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Author
Publisher
Pantheon Books
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"A page-turning work of narrative nonfiction chronicling the incredible story of one of America's most iconic, charismatic, and still polarizing figures, baseball immortal Pete Rose; and an exquisite cultural history of baseball and America in the second half of the twentieth century Pete Rose is a legend. A baseball god. He had compiled more hits than anyone in the history of baseball, a record he set decades ago, which still stands. At the same...
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Introduces readers to Luke's day celebrating the 100th day of school. Discusses the concept of the number 100 by showing the different activities Luke's class does to celebrate. Additional features to aid comprehension include vivid photographs, Extended Learning activities, a phonetic glossary, and sources for further research. Math is a part of everyday life. Come along as a fictional child explores real math concepts such as time, measurement,...
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Introduces readers to Ivy's day making a craft. Discusses the concept of measuring by showing how Ivy uses her ruler to make her art project. Additional features to aid comprehension include vivid photographs, Extended Learning activities, a phonetic glossary, and sources for further research. Math is a part of everyday life. Come along as a fictional child explores real math concepts such as time, measurement, and shapes during his or her day. The...
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Introduces readers to Ella's day exploring the park with her dad. Discusses the concept of shapes by showing Ella identify shapes in the park. Additional features to aid comprehension include vivid photographs, Extended Learning activities, a phonetic glossary, and sources for further research. Math is a part of everyday life. Come along as a fictional child explores real math concepts such as time, measurement, and shapes during his or her day. The...
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Introduces readers to Jake's day going to soccer practice. Discusses the concept of telling time by showing how Jake reads his watch to tell his dad when to pick him up from practice. Additional features to aid comprehension include vivid photographs, Extended Learning activities, a phonetic glossary, and sources for further research. Math is a part of everyday life. Come along as a fictional child explores real math concepts such as time, measurement,...
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Introduces readers to Finn's day going to the store. Discusses the concept of counting money by showing Finn buy different items from the store with his mom. Additional features to aid comprehension include vivid photographs, Extended Learning activities, a phonetic glossary, and sources for further research. Come along as a fictional child explores real math concepts such as time, measurement, and shapes during his or her day. The carefully leveled...
10) Valentine's Day
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"This book introduces readers to the history, meaning, traditions, and celebrations of Valentines Day. Vivid photographs and easy-to-read text aid comprehension for early readers. Features include a table of contents, an infographic, fun facts, Making Connections questions, a glossary, and an index."--Amazon.com.
11) Earth Day
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
This book introduces readers to the history, meaning, traditions, and celebrations of Earth Day. Vivid photographs and easy-to-read text aid comprehension for early readers. Features include a table of contents, an infographic, fun facts, Making Connections questions, a glossary, and an index. QR Codes in the book give readers access to book-specific resources to further their learning. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards....
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Introduces readers to Hope's day packing for a trip. Discusses the concept of sorting by showing Hope and her mom sort their items into different suitcases. Additional features to aid comprehension include vivid photographs, Extended Learning activities, a phonetic glossary, and sources for further research."--Publisher description.
13) Dentists
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Series
Language
English
Description
This book shows readers how dentists help their communities and why dental exams are important.
14) Farmers
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Series
Language
English
Description
This book shows readers how farmers help their communities, using familiar examples of the food they provide.--
16) The Odyssey
Author
Language
English
Description
"Ingrid works on a gargantuan cruise ship where she spends her days reorganizing the gift shop shelves and waiting for long-term guests to drop dead in the aisles. On her days off, she disembarks from the ship, wasting the hours aimlessly following tourists around, drinking the local alcohol, and buying clothes she never intends to wear. It's not a bad life. At least it distracts her from thinking about the other life--the other person--she left behind...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 23
Language
English
Description
1947. In the chaotic aftermath of World War II, American college girl Charlie St. Clair is pregnant, unmarried, and on the verge of being thrown out of her very porpoer family. She's also nursing a desperate hope that her beloved cousin Rose, who disappeared in Nazi-occupied France during the war, might still be alive. So when Charlies's parents banish her to Europe to have her "little problem" taken care of, Charlie breaks free and heads to London,...
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Series
Language
English
Description
Los Angeles police detective Peter Decker had grown very close to Rina Lazarus' young sons, as he had to their mother, and he looked forward to spending a day of his vacation camping with the boys. When one of the boys stumbles on two human skeletons, charred beyond recognition but identified by a forensic dentist as teenage girls, vacation time is over for Decker. The father of a teenage daughter himself, Decker throws himself into the murder case,...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Description
Fresh from med school, sixteen-year-old medical prodigy Saira arrives for her first day at her new job: treating children with cancer. She's always had to balance family and friendships with her celebrity as the Girl Genius, but she's never had to prove herself to skeptical adult co-workers while adjusting to real life-and-death stakes. And working in the same hospital as her mother certainly isn't making things any easier. But life gets complicated...