Deborah Kops
Author
Series
Pub. Date
c2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
Description
How can robots help us explore space? A probe called New Horizons is zooming through the outer solar system. It's headed to Pluto. It and other space robots can go where people cannot survive. In this book, you'll learn how robots can work as our eyes, ears, and hands in space. As part of the Searchlight Books collection, this series explores outer space and sheds light on the question What's Amazing about Space? Fantastic photos, kid-friendly explanations...
Author
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.9 - AR Pts: 7
Description
Perfect for Women's History Month, here is the story of the extraordinary Alice Paul, a leader in the long struggle for votes for women.
Alice Paul made a significant impact on both the woman's suffrage movement—the long struggle for votes for women—to the "second wave," when women demanded full equality with men. After women won the vote in 1920, Paul wrote the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA), which would make all...
Alice Paul made a significant impact on both the woman's suffrage movement—the long struggle for votes for women—to the "second wave," when women demanded full equality with men. After women won the vote in 1920, Paul wrote the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA), which would make all...
Author
Pub. Date
2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 3
Description
January 15, 1919 : Suddenly the North End of Boston, Massachusetts, was transformed into a sea of dark, flowing molasses. A large tank holding the molasses had exploded, sending shards of metal hundreds of feet away, collapsing buildings, and coating the harborfront with a thick layer of sticky-sweet sludge. What had happened?
4) Palenque
Author
Series
Pub. Date
c2008
Description
Mysterious ancient ruins, hidden deep in the jungle of southern Mexico… In May 1840, explorers John Stephens and Frederick Catherwood road their mules along a steep, muddy jungle path. They were hoping to find the ruins of an ancient, deserted site in Mexico they knew only from visitors' accounts. Through the trees, they spied the remains of a crumbling stone palace. Palenque! In the weeks they spent there, the men discovered intricately designed...
5) Owls
Author
Series
Pub. Date
c2000
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Describes various kinds of owls, their binocular vision, hunting and eating habits, mating and nesting behaviors, how they raise their young, and effects of humans on their habitat.
6) Falcons
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2000
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 1
Description
An introduction to various species of falcons, describing their physical characteristics, feeding habits, parental behavior, and more.
Author
Series
Encyclopedia of presidents volume 12
Pub. Date
c2004
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8 - AR Pts: 3
Description
A biography of the twelfth president of the United States, with information on his childhood, family, political career, presidency, and legacy.