Sarah L Thomson
Author
Language
English
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Description
Read and find out about the different kinds of food we eat and how to fill up your plate to keep your body healthy in this colorfully illustrated nonfiction picture book.
What's for lunch? Your body needs lots of different things to eat, and every kind of food has a different job to do. Did you know drinking milk makes your bones strong? Or that eating carrots helps you see better?
This is a clear and appealing science
...3) Dragon's Egg
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Formats
Description
It is a rare talent, and only she can care for the Inn's herd. She feeds them, gathers their eggs, and tends to their injuries. But Mella dreams about the dragons of legend, even though hardly anyone believes they still exist. Dragons are small farm animals, not huge fire-breathing monsters. Everyone knows that.
Until one day changes everything.
A Knight of the Order of Defenders arrives at the Inn. Signs of the mythical dragons
...Author
Series
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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Description
"Did you know that rhinoceroses are the second biggest land animal in the world, second only to elephants? How about that rhinos have especially poor eyesight? Or that white and black rhinos are called that even though neither of them is black or white? Perfect for all animal lovers--and rhino fans in particular--this book is filled with all the facts you need to know to become a rhinoceros expert! Where are rhinos found? What's it like to be a rhino?...
Author
Language
English
Description
Help kids ages 6 to 9 discover the life of Neil Armstrong-a story about working hard and achieving the impossible
Neil Armstrong became the first person ever to step foot on the moon. Before he flew space missions and made history with his moon landing, Neil was a curious kid who loved putting together model airplanes. He dreamed about pushing the boundaries of flight and studied hard in school to achieve his goals.
Explore how Neil went from...
9) Mercy
Author
Language
English
Description
Fourteen-year-old Haley is struggling to cope. She's got a new stepmom and baby brother. Her cousin Jake is dying from a terminal illness. Her grades are slipping. And the boy she likes is dating her best friend. But all that's nothing compared to what she uncovers when she digs deep into her family history for a school project. Now she's got a blood-stained glove, eerie messages on the TV screen, and ghostly images on her camera. Just what-or who-has...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
There are a lot of large birds that inhabit our world today-the albatross, the condor, the emperor penguin. But none of these compare to the terror bird: a bird of prey that roamed ancient South America over fifteen million years ago. The terror bird could stand as tall as a basket ball hoop, with strong beaks designed to hunt. For sixty million years, the terror bird thrived. Almost every other animal could be considered its prey. How did this prehistoric...
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
The saber-toothed cat was a fearsome prehistoric predator. Written for beginning readers, clear and succinct text explains how we think saber-toothed cats lived, hunted, and became extinct. Back matter explores other large-toothed predators and provides additional print, visual, and web resources.
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Ninety million years ago, giant dinosaurs roamed the earth, pterosaurs flew through the air, and giant reptiles and fish hunted in the oceans. The area that is now Kansas was covered by water and one of its inhabi-tants was the plesiosaur-a reptile with an extremely long neck and a huge body. This early reader about the ancient plesiosaur brings the prehistoric world of this ocean-dwelling animal to life, explain-ing how scientists think these reptiles...
Author
Series
Publisher
Philomel
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
79 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
"From where elephant habitats are found to what it's like to be an elephant to why elephants are endangered and who has been working hard to save them, this book gives readers all the facts they know to become elephant experts"--
14) Amazing sharks!
Author
Series
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2005
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
32 p. : col. ill. ; 23 cm.
Language
English
15) Save the...frogs
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
81 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"This environment/conservation-themed early reader series includes an introduction by animal advocate Chelsea Clinton, black-and-white photographs, a list of fun facts about the featured animal of each book, and things that kids can do right now to help save the featured animal from extinction"--
Author
Language
English
Description
The moving, true story of the young woman dubbed "The Voice of America's Bullied"; how her bond with her dog, Izzy, changed her life; and their mission to help break the cycle of bullying.
In middle school, Gabrielle "Gabe" Ford developed a degenerative muscle disease, and was harassed by bullies as a result. She did her best to keep her head high, but it wasn't easy. Then Gabe got a dog, Izzy, who developed an uncannily similar disorder. They were...
17) Cub's big world
Author
Publisher
Harcourt Children's Books, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
2013.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.6 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 x 29 cm
Language
English
Description
In this picture book about exploring the big snowy world, a tiny polar bear learns that she can be brave--especially with Mom close by--
Author
Publisher
Amazon Children's Publishing
Pub. Date
c2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
This adaptation of the old nursery poem Over in the Meadow introduces neighborhood animals and their young and the numbers one through ten.
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown
Pub. Date
2009.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
A boy befriends the moon when it falls from the sky, until finally, after much love and nurturing, the moon remembers how to find its way back home.