Elaine Landau
2) Jupiter
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
770L
Language
English
Description
Describes the characteristics of the planet Jupiter and its moons, as revealed by photographs sent back by unmanned spaceships.
6) Popcorn!
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
790L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Provides a history of one of America's favorite snack foods, presenting its origins, nutritional information and recipes.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
690L
Language
English
Formats
Description
It is the early 1860's, slavery is legal in the United States. Brave slaves try to escape to freedom along the secret "Underground Railroad," but they don't always make it. What would you do? Would you help and protect the slaves from the slave catchers or Would you follow the law?
8) Saturn
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
800L
Language
English
Description
Discusses what we know about the size, density, atmosphere, rings, and moons of Saturn, as well as what we may learn in the future.
9) Mars
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
790L
Language
English
Description
Uses photographs and other recent findings to describe the atmosphere and geographic features of Mars.
10) Triceratops
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
790L
Language
English
Description
Describes the characteristics and probable behavior of this three-horned dinosaur, as well as theories about its extinction.
Author
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Formats
Description
Nearly ten years after the 9/11 terrorist attacks on the United States, an elite team of U.S. special forces stunned the world with a dramatic and daring feat. Shortly after midnight on May 1, 2011, a U.S. Navy SEALs team stormed a compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan, and killed its most-wanted inhabitant—Osama bin Laden, the mastermind behind al-Qaeda. This militant group planned the September 11, 2001, plane hijackings that killed thousands of people...
14) Velociraptor
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
790L
Language
English
Description
Describes the characteristics and habits of the small but fierce meat-eating dinosaur that lived in prehistoric times, as well as theories about its extinction.
15) Apatosaurus
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
670L
Language
English
Description
Describes the physical characteristics, habits, and natural environment of the huge plant-eating apatosaurus and discusses theories on why it became extinct.
17) Your pet gerbil
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
760L
Language
English
Description
Suggests what to consider when selecting a gerbil for a pet and explains what it needs by way of housing, food, health care, and activities.