Deborah Heiligman
Author
Pub. Date
[2013]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
AD 550L
Language
English
Description
Growing up in Hungary during WWI, Erdos tried school but chafed at the rules and convinced his mother that he should study at home. He was fascinated by numbers from an early age, and by the time he was 20, he was known as The Magician from Budapest. Unable to do common tasks such as cooking, laundry, or driving, he spent his adult life flying around the world, staying with other mathematicians, and working collaboratively on challenging math problems....
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
730L
Language
English
Description
This offering from the Holidays around the World series introduces children to the Jewish Festival of Lights. Heiligman recounts the holiday's history and origins and describes how it is celebrated today--with candles, special foods such as potato latkes, and games such as dreidel. The main text is succinct and appropriate for reading aloud.
Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"The most celebrated holiday in the Jewish year, Passover commemorates the Exodus of Hebrew slaves from Egypt to freedom over 3,500 years ago. This colorful book explores the many forms that this weeklong celebration takes worldwide. Deborah Heiligman's rich text details the long, lavish meals called seders, at which the Exodus is recalled in ritual, prayer, song, and story. With historical significance of traditional Passover feasts, delicious recipes...
10) Celebrate Easter
Author
Pub. Date
2016.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
790L
Language
English
Description
An introduction to the customs related to the Christian holiday of Easter. The joyous celebration of Easter is seen through a global perspective in this National Geographic volume featuring over 25 vibrant photographs. Witness the holiest day on the Christian calendar as it is celebrated throughout the world: from the famous Easter Egg Roll at the White House to the traditional bonfires throughout Europe, to colorful customs, to the universally popular...
11) Celebrate Diwali
Author
Pub. Date
[2006]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
770L
Language
English
Description
Describes what Diwali is and the different ways that Hindu people celebrate it, including making special foods, setting off fireworks, and lighting oil lamps.
12) Honey bees
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2017, c2002
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
13) Honeybees
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Children follow the life of a busy worker bee as she moves from job to job in the hive, helping the community in various ways. As a nurse bee, the worker feeds the larvae, nourishing the young into adulthood. As a forager bee, she flies long distances in search of nectar, pollinating plants as she moves from flower to flower. And as a guard bee, the worker warns the hive of intruders and battles honey-stealing robber bees from other hives. The simple,...
15) Earthquakes
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
760L
Language
English
Description
Earthquakes can be the most powerful and dangerous force in nature. Strong earthquakes can bring destruction, but they also help create Earth's beautiful mountains and valleys. Learn all about earthquakes in this book full of facts and photographs.
16) On the move
Author
Pub. Date
[1996]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Learn how people move.
18) Too perfect
Author
Pub. Date
c1999
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
After moving to a town where all the kids are perfect, Sarah makes a horrifying discovery in the Computer Room of her new school.
20) Babies
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2002]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Describes how babies look and act and how they change as they grow.