Pippi Longstocking meets Heidi meets Anne Shirley in this tale of an irrepressible girl in a mountain village who navigates unexpected changes with warmth and humor. Speed and self-confidence, that's Astrid's motto. Nicknamed "the...
Reading Link Challenge 2023-24
Reading Link Challenge (RLC) is an award-winning public library/school partnership program that promotes the "sport of reading." Librarians from the Fraser Valley Regional Library in British Columbia work with school librarians and teachers to recruit teams of students in grades 4 and 5. The program is run as a series of quiz/trivia challenges with questions based on six preselected books.
The books on this page are specifically for participants who need alternate formats. To sign up for NNELS, please contact your nearest public library.
If you have any questions about how to use these formats with the tools you have, please ask your librarian or write to support@nnels.ca.
Happy reading, and good luck!
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Author:Parr, MariaSummary: - Author:Lord, CynthiaSummary:
Newbery Honor-winning author Cynthia Lord has written a sensitive and accessible book about the challenges of fitting in when you know you're a little different. On the last night of summer, Emma tags along with her game warden father...
- Author:Dillard, J.Summary:
Eight-year-old J.D. turns a tragic home haircut into a thriving barber business in this hilarious new illustrated chapter book series J.D. has a big problem—it's the night before the start of third grade and his mom has just given him...
- Author:Korman, GordonSummary:
An unforgettable novel from the New York Times bestselling Gordon Korman. Link, Michael, and Dana live in a quiet town. But it's woken up very quickly when someone sneaks into school and vandalizes it with a swastika. Nobody can believe...
- Author:Ahn, AngelaSummary:
Eleven-year-old Peter Lee has one goal in life: to become a paleontologist. But in one summer, that all falls apart. Told in short, accessible journal entries and combining the humor of Timmy Failure with the poignant family dynamics of...
- Author:Mlynowski, SarahSummary:
Nory Horace is nine years old. She's resourceful, she's brave, she likes peanut butter cookies. Also, she's able to transform into many different animals. Unfortunately, Nory's shape-shifting talent is a bit wonky. And when she flunks...
