Stephen Krensky
22) Pearl Harbor
Author
Publisher
Aladdin Paperbacks
Pub. Date
c2001
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Describes events leading up to the surprise Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, and the attack itself on Dec. 7, 1941.
24) Pins & Needles
Author
Series
Publisher
Grosset & Dunlap, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) LLC
Pub. Date
[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.4 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Pins is a porcupine who loves to take chances. Needles is a porcupine who is always scared. But when Pins gets himself into a bit of trouble, will Needles be brave enough to help him out?--
Author
Series
A Marc Brown Arthur chapter book volume 7
Publisher
Little, Brown
Pub. Date
c1998
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
Description
On a class trip to Rainbow Rock State Park, Arthur and Buster uncover a rare fossil but have second thoughts about sharing their discovery with the park's paleontologists.
Author
Series
Marc Brown Arthur chapter book volume 16
Publisher
Little, Brown, and Co
Pub. Date
c1999
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Arthur and his friends help Buster study for an important test so that he will be able to move on to the fourth grade with them.
Author
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
c1991
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Depicts traditional lifestyles in five different tribes of North American Indians through vignettes set in a time almost two hundred years ago, when they still had much of the continent to themselves.
Author
Publisher
Aladdin Paperbacks
Pub. Date
c2002
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Wanting to prove her bravery to the boys, Sacagawea is upset when she is left behind on the hunt, yet while gathering wood with her grandmother, an encounter with a rattlesnake proves her courage and earns her the respect she has longed to have.
30) Barack Obama
Author
Series
Publisher
DK Pub
Pub. Date
2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.9 - AR Pts: 4
Description
Presents the life of Barack Obama, including his childhood in the United States and abroad, careers as a community organizer and lawyer, and his election as the forty-four president in 2009.
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books For Young Readers
Pub. Date
2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
Description
A curious young bear, who does not want to miss the delights of winter, skips his first hibernation to play in the snow, glide on the ice, and admire the glittering rows of icicles and snow-covered pine trees.
34) Clara Barton
Author
Series
Publisher
DK Pub
Pub. Date
2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.3 - AR Pts: 4
Description
Describes the life and accomplishments of Clara Barton, a teacher who organized efforts to bring nursing care to wounded soldiers during the Civil War and who went on to become the founder of the American Red Cross.
Author
Series
Publisher
Aladdin
Pub. Date
2002
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Two popular series, Ready-to-Read and Childhood of Famous Americans, combine to present the story of young Ben Franklin who loves doing experiments and cannot wait to test out his latest idea involving a kite!
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
c2007
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Finn O'Finnegan returns home after a year in Dublin and when he finds his village taken over by leprechauns, he must devise a way to get them to leave without making them angry.
Author
Series
Marc Brown Arthur chapter book volume 22
Publisher
Little, Brown
Pub. Date
2000
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
Description
After her friends help her get the lead in the third grade play, Francine becomes so intent on making the play perfect that she almost ruins it.