Laura Hamilton Waxman
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
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What's longer than a football field, weighs more than 450 cars, yet flies miles above Earth's surface? It's the International Space Station. In this book, you'll learn how the station was built and how crew members live and work there.
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Audisee® eBooks with Audio combine professional narration and text highlighting to engage reluctant readers!
What is money and how do we use it? Simple text and fun photos compare the different kinds of things people buy. Critical-thinking questions encourage readers to think further about money and its uses.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
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How long does it take to get into outer space? About nine minutes! Powerful vehicles carry people beyond Earth's atmosphere in a short time. But astronauts train for years before they go on missions. In this book, you'll learn about what it's like to be an astronaut in space! As part of the Searchlight Books collection, this series explores outer space and sheds light on the question What's Amazing about Space? Fantastic photos, kid-friendly explanations...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
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What space objects can have millions of times more mass than our Sun, but they remain invisible? Black holes! Their gravity is so strong that not even light can escape. In this book, you'll learn about one of the amazing wonders of space. As part of the Searchlight Books collection, this series explores outer space and sheds light on the question What's Amazing about Space? Fantastic photos, kid-friendly explanations of science concepts, and useful...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 1
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During World War II, the United States was battling Japan. In 1942 the president of the United States signed an executive order, forcing more than one hundred thousand Japanese Americans to leave their homes. These innocent people-many of them US citizens-would spend the next few years imprisoned behind barbed wire fences, in what the government called internment camps. Life in the camps was difficult. People were homesick. The barracks where they...
13) Spheres
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.2 - AR Pts: 1
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Rhyming text introduces spheres and invites readers to find them throughout the book.
14) Pyramids
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.7 - AR Pts: 1
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Describes the characteristics of pyramids and identifies objects with a pyramid shape, including a tent, a kite, a trophy, and a candle.
15) Prisms
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.3 - AR Pts: 1
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Rhyming text introduces prisms and invites readers to find them throughout the book.
16) Cubes
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.4 - AR Pts: 1
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Rhyming text introduces cubes and invites readers to find the cubes.
17) Cylinders
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.7 - AR Pts: 1
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Rhyming text introduces cylinders and invites readers to find them on each page.
18) Cones
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.5 - AR Pts: 1
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Rhyming text introduces cones and invites readers to find them throughout the book.
19) The moon
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
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Presents an introduction to the Moon, describing its composition, phases, rotation around the Earth, the effect of its gravity on Earth's waters, and the history of space flights to its surface.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
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"A photo-illustrated book for elementary readers about Olympic ice hockey and curling. Includes descriptions of each of these men's and women's ice sports, including the mixed doubles curling event. Readers will get a primer to some rules and athletes that may participate in the Winter Olympic Games. Includes Q&A feature, table of contents, glossary, further resources, and index"--