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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
AD 640L
Language
English
Description
Describes how pumpkins come in different shapes and sizes, how they grow, and their traditional uses and cultural significance. Includes instructions for carving a pumpkin and drying the seeds.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.9 - AR Pts: 5
Lexile measure
1080L
Language
English
Description
A compilation, selected from various sources and arranged chronologically, of the reminiscences of slaves and ex-slaves about their experiences from the leaving of Africa through the Civil War and into the early twentieth century.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.8 - AR Pts: 5
Lexile measure
1180L
Language
English
Formats
Description
In September 1862, two great armies faced each other across Antietam Creek. The outnumbered Confederate forces were led by General Robert E. Lee. The Union army was led by General George B. McClellan. Jim Murphy uses archival photographs, maps, and firsthand accounts to recreate one of America's most important battles.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.6 - AR Pts: 6
Lexile measure
1070L
Language
English
Description
Here are the gods, goddesses, and legendary figures of ancient Greece -- mighty Zeus, with his fistful of thunderbolts; gray-eyed Athena, goddess of wisdom; Helios, the sun; greedy King Midas -- depicted by Caldecott winners Ingri and Edgar Parin d'Aulaire. These artists bring to life the myths that have inspired great European literature and art through the ages.
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Language
English
Description
"Yoshi's Big Swim chronicles the impressive true story of Yoshi, an injured loggerhead turtle who was rescued and rehabilitated in South Africa. After many happy years, Yoshi let her aquarium staff know that it was time for her to move on. Would Yoshi be safe? Would she know what to do? After lots of preparation by Yoshi and here carers - and plenty of friendly back scratches for Yoshi - the determined loggerhead set off on an incredible journey to...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
AD 1000L
Language
English
Description
Before she became an artist, Louise Bourgeois was an apprentice in her family's tapestry shop, where her mother was a weaver of tapestries. Discover how Louise learned about form and color, and how memories of her mother and her past are stitched into all of Louise's works.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
510L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Provides a look at the private side of Abraham Lincoln and at the circumstances surrounding his short, but memorable speech at the dedication of the cemetery at the Gettysburg battlefield. Includes text of the speech.
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