Wendell Minor
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
"In the mid-1800s seventy-five million buffalo roamed in North America. In little more than fifty years, there would be almost none." The death of the buffalo and the settlers' farming and ranching practices endangered the prairie, as drought made the farmland crumble to dust. To help repair the land, the buffalo had to be saved.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Told through the eyes of a young boy, the sober mood of the country after the Lincoln assassination is presented as he and many other mourners await to pay their respects to their fallen president as Lincoln's funeral train travels from Washington, D.C. to Springfield, IL in 1865.
10) Winter magic
Author
Publisher
New York, NY
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
Rhyming text celebrates the beauty of winter.
11) Julie
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
1994
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
When Julie returns to her father's Eskimo village, she struggles to find a way to save her beloved wolves in a changing Arctic world and she falls in love with a young Siberian man.
Author
Publisher
Katherinie Tegen Books
Pub. Date
2017
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
When her older siblings go on an adventure without her, little Tickles the bunny reads from her book, "How to Be a Bigger Bunny," and winds up on an adventure of her own before she is challenged to summon up the courage to save her family.
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury Children's Books
Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Jayden expects to see nothing but brown his first morning in New Mexico, but after being surprised by colorful rocks, flowers, birds, and animals, he wonders if this place could become home.
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Eight-year-old Johnny, who lives in Arizona but feels a special connection to his grandfather's 265-year-old farm house in Washington, Connecticut, is overjoyed when his family spends Christmas there.
17) A lucky thing
Author
Publisher
Harcourt Brace
Pub. Date
1999
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A collection of fourteen poems about nature, including "Calling the Sun," "Showing the Wind," and "Invitation from a Mole."
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
2005
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
An Apollo 11 astronaut takes readers on his journey that began in his childhood and led him to achieve his dream of walking on the moon, bringing to life an unparalleled moment in history for a new generation and showing how everyone can strive to achieve their dreams.
20) Galapagos George
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
2014
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Tells the story of Lonesome George, the giant tortoise who was the last of his species and lived to be one hundred years old in the Galapagos Islands.