Suzanne Slade

Lexile measure

900L

Language

English

Formats

Book, eAudiobook

Description

Dolly is a little girl with a BIG voice. Music fills Dolly's heart so plumb full she has to let it out! She'll even sing to her cornhusk dolls or a pen full of pigs. She makes her own drum from a pot and her own guitar from a broken mandolin. But what Dolly dreams of is performing for a real audience--people who would hear her sing, and applaud!

4) What's new at the zoo? : an animal adding adventure

Author

Accelerated Reader

IL: LG - BL: 1.8 - AR Pts: 1

Lexile measure

AD 530L

Language

English

Formats

Description

Travel through the zoo and learn about zoo animals through rhyme. Count up all of the animals you have seen. Includes section "For Creative Minds" with cards and activities.

5) Why Do Dogs Drool? And other questions kids have about dogs

Author

Series

Accelerated Reader

IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1

Lexile measure

720L

Language

English

Formats

Description

Why do dogs bark? Are they colorblind? How many teeth do they have? You've got questions about dogs, and Kids' Questions has answers!

6) Friends for freedom: the story of Susan B. Anthony & Frederick Douglass

Author

Wonderbooks
Recorded Books new reader

Series

Accelerated Reader

IL: LG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 1

Lexile measure

800L

Language

English

Formats

Book, Audiobook CD, eAudiobook, eBook, Playaway Wonderbook

Description

Discusses how a former slave and an outspoken woman, who came from two different worlds, shared deep-seated beliefs in equality and the need to fight for it.

7) June Almeida, virus detective!: the woman who discovered the first human coronavirus

Author

Accelerated Reader

IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 1

Lexile measure

780L

Language

English

Formats

Book, eBook

Description

"Scientist June Almeida's skill in using the electron microscope helped identify viruses, and when she was 34 years old, she discovered the first human coronavirus"--

8) What if there were no bees?: a book about the grassland ecosystem

Author

Series

Accelerated Reader

IL: LG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 1

Lexile measure

890L

Language

English

Formats

Description

Grassland ecosystems can be found on nearly every continent. Countless animals and plants live in them. So what difference could the loss of one animal species make? Follow the chain reaction, and discover how important honey bees are.

9) Some days are yellow

Author

Language

English

Formats

Book, eBook

Description

Simple, rhyming text illustrates how life is an adventure with various experiences and emotions.

10) Animals are sleeping

Author

Language

English

Formats

Description

The rhyming text provides information on the sleeping habits of animals that live on land, in water, and fly through the air. "For Creative Minds" section includes animals sorting cards and activities.

11) The great divide

Author

What's the difference?
What's new at the zoo?

Series

Accelerated Reader

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

Language

English

Formats

Description

This rhythmic book introduces readers to division as they conquer bands, tribes, mobs and more.

12) What if there were no sea otters?: a book about the ocean ecosystem

Author

Series

Accelerated Reader

IL: LG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 1

Lexile measure

820L

Language

English

Formats

Description

Discusses the ocean ecosystem and the role of the sea otter as a keystone species in helping to maintain it, describing the otter's place on the food chain and what would happen if the sea otter were to become extinct.

13) Out of school and into nature: the Anna Comstock story

Author

Accelerated Reader

IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1

Lexile measure

670L

Language

English

Formats

Book, eBook

Description

"A picture book biography about naturalist and artist Anna Comstock (1854-1930), who defied social conventions and pursued the study of science. She pioneered a movement to encourage schools to conduct science and nature classes for children outdoors, thereby increasing students' interest in nature" --

14) What if there were no gray wolves?: a book about the temperate forest ecosystem

Author

Series

Accelerated Reader

IL: LG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 1

Lexile measure

860L

Language

English

Formats

Description

Discusses the temperate forest ecosystem and the role of the gray wolf in helping to maintain it, describing the wolf's place on the food chain and what would happen to the temperate forest if the gray wolf were to become extinct.

15) How do tornadoes form?: and other questions kids have about weather

Author

Series

Accelerated Reader

IL: LG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1

Lexile measure

710L

Language

English

Formats

Description

What is the coldest place on Earth? How many kinds of clouds are there? Why do rainbows form? You've got questions about weather, and Kids' Questions has answers!

16) Who invented basketball?: and other questions kids have about sports

Author

Series

Accelerated Reader

IL: LG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1

Lexile measure

680L

Language

English

Formats

Description

How many players are on a football team? Why is a baseball white with red stitches? What are triathlons? You've got questions about sports, and Kids' Questions has answers!

17) Multiply on the fly

Author

Series

What's the difference?

Accelerated Reader

IL: LG - BL: 2 - AR Pts: 1

Language

English

Formats

Description

Rhyming verse presents buggy word problems that can all be solved using multiplication.

18) What if there were no lemmings?: a book about the tundra ecosystem

Author

Series

Accelerated Reader

IL: LG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 1

Lexile measure

860L

Language

English

Formats

Description

Discusses the tundra ecosystem and the role of lemmings as a keystone species in helping to maintain it, describing the lemmings' place on the food chain and what would happen to the tundra if they were to become extinct.

19) Do all bugs have wings?: and other questions kids have about bugs

Author

Series

Accelerated Reader

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

Lexile measure

680L

Language

English

Formats

Description

What's the most dangerous bug? Why do bees make honey? Can bugs talk? You've got questions about bugs, and Kids' Questions has answers!

20) What's the difference? : an endangered animal subtraction story

Author

Accelerated Reader

IL: LG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 1

Lexile measure

AD 960L

Language

English

Formats

Description