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Publisher

Children's Press

Pub. Date

[1981]

Accelerated Reader

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

Physical Desc

44 pages : color illustrations ; 22 cm.

Language

English

Description

Briefly traces the growth and training of a foal, weanling, and yearling, discusses the history and uses of horses in America, and describes various kinds of horses.

2) Police

Author

Broekel, Ray

Series

Publisher

Childrens Press

Pub. Date

c1981

Accelerated Reader

IL: LG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 1

Physical Desc

45 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 22 cm.

Language

English

Description

An introduction to the activities of our helpful police.

3) Bridges

Author

Carlisle, Norman V

Series

Publisher

Childrens Press

Pub. Date

[1983]

Accelerated Reader

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

Physical Desc

45 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 22 cm.

Language

English

Description

Briefly discusses the first bridges, famous and unusual bridges, and bridge design and construction.

4) Sound experiments

Author

Broekel, Ray

Series

Publisher

Childrens

Pub. Date

1983

Accelerated Reader

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

Physical Desc

45 p illus.

Language

English

Description

Briefly discusses sound, pitch, sound travel, sound waves, vibration, frequency, length, and thickness, with simple experiments to demonstrate each concept.

5) Comets, asteroids, and meteors

Author

Fradin, Dennis B

Series

Publisher

Childrens

Pub. Date

1984

Accelerated Reader

IL: LG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 1

Physical Desc

43 p illus.

Language

English

Description

Describes meteors, comets, & astroids and discusses the various theories concerning their origin and their effect on life on Earth.

6) Experiments with magnets

Author

Challand, Helen J

Series

Publisher

Childrens

Pub. Date

1986

Accelerated Reader

IL: LG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 1

Physical Desc

45 p illus.

Language

English

Description

Suggests experiments introducing magnets and magnetism, demonstrating the magnetic field and the properties, strength, and uses of magnets.

7) Plants without seeds

Author

Challand, Helen J

Series

Publisher

Childrens

Pub. Date

1986

Physical Desc

45 p illus.

Language

English

Description

Examines the characteristics of simple plants that do not have seeds, including algae, fungi, lichen, mosses, and ferns, with a brief look at bacteria.

8) The Bill of Rights

Author

Colman, Warren

Series

Publisher

Childrens Press

Pub. Date

[1987]

Lexile measure

710L

Physical Desc

45 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 22 cm.

Language

English

Description

A brief discussion of the meaning of the Bill of rights, the first ten amendments of the Constitution of the United States.

9) The Chippewa

Author

Osinski, Alice

Series

Publisher

Childrens Press

Pub. Date

[1987]

Accelerated Reader

IL: LG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 1

Physical Desc

45 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 22 cm.

Language

English

Description

Lepthien, Emilie U. (Emilie Utteg)

Presents a brief history of the Chippewa Indians describing their customs and traditions and how they are maintained in the modern world.

10) The Choctaw

Author

Series

Publisher

Childrens

Pub. Date

1987

Accelerated Reader

IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 1

Physical Desc

45 p illus.

Language

English

Description

A brief history of the Choctaw Indian tribe.

11) The Constitution

Author

Colman, Warren

Series

Publisher

Children's Press

Pub. Date

[1987]

Accelerated Reader

IL: LG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 1

Physical Desc

45 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 22 cm.

Language

English

Description

Describes, in simple terms, how the Constitution was conceived, written, and ratified in 1788, explaining the document's basic concepts and Bill of Rights.

12) Experiments with animal behavior

Author

Wong, Ovid K

Series

Publisher

Childrens

Pub. Date

1988

Physical Desc

42 p illus.

Language

English

Description

Instructions for a variety of simple experiments examining the reflex, instinctive, and conditioned behavior of animals.

13) Experiments with straws and paper

Author

Broekel, Ray

Series

Publisher

Childrens

Pub. Date

1990

Accelerated Reader

IL: LG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 1

Physical Desc

45 p illus.

Language

English

Description

Illustrates some basic principles of science, based on experiments & tricks using straws, paper, drinking glasses, and coins.

14) Tlingit

Author

Osinski, Alice

Series

Publisher

[publisher not identified]

Pub. Date

1990.

Physical Desc

45 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 22 cm.

Language

English

15) The Anasazi

Author

Petersen, David

Series

Publisher

Childrens Press

Pub. Date

1991

Physical Desc

45 p.

Language

English

Description

Describes the homes, culture, and way of life of the Anasazi, the Ancient Ones of the southwestern United States whose descendants became the Pueblos.

16) The Oneida

Author

Duvall, Jill D

Series

Publisher

[publisher not identified]

Pub. Date

[1991]

Physical Desc

45 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.

Language

English

17) Basketball

Author

Rosenthal, Bert

Series

Publisher

Childrens Press

Pub. Date

1995.

Edition

Second edition.

Accelerated Reader

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

Lexile measure

600L

Physical Desc

48 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm.

Language

English

Description

Explains the fundamental aspects of basketball, including equipment, scoring, game rules, players and officials, and contrasts professional basketball with the high school and college sport.

18) The Dewey decimal system

Author

Fowler, Allan

Series

True book

Publisher

Children's Press

Pub. Date

[1996]

Accelerated Reader

IL: LG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 1

Lexile measure

950L

Physical Desc

48 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 22 cm.

Language

English

Description

Explains how the Dewey decimal system of classification for libraries was invented and how it works.

19) Giraffes

Author

Lepthien, Emilie U

Series

True book

Publisher

Children's Press

Pub. Date

[1996]

Accelerated Reader

IL: LG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 1

Lexile measure

800L

Physical Desc

48 pages : color illustrations ; 22 cm.

Language

English

Description

Describes the physical characteristics and habits of these long-necked African animals.

20) The Library of Congress

Author

Fowler, Allan

Series

True book

Publisher

Children's Press

Pub. Date

[1996]

Accelerated Reader

IL: LG - BL: 6.7 - AR Pts: 1

Physical Desc

48 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 22 cm.

Language

English

Description