Jonah Winter
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
In the spring of 1987, the town of Islip, New York, with no place for its 3,168 tons of garbage, loads it on a barge that sets out on a 162-day journey along the east coast, around the Gulf of Mexico, down to Belize, and back again, in search of a place willing to accept and dispose of its very smelly cargo.
3) Thurgood
Author
Publisher
Schwartz & Wade Books, an imprint of Random House Children's Books, a division of Penguin Random House
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"Before Rosa Parks, before Martin Luther King Jr., before the civil rights movement there was Thurgood, fighting for African Americans - and winning. Here is the powerful story of the trailblazer who proved that separate is not equal." --Provided by Publisher.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Peek behind the curtain of the glorious musicality of birds in Bird Rehearsal, a picture book about a raucous romp through the neighborhood, told entirely in birdsong from the award-winning author/illustrator team Jonah Winter and Stacy Innerst. When the night is done, and the sky begins to lighten, the bird rehearsal begins. It’s not meant for us, but here we are, every day, listening"--
Author
Publisher
Schwartz & Wade
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
The story of Mother Jones, an Irish immigrant who was essential in the fight to create child labor laws. Well into her sixties, Mother Jones had finally had enough of children working long hours in dangerous factory jobs, and decided she was going to do something about it. The powerful protests she organized earned her the name "the most dangerous woman in America." And in the Children's Crusade of 1903, she lead one hundred boys and girls on a glorious...
8) The snow man
Author
Publisher
Beach Lane Books
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Discover the true story of a man who lived alone in the mountains with a hobby of measuring snowfall that led to groundbreaking data tracking in climate change studies"--
Author
Publisher
Arthur A. Levine
Pub. Date
2012.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Pablo Picasso may have been a world-famous artist, but that doesn't mean no one ever called his artwork 'ugly'. Any kid who's been told what to draw, or heard mean things about something they made, will relate to this story about how Pablo faced down his critics and made something truly original."--Jacket flap.
Author
Publisher
Schwartz & Wade Books, an imprint of Random House Children's Books
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Follow a sad little fact who is locked away for telling the truth. In its underground prison, it meets other facts, all hidden away because they could not lie. Finally, with the help of a few skillful fact-finders, the facts are set free"--
11) Oil
Author
Publisher
Beach Lane Books
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"The story of an oil spill and its devastating effects on animals and the environment"--
13) Hillary
Author
Publisher
Schwartz & Wade Books
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Discusses the life and career of presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton, trace her early years as an outspoken student at Wellesley and Yale, her marriage to the 42nd president, and her achievements as a senator and secretary of state.
Author
Publisher
Schwartz & Wade Books
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Winter and Widener tell the story of James Madison Hemings's childhood at Monticello, and, in doing so, illuminate the many contradictions in Jefferson's life and legacy. Though Jefferson lived in a mansion, Hemings and his siblings lived in a single room. While Jefferson doted on his white grandchildren, he never showed affection to his enslaved children. Though he kept the Hemings boys from hard field labor instead sending them to work in the carpentry...
15) Peaceful heroes
Author
Publisher
Arthur A. Levine Books
Pub. Date
2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2014.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Giuseppe Paolo DiMaggio, Jr., or Joe, as he was called, dreamed of becoming a major-league baseball player. But he had three strikes against him. He was supposed to become a fisherman like his dad. He was Italian American, and prejudice was everywhere. And he was quiet and awfully shy. But despite all this, Joe became not just a baseball player but a baseball legend.
18) Elvis is King!
Author
Publisher
Schwartz & Wade Books
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Presents the life and legacy of Elvis, from his birth in Mississippi through his music career, his time in the army, his marriage, and his induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.