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Provides access to the printed True Book series in the form of eBooks. There are also accompanying videos and other activities to supplement the books. This is a great resource for elementary students, in grades 3 to 6, doing research on science or social studies topics.
Author
Series
Publisher
ABDO Pub. Co
Pub. Date
c2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Describes the early lives of Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield, the founders of Ben & Jerry's ice cream company, explains how they built their business, and discusses their later life and the causes they support.
22362) Mistress of the sun: a novel
Author
Series
Sun Court duet volume 1
Publisher
Touchstone
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Carolrhoda Books
Pub. Date
c2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Retells the life of Bass Reeves, a former slave who became a deputy U.S. Marshal in the Indian Territory and was exceptional at tracking down fugitives and bringing them to justice.
22368) Inside job
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
Description
Provides an analysis of the global financial crisis of 2008. At a cost of over $20 trillion, it caused millions of people to lose their jobs and homes in the worst recession since the Great Depression and nearly resulted in a global financial collapse. Through exhaustive research and extensive interviews with key financial insiders, politicians, journalists, and academics, this film traces the rise of a rogue industry which has corrupted politics,...
22369) The BP oil spill
Author
Series
Publisher
Children's Press
Pub. Date
2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Describes the 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico caused by a faulty oil rig, detailing the events leading up to the oil rig explosion and subsequent oil spill, how it affected the Gulf ecosystems, and how the spill is being cleaned.
Author
Series
Hip-hop family tree volume 1
Publisher
Fantagraphics Books
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
Captures the history of the formative years of hip-hop, including such rap pioneers as Afrika Bambaataa, MC Sha Rock, and DJ Kool Herc.
"Yes yes, y'all! Acclaimed young cartoonist Ed Piskor (Wizzywig) schools you on the old school in this essential, explosively entertaining, encyclopedic cultural chronicle of an American art form that changed the world. Hip Hop Family Tree (originally serialized online at Boing Boing) takes you form the parks and...
Author
Publisher
Picador
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"Six gentlemen, one goal: the destruction of Hitler's war machine. In the spring of 1939, a top-secret organization was founded in London: its purpose was to plot the destruction of Hitler's war machine through spectacular acts of sabotage. The guerrilla campaign that followed was every bit as extraordinary as the six men who directed it. One of them, Cecil Clarke, was a maverick engineer who had spent the 1930s inventing futuristic caravans. Now,...
22372) The Black kids
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster BFYR
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Description
Los Angeles, 1992. It's the end of senior year and Ashley Bennett and her friends are spending more time at the beach than in the classroom. When four LAPD officers are acquitted after beating a black man named Rodney King half to death, violent protests engulf LA and the city burns. Ashley tries to continue on as if life were normal; her self-destructive sister gets dangerously involved in the riots. The model black family façade her wealthy and...
22373) Jibeuro =: The way home
Series
Publisher
[Distributed by] Paramount Classics
Pub. Date
[2003], ©2002
Language
Korean
Description
Through an elderly and old-fashioned grandmother, a spoiled seven-year-old boy learns to accept and understand the simple pleasures of nature and her lifestyle.
Author
Publisher
Disney/Hyperion
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"Prepare to discover new heroes among these twenty-one women who challenged the status quo, championed others, and made their voices heard. From Jane Addams to Alice Waters, from groundbreaking artists and social justice advocates to scientific pioneers and business innovators, a strong thread of trailblazing women runs through American history. Written in compelling, accessible prose and vividly illustrated by Caldecott Medalist Emily Arnold McCully,...
Author
Publisher
W.W. Norton & Company, Inc
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Cândido Rondon is by any measure the greatest tropical explorer in history. Between 1890 and 1930, he navigated scores of previously unmapped rivers, traversed untrodden mountain ranges, and hacked his way through jungles so inhospitable that even native peoples had avoided them--and led Theodore Roosevelt and his son, Kermit, on their celebrated "River of Doubt" journey in 1913-14. Upon leaving the Brazilian Army in 1930 with the rank of a two-star...
Author
Publisher
Sterling Children's Books, an imprint of Sterling Publishing Co. Inc
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"What is the U.S. Constitution? And what is it saying, exactly? Without this super-important document, we wouldn't have the rights, privileges and freedoms we cherish today. But how does the Constitution affect YOU, and what exactly are YOUR rights? This book aims to answer those questions -- and many more! Follow along as we cover the basics of how the Constitution came together, how it set up the United States government, and how it has changed...
Author
Publisher
Avid Reader Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"In the 1930s, as official government expeditions set their sights on conquering Mount Everest, a little-known World War I veteran named Maurice Wilson conceives his own crazy, beautiful plan: he will fly a plane from England to Everest, crash-land on its lower slopes, then become the first person to reach its summit--all utterly alone. Wilson doesn't know how to climb. He barely knows how to fly. But he has the right plane, the right equipment, and...
22379) George Washington Carver
Author
Publisher
Raintree
Pub. Date
[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"This book traces the life of George Washington Carver, from his early childhood and education through his sources of inspiration and challenges faced, early successes, and the agricultural discoveries for which he is best known. A timeline at the end of the book summarizes key milestones and achievements of Carver's life."--
Author
Publisher
Philomel Books
Pub. Date
c2006
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
In Belgium during World War II, Willy becomes friends with Max and his Jewish family, and although they become separated, they remain related by a bond of friendship and a special painting.
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