Connie Roop
Author
Publisher
Millbrook Press
Pub. Date
[1999]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Includes questions and answers about the history of Thanksgiving, along with jokes and riddles, a craft activity, and a brief look at other harvest celebrations around the world today.
6) Sitting Bull
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
[2002]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
770L
Language
English
Description
"A warrior I have been. Now, it is all over. A hard time I have had." With these words, Sitting Bull surrendered to the U.S. government on July 20, 1881. Sitting Bull spent most of his life trying to protect his people. A proud father and brave warrior, Sitting Bull wanted the Lakota Sioux to continue hunting buffalo and roaming the Plains. Although he lost this battle, Sitting Bull is remembered for his brave actions and notable accomplishments....
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
c2001.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
650L
Language
English
Description
Describes the events of the 1914 Shackleton Antarctic expedition when, after being trapped in a frozen sea for nine months, their ship, Endurance, was finally crushed, forcing Shackleton and his men to make a very long and perilous journey across ice and stormy seas to reach inhabited land.
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Reference
Pub. Date
[2012]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 3
Lexile measure
880L
Language
English
Description
Tells the stories of some of the most famous animals in history, from Alexander the Great's celebrated warhorse Bucephalus to a search and rescue dog from New Jersey named Quest who spent ten long days searching for survivors after September 11, 2001.
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Reference
Pub. Date
2010.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
820L
Language
English
Description
Introduces a diverse range of admirable men and women, in a fact-filled volume that includes coverage of such historic individuals as Nelson Mandela, Neil Armstrong, and Jane Goodall.
Author
Publisher
Carolrhoda Books
Pub. Date
[1986]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
560L
Language
English
Description
Reconstructs a possible mission of the fourteen-year-old spy who carried messages to George Washington's camp in the buttons of his coat during the Revolutionary War.