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1) Fire trucks
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.2 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
350L
Language
English
Description
"Simple text and supportive full-color photographs introduce young readers to fire trucks. Intended for kindergarten through third grade"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Every year in Namibia, about two thousand zebras suddenly disappear from their grazing area along the Chobe River. Months later, the herd returns. Where do they go? And why? Thanks to satellite-tracking collars, scientists were able to solve the mystery, but several questions remain. Award-winning science author Sandra Markle reveals the process scientists used to study the zebras, and she also delves into the science of migration, exploring how animals...
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Language
English
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"With her mega-bestseller Quiet, Susan Cain urged our society to cultivate space for the undervalued, indispensable introverts among us, thereby revealing an untapped power hidden in plain sight. Now, she employs the same mix of research, storytelling, and memoir to explore why we experience sorrow and longing, and the surprising lessons these states of mind teach us about creativity, compassion, leadership, spirituality, mortality and love. Bittersweetness...
Author
Publisher
Sounds True
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"In It's OK That You're Not OK, Megan Devine offers a profound new approach to both the experience of grief and the way we try to help others who have endured tragedy. Having experienced grief from both sidesas both a therapist and as a woman who witnessed the accidental drowning of her beloved partnerMegan writes with deep insight about the unspoken truths of loss, love, and healing. She debunks the culturally prescribed goal of returning to a normal,...
Author
Publisher
Penguin Books
Pub. Date
[2019]
Lexile measure
1040L
Physical Desc
xiii, 242 pages ; 20 cm
Language
English
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"For anyone aiming to improve their skill as a writer, a new approach to establishing robust writing practices inside and outside the classroom. After a decade of teaching writing using the same methods he'd experienced as a student many years before, writer, editor, and educator John Warner realized he could do better. Drawing on his classroom experience and the most persuasive research in contemporary composition studies, he devised an innovative...
10) A backhoe's day
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
"Vibrant illustrations accompany information about a backhoe's daily jobs. The narrative nonfiction text is intended for students in kindergarten through third grade."--
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Groups, packs, herds of millions, and more-our world teems with animals on land, air, and sea. Packs is an inspiring celebration of how togetherness helps many creatures thrive, in both nonhuman and human communities.
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Language
English
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"It's a puzzle. It's a read-aloud. It's a Rubik's cube on paper. This striking, delightfully different exploration of shape, color, and patterns redefines what a picture book can be. Read it once, read it ten times; see something new every time. An elegant and simple approach to explorations of profound depth, this enigmatic, thought-provoking concept book shows young readers that everything in the world can be seen from infinite perspectives"--
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Language
English
Description
The internationally bestselling author of 13 Things Mentally Strong People Don't Do, Amy Morin, empowers tweens, teaching them how to think, feel, and act stronger than ever! Perfect for fans of The Confidence Code for Girls, this book tackles mental strength in a relatable way. Filled with fun graphics and illustrations throughout.
16) I wish you more
Author
Language
English
Description
In simple text and pictures, the author and illustrator create a compendium of small daily moments.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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African American Authors
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Texas Bluebonnet Award Nominees 2022-2023
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"Celebrated author Carole Boston Weatherford and illustrator Floyd Cooper provide a powerful look at the 1921 Tulsa race massacre, one of the worst incidents of racial violence in our nation's history"--
The 1921 Tulsa, Oklahoma, race massacre was one of the worst incidents of racial violence in our nation's history. On May 31 and June 1 an armed mob looted homes and businesses as Black families fled. The police did nothing to protect Greenwood,...
Author
Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Pub. Date
2011.
Physical Desc
266 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
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From the work of the New Journalists in the 1960s, to the New Yorker essays of John McPhee, Susan Orlean, Atul Gawande, and a host of others, to narratives such as Mary Roach's Stiff, narrative nonfiction has come into its own. Yet writers looking for guidance on reporting and writing true stories have had few places to turn for advice. Now in Storycraft, Jack Hart, a former managing editor of the Oregonian who guided several Pulitzer Prize-winning...
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