Mary Dodson Wade
Author
Series
Publisher
Enslow Elementary an imprint of Enslow Publishers, Inc
Pub. Date
[2010]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Looks at the life and accomplishments of Matthew Henson, an Arctic explorer who became the first African-American to reach the North Pole in 1909 as part of Robert Peary's expedition.
Author
Publisher
Sleeping Bear Press
Pub. Date
c2013
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Long ago, the emperor of China, seeking a way to help recall the year in which certain events occur, calls upon the animals to race one another and the first twelve to finish will have a year named after them.
9) Map scales
Author
Publisher
Children's Press
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Teaches readers how to use a map's key to determine its scale as well as how scales can be used to measure distances.
Author
Publisher
Millbrook Press
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A biography of the famous woman pilot who set many records before she was mysteriously lost over the Pacific Ocean in 1937, emphasizing her belief that women could and should do anything they set their minds to.
12) Map scale
Author
Series
Publisher
Children's Press
Pub. Date
c2003
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Introduces how to determine approximately how far apart places are by using the scale on a map.
Author
Publisher
The Millbrook Press, Inc
Pub. Date
1997
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Quotes from the writings Laura Ingalls Wilder and paintings by one of her relatives accompany accounts of pioneer live in the Midwest during the second half of the 1800's.
Author
Series
Publisher
Children's Press
Pub. Date
[2002]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Explains how Mexican families celebrate the lives of their deceased loved ones, including sharing pictures and stories, preparing feasts, and lighting candles in the graveyard on November 1, The Day of the Dead.
Publisher
Enslow Publishers
Pub. Date
2002
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
in this book Mary Dodson Wade captures the devastation and terror of a frightful day. Also included are explanations of the geophysics of tsunamis and how scientists predict future tsunami events.