Joanne Oppenheim

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1) Have you seen trees?

Author

Oppenheim, Joanne

Lexile measure

440L

Language

English

Description

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A poetic commentary on the visual and auditory sensations awaiting an observer of trees. Also includes a five page sketchbook of common trees.

2) Row, row, row your boat

Author

Oppenheim, Joanne

Series

Bank Street ready-to-read

Pub. Date

1993.

Accelerated Reader

IL: LG - BL: 2.2 - AR Pts: 1

Language

English

Description

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While singing "Row, Row, Row Your Boat" in the bathtub, a boy becomes the skipper of several imaginary vessels.

3) Dear Miss Breed: true stories of the Japanese American incarceration during World War II and a librarian who made a difference

Author

Oppenheim, Joanne

Pub. Date

2006.

Accelerated Reader

IL: MG - BL: 7.4 - AR Pts: 16

Lexile measure

1040L

Language

English

4) Black Hawk: Frontier Warrior

Author

Oppenheim, Joanne

Language

English

Description

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Black Hawk, waged war to try to prevent settlers from taking Indian lands. He was a patriot who fought hard to protect the right of his people to live on the land of their birth.

5) Osceola, Seminole warrior

Author

Oppenheim, Joanne

Pub. Date

[1979]

Lexile measure

680L

Language

English

Description

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A biography of the Seminole chief who led the resistance of his people against compulsory immigration from their Florida homeland to territory beyond the Mississippi.

6) Have you seen bugs?

Author

Oppenheim, Joanne

Pub. Date

1998.

Accelerated Reader

IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1

Language

English

Description

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Describes a variety of bugs in rhyming verse.

7) The Christmas witch: an Italian legend

Author

Oppenheim, Joanne

Series

Bank Street ready-to-read. Level 3

Pub. Date

1997.

Accelerated Reader

IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1

Lexile measure

610L

Language

English

Description

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Having missed her chance to see him on the first Christmas, old Befana travels around Italy each year searching for the Christ Child and leaving cookies and Christmas presents for the sleeping children.

8) The Christmas Witch

Author

Oppenheim, Joanne

Series

Bank Street ready-to-read

Pub. Date

1993.

Accelerated Reader

IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1

Lexile measure

610L

Language

English

Description

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Retells the traditional Italian tale of the poor peasant woman who, long ago, set out to find the Christ Child and wanders to this day, carrying a sack of gifts to give to good children at Christmas.