Matt Collins
Author
Language
English
Description
Brimming with engaging writing and stirring photography, Forest is an ode to the natural world and a celebration of the relationship between humans and trees.
Discover the secrets hidden within the Earth's lush woodlands and wild landscapes through photographs and stories about enchanting forests, magnificent trees, and people who live off the land.
Journeying across North America, the United Kingdom, and Europe, writer Matt Collins and photographer...
Author
Language
English
Description
A Comprehensive Look into Eliminating Tinnitus… For Good!Tinnitus is the name for a persistent ringing in one or both ears. It is not a disease in and of itself, but a particular symptom that could have multiple causes. It is characterized by a persistent high-pitched which doesn't correspond to an external sound. Tinnitus can be an annoying symptom to experience. If you're experiencing tinnitus, you are not alone. At least one in five adults between...
Author
Publisher
Walker & Co
Pub. Date
2005.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
690L
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 26 cm
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
When her town hosts a Fourth of July cake competition, Donna Rae tries to bake the best cake ever, but with every patriotic confection she makes, something goes wrong.
Author
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
2012.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 8
Lexile measure
830L
Physical Desc
217 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
Eleven-year-old Donald thinks nothing could be worse than missing a pop fly in a baseball game that most of his Montana town was watching, but through the end of 1947 and beginning of 1948, he suffers one humiliation after another.
Author
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
[2008]
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 8
Lexile measure
840L
Physical Desc
215 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
In 1946 when his father returns from the war, a ten year old boy and his family move from the Montana town where they had been living to an old, run-down farm in the middle of nowhere, where they work hard trying to make ends meet.
Author
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
[2017]
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
36 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
Tells the story of Gertrude Ederle's 1926 swim across the English Channel, describing how she overcame difficult environmental, physical, and cultural challenges to become the first woman to establish her historic record.
Author
Series
Publisher
Bloomsbury
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
48 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"Sacajawea was only sixteen when she made one of the most remarkable journeys in American history. She traveled over four thousand miles by foot, canoe, and horse-all while carrying a baby on her back! Without her, the Lewis and Clark expedition might have failed. Two hundred years later, we still can see how her unique journey demonstrated the strength and value of women"--
Author
Series
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
2013.
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
820L
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 21 x 26 cm
Language
English
Description
Recounts the life of Daniel Boone, most famous for opening up the West to settlers through Kentucky, and shows how he became a symbol of America's pioneering spirit.
Author
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
[2011]
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
Raised on a cattle ranch, Agnes Morley was sent to Stanford University to learn to be a lady. Yet in no time she exchanged her breeches and spurs for bloomers and a basketball; and in April 1896 she made history. In a heart-pounding game against the University of California at Berkeley, Agnes led her team to victory in the first-ever intercollegiate women's basketball game, earning national attention and putting women's basketball on the map.
Author
Series
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
[2009]
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 21 x 26 cm
Language
English
Description
The story of how Harry Houdini astounded audiences around the globe as he freed himself from ropes, handcuffs, and prison cells.