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1) Quiet Wyatt
Author
Series
Publisher
Children's Press
Pub. Date
©2007
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
A usually loud boy decideds to be quiet for a day.
2) Neptune
Author
Publisher
Children's Press
Pub. Date
c1999
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Describes the eighth planet from the sun, Neptune, and its orbit, rotation, gassy surface, rings, moons, and the visit by the Voyager 2 probe.
Author
Publisher
Calkins Creek, an imprint of Highlights
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.3 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
"In 1931, nine teenagers were arrested as they traveled on a train through Scottsboro, Alabama. The youngest was thirteen, and all had been hoping to find something better at the end of their journey. But they never arrived. Instead, two white women falsely accused them of rape. The effects were catastrophic for the young men, who came to be known as the Scottsboro Boys. Being accused of raping a white woman in the Jim Crow south almost certainly...
5) Uranus
Author
Publisher
Children's Press
Pub. Date
1999
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Discusses the discovery, rotation, unique tilt, rings, moons, and other aspects of the seventh planet from the sun.
9) Jupiter
Author
Publisher
Children's Press
Pub. Date
c1999
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Describes the appearance, climate, moons, and exploration of the largest planet in the solar system.
Author
Publisher
Calkins Creek, an imprint of Hightlights
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
For twelve history-making days in May 1961, thirteen black and white civil rights activists, also known as the Freedom Riders, traveled by bus into the South to draw attention to the unconstitutional segregation still taking place. Despite their peaceful protests, the Freedom Riders were met with increasing violence the further south they traveled.
12) Surfing
Author
Series
Publisher
Franklin Watts
Pub. Date
c1997
Language
English
Description
Discusses the history, equipment, and basic techniques of surfing, as well as safety issues and surfing etiquette.
13) A migrant family
Author
Publisher
Lerner Publications Company
Pub. Date
c1992
Language
English
Description
Portrays the life of twelve-year-old Juan Medina and his family, migrant workers living in Encinitas, California.
14) Black and White: The Confrontation between Reverend Fred L. Shuttlesworth and Eugene Bull Connor
Author
Publisher
Calkins Creek
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
In the nineteen fifties and early sixties, Birmingham, Alabama, became known as Bombingham. At the center of this violent time in the fight for civil rights, and standing at opposite ends, were Reverend Fred L. Shuttlesworth and Eugene "Bull" Connor. From his pulpit, Shuttlesworth agitated for racial equality, while Commissioner Connor fought for the status quo. Relying on court documents, police and FBI reports, newspapers, interviews, and photographs,...
Author
Publisher
Calkins Creek
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Description
Here is the story of Roberto Alvarez, whose court battle against racism and school segregation in Lemon Grove, CA, is considered the first time an immigrant community used the courts to successfully fight injustice.
Roberto Alvarez's world changed the day he could no longer attend Lemon Grove Grammar School in the small, rural community where he lived near San Diego, California. He and the other Mexican American students were told they...
Roberto Alvarez's world changed the day he could no longer attend Lemon Grove Grammar School in the small, rural community where he lived near San Diego, California. He and the other Mexican American students were told they...
Author
Publisher
Calkins Creek
Pub. Date
2024
Language
English
Description
Jane Addams Children's Honor Book
NCTE Orbis Pictus Honor Book
Kirkus Reviews Best Children's Book of the Year
This nonfiction picture book focuses on Birmingham Sunday, a fateful day and significant part of the Civil Rights movement, and places it in historical context.
Racial bombings were so frequent in Birmingham, Alabama that it became known as "Bombingham." Until September 15, 1963, these attacks had been threatening...
NCTE Orbis Pictus Honor Book
Kirkus Reviews Best Children's Book of the Year
This nonfiction picture book focuses on Birmingham Sunday, a fateful day and significant part of the Civil Rights movement, and places it in historical context.
Racial bombings were so frequent in Birmingham, Alabama that it became known as "Bombingham." Until September 15, 1963, these attacks had been threatening...
Author
Publisher
Two Lions
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
Puppy is small and loves to play. Bear is big and feels grumpy. But the two unlikely friends soon become inseparable. All summer long they play hide-and-seek under the oak trees, fly down the lane on Bear's bike, and pretend to be pirates. Everything is perfect, until the weather cools down and the leaves start to change. Bear is suddenly too busy to play with Puppy. Now that Bear has started school, is he going to leave Puppy behind…forever?
...18) Dinosaurs dance
Author
Series
Publisher
Children's Press
Pub. Date
c1998
Language
English
Description
Though other animals may twirl and prance, there is nothing like a dinosaur dance.
19) Nana's fiddle
Author
Series
Publisher
Children's Press
Pub. Date
2002
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Although her neighbors are reluctant to listen to her play the fiddle, Nana persists and her hog steals the show.
20) Nana's hog
Author
Series
Publisher
Children's Press
Pub. Date
c1998
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 0.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Although people think her behavior improper, Nana rides a hog through town.