Susan L Roth
Author
Publisher
Lee & Low Books Inc
Pub. Date
[2013]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"A combined history of the Puerto Rican parrot and the island of Puerto Rico, highlighting current efforts to save the Puerto Rican parrot by protecting and managing this endangered species"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Publisher
Lee & Low Books Inc
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Cumulative text based on an old folksong alternating with additional scientific information explores the role of prairie dogs, a keystone species in North America's grasslands, and conservation efforts to restore the balance of plants and animals of the Janos, Mexico, prairie dog complex. Backmatter includes timeline, photographs, music, prairie dog facts, glossary, and authors' sources"--
Author
Publisher
Lee & Low Books Inc
Pub. Date
[2021]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"A combined history of the Hawaiian islands and the native Kamehameha butterfly up to and including current-day efforts of Hawaiʻi's Pulelehua Project, a group of professional and citizen scientists working to restore the butterfly's declining habitats and population. An afterword with additional information, photographs, and source list is included"--
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin
Pub. Date
[2006]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
For many years, Guido d'Arezzo, a young man from Tuscany, has imagined that his system of lines and spaces can be used as a written language of music and he is determined to make his ideas work.
Author
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2012]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Documents the inspiring January 2011 story about how thousands of Egypt's students, library workers, and demonstrators joined hands around the great Library of Alexandria to protect the building and the freedom it represents from rioting demonstrators.
Author
Publisher
Lee & Low Books
Pub. Date
[2011]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"A cumulative verse, alternating with additional narrative, describes the ecological and social transformation resulting from the work of Dr. Gordon Sato, a Japanese American cell biologist who made saltwater and desert land productive through the planting of mangrove trees in the tiny African country of Eritrea. Includes afterword, photographs, glossary, and author's sources"--Provided by publisher.
14) Buddha
Author
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
1994
Language
English
Description
When Siddhartha, a prince, journeyed outside palace gates and saw suffering, he began the journey that lead him to become Buddha, the Enlightened One.
15) My love for you
Author
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[1996]
Language
English
Description
Two mice walk along comparing love to animals from one bear to ten lovebirds.
Author
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2009]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Tells the true story of a man who became lost and delirious after an unsuccessful trek to the top of K2, was saved by the locals of a remote Himalayan village, and kept his vow to return one day to build them a new school as a gesture of sincere appreciation and gratitude for what they did for him in his time of need.
18) Leon's story
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
The son of a North Carolina sharecropper recalls the hard times faced by his family and other African Americans in the first half of the twentieth century and the changes that the civil rights movement helped bring about.
20) Made in Mexico
Author
Publisher
National Geographic Society
Pub. Date
c2000
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Describes the importance of the guitar in Mexico, especially in Paracho, a town which is becoming the center of the Mexican guitar industry.