Larry Dane Brimner
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
1080L
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
For twelve history-making days in May 1961, thirteen black and white civil rights activists, also known as the Freedom Riders, traveled by bus into the South to draw attention to the unconstitutional segregation still taking place. Despite their peaceful protests, the Freedom Riders were met with increasing violence the further south they traveled.
2) Cats!
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2000
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 0.3 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
80L
Language
English
Description
A child has fun playing with some cats.
Author
Series
Publisher
Children's Press
Pub. Date
[1996]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
700L
Language
English
Description
Describes such animals as the polar bear, ringed seal, caribou, arctic hare, and wolverine and the ways they have adapted to life in the frigid arctic regions.
Author
Publisher
Calkins Creek Books
Pub. Date
[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.5 - AR Pts: 6
Lexile measure
1220L
Language
English
Description
A history of Cesar Chavez and the farm workers movement. In 1965, as the grapes in California?s Coachella Valley were ready to harvest, migrant Filipino American workers?who picked and readied the crop for shipping?negotiated a wage of $1.40 per hour, the same wage growers had agreed to pay guest workers from Mexico. But when the Filipino grape pickers moved north to Delano, in the Central Valley, and again asked for $1.40 an hour, the growers refused....
Author
Publisher
Calkins Creek
Pub. Date
[2011]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 8.7 - AR Pts: 4
Lexile measure
1150L
Language
English
Description
"In the nineteen fifties and early sixties, Birmingham, Alabama, became known as Bombingham. At the center of this violent time in the fight for civil rights, and standing at opposite ends, were Reverend Fred L. Shuttlesworth and Eugene "Bull' Connor. From his pulpit, Shuttlesworth agitated for racial equality, while Commissioner Connor fought for the status quo. Relying on court documents, police and FBI reports, newspapers, interviews, and photographs,...
9) In the fall
Author
Series
Publisher
The Child's World
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
A young child describes the sights and sounds of autumn, including the "Chop! Chop!" of the woodcutter and the changing colors of the leaves.
10) Firehouse Sal
Author
Series
Publisher
Children's Press
Pub. Date
[1996]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 0.9 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
320L
Language
English
Description
Fire Companies 1, 2, 3, and 4 rush across town to Fire Company 5, where the firehouse dog is having puppies.
11) Brave Mary
Author
Series
Publisher
Children's Press
Pub. Date
1996.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 0.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Everyone says Mary is brave, as she performs a number of tasks that require courage.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
910L
Language
English
Description
Briefly discusses the international competition in winter sports, beginning with the Nordic Games in 1908, and describes some of the sports involved, including skiing, ice hockey, skating, and bobsledding.
13) Cowboy up!
Author
Series
Publisher
Children's Press
Pub. Date
[1999]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 0.6 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
250L
Language
English
Description
Presents a rhyming look at a cowboy's day at the rodeo.
14) Aggie and Will
Author
Series
Publisher
Children's Press
Pub. Date
[1998]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.2 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
260L
Language
English
Description
Although Aggie and Will often disagree, they can still be friends.
15) Dinosaurs dance
Author
Series
Publisher
Children's Press
Pub. Date
1998.
Lexile measure
120L
Language
English
Description
Though other animals may twirl and prance, there is nothing like a dinosaur dance.
16) One summery day
Author
Series
Publisher
[Child's World]
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
A child describes some of the sights and sounds of summer.
17) Venus
Author
Series
Publisher
Children's Press
Pub. Date
[1998]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
870L
Language
English
Description
Discusses our early ideas about the planet Venus, what we have discovered about its true nature, and what we may learn from it in the future.
18) Nana's hog
Author
Series
Publisher
Children's Press
Pub. Date
[1998]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 0.8 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
330L
Language
English
Description
Although people think her behavior improper, Nana rides a hog through town.
19) How many ants?
Author
Series
Publisher
Children's Press
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.1 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
200L
Language
English
Description
Ants increase by multiples of ten as they march up the hill toward a tall cake.
20) Raindrops
Author
Series
Publisher
Children's Press
Pub. Date
[1999]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 0.8 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
250L
Language
English
Description
Follows the water cycle, as a raindrop moves into a creek, into a stream, into a river, and to its end in a lazy ocean.