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Author
Lexile measure
1350L
Language
English
Description
Focusing on the human relationship with plants, the author of Second nature uses botany to explore four basic human desires, sweetness, beauty, intoxication, and control, through portraits of four plants that embody them, the apple, tulip, marijuana, and potato. Every school child learns about the mutually beneficial dance of honeybees and flowers; the bee collects nectar and pollen to make honey and, in the process, spreads the flowers' genes far...
Author
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
1996.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.9 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
480L
Language
English
Description
Describes an apple tree as it grows leaves and flowers and then produces its fruit, while in its branches robins make a nest, lay eggs, and raise a family. Includes a recipe for apple pie.
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.3 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
AD 420L
Language
English
Description
A tree is the biggest plant that grows. Trees can live for a very long time, and they are alive all year long, even when they look dead in winter.In this newly illustrated book, you will learn how a tree grows and how it gets food and water. You can also find out what happens to water after it travels through a tree's roots, branches, and leaves, and how to figure out a tree's age.Clyde Robert Bulla's simple and concise text and Stacey Schuett's lush...
10) Eating apples
Author
Series
Publisher
Pebble Books
Pub. Date
[1998]
Language
English
Description
Simple text and photographs describe different ways to enjoy apples--whole, sliced, cooked, and juiced.
11) Apples
Author
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
2000.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
650L
Language
English
Description
Explains how apples were brought to America, how they grow, their traditional uses and cultural significance, and some of the varieties grown.
12) I am an apple
Author
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
[1997]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
310L
Language
English
Description
Depicts a bud on an apple tree as it grows into an apple, ripens, is harvested, and provides seeds as a promise for the future.
14) Apple picking
Author
Series
Publisher
Troll
Pub. Date
c1997.
Language
English
Description
A group of animal friends discover the joys of picking and eating apples.
17) Apples
Author
Series
Publisher
Children's Press
Pub. Date
2004.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.5 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
370L
Language
English
Description
Simple text introduces the process of growing and harvesting apples.
19) Apples
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2002]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
770L
Language
English
Description
Describes how apples are grown, harvested, and used, and details facts about apples in history, literature, and our daily lives.
20) Apples
Author
Series
Publisher
Child's World
Pub. Date
2000.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Simple text describes apples, where they grow, and how we use them.