Nancy Roe Pimm
Author
Publisher
Ohio University Press
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.1 - AR Pts: 4
Lexile measure
1020L
Language
English
Formats
Description
"In this biography for middle-grade readers, Nancy Roe Pimm tells the story of Geraldine "Jerrie" Mock, the first woman to fly solo around the world. In her trusty Cessna, The Spirit of Columbus-also known as Charlie-she traveled from Columbus, Ohio, on an eastward route that totaled nearly twenty-three thousand miles and took almost a month. Overcoming wind, ice, mechanical problems, and maybe even sabotage, Mock persevered. Mock caught the aviation...
Author
Publisher
Darby Creek Pub
Pub. Date
[2004]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
910L
Language
English
Description
Looks at the history and excitement of the of the oldest and most famous automobile race in the United States, including the history of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway and the development of "Indy" cars.
Author
Publisher
Columbus Zoo
Pub. Date
[2011]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.5 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
NC 1080L
Language
English
Description
Celebrates and chronicles the surprise birth and endearing milestones of Colo, a gorilla born in 1956 at the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium in Ohio. Follows Colo's journey from a cuddly baby, to a feisty toddler, to a mother of three, to the matriarch of one very large gorilla family and now the oldest living gorilla in the world.