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Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Appears on these lists
Children's Awards: Caldecott Honor for Quality Illustrations
Children's Book Awards: 2024 Winners and Honors
Children's New Books: June 2023 Biographies
Children's Special Topics: Women's History Month 2024
Children's Book Awards: 2024 Winners and Honors
Children's New Books: June 2023 Biographies
Children's Special Topics: Women's History Month 2024
Formats
Description
"Jovita didn't want to cook and clean like her sisters, and she especially didn't want to wear the skirts her abuela gave her. She wanted to race her brothers and climb the tallest mesquite trees in Rancho Palos Blancos, ride horses, and wear pants! When her father and brothers joined the Cristeros War to fight for the right to practice religion, she wanted to help. She wasn't allowed to fight, but that didn't stop her from observing how her father...
Author
Series
Diary of an awesome friendly kid volume 1
Pub. Date
2019
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
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Description
In his first journal, middle schooler Rowley Jefferson, Greg Heffley's sidekick, records his experiences and misguided decision to write a biography of Greg, who, in his own mind, is destined to become rich and famous.
5) Matilda
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
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Description
Matilda applies her untapped mental powers to rid the school of the evil, child-hating headmistress, Miss Trunchbull, and restore her nice teacher, Miss Honey, to financial security.
Author
Series
Press start! volume 8
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
It is time for the All-Star games, and Super Rabbit Boy wants to be crowned the Ultimate All-Star Champion, but with so many contestants, including the evil King Viking, he will need help from Sunny and his video game console to claim his prize.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
When Camp Half-Blood, the only safe haven for demigods, comes close to being overrun by mythological monsters, Percy must find his best friend Grover, who is prisoner on an island in the Bermuda Triangle, and then set out to save the Camp.
8) Desert Queen
Author
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Formats
Description
As a young boy, Harish hears and feels the music of the Thar Desert, all around him: "When the khamaicha thrums and the dholak drums
and the boy's feet tap
and his fingers sway ...
it is softly ... softly, so no one sees." Harish knows the line between what men and women should want, and he keeps it in sight. But when Harish's family suffers loss, he finds himself in charge of two sisters, in charge of making money. And so he begins to dance publicly,...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Appears on these lists
Children's Awards: Newbery Medal for Distinguished Literature
Children's Book Awards: 2024 Winners and Honors
Children's New Books: June 2023 Middle Grade Chapter Books
NYT - Children’s Middle Grade Hardcover
Children's Book Awards: 2024 Winners and Honors
Children's New Books: June 2023 Middle Grade Chapter Books
NYT - Children’s Middle Grade Hardcover
Description
Free dog Johannes' job is to observe everything that happens in his urban park and report back to the park's three bison elders, but changes are afoot, including more humans, a new building, a boatload of goats, and a shocking revelation that changes his view of the world.
Author
Series
Heroes of Olympus volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 17
Language
English
Appears on these lists
Children's New Books: September 2020 eBooks and eAudiobooks
Children's Special Topics: New e-Books November 2021
Children's Special Topics: New e-Books November 2021
Description
Percy is confused. When he awoke from his long sleep, he didn't know much more than his name. His brain fuzz is lingering, even after the wolf Lupa told him he is a demigod and trained him to fight with the pen/sword in his pocket. Somehow Percy manages to make it to a camp for half-bloods, despite the fact that he has to keep killing monsters along the way. But the camp doesn't ring any bells with him. The only thing he can recall from his past is...
12) Biodiversity
Author
Series
Publisher
Brown Bear Books
Pub. Date
[2023]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"An introduction to biodiversity, why it is important, why it is under threat, and what we can do to reverse losses in biodiversity"--
Author
Series
Publisher
Pebble, an imprint of Capstone
Pub. Date
[2023]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Whales whistle, fireflies glow, and skunks spray-that's how they communicate! Find out how mammals, reptiles, birds, and other animals send messages and signals to stay safe, make friends, and care for their young. Accessible and fun K-3 level information reveals the animal world to young readers and researchers in this Pebble Explore title from the Animal Societies series"--
Author
Series
Publisher
Pebble, an imprint of Capstone
Pub. Date
[2023]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Animals are busy! Sea dragon fathers care for babies. Eagle parents build giant nests. Sea lions stand guard for one another. In every animal community, animals have jobs to do, just like people! Accessible and fun K-3 level information reveals the animal world to young readers and researchers in this Pebble Explore title from the Animal Societies series"--
Author
Series
Publisher
Pebble, an imprint of Capstone
Pub. Date
[2023]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"A bear sleeps in a den. A snake might coil around a branch to rest. A crab carries its home on its back! Find out where all kinds of animals live-in the water, up in the trees, or burrowed underground. Accessible and fun K-3 level information reveals theanimal world to young readers and researchers in this Pebble Explore title from the Animal Societies series"--
Author
Series
Publisher
Quarry
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"The Kitchen Pantry Scientist : Ecology for Kids features biographies of 25 leading ecologists, past and present, accompanied by accessible and engaging experiments and activities to bring the history and principles of ecology alive"--
Author
Publisher
Running Press
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"The full scoop on how astronauts pee and poop. There's no time for pitstops when traveling to the moon. Space travel is a pinnacle of human ambition and a marvel of engineering. But the inventiveness didn't stop with rocket fuel and space suits. Someonehad to figure out how our brave astronauts would go to the bathroom. And like any scientific endeavor, it took a lot of trial and error. As we celebrate the 55th anniversary of the first moon landing...
Author
Publisher
Twenty-First Century Books
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"This informative compendium goes beyond the basics of sexual reproduction to examine the diversity of family creation. Using interviews with individuals and families, Rachel Ginocchio breaks down in-vitro fertilization, surrogacy, adoption, and more"--
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