Despite his parents' protests, Billy wants nothing for his birthday but a very special bucket and all goes well until the bucket is borrowed without his permission.

3) Eat your peas

Author

Gray, Kes

Pub. Date

2000.

Accelerated Reader

IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1

Description

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Mom tries to get Daisy to eat her peas by offering her many different bribes, but Daisy turns the tables on Mom in the end.

4) Our Twitchy

Author

Gray, Kes

Pub. Date

[2003]

Accelerated Reader

IL: LG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1

Description

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A little bunny named Twitchy discovers that there's something special about his family: he was adopted by a cow and a horse.

5) Cluck o'clock

Author

Gray, Kes

Pub. Date

2004.

Accelerated Reader

IL: LG - BL: 2.4 - AR Pts: 1

Description

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A group of chickens has a full day on the farm, from eating breakfast early in the morning to avoiding a fox late at night.

6) Leave me alone

Author

Gray, Kes

Pub. Date

2011

Accelerated Reader

IL: LG - BL: 2.4 - AR Pts: 1

Description

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A sad little boy faces a bully every day until his animal friends join with him and shout "Leave him alone!" and the bully turns around and goes away.

7) Duperball

Author

Gray, Kes

Series

Read-it! chapter books

Pub. Date

2006

Accelerated Reader

IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1

Description

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When Charlie buys a "Duperball," he has no idea what it can really do nor the commotion he will start while playing with it.

8) Nelly the monstersitter

Author

Gray, Kes

Series

Read-it! chapter books

Pub. Date

2006

Accelerated Reader

IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1

Description

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Nelly's clients are wonderfully behaved even though they are monsters, but when she is asked to sit for a bad-tempered little boy, she calls for reinforcements from her other clients to show him how real monsters act.

9) The night before the night before Christmas

Author

Gray, Kes

Pub. Date

2018.

Description

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Summary: Santa is ever so busy in the run up to Christmas - he's got presents to wrap, reindeer to wake and a sleigh to start. But has he forgotten something? And will he be ready in time?

10) Mom and dad glue

Author

Gray, Kes

Pub. Date

2009.

Accelerated Reader

IL: LG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 1

Description

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Confused and frightened when his parents divorce, a little boy does not know what to do until he discovers that one important thing remains unchanged.

11) Dog on a frog

Author

Gray, Kes & Claire

Pub. Date

2017

Accelerated Reader

IL: LG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1

Description

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Frog decides that he does not want to sit on a log, and he definitely does not want a dog to sit on a frog! So he changes the rules. Now, dogs sit on logs, and cats sit on gnats! But what will frog decide to sit on now? Chock-full of absurd animal rhyme pairings, Dog on a Frog? shows young readers that every animal has many special places to sit.