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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
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"National Geographic Kids Chapter books pick up where the best-selling National Geographic Readers series leaves off, offering young animal lovers who are ready for short chapters lively, true stories just right to carry in your backpack, share with your friends, and read under the covers at night. Follow along as National Geographic Kids Chapters' presents a trio of true stories about incredible acts of animal heroism. Courageous Canine features...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 1
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From a stray on the streets to the first dog in the stars! Aboard the Russian spacecraft Sputnik 2, Laika became the first living creature to travel to outer space. See the story unfold as one heroic little dog makes a huge sacrifice to help people learn about space travel.
8) Jane Goodall
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
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All animals deserve safety. But sometimes they are mistreated and misunderstood. Jane Goodall studies chimpanzees and works to protect their habitats. Look inside to follow Goodall on her journey to become a primate expert.
10) Brave hearts
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 1
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"In this book, readers will read stories of how pet dogs have save their owner from a crisis."--
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In 1995 Kailua-Kona, Hawaii, on a rare family vacation, seven-year-old Nainoa Flores falls overboard a cruise ship into the Pacific Ocean. When a shiver of sharks appears in the water, everyone fears for the worst. But instead, Noa is gingerly delivered to his mother in the jaws of a shark, marking his story as the stuff of legends. Nainoa's family, struggling amidst the collapse of the sugarcane industry, hails his rescue as a sign of favor from...
13) Horse heroes
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Magic tree house fact trackers volume 27
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 1
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Presents a nonfiction companion book to "Stallion by Starlight," discussing the history of domesticating horses and explaining why Alexander the Great's horse was so famous.
14) Dog heroes
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Magic tree house fact trackers volume 24
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 1
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Answers questions about the history and behavior of dogs and provides true stories of dog heroics.