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1) Trucks
Author
Publisher
National Geographic Society
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Formats
Description
Who can resist trucks? They're loud. They're complicated. They have wheels twice as tall as your dad. Trucks! has many cool images of the trucks we know and love. There's also curiosities like the $3 million mining truck that's "like driving a house." This Level 1 text is revved up with sound words and images to steer young readers on the road to reading success. National Geographic supports K-12 educators with ELA Common Core Resources. Visit natgeoed.org/commoncore for
...Author
Series
Publisher
Children's Press
Pub. Date
c2002
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A brief overview of the life of the man who was President of the United States during the difficult years of the Civil War and who issued the Emancipation Proclamation freeing the slaves.
Author
Series
Publisher
Children's Press
Pub. Date
c2002
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Briely introduces the life of Benjamin Franklin, touching on his inventions and his contributions to the city of Philadelphia as well as to the newly formed United States of America.
7) John Adams
Author
Series
Publisher
Marshall Cavendish Benchmark
Pub. Date
c2009
Language
English
Description
"Provides comprehensive information on President John Adams and places him within his historical and cultural context. Also explored are the formative events of his times and how he responded"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Series
Publisher
Children's Press
Pub. Date
c2004
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
An introduction to the life of the thirty-second president, Franklin D. Roosevelt, whose three terms in office spanned the years of the Depression and the Second World War.
11) Henry Ford
Author
Series
Publisher
Children's Press
Pub. Date
c2003
Language
English
Description
Looks at the life a Henry Ford, the man responisible for mass producing the automobile in the early part of the twentieth century.
13) Clara Barton
Author
Publisher
Children's Press
Pub. Date
c2002
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
An introduction to the life of the nurse who served on the battlefields of the Civil War and later founded the American Red Cross.
14) Jackie Robinson
Author
Publisher
Children's Press
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
When Jackie Robinson joined the Brooklyn Dodgers he became the fir st African American to play on a white Major League Baseball team. Read about how Robinson changed the face of baseball when he broke the color barrier and opened the door for the non-white players that followed.
15) George W. Bush
Author
Publisher
Children's Press
Pub. Date
c2003
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
An introduction to the life of George W. Bush, who became the forty-third president after the closest presidential race in United States history.
17) Rosa Parks
Author
Series
Publisher
Children's Press
Pub. Date
c2003
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A simple introduction to the life of the woman whose actions led to the desegregation of buses in Montgomery, Alabama, in the 1960s and who was an important figure in the early days of the civil rights movement.
18) Coyotes
Author
Publisher
Marshall Cavendish Benchmark
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
Description
"Provides comprehensive information on the anatomy, special skills, habitats, diet, and hunting strategies of coyotes"--Provided by publisher.
19) John Muir
Author
Series
Publisher
Children's Press
Pub. Date
c2002
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Introduces the life of John Muir, the naturalist who formed the Sierra Club to help preserve the Sierra Mountains.
20) Laura Bush
Author
Series
Publisher
Children's Press
Pub. Date
2003
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
An introduction to the life of the former Texas librarian and teacher who, as the wife of the forty-third president, became first lady in 2001.
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