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Books in A Holiday House Reader, Level 2 series

  • Mother's Day Mess: A Harry & Emily Adventure

    Karen Gray Ruelle

    Paperback (Holiday House, Feb. 1, 2003)
    Harry and Emily's plans to give their mother a perfect Mother's Day run into some unexpected difficulties. Simultaneous.
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  • No Sword Fighting in the House: A Holiday House Reader Level 2

    Susanna Leonard Hill, True Kelley

    Library Binding (Holiday House, April 1, 2007)
    Charge! Arthur and Lance are at it again, sword fighting in the house, that is. When Mom returns home, the boys are in trouble, big trouble. But that doesn't Stop Arthur, who already has a new idea. He and Lance can joust, which isn't exactly against the rules and at least they won't be in the house. Atop their strapping steers, they are ready to charge; but the cows won't move...until one of them spots Mom's tasty garden!
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  • Mother's Day Mess: A Harry & Emily Adventure

    Karen Gray Ruelle

    Hardcover (Holiday House, Feb. 1, 2003)
    Harry and Emily's plans to give their mother a perfect Mother's Day run into some unexpected difficulties. Simultaneous.
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  • Death Valley: A Day in the Desert

    Nancy Smiler Levinson, Diane Dawson Hearn

    Hardcover (Holiday House, June 1, 2002)
    Describes the desert habitat of Death Valley--one of the hottest locales on Earth--and the plants and animals that live there, including coyotes, pocket mice, kangaroo rats, various reptiles, and insects.
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  • Turtle Dreams

    Marion Dane Bauer, Diane Dawson Hearn

    Hardcover (Holiday House, Oct. 1, 1997)
    Sent by an elder relative to go gather dreams, Turtle sets out to do so, but not knowing what dreams are, he becomes confused, until he happens upon a dream of his own deep in the mud.
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  • Spookier Than a Ghost: A Harry & Emily Adventure

    Karen Gray Ruelle

    Paperback (Holiday House, May 1, 2003)
    Harry and his sister Emily are very much involved in the family's preparations for Halloween.
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  • Cats Are Like That

    Martha Weston

    Hardcover (Holiday House, Feb. 1, 1999)
    Dot tries to get her new pet fish to do something interesting while she defends them from the hungry attention of her cat Fuzzy.
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  • The Dinosaurs Meet Dr. Clock

    Martha Weston

    Hardcover (Holiday House, March 1, 2002)
    The absentminded Dr. Clock invents a time machine, but his trip back to the era of the dinosaurs does not turn out as he had expected.
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  • Great Groundhogs!

    Karen Gray Ruelle

    Paperback (Holiday House, April 19, 2005)
    Desperate for spring to arrive, Emily decides to help the groundhog with his task on Groundhog Day and so, with the help of her equally eager friend Harry, attempts to lure him out of his cave on that special day with the use of cookies, marshmallows, and flowers! Simultaneous.
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  • Mother's Day Mess

    Karen Gray Ruelle

    Hardcover (Holiday House, March 1, 2003)
    Harry and Emily's plans to give their mother a perfect Mother's Day run into some unexpected difficulties.
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  • Great Groundhogs!: A Harry and Emily Adventure

    Karen Gray Ruelle

    Hardcover (Holiday House, July 15, 2005)
    ItÂ’s almost Groundhog Day, and Emily is itching for spring to come early this year. She is searching all over to find a groundhog but canÂ’t find one anywhere, not in her closet or under her bed. Perhaps she can lure one into her yard with cookies, marshmallows, and flowers! Harry and Emily celebrate Groundhog Day in their own unique way in this seasonal Holiday House Reader. Holiday House Readers are created for children who are just beginning to read. They feature large type, simple vocabulary, and short, manageable chapters. Level 2 books, of which Great Groundhogs! is one, are intended for children in first and second grades.
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  • The Pumpkin Mystery

    Carol Wallace, Steve Björkman

    Hardcover (Holiday House, July 1, 2010)
    Scruffy and Mocha, the cat and dog who help out Aden and Leah around the farm, want to make sure the children have pumpkins for Halloween. The family plants and waters the seeds, and the tiny plants begin to grow; but rabbits visit the garden and the crop fails. The rabbits have some inside information. Can Scruffy and Mocha strike a deal and save Halloween for the children.
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