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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
860L
Language
English
Formats
Description
"This newly revised edition of Visiting a Village is an ideal introduction to understanding the concept of community. Children will learn how the people in early communities worked together with a spirit of cooperation by trading their goods and services with each other. Knowing about what they might see on their first visit to a historic site will help spark a child's curiosity. In this book, they will meet such individuals as the miller, the sawyer,...
5) The Kitchen
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
900L
Language
English
Formats
Description
"This newly revised edition describes how the kitchen was the center of family activity in the old days. Here families ate their meals, played games, and told stories with only the fireplace and a few candles for warmth and light. In the Kitchen, young readers will take a close look at the early fireplace and the tools and utensils surrounding it. Domestic chores carried out in the kitchen are described including baking bread, making butter, preserving...
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
IG 650L
Language
English
Description
Enables children to learn about Africa's countries and its geography. This book includes continent maps so readers can relate the text and photographs to their location on the continent. It also looks at: Africa's mountains, and valleys; Africa's waterways; African culture; and popular tourist destinations in Africa.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2007]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
IG 700L
Language
English
Description
Takes kids on a journey through the geography of Antarctica. This book enables children to learn about: why Antarctica receives six months each of sunlight and darkness every year; the animals that live in Antarctica; the Antarctic Treaty; and the findings of researchers studying this continent.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
IG 640L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Holidays, celebrations, and symbols are highlighted in this up-to-date fact-filled introduction to the United States. Spotlight on the United States of America looks at the colonial history of the U.S., its government, and some of its important leaders. Many colorful pictures, maps, and illustrations the different regions, climates, cities, and wildlife of this fascinating country.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2010]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.8 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
IG 990L
Language
English
Description
The second-largest country on Earth, Canada possesses a tremendous variety of natural wonders. This new second revision to Canada the Land takes students on a fascinating tour of the country's rugged coasts, frozen northern regions, vast prairies, and majestic mountain ranges. Learn about Canada's agricultural and other national resources, and how they relate to the rest of the world. Updated information includes facts and statistics, as well as a...
16) Colonial life
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
910L
Language
English
Formats
Description
"In this newly revised edition of Colonial Life, young readers will meet the hardworking people of a colonial community, learn about the importance of family members, and discover the roles that religion and education played in people's lives more than two hundred years ago. They will also learn about how people traveled from place to place, how adults and children spent their leisure time, how a plantation was run, and the impact of the slave trade"--...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.1 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
IG 1000L
Language
English
Description
Examines various aspects of life in Canada, including school, work, play, the French and British heritage, immigration, and issues that must be resolved with native peoples and the French-speaking population in Quebec.
20) Tough trucks
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
IG 510L
Language
English
Description
Describes trucks, including transport trucks, dump trucks, fire engines, and mega trucks. This book contains photographs, which feature such unusual trucks as amphibious trucks and monster trucks.
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