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1) Heidi
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
Description
"Orphaned Heidi is sent to live with her grumpy grandfather in the Alps, but soon grows to love the mountains. When she is taken to Frankfurt, her homesickness and a new friendship with a disabled girl called Clara lead to an extraordinary turn of events"--
6) Fossil fever
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Jeff must learn patience when he accompanies his uncle on an expedition to hunt for dinosaur fossils in the Sahara Desert. Based on the real discovery of Afrovenator by Paul Sereno in 1993.
7) Wild horses
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Long ago, all horses were wild. In time, people taught them to wear a saddle and a bit. But some hroses wer not tamed. They never pulled a wagon. They never carried a rider or stayed in a stable. And they were never fenced in. On the moors of England, in the American West, and in the Australian outback, the world's wild horses still run free.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Tells the true story of the amazing dinosaur discovery of the first T-Rex in the Montana Badlands in the early 1900s after paleontologist Barnum Brown was given a hand-drawn map, dug up the teeth of the unknown creature, and kicked off a race to find its skeletal remains.
9) Mermaids
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Learn about mermaids and why they were believed to be real.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 2
Formats
Description
Balto has a quiet life as a sled dog—until tragedy strikes. Dozens of children in Nome become sick with diphtheria. Without antitoxin serum, they will perish—and the closest supply is 650 miles away! The only way to get the serum to Nome is by sled, but can the dogs deliver it in time? Heading bravely into a brutal blizzard, Balto leads the race for life.
A Kansas City Children’s Book Award for Grades 1–3
A Kansas City Children’s Book Award for Grades 1–3
11) The Titanic Sinks! (Totally True Adventures): How the Unsinkable Ship Met with Shocking Disaster
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 3
Description
Here is the exciting true story about the "unsinkable" Titanic! Dramatic accounts, white-knuckle suspense, and fast-paced action of how the world's biggest, safest ship sank on its maiden voyage. Includes black-and-white photos and full-color underwater photos of the wreck.
12) Aliens for Lunch
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
Formats
Description
Richard Bickerstaff and his friend Henry are prisoners on Grax, a hostile planet. Aric, their tiny alien friend, has been taken from them—perhaps forever. And now they're eating lunch in a Graxian jail, face to face with a Turinga Death Machine! Can life get any more dangerous? Kids will love this very funny Stepping Stones HUMOR title!
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2010
Formats
Description
Reissued with a fresh look and added content, the Stepping Stones History series is kid-friendly and Common Core ready!
When Anna Maria’s father dies, she moves to an orphanage in Venice. Though she misses her father, she knows he will always be with her, as long as she has his beautiful violin. Luckily, the orphanage is also a renowned music school, with a teacher who is none other than composer Antonio Vivaldi. But when
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
Formats
Description
It's been ten years since Richard Bickerstaff sat down to breakfast and an alien climbed out of his cereal bowl! Join Richard and Aric, a tiny, wisecracking creature from the planet Ganoob, as they battle to save the world from evil aliens in Aliens for Breakfast, Aliens for Lunch, and Aliens for Dinner. We're reissuing the trilogy with brand-new covers sporting a space age 10th Anniversary logo. Now a new generation of readers...
15) The golden ghost
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
Description
On a bike outing to the abandoned houses by the old cement mill, Delsie and her friend Todd discover one of the houses is not empty--and a ghost dog haunts the area.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
Formats
Description
Fast on the fins of Attack of the Shark-Headed Zombie is Bill Doyle's second tale of magic and mayhem.
Mr. Cigam has a new job for Keats and Henry. All they have to do is capture one little slug in the Purple Rabbit Supermarket. Sounds easy, right? Wrong! First, the slug isn't so little. Second, there's way more than just one. And to top it off, the supermarket has gone all kooky—Mr. Cigam's mixed-up magic has swirled down every aisle!...
Mr. Cigam has a new job for Keats and Henry. All they have to do is capture one little slug in the Purple Rabbit Supermarket. Sounds easy, right? Wrong! First, the slug isn't so little. Second, there's way more than just one. And to top it off, the supermarket has gone all kooky—Mr. Cigam's mixed-up magic has swirled down every aisle!...