Janell Cannon
1) Pinduli
Author
Pub. Date
c2004
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Pinduli, a young striped hyena, is hurt by the unkind words of Dog, Lion, and Zebra, but her clever trick in return promotes her clan's survival and spreads harmony throughout the savannah. Includes backmatter notes about hyenas and other animals of the African savannah
2) Verdi
Author
Publisher
Harcourt Brace & Company
Pub. Date
1997.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A young python does not want to grow slow and boring like the older snakes he sees in the tropical jungle where he lives.
3) Crickwing
Author
Publisher
Harcourt
Pub. Date
2000
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A lonely cockroach named Crickwing has a creative idea that saves the day for the leaf-cutter ants when their fierce forest enemies attack them
4) Stellaluna
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
After she falls headfirst into a bird's nest, a baby bat is raised like a bird until she is reunited with her mother.
7) Stellaluna
Publisher
MGM Kids Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2004, c2002
Language
English
Description
When the adorable fruit bat Stellaluna is separated from her mother, she is adopted by a family of birds, but soon finds that she just can't fit in. Her playmates like to sleep at night; she wants to fly. They whistle and sing; she doesn't even have a beak! But just when it seems like she'll always be an outsider, Stellaluna makes an amazing discovery. Now she'll learn to cherish the things that make her different from everyone else. And she'll see...