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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.9 - AR Pts: 3
Lexile measure
1010L
Language
English
Description
The lives of twenty composers and musicians, ranging from Vivaldi, Mozart, and Bach to Gershwin, Gilbert & Sullivan, and Woody Guthrie, are profiled in this eclectic, humorous, and informative collection.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.2 - AR Pts: 4
Lexile measure
1240L
Language
English
Description
Presents the lives of the presidents, focusing on their roles as parents, husbands, pet owners, and neighbors, while also including humorous anecdotes about hairstyles, attitudes, diets, fears, and sleep patterns.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.8 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
Most people can name some famous artists and recognize their best-known works. But what's behind all that painting, drawing, and sculpting? What was Leonardo da Vinci's snack of choice while he painted Mona Lisa's mysterious smile? Why did Georgia O'Keeffe find bones so appealing? Who called Diego Rivera "Frog-Face"? And what is it about artists that makes both their work and their lives so fascinating—to themselves, to their curious neighbors,
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.5 - AR Pts: 3
Lexile measure
1150L
Language
English
Description
Not all governments have been run by men. Lives of Extraordinary Women turns the spotlight on women who have wielded power, revealing their feats—and flaws—for all the world to see. Here you'll find twenty of the most influential women in history: queens, warriors, prime ministers, first ladies, revolutionary leaders. Some are revered. Others are notorious. What were they really like?
In this grand addition to their highly praised...
In this grand addition to their highly praised...
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.5 - AR Pts: 3
Lexile measure
1050L
Language
English
Description
"You might know that Columbus discovered America, Lewis and Clark headed west with Sacajawea, and Sally Ride blasted into space. But what do you really know about these bold explorers? What were they like as kids? What pets or bad habits did they have? And what drove their passion to explore unknown parts of the world? With juicy tidbits about everything from favorite foods to first loves, Lives of the Explorers reveals these fascinating adventurers...
7) Isaac Newton
Author
Series
Giants of science (Viking) volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.3 - AR Pts: 3
Lexile measure
1000L
Language
English
Description
Isaac Newton was not only briiliant, but secretive, vindictive and obsessive. Here is a portrait of the man, contradictions and all, than places him against the backdrop of seventeenth-century England, a time of plague, the Great Fire of London, and two revolutions.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.2 - AR Pts: 3
Lexile measure
1070L
Language
English
Description
Shakespeare wrote with a feather quill and ink, Emily Dickinson wrote with a fountain pen, Isaac Bashevis Singer wrote on a Yiddish typewriter. But what did such writers do when they weren't writing? What did Jane Austen eat for breakfast? What could make Mark Twain throw his shirts out the window? Why would Zora Neale Hurston punch a fellow elevator passenger? Lives of the Writers tells all that and more.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.3 - AR Pts: 3
Lexile measure
NC 1120L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Profiles many of history's most noteworthy scientists, from Zhang Heng and Isaac Newton to Albert Einstein and Barbara McClintock, sharing lesser-known facts about their favorite activities, relationships, and eccentricities.
11) Marie Curie
Author
Series
Giants of science (Viking) volume 4
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.3 - AR Pts: 4
Lexile measure
1050L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Describes the life and work of the scientist who won two Nobel Prizes and died of radiation poisoning from years of investigating the dangerous elements that she herself had discovered.
13) Albert Einstein
Author
Series
Giants of science (Viking) volume 5
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.1 - AR Pts: 4
Lexile measure
1050L
Language
English
Formats
Description
This biography profiles the life and times of German-born theoretical physicist Albert Einstein, whose contributions to the field earned him a Nobel Prize.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
AD 880L
Language
English
Description
A biography of Cesar Chavez, from age ten when he and his family lived happily on their Arizona ranch, to age thirty-eight when he led a peaceful protest against California migrant workers' miserable working conditions.
Author
Pub. Date
2010.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.7 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
1080L
Language
English
Description
An introduction to the thirteenth-century Chinese emperor which offers a more complete picture of the man than books which treat him as just a supporting player in Marco Polo's adventures.
Author
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
700L
Language
English
Description
"A picture-book biography on science superstar Neil deGrasse Tyson, the groundbreaking American astrophysicist whose work has inspired a generation of young scientists and astronomers to reach for the stars!"--
17) Charles Darwin
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.4 - AR Pts: 4
Lexile measure
1110L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Traces the life and work of the British biologist made famous by his controversial theory of natural selection.
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