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1) I stink!
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A big city garbage truck makes its rounds, consuming everything from apple cores and banana peels to leftover ziti with zucchini.
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Thinkcities volume 3
Language
English
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"Congested city streets are noisy and thick with cars and trucks, while pedestrians and cyclists are squeezed to the dangerous edges--but does it have to be this way? Imagine a city where we aren't stuck in cars, where clean air makes it easier to breathe, and where transit is easy to access--and on time. Imagine a city where streets are for people! This fun, accessible and ultimately hopeful book explores sustainable transportation around the globe,...
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Nerdy babies volume 6
Language
English
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Description
Nerdy babies explore things that go. Learn about the planes, trains, and automobiles that carry people and cargo all over the world.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.8 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
1050L
Language
English
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This book describes the problems of carbon emissions with our transportation systems and discusses how to make our transportation sustainable with less use of private vehicles and an increase in public transportation with electric buses and high speed trains.
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Lexile measure
610L
Language
English
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Explore the science behind a trip to Mars, from launch to landing on the Red Planet. Set to the tune of "The Farmer in the Dell," this jaunty journey follows five adorable, bobble-headed astronauts as they learn how to bathe in zero gravity, grow veggies in space, and entertain themselves on the six-month trip.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
840L
Language
English
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Description
"See some of the world's fastest transportation breakdowns at lightning speed. Find out how each form of transportation failed, the basic engineering missed during construction, and what engineers learned from their mistakes."--
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
970L
Language
English
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Description
"The Underground, the Metro, the Tube, the Subway--whatever you call it, underground transit is a mark of a modern city public transportation system. Packed with historic and contemporary photographs, this compelling book will grab readers with an interest in subways and railways. Also included are underground escape routes and abandoned underground tunnel systems."--Provided by publisher.
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Language
English
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We all need transportation. We use it to get to school and to work. We transport food and other goods to stoers and to our homes. But the way we are transporting ourselves and the things that we need is harming our planet. What can we do to stop that damage? Discover inside what people are doing to make travel more sustainable, and learn how you can take eco action to help protect our precious planet too. Our planet is under threat. People are living...
12) Crunch
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 7
Lexile measure
HL 490L
Language
English
Description
The oldest Marriss brother, fourteen-year-old Dewey, attempts to be the "embodiment of responsibility" as he juggles the management of the family's bicycle repair business while sharing the household and farm duties with his siblings after a sudden energy crisis strands their parents far from home.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.3 - AR Pts: 9
Lexile measure
1090L
Language
English
Description
"When a forty-seven-foot sailboat disappears in the Gulf Stream in the throes of a calamitous storm, it leaves behind three weary passengers struggling to stay alive afloat a life raft in violent waves 80 feet tall"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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A fun introduction to an in-the-news vehicle, the space shuttle. In simple, easy-to-understand language, this title describes how the space shuttle is launched into orbit and how astronauts maneuver it in space. The book also provides information on the space shuttles NASA has developed.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Identifies and explores innovative technology in the transportation industry that was inspired by nature. Accessible text, supplementary sidebars, and an interesting infographic reveal for readers the science behind these technologies and the animals and plants that inspired them.
20) Bridges
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English
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Description
"Bridges can be high or low, long or short, straight or curvy. Some are designed to blend in, while others stand out. But each one tells a story: a reminder of our history, a testament to ingenuity and engineering, an invitation to imagine the possibilities of the future. Literally and symbolically, bridges connect us-to new places, new cultures, and new people. With poetic text and sweeping illustrations, Marc Majewski delivers a unique, accessible...
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