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Author
Series
Publisher
World of Eric Carle
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"In this nonfiction story, young readers can discover what rain is and why it falls. The miracles of nature come to life in this early-learning series centered around weather, featuring simple text and Eric Carle's classic illustrations!"--
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2022.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
From Geisel Award-winning author Greg Pizzoli comes a hilarious and mouth-watering history of pizza. Do YOU like PIZZA? Because right now, somewhere in the world, someone is eating it. Did you know that in the United States we eat 350 slices of pizza every second? Or that in Sweden they serve pizza with bananas and peanuts? All over the world, people love pizza-but where did it come from? And who made the first pizza? Join award-winning author and...
66) To be an artist
Author
Publisher
Charlesbridge
Pub. Date
©2004
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
An introduction to using various art forms to express creativity.
67) Earning money
Author
Series
Publisher
World Book, a Scott Fetzer Company
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
A graphic nonfiction volume that describes the different kinds of work you can do to earn money.
69) Investing money
Author
Series
Publisher
World Book, a Scott Fetzer Company
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
A graphic nonfiction volume that introduces investing and provides information about stocks and bonds, risks and rewards, and diversifying a portfolio.
Author
Series
Publisher
First Second Books
Pub. Date
2019.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Put your pedal to the metal with cars. First we learned to harness fire. Then we invented the wheel. From that point, humanity was on a collision course with a new form of personal locomotion that would leave our feet, and even horses hooves, in the dust. Hop in for a ride! From oddball inventor tinkering in their garages to global corporations, learn where cars came from and how they work. When you pop the hood, what are you looking at? How does...
Author
Series
Publisher
First Second
Pub. Date
2019.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Chill out with polar bears! For countless generations, polar bears have made the ice their home. It's a habitat that changes from day to day, season to season, keeping these marine mammals on their furry toes! Polar bears are the ultimate survivors, adapting to an enironment constantly in flux. Extinction is not an option! Do you have what it takes to live in one of the harshest places in the world? What if you had just a couple years to gain the...
Author
Series
Publisher
Viking, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
2019.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Do multiplication tables give you hives? Do you break out in a sweat when you see more than a few numbers hanging out together? Then I'm Trying to Love Math is for you! In her signature hilarious style, Bethany Barton introduces readers to the things (and people) that use math in amazing ways -- like music, and spacecraft, and even baking cookies! This isn't a how-to math book, it's a way to think differently about math as a necessary and cool part...
73) Go, goats!
Author
Series
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"Lucia is the oldest goat at Catskill Animal Sanctuary. She's one of hundreds of rescued farm animals living out her days in this peaceful corner of upstate New York. And she's got a hay pile of goat-y wisdom to share with human visitors. The wise old nanny goat is also buddies with "The Lucky 27"--the single largest group of goats the sanctuary team has ever rescued. And she's eager to share the herd's story of rescue, recovery, rehabilitation, and...
Author
Series
Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2019.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"A light-hearted nonfiction picture book about the formation and history of the moon and its history in relation to earth--told from the perspective of the moon itself!"--
75) Thank a farmer
Author
Publisher
Norton Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Bread, milk, wool, fruits, and vegetables: things that fill our day to day lives. But where, and who, do they come from? Across wheat fields and city rooftop gardens, mushroom beds and maple forests, Thank a Farmer traces the food and clothing that a family uses back to the people who harvested and created them. With Maria Gianferrari's informed and poetic text and monumental artwork from Monica Mikai, Thank a Farmer gently emphasizes the importance...
Author
Series
Publisher
Penguin Workshop
Pub. Date
2022
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Read about all of the rational and fanciful explanations for the flattened patterns in crops all over the world, from the United Kingdom to Australia. Artists and hoaxers alike have claimed credit for these massive projects, but some people think that the source could be paranormal. Are these circles an elaborate prank, or could they be something more?"--
Author
Series
Publisher
DK Publishing
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"How did Gandhi use love to end an empire? How did an accident help Frida Kahlo create great art? What dangerous idea inspired Toussaint Louverture's fight for freedom? Uncover all this and more in Corpse Talk, the hilarious and mind-expanding talk show that bring the dead famous to life!"-- cover page 4.
Author
Publisher
First Second
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Against all odds! The prairie shakes under the hooves of nearly thirty million bison. As fast as a horse, as tall as a person, and heavier than both combined, they roam from coast to coast. A century later, people struggle to find a single one left alive. How did the great herds disappear, and what does it take to bring them back? Bison lived in balance with humans for centuries before technology, commerce, and politics upset their world. In the wake...
Author
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"From critically acclaimed illustrator of The Lost Package comes a bold nonfiction story following a day in the life of a backyard jumping spider - meticulously researched and utterly charming. Open this book to discover the vibrant, hidden life of a backyard jumping spider."--
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