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Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
A band of mischievous monkeys steals every one of a peddler's caps while he takes a nap under a tree. Caps for Sale is a timeless classic, in print for over fifty years, and beloved by generations of readers. This easy-to-read story about a peddler and a band of mischievous monkeys is filled with warmth, humor, and simplicity. Children will delight in following the peddler's efforts to outwit the monkeys, and will ask to read it again and again.
Author
Publisher
Hyperion Books for Children
Pub. Date
1999
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A grandfather vividly describes to his grandson a typical day from his youth, when he worked as a peddler selling fresh fruits and vegetables from a horse-drawn wagon throughout the city.
10) Dream peddler
Author
Publisher
Dutton Children's Books
Pub. Date
c1993
Language
English
Description
A poor book peddler journeys to the London Bridge to find the answer to his dream.
11) Stone men
Author
Publisher
Greenwillow Books
Pub. Date
1993
Language
English
Description
Grandma tells Arnie how a poor peddler saved a village from being destroyed by soldiers with the help of the stone men he always made on his journeys.
12) Firehorse Max
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
1997
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
When an old peddler needs a new horse to pull his heavy wagon, he buys one named Max from the firehouse auction. All's well until one day Max hears fire bells clanging.
Author
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
1999
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A young boy in turn-of-the-century rural Russia learns that appearances are often deceiving after he steals and then tries to return a dreidel (a four-sided spinning top) to the traveling peddler Shnook. Suggested level: primary.