Mary Dodson Wade

Series

Gateway biography

Publisher

Millbrook Press

Accelerated Reader

IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 1

Lexile measure

810L

Language

English

Description

A biography of the famous woman pilot who set many records before she was mysteriously lost over the Pacific Ocean in 1937, emphasizing her belief that women could and should do anything they set their minds to.

2) Benedict Arnold

Author

Series

First book

Publisher

F. Watts

Pub. Date

[1994]

Accelerated Reader

IL: MG - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 1

Language

English

3) Seeds sprout!

Author

Series

Publisher

Enslow Elementary

Pub. Date

[2009]

Lexile measure

470L

Language

English

Description

"Presents information about seeds, including where they come from, how they grow, and how they travel"--Provided by publisher.

4) Flowers bloom!

Author

Series

Publisher

Enslow Elementary

Pub. Date

[2009]

Lexile measure

520L

Language

English

Description

"Presents basic information about flowers, including colors, shapes, sizes, and parts"--Provided by publisher.

5) People need plants!

Author

Series

Publisher

Enslow Elementary

Pub. Date

[2009]

Lexile measure

470L

Language

English

Description

"Presents information about how humans and animals use plants for housing, food, clothing, and other necessities"--Provided by publisher.

6) Plants live everywhere!

Author

Series

Publisher

Enslow Elementary

Pub. Date

[2009]

Lexile measure

560L

Language

English

Description

"Information about plants living in different habitats for young readers"--Provided by publisher.

7) Tsunami: monster waves

Author

Series

American disasters

Publisher

Enslow Publishers

Pub. Date

[2002]

Accelerated Reader

IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 1

Language

English

Description

Describes what tsunamis are, how they are created, and discusses several large tsunamis that have occured.

8) Trees, weeds, and vegetables--so many kinds of plants!

Author

Series

Publisher

Enslow Elementary

Pub. Date

[2009]

Lexile measure

530L

Language

English

Description

"Presents information about different types of plants"--Provided by publisher.

9) Amazing arctic explorer Matthew Henson

Author

Series

Amazing Americans

Publisher

Enslow Publishers

Pub. Date

[2010]

Accelerated Reader

IL: LG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1

Language

English

Description

"Readers will find out about Matthew Henson's life and his quest to reach the North Pole with Robert Peary"--Provided by publisher.

10) I'm going to California =: Yo voy a California

Author

Publisher

Colophon House

Pub. Date

[1997]

Accelerated Reader

IL: LG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1

Language

English

11) Christopher Columbus

Author

Series

Rookie biography

Publisher

Children's Press

Pub. Date

[2003]

Accelerated Reader

IL: LG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 1

Lexile measure

600L

Language

English

Description

Presents a brief look at the life of Christopher Columbus and his search for a new route to the Indies.

12) Plants grow!

Author

Series

Publisher

Enslow Elementary

Pub. Date

[2009]

Lexile measure

430L

Language

English

Description

"Information about the life cycle and parts of a plant for young readers"--Provided by publisher.

13) Amazing Olympic athlete Wilma Rudolph

Author

Series

Amazing Americans

Publisher

Enslow Publishers

Pub. Date

[2010]

Accelerated Reader

IL: LG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1

Lexile measure

540L

Language

English

Description

"This entry-level biography describes how Wilma Rudolph overcame childhood polio and competed in the Olympics"--Provided by publisher.

14) Christopher Columbus: famous explorer

Author

Graphic library. Graphic biographies

Series

Publisher

Capstone Press

Pub. Date

[2007]

Accelerated Reader

IL: MG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1

Lexile measure

GN 530L

Language

English

Description

Graphic novel treatment of the life of Christopher Columbus.

15) Map scales

Author

Rookie read-about geography

Series

Publisher

Children's Press

Pub. Date

[2003]

Accelerated Reader

IL: LG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 1

Lexile measure

540L

Language

English

Formats

Book - Regular Print, Child - Beginning Reader

Description

Introduces how to determine approximately how far apart places are by using the scale on a map.

16) Cinco de Mayo

Author

Rookie read-about holidays

Series

Publisher

Children's Press

Pub. Date

[2003]

Accelerated Reader

IL: LG - BL: 2.3 - AR Pts: 1

Lexile measure

550L

Language

English

17) Types of maps

Author

Rookie read-about geography

Series

Publisher

Children's Press

Pub. Date

[2003]

Accelerated Reader

IL: LG - BL: 2.2 - AR Pts: 1

Lexile measure

500L

Language

English

Formats

Book - Regular Print, Child - Beginning Reader

Description

Introduces different types of maps and how they are used, including those that show how to get to a place and those that show what you will find when you arrive.

18) Austin: the son becomes father

Author

Publisher

Colophon House

Pub. Date

[1993]

Language

English

Description

A biography of the patient, cultured empresario who founded Texas. Because he accepted the responsibility of fulfilling his father's dream to establish an American colony in Spanish land, he became the Father of Texas.

19) Homesteading on the plains: daily life in the land of Laura Ingalls Wilder

Author

Publisher

Millbrook Press

Pub. Date

[1997]

Accelerated Reader

IL: MG - BL: 7.3 - AR Pts: 1

Lexile measure

1070L

Language

English

Description

Quotes from the writings of Laura Ingalls Wilder and paintings by one of her relatives accompany accounts of pioneer life in the Midwest during the second half of the 1800s.

20) El Dia de los Muertos

Author

Rookie read-about holidays

Series

Publisher

Children's Press

Pub. Date

[2002]

Accelerated Reader

IL: LG - BL: 2.3 - AR Pts: 1

Lexile measure

510L

Language

English

Description