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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
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"This appealingly icky poetry collection presents animals that suck-quite literally! From the mosquito to the elephant to the lamprey, discover how and why these animals sip, slurp, and suck"-- Provided by publisher.
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IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 1
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This informational text is packed with facts and sidebars about historical and modern-day disasters such as the Space Shuttle Challenger, the Great Smog of London, the Pacific Garbage Patch, the Library of Alexandria, Chernobyl, and more. Featuring TIME© content and images, the high-interest content will engage students in reading as they build their comprehension, vocabulary, and reading skills. Text features, a Reader's Guide, and the extended...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 1
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Elementary readers will learn about space exploration as they read through this fascinating nonfiction title. Readers will learn about the sun, the planets in our solar system, comets, asteroids, constellations, different types of galaxies, and more about the vast body of the universe. Students will also be introduced to the Hubble Telescope and the Mars Rover. With vivid images, intriguing facts, informational text featuring Time For Kids© content,...
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Find out the truth about our bodies and learn exactly what makes us human in this fascinating nonfiction reader! Featuring detailed, vibrant images, diagrams, and charts that familiarize readers with digestion, the circulatory system, and bacteria in conjunction with biological and anatomical vocabulary, readers will learn all about gross anatomy, some of the amazing things our bodies can do, and how it performs day-to-day activities--from digesting...
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Strap in for a rip-roaring ride through the history of the universe, starting with the Big Bang, and bringing us right up to present day. What was the universe like when it was a few seconds old? How had it changed by its millionth birthday? And when did time even start, for that matter?! The story of the last 13.8 billion years in one handy volume, you can read about the start of stars, the growth of galaxies and the production of planets. Plus,...
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This gorgeously illustrated picture book is a celebration of summer vacation and West Coast island life. Every day is different on Gran's island in the Salish Sea as granddaughter climbs big-leaf maples, eats blackberries, explores tide pools and sandstone caves, and examines ancient middens and petroglyphs. She and Gran watch harbor seals sunning themselves and Gran's neighbor carving an eagle out of a piece of cedar while drinking fresh nettle tea....
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Each season has its own qualities that set it apart. Winter, with its stark-white crust of snow, turns even a mundane scene into a sparkling fairyland. Spring, along with her many shades of green, brings a promise of new beginnings. Summer gifts us with long, lazy days of endless blue skies and the scent of freshly mown grass. But fall has a magic, a secret, all its own. It offers a kaleidoscope of textures, smells, and colors. But what's behind those...
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History is full of unsolved crimes, mysterious disappearances, and strange sightings. Readers will discover some of the most well-known mysteries in history--including Amelia Earhart, Big Foot, and the Salem Witch Trials--in this fascinating nonfiction book. Featuring detailed images, intriguing facts, and informational text in conjunction with a glossary of terms and an index, readers will be enthralled from beginning to end!
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A mother and daughter go about their day as chemical reactions in their everyday lives occur around them in Everyday Chemistry, a nonfiction picture book by writer Julia Sooy and illustrator Bonnie Pang. Science is all around us in our daily lives. Specifically, chemistry! When your bread toasts, when your shampoo foams, when the playground slide rusts--those are all chemical reactions. In this book, a mother and daughter expereince all these things...
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Imagine you live in Pompeii in the year 79. There are rumblings, followed by a terrible explosion that darkens the city of Pompeii for 18 hours. Experience the terror of that momentous volcanic eruption from the point of view of a barber who lived and worked in Pompeii. Developed by Timothy Rasinski and featuring TIME content, this book includes essential text features like an index, captions, glossary, and table of contents. The intriguing sidebars,...
15) Pushes and Pulls
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Vividly discover what happens when you push and pull an object! Whether you're pulling a rope in a game of tug-of-war or pushing through the motions of riding a bike, you push and pull throughout the day for many different reasons! Featuring vivid photographs, this engaging wordless e-book aligns with Next Generation Science Standards to teach early learners about forces and interactions. Students will be excited to learn about the reactions that...
19) Basking shark
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"A huge fish slowly swims with its big mouth open wide. The basking shark is collecting tiny plankton to eat. Although it is the second-biggest shark in the world, this gentle giant doesn't attack any other animals. It just swims around eating plankton! Dive in to learn more about this where the basking shark lives, how it interacts with other fish, and why humans are a threat to this incredible ocean animal. It's time to get shark shocked!"-- Provided...
20) Whale shark
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"The whale shark may be the largest fish in the sea, but it's far from the most vicious. This gentle giant hunts for some of the smallest water animals, gulping up big groups of them with water before filtering out the water and swallowing its next meal. Dive under the waves to watch the filter feeder at work, swim through its warm watery home, protect other animals from predators, and more. It's time to get shark shocked!"-- Provided by publisher....
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