Lucille Recht Penner
3) Ice wreck
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
Formats
Description
The story of Ernest Shackleton and his crew who never made it to the South Pole because of terrible conditions but were saved by his determination and courage.
4) Mermaids
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
Formats
Description
Learn about mermaids and why they were believed to be real.
6) Twisters!
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Describes how tornadoes and hurricanes form and the damage they do.
7) Monster bugs
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Describes some of the world's largest insects and spiders, including the Goliath beetle, praying mantis, tarantula, and giant atlas moth.
8) Monsters
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Offers a guide to monsters of all shapes and sizes, including the minotaur and the kraken, with a review of their menacing homes, stories about them, and the damage they have wrought on humans both on land and by sea.
9) Sitting Bull
Author
Pub. Date
c1995.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 1
Description
The true story of a boy called Slow, who grew up to be Sitting Bull, one of the greatest Indian chiefs ever.
13) Cowboys
Author
Pub. Date
©1996
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
Description
This book invites the reader to learn about cowboys and their exciting lives in the Old West.
Author
Pub. Date
[1996]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Illustrated in full color. A coat full of arrows...a wedding in the wilderness...men trudging across a field strewn with white skulls and bones - these fresh, new images are drawn entirely from original sources, with compelling stories that read better than fiction. The Pilgrims at Plymouth will give young readers a Pilgrim history that is bigger, richer, and more enthralling than any other now available.
15) Dragons
Author
Pub. Date
[2004]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Relates myths about dragons from different countries, including where they live, what they eat, and how they look, as well as how the myths may have developed.
16) Big Birds
Author
Pub. Date
2000
Description
Describes the physical characteristics, eating habits, defense behavior, and other aspects of large flightless birds both living and extinct, including ostriches, emus, cassowaries, rheas, elephant birds, and moas.