Mark Elliott
1) No talking
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 4
Formats
Description
The noisy fifth grade boys of Laketon Elementary School challenge the equally loud fifth grade girls to a "no talking" contest.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 4
Formats
Description
The Grayson twins are moving to a new town. Again.Although it's a drag to be constantly mistaken for each other, in truth, during those first days at a new school, there's nothing better than having a twin brother there with you. But on day one of sixth grade, Ray stays home sick, and Jay is on his own. No big deal. It's a pretty nice school, good kids, too. But Jay quickly discovers a major mistake: No one seems to know a thing about his brother....
3) Extra credit
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 5
Formats
Description
As letters flow back and forth--between the prairies of Illinois and the mountains of Afghanistan, across cultural and religious divides--sixth-grader Abby, ten-year-old Amira, and eleven-year-old Sadeed begin to speak and listen to each other.
Author
Pub. Date
[2012]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 3
Formats
Description
As the end of sixth grade nears, Jordan Johnson, unhappy that she is only average in appearance, intelligence, and athletic ability, reveals her special skills when disaster strikes her central Illinois elementary school.
Author
Series
The Princess tales volume 4
Pub. Date
2000.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 2
Description
In this humorous retelling of a Perrault tale, a lonely young farm lad uses his unusual inventive ability to pass a nearly impossible test and win the hand of the neighboring princess.
7) Little Star
Author
Pub. Date
c2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
Description
In this story that explains why a star is placed on the top of a Christmas tree, a little star ignored by the other stars for being so small shines down on a stable, warming and lighting it for baby Jesus.
Author
Series
The Princess tales volume 5
Pub. Date
[2002]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 2
Description
In this humorous retelling of Andrew Lang's "Puddocky," a young maiden who has been transformed into a toad by a jealous fairy relies on her newly honed magical abilities to charm a prince into marriage.
Author
Series
The Princess tales volume 3
Pub. Date
[1999]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 2
Description
In this retelling of the fairy tale Sleeping Beauty, Princess Sonora, who is ten times smarter than anyone else, vows to choose for herself the best time to be pricked by the spindle.
Author
Series
The Princess tales volume 2
Pub. Date
[1999]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
Description
In this humorous retelling of Hans Christian Andersen's "The Princess and the Pea," Lorelei must pass many difficult tests in order to prove that she is a true princess and win the hand of Prince Nicholas.
Author
Series
The Princess tales volume 6
Pub. Date
[2002]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
Description
The good-natured son of a baker wins the heart of a princess, with the help of a fairy and a magic goose.
Author
Series
The Princess tales volume 1
Pub. Date
[1999]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
Description
In this humorous retelling of a Perrault tale, the fairy Ethelinda rewards one twin sister for good behavior and punishes the other for bad, only to discover that her punishment is more pleasing than her reward.