Wasatch County Library

Letta, charged with collecting and saving words, uncovers a sinister plan to suppress language, robbing the people of Ark of the power of speech, and realizes she must also save the culture, itself.

2) Fancy Nancy : aspiring artist

Author

Series

Publisher

Harper

Pub. Date

c2011

Edition

1st ed.

Accelerated Reader

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

Language

English

Description

Fancy Nancy enjoys expressing her creative side in unique ways as she develops her artistic skills.

3) Richard Scarry's best little word book ever!

Author

Scarry, Richard

Series

Little Golden Book

Publisher

Random House Children's Books

Pub. Date

2016

Language

English

Formats

eBook, Kindle

Description

Labeled pictures introduce the members of the Cat family, their good friend Lowly Worm, their house, their food, and their drives downtown, to the airport, and to the harbor.

4) Lexie, the word wrangler

Author

Van Slyke, Rebecca

Accelerated Reader

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

Language

English

Formats

Book, eBook, Kindle

Description

Lexie is a strong cowgirl who would rather wrangle words than cattle.

5) Fancy Nancy and the too-loose tooth

Author

Fancy Nancy (Easy readers)
I Can Read!

Series

Publisher

Harper

Pub. Date

2012

Edition

1st ed.

Accelerated Reader

IL: LG - BL: 2 - AR Pts: 1

Language

English

Description

Nancy is about to lose her first tooth, but if she can prevent it from falling out until she arrives at school she will get a special necklace from the nurse.

6) Fancy Nancy and the delectable cupcakes

Author

Fancy Nancy (Easy readers)
I can read! Beginning reading 1

Series

Publisher

Harper

Pub. Date

c2010

Edition

1st ed.

Accelerated Reader

IL: LG - BL: 2.1 - AR Pts: 1

Language

English

Description

Nancy's failure to pay attention gets her into trouble when she bakes cupcakes for the school bake sale.

7) Ava and Pip

Author

Weston, Carol

Series

Ava Wren series volume 1
Ava and Pip

Publisher

Spotify Audiobooks

Pub. Date

2020

Edition

Unabridged

Accelerated Reader

IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 5

Language

English

Description

When ten-year-old Ava uses her writing talents to help her older sister overcome her shyness, both girls learn the impact their words and stories can have on the world around them.

8) Fancy Nancy and the fabulous fashion boutique

Author

Series

Accelerated Reader

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

Language

English

Formats

Book, eAudiobook

Description

Nancy sets up a fabulous fashion boutique to earn money to buy herself a beautiful fan, and the items she was selling come in handy when her sister's birthday party goes awry.

9) The great dictionary caper

Author

Sierra, Judy

Publisher

Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers

Pub. Date

[2018]

Edition

First edition.

Accelerated Reader

IL: LG - BL: 2.2 - AR Pts: 1

Language

English

Description

Step into reading. Step 1 book

When the words in the dictionary get bored and leave to attend a convention in Hollyword, it is up to Noah Webster to restore (alphabetical) order.

10) Mouse's hide-and-seek words: a phonics reader

Author

Heling, Kathryn

Series

Publisher

Random House

Pub. Date

c2003

Edition

1st ed.

Language

English

Description

By dropping the first letter of a variety of words, Mouse makes several new rhyming words.

11) Fancy Nancy : stellar stargazer!

Author

Series

Publisher

HarperCollins

Pub. Date

2011.

Edition

1st ed.

Accelerated Reader

IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1

Language

English

Description

Fancy Nancy and her father love stargazing, and during her first campout under the stars she describes the heavens to him and her sister, JoJo, using her fancy words.

12) Fancy Nancy : explorer extraordinaire!

Author

Series

Publisher

HarperCollinsPublishers

Pub. Date

2009.

Edition

1st ed.

Accelerated Reader

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

Language

English

Description

Nancy and her friend Bree explore the fascinating world of birds and insects in their exclusive and glamorous Explorers Extraordinaire Club.

13) Fancy Nancy : spectacular spectacles

Author

Fancy Nancy (Easy readers)
I can read! Level 1

Series

Publisher

Harper

Pub. Date

c2010

Edition

1st ed.

Accelerated Reader

IL: LG - BL: 2.1 - AR Pts: 1

Language

English

Description

eAudiobook, eBook, Kindle

When Nancy's friend Bree gets some glittery glasses to help her see better, Nancy, who likes to be fancy, wants to wear glasses too. Includes a glossary of fancy words.

14) The ship of stolen words

Author

Wilde, Fran

Pub. Date

2021

Language

English

Formats

Description

When goblins steal Sam's "sorry," leaving him unable to apologize, he enters their realm to seek the depository of stolen words, aided by adventurous young goblin, Tolver.

15) Nancy Clancy : super sleuth

Author

Series

Nancy Clancy volume 1

Publisher

HarperCollins

Accelerated Reader

IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1

Language

English

Formats

Book, eAudiobook

Description

"In her chapter book debut, Nancy Clancy must find the culprit when a prized possession goes missing at school"--

16) May I have a word?

Author

Levis, Caron

Publisher

Farrar Straus Giroux

Pub. Date

2017.

Edition

First edition.

Accelerated Reader

IL: LG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1

Language

English

Description

The letters C and K have an argument when K accuses C of stealing all the good words that start with the "k" sound.

17) Nancy Clancy : secret admirer

Author

Series

Nancy Clancy volume 2

Publisher

Harper

Pub. Date

c2013

Edition

1st ed.

Accelerated Reader

IL: LG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1

Language

English

Description

When Nancy Clancy finds out that both her guitar teacher, Andy, and her favorite babysitter, Annie, have broken up with the people they were dating, she decides to make them fall in love on Valentine's Day.

18) Fancy Nancy : the 100th day of school

Author

I can read! Beginning reading 1
Fancy Nancy

Series

Publisher

Harper

Pub. Date

c2009

Edition

1st ed.

Accelerated Reader

IL: LG - BL: 2.2 - AR Pts: 1

Language

English

Description

Nancy, who likes to use fancy words, decides to make an homage to her little sister's pet goldfish as her project for the 100th Day of School.

19) Los gatos black on Halloween

Author

Montes, Marisa

Publisher

Henry Holt and Company

Pub. Date

c2006

Edition

1st ed.

Accelerated Reader

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

Language

English

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Halloween

Description

Easy to read, rhyming text about Halloween night incorporates Spanish words, from las brujas riding their broomsticks to los monstruos whose monstrous ball is interrupted by a true horror.

20) Fancy Nancy's favorite fancy words: from accessories to zany

Author

Series

Publisher

HarperCollinsPublishers

Pub. Date

Edition

1st ed.

Accelerated Reader

IL: LG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1

Language

English

Description