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1) Dreamers
Author
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"An illustrated picture book autobiography in which award-winning author Yuyi Morales tells her own immigration story"--
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2020]
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
27 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Presents the life and accomplishments of the pioneering scientist who became the world's expert on chimpanzees.
Author
Publisher
A.A. Knopf
Pub. Date
c2008
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 29 cm.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Chronicles how writer Jerry Siegel and illustrator Joe Shuster created the character of Superman and, after being turned down by several editors, finally published their first comic book featuring the Man of Steel in 1938.
Author
Series
Magic tree house fact tracker volume 41
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
123 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Following their adventure with Benjamin Franklin, Jack and Annie want to learn more about the Founding Father and search out facts about his life and accomplishments, including his electricity kite-flying experiment and his most famous inventions.
Author
Publisher
Lerner Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2019
Edition
Unabridged
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Gymnast Simone Biles won four Olympic gold medals in 2016, and she plans to compete at the Olympics again in 2020. This carefully leveled text with engaging photos and critical thinking questions will be a hit with young gymnastics fans.
Author
Publisher
Chronicle Books
Pub. Date
c2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 26 cm.
Language
English
Description
Before Jacques Cousteau became an internationally known oceanographer and champion of the seas, he was a curious little boy. In this biography, poetic text and paintings combine to create a portrait of Jacques Cousteau.
Author
Publisher
Eerdmans Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 27 cm.
Language
English
Description
A picture book biography of William Carlos Williams traces childhood events that lead him to become a doctor and a poet.
Author
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
1996
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 30 cm.
Language
English
Description
Young Harriet Tubman, whose childhood name was Minty, dreams of escaping slavery on the Brodas plantation in the late 1820s.
Author
Publisher
Lerner Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2019
Edition
Unabridged
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
New York Yankees outfielder Aaron Judge became a fan favorite in his rookie season with the team. This title's reader-friendly text, critical thinking questions, and bright design will attract young baseball fans.
13) Pocahontas
Author
Publisher
Rourke Pub
Pub. Date
2004
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
32 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
A brief biography of the seventeenth-century Indian princess who befriended Captain John Smith and the English settlers of Jamestown.
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2013.
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
39 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 30 cm
Language
English
Description
Here is the story of the ambitious young man who brought life-changing ideas to America, despite the obstructive efforts of his hero-turned-rival, Thomas Edison. From using alternating current to light up the Chicago World's Fair to harnessing Niagara to electrify New York City and beyond, Nikola Tesla was a revolutionary ahead of his time. Remote controls, fluorescent lights, X-rays, speedometers, cell phones, even the radio -- all resulted from...
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2020]
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 31 cm
Language
English
Description
"The first ever picture book biography about the inimitable Fred Rogers, beloved creator and star of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood"--
19) Abraham Lincoln
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
c2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
117 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Presents a non-fiction companion to the book "Abe Lincoln At Last!," discussing what it was like to grow up in a log cabin and what Lincoln's family life was like, and describes how he became the sixteenth president of the United States.
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A woman tells her young son the true story of how his great-great-grandfather, Captain Harry Colebourn, rescued and learned to love a bear cub in 1914 as he was on his way to take care of soldiers' horses during World War I, and the bear became the inspiration for A.A. Milne's Winnie-the-Pooh.