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(0)Dion Graham
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
NC 800L
Language
English
Description
If you had to name a statue, any statue, odds are good you'd mention the Statue of Liberty. She's in New York. She's holding a torch. And she's in mid-stride, moving forward. But why? The authors investigate a seemingly small trait of America's most emblematic statue. What they find is about more than history, more than art. What they find in the Statue of Liberty's right foot is the powerful message of acceptance that is essential to an entire country's...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 9.2 - AR Pts: 7
Lexile measure
1180L
Language
English
Description
Documents the history and origin of the Ku Klux Klan from its beginning in Pulaski, Tennessee, and provides personal accounts, congressional documents, diaries, and more.
"Boys, let us get up a club." With those words, six restless young men raided the linens at a friend?s mansion in 1866. They pulled white sheets over their heads, hopped on horses, and cavorted through the streets of Pulaski, Tennessee. Soon, the six friends named their club the...
3) Volcanoes!
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Describes how a volcano is formed, the different types of volcanoes, where the most active volcanoes are found, and what happens when a volcano erupts.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
840L
Language
English
Description
Hailing from the Tremé neighborhood in New Orleans, Troy "Trombone Shorty" Andrews got his nickname by wielding a trombone twice as long as he was high. A prodigy, he was leading his own band by age six, and today this Grammy-nominated artist headlines the legendary New Orleans Jazz Fest.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Henry Brown wrote that long before he came to be know as "Box," he "entered the world a slave." He was put to work as a child and passed down from one generation to the next - as property. When he was an adult, his wife and children were sold away from him out of spite. Henry Brown watched as his family left, bound in chains, headed to the deeper South. What more could be taken from him? But then hope - and help - came in the from of the Underground...
6) Safari
Author
Lexile measure
180L
Language
English
Description
Introduces young wildlife enthusiasts to an array of creatures in their natural habitats on the African Savannah.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 3
Lexile measure
900L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Using an "Everyman" player as his narrator, Kadir Nelson tells the story of Negro League baseball from its beginnings in the 1920s through the decline after Jackie Robinson crossed over to the majors in 1947. Illustrations from oil paintings by artist Kadir Nelson.
8) Wildfires
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
820L
Language
English
Description
Learn all about wildfires -- how they happen, why they're important, and when they're dangerous -- in this fascinating Level 3 reader. It's sure to ignite your interest, with color photographs, interesting facts, and more.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
In this companion to the Caldecott Honor- and Coretta Scott King Award-winning Trombone Shorty, join a young musician on a tour of his cherished hometown. After letting his band down by missing rehearsal, a boy called Shorty has some serious questions about what it means to be a leader. He hits the streets of New Orleans to find some answers and to soak up some inspiration. Along the way, he'll meet some people who have their own special wisdom to...
11) Storms
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
500L
Language
English
Description
Looks at all the big storms created by Mother Nature run amuk--from lightning and thunder to monsoons, hurricanes, and tornadoes. Features superlatives, jokes, and best of all, the incredible photographs available only from National Geographic.
12) Polar bears
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
700L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Watercolor illustrations and text provide information about how polar bears swim and hunt, how they keep warm and dry, and many other ways they adapt to their environment.
13) Satchel Paige
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
1010L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Examines the life of the legendary baseball player, who was the first African-American to pitch in a Major League World Series.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
700L
Language
English
Formats
Description
"The Golden Gate Bridge is the most famous bridge in the world. It is also, not entirely coincidentally, the world's only bright-orange bridge. But it wasn't supposed to be that way. In this book, fellow bridge-lovers Dave Eggers and Tucker Nichols tell the story of how it happened - how a bridge that some people wanted to be red and white, and some people wanted to be yellow and black, and most people wanted simply to be gray, instead became, thanks...
