher's website
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 13
Lexile measure
760L
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English
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"When the newly orphaned Mary Lennox leaves her native India and arrives at her uncle's mansion in Yorkshire, everything seems strange to her. Then Mary hears of a mysterious, neglected garden. With the help of some new friends, she plans to uncover its secrets . . . and make it blossom once again." -Provided by Publisher
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Marge in charge volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
760L
Language
English
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"Meet Marge, the mischievous babysitter with rainbow hair who loves to make a mess and bend the rules ... At dinnertime Chef Marge cooks up chocolate soup, and at school Marge the Musician conducts a chaotic concert in the playground! In these three stories, Jake and Jemima have brilliant fun with their new babysitter, but will they manage to tick off all the jobs on Mummy's list?
10) Mary Poppins
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 6
Lexile measure
830L
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English
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An extraordinary English nanny blows in on the East Wind with her parrot-headed umbrella and magic carpetbag and introduces her charges, Jane and Michael, to some delightful people and experiences.
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Judy Moody volume 9
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
570L
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English
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When a puppy who is being trained as a police dog goes missing, third-grader Judy forms a detective agency to solve the mystery, imitating her literary heroine, Nancy Drew.
12) The Buddy Bench
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Buddy Benches are arriving in schoolyards across the nation. In this story, the buddy bench launches two new friends on a chilly adventure.
On a surprisingly snowy day in Texas, a young student finds himself braving recess alone. That is until he spots a new face sitting on the school's Buddy Bench. After a quick introduction, the two spend their recess discovering fun ways to enjoy the snow. By the end of recess, both kids leave the playground with...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
440L
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English
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In 1989 someone is threatening to steal the crown jewels, so the Queen of England summons Mac B. to England to protect them--and when they are stolen from a locked dungeon cell, where Mac and Holcroft, one of the warders, are supposed to be guarding them, it is up to Mac to figure out how they were stolen, and whether the thief is the descendant of an Irish soldier-of-fortune who tried to steal them in 1671, or someone else entirely.
15) Hokey Pokey
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 5
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English
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Ever since they were Snotsippers, Jack and the girl have fought, until one day she steals his bike and as he and the Amigos try to recover it, Jack realizes that he is growing up and must eventually leave the "goodlands and badlands of Hokey Pokey."
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.4 - AR Pts: 5
Lexile measure
940L
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English
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"Commemorating the 150th anniversary of one of the most beloved classics of children's literature, this illustrated edition presents Alice like you've never seen her before. In 1865, Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, an Oxford mathematician and Anglican deacon, published a story about a little girl who tumbles down a rabbit hole. Thus was the world first introduced to Alice and her pseudonymous creator, Lewis Carroll. This beautiful new edition of Alice's...
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Gildan Media
Pub. Date
[2007]
Edition
Unabridged.
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7 sound discs : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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"The now habit" offers the first comprehensive strategic system for overcoming the causes and eliminating the effects of procrastination. Its techniques will help any busy person get more things done more quickly, without the anxiety and stress brought on by delay and pressing deadlines. This book is for every professional, manager, student, entrepreneur, writer or homemaker. It will help them achieve their goals more rapidly--whether they are large,...
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