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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
What do Khloe Thompson, Dylan Hirth, Maria Clara, Drew Frank, and Willow Phelps have in common? They are all kids who volunteer to make the world a better place! Featuring TIME For Kids content, this inspiring nonfiction reader details the contributions these young volunteers have made to hospitals, homeless shelters, animal shelters, and libraries. This high-interest title includes detailed photos and sidebars, stimulating facts, and clear, informational...
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
Español
Description
Have you ever looked closely at a pinecone, a leaf, or a flower? If you have, you might have noticed patterns. A haiku is a form of poetry based on patterns. Haiku are often inspired by nature. Featuring TIME For Kids content, this nonfiction reader introduces students to haiku, explores its cultural importance and history, and invites students to write their own haiku. This high-interest Spanish book includes detailed images, stimulating facts, and...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
This title is part of the hoopla BONUS BORROWS COLLECTION! Through the month of February, you can borrow this title without using any of your monthly hoopla Instant Borrows!
Adorably cute and amazingly fast, the cheetah is a perennial favorite among kids. This National Geographic Reader will delight kids with beautiful photographs and mind-boggling facts about this majestic and mysterious cat. Did you know a cheetah can go from 0 to 60 mph in less...
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Have you ever looked closely at a pinecone, a leaf, or a flower? If you have, you might have noticed patterns. A haiku is a form of poetry based on patterns. Haiku are often inspired by nature. Featuring TIME For Kids content, this nonfiction reader introduces students to haiku, explores its cultural importance and history, and invites students to write their own haiku. This high-interest title includes detailed images, stimulating facts, and clear,...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Why is pop music so "popular?" What do pop songs have in common? What are the components of a successful pop song? Songwriters have been searching for the magic key to making hit songs for as long as there have been hit songs. Featuring TIME For Kids content, this nonfiction reader describes the many components of popular music. This high-interest title includes detailed photos and sidebars, stimulating facts, and clear, informational text to engage...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
With a map and a globe, you can explore new places. They show you where to go. They show you what to expect once you get there. With a map in hand and a heart for adventure, you are ready to see the world. This engaging book introduces early readers to the concept of how to read maps and globes. Detailed images in conjunction with easy-to-read text and basic text features provide readers with an inviting reading and learning experience.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
If you lived long ago, how different would life be from how it is today? Many things are different, but many things are the same! Introduce students to the concept of change as they compare homes, schools, jobs, technology, and transportation from the past and present. This primary source reader uses dynamic primary source images and supportive text to integrate social studies content and language arts instruction. The accessible table of contents,...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Did you know that a tiny golf ball-sized creature called the blue-ringed octopus contains enough venom to kill 26 adult humans? Or why the Sydney funnel web spider is one of the most dangerous creatures in the world? In this Level 3 book, kids will be fascinated by 12 species that you hope you'll never come across! Sharks, snakes, jellyfish and more-these creatures are among the most threatening-and interesting-in the world!
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A phonics-based nonfiction book for level-three beginning readers, providing information about Paul Revere's role in the events of the Revolutionary War. Includes a glossary, map, and a list of books and Web sites for further study. The highest-level Nonfiction Readers encourage more advanced students to extend their skills by instilling the confidence that they can read to learn about subjects of their own choosing! Level 3 Readers feature more difficult...
10) Friendship
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Simple text describes friendship and what it means to be friends with others. Anne Sullivan and her friendship with Helen Keller is given as an example of a famous friendship. An end section offers suggestions on how readers can strengthen their own friendships. The highest-level Nonfiction Readers encourage more advanced students to extend their skills by instilling the confidence that they can read to learn about subjects of their own choosing!...
11) Grizzly Bears
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A phonics-based nonfiction book for level-one beginning readers, providing information about the physical features and behaviors of grizzly bears. Presented in large print with a word list review. Nonfiction Level 1 Readers offer children subject matter they will appreciate, in a clean, familiar format. Each page provides straightforward sentences of simple words, ensuring easy mastery by students beginning to feel the attraction of reading to learn....
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A phonics-based nonfiction book for level-three beginning readers, providing information about the causes and conduct of the Revolutionary War. Includes a glossary, map, and a list of books and Web sites for further study. The highest-level Nonfiction Readers encourage more advanced students to extend their skills by instilling the confidence that they can read to learn about subjects of their own choosing! Level 3 Readers feature more difficult vocabulary...
13) Fairness
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Simple text describes fairness and what it means to be fair to others. Susan B. Anthony's work to gain women the right to vote is given as an example of fairness in history. An end section offers suggestions on how readers can apply fairness in their own lives. The highest-level Nonfiction Readers encourage more advanced students to extend their skills by instilling the confidence that they can read to learn about subjects of their own choosing! Level...
14) Cooperation
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Simple text describes cooperation and what it means to cooperate with others.
Thomas Jefferson and his cooperation with the other writers of the Declaration of Independence is given as an example of how cooperation can be beneficial. An end section offers suggestions on how readers can apply cooperation in their own lives.
The highest-level Nonfiction Readers encourage more advanced students to extend their skills by instilling the confidence that...
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A phonics-based nonfiction book for level-three beginning readers, providing information about the Boston Tea Party, one of the events leading to the Revolutionary War. Includes a glossary, map, and a list of books and Web sites for further study. The highest-level Nonfiction Readers encourage more advanced students to extend their skills by instilling the confidence that they can read to learn about subjects of their own choosing! Level 3 Readers...
16) Manatees
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A phonics-based nonfiction book for level-one beginning readers, providing information about the physical features and behaviors of manatees. Presented in large print with a word list review. Nonfiction Level 1 Readers offer children subject matter they will appreciate, in a clean, familiar format. Each page provides straightforward sentences of simple words, ensuring easy mastery by students beginning to feel the attraction of reading to learn. Large...
17) Timber Wolves
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A phonics-based nonfiction book for level-one beginning readers, providing information about the physical features and behaviors of timber wolves. Presented in large print with a word list review. Nonfiction Level 1 Readers offer children subject matter they will appreciate, in a clean, familiar format. Each page provides straightforward sentences of simple words, ensuring easy mastery by students beginning to feel the attraction of reading to learn....
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
Español
Description
Aprende todo sobre los animales más mortales en este emocionante libro para niños. Está lleno de imágenes bellas e interesantes que les enseñan a los niños todo sobre estos animales asombrosos. Este libro de Nivel 3 es apropiado para los primeros pasos de lectura independiente o para una experiencia de lectura en voz alta, ¡perfecto para motivar a futuros científicos y exploradores!
19) Stinky!
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Bill Brady is tired of feeling left out by his talented classmates. So, one day he boasts that he is entering his guinea pig into an animal talent contest. The trouble is, he hasn't got a guinea pig, let alone one that can do tricks. Can Stinky, his next-door neighbor's pet, save the day?
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Students will learn the basic of economics and the role they play in shaping the US economy with this engaging nonfiction title! Detailed images in conjunction with easy-to-read text provide readers with an inviting reading and learning experience as they build their social studies knowledge. This book includes basic informational text features including a glossary, an index, table of contents, and reader's guide.
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