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Author
Series
Publisher
Penguin Group USA
Pub. Date
[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Kids will learn all about ballet: the most famous ballets, the positions, the outfits, the fun, and the hard work! It's not all roses and tutus for ballerinas. Dancing takes hard work and lots of practice"--
Author
Publisher
Grosset & Dunlap
Pub. Date
2014.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Exposing children to a diverse range of literary and informational texts, the Core Concepts program helps develop important literacy and cognitive skills necessary to meet many of the Common Core State Standards. Did you know that every year hundreds of thousands of monarch butterflies migrate 2,500 miles to Mexico for the winter? It takes four generations of butterflies to make the trip, and only the fourth generation lives longer than three weeks....
Author
Series
Publisher
Penguin Group USA
Pub. Date
[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
NC 1010L
Language
English
Description
"Few travel by trains today, but kids regardless are fascinated by the freight train, passenger trains, the conductor, and even the caboose. Terrific Trains will mix both illustrations and photographs to bring the railroad to life!"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Series
Publisher
Rosen Publishing
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"Though we take light for granted, the world's greatest scientists have long puzzled over its nature, properties, and behavior. Its incredible speed, mysterious frequency, relationship to color, form of travel, and uncanny ability to reflect, refract, diffract, and be absorbed altogether make light the ever-elusive quarry of science's greatest hunters of knowledge and understanding. This is the enthralling account of their investigations and discoveries,...
Author
Series
Publisher
Rosen Publishing
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"Ticking clocks, claps of thunder, the human voice--sound is anything that can be heard. Hearing sound is one thing, but understanding just how it works and what its properties are is quite another. Answering these questions and others concerning supersonic speed and breaking the sound barrier, how the human voice and ear work, and the age-old question of whether a tree falling in the forest unobserved makes any noise, this volume provides an accessible...
6) Hummingbirds
Author
Series
Publisher
Grosset & Dunlap, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) LLC
Pub. Date
[2015]
Lexile measure
AD 590L
Language
English
Description
"Hummingbirds are some of the most beautiful, tiniest birds in nature. They are the only creatures that can fly forward, backward, sideways--even upside down! Their hearts beat anywhere from 500 to 1200 times every minute; their wings flap as many as 80 times per second; and they breathe up to 600 times per minute. This fact-and-photo-filled nonfiction 8x8 will leave readers astounded by the smallest bird in America!"--
7) Worm weather
Author
Series
Publisher
Grosset & Dunlap, an imprint of Penguin Random House
Pub. Date
[2015]
Lexile measure
AD 240L
Language
English
Description
"Join in the rainy-day fun as kids splash through the puddles, affecting another weather enthusiast, a nearby worm. The worm delights in the weather just as much as the kids"--