Donna German
101) My Half Day
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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The wacky fun continues as a young boy awakens to find a half-head of hair. After chugging down his glass of milk that's two-thirds gooey paste, he and his friend are off to camp for a day of fraction fun and an out-of-this world soccer game. The first two books in the series, One Odd Day and My Even Day, won a Learning Magazine's 2008 Teachers' Choice Award for Children's Books. As with the series' other books, the imaginative illustrations are sure...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
Español
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Responde rápido: ¿Cuál es el animal más veloz del mundo? ¿El guepardo, dijiste? Si así fue, tienes razón… en parte. El guepardo, o chita, puede alcanzar velocidades de 70 mph (millas por hora) pero ¿sabías que hay una especie de ave que puede volar más rápido que un auto de carreras? ¿Y sabes que esa ave tampoco es el animal más rápido que existe? Esta mirada a los doce finalistas entre las especies más rápidas de la naturaleza examina...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Description
Mummies can't talk; but with modern scientific tools, we can still discover what a mummy has to tell us. Read the stories of mummified Egyptian pharaohs and priestesses, baby elephants, pampered pets, and even a prehistoric bison. Uncover clues to centuries-old murder mysteries and human sacrifices, and even find out what a person or animal had for their last meal! Information from real scientists explains how we know what we know about each mummy....
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Description
How much does an elephant weigh? How do you know? How would you know if you didn't have a modern scale? Six-year-old Cao Chong, the most famous child prodigy in Chinese history, faced just this problem! Chong watches as the prime minister's most trusted and learned advisors debate different methods. The principal of buoyancy and a little bit of creative thinking help this boy come up with a solution. This fictional story includes a 4-page For Creative...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Long ago, the Old Ones were bad. They drank all the water, ate all the pine nuts, and left nothing for the other creatures. Sinawav the coyote punished them by turning them into rocky hoodoos. Now when children misbehave, their Paiute elders remind them that they too could be turned into stone columns! Vivian has heard the stories, but this year as she and her grandmother climb the mesa to pick pine nuts, Vivian has something more important on her...