Allan Wolf
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
This book recounts one of history's most harrowing - and chilling - tales of survival. In 1846, a group of emigrants bound for California face a choice: continue on their planned route or take a shortcut into the wilderness. Eighty-nine of them opt for the untested trail, a decision that plunges them into danger and desperation and, finally, the unthinkable. This is a retelling of the ill-fated journey of the Donner party across the Sierra Nevadas...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Formats
Description
Everybody likes Chris Goodman. He's the kind of guy who's always up for a good time, always happy to lend a hand. Everybody likes Chris Goodman, which makes it especially shocking when he's murdered. How could a thing like this happen?
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
Recreates the 1912 sinking of the Titanic as observed by millionaire John Jacob Astor, a beautiful young Lebanese refugee finding first love, "Unsinkable" Molly Brown, Captain Smith, and others including the iceberg itself
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Violet and her family venture to a local park to partake in some late-night stargazing. Telescope and space book in tow, Violet is ready to explore and discover the night sky for herself, wherever that may lead."--Front jacket flap.
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Rhyming text follows children as they explore the world through reading. The book offers an invitation to reading and reminds us that books, no matter how they are consumed, give readers of every background the same opportunity to let their imaginations soar.
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2004
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Description
The letters and thoughts of Thomas Jefferson, members of the Corps of Discovery, their guide Sacagawea, and Captain Lewis's Newfoundland dog, all tell of the historic exploratory expedition to seek a water route to the Pacific Ocean
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Learn vital processes and procedures about gardening through different types of poetry.
"There's a lot more to gardens than meets the eye! In this collection of buoyant poems filled with fun facts, young nature enthusiasts and budding gardeners are called on to help solve a mystery by the compost bin, join a Wild West-style standoff between some good bugs and a few bad ones, interview the sun to find out what happens when it drinks a glass of water,...
Publisher
Seagrass Press
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Gorgeous illustrations surround a collection of poetry written for children about the magic, beauty, and promise of sea voyages. Compiled and edited by award-winning poet Lee Bennett Hopkins, the poems describe how the sea has historically shone as a metaphor for hope and despair and served as a pathway for people searching for new life, including poems about the pilgrims coming to the New World, the Mariel boatlift, the Vietnamese boat people, a...