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Author
Series
Publisher
Picture Window Books
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
24 p. : col. ill. ; 26 cm.
Language
English
Description
Who works in a stadium? Where do the players get ready for the big game? Who makes all those hot dogs? Go on a guided tour of a stadium to find out! Meet a baseball manager and see how thousands of people can gather, have fun, and cheer their team at a stadium.
Author
Publisher
Sleeping Bear Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
34 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
"In 1945, against the backdrop of WWII, a soon-to-be-mama duck builds a nest in a precarious spot in the city of Milwaukee. Soon, news outlets around the world are carrying the hopeful story of the plucky duck"--
"In 1945, the attention of the United States, along with the rest of the world, was focused on World War II. After more than five years of fighting, downcast, war-weary people were looking for signs of hope of a better future. One April...
Author
Series
Publisher
Picture Window Books, a Capstone imprint
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.3 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
Penny knows that her mother works for somebody called the POTUS, but she does not know what that means, and the odd name seems to her to imply some kind of friendly monster.
Author
Publisher
Sleeping Bear Press
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
30 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 27 cm
Language
English
Description
"A picture book biography about naturalist and artist Anna Comstock (1854-1930), who defied social conventions and pursued the study of science. She pioneered a movement to encourage schools to conduct science and nature classes for children outdoors, thereby increasing students' interest in nature" --
Author
Publisher
Sleeping Bear Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
"In 1836, to call attention to his upstate New York farming community, Colonel Thomas S. Meacham gives a mammoth wheel of cheese to President Andrew Jackson. But after a year, the big cheese is still around, causing a big stink in the White House"--
10) Pink and Say
Author
Publisher
Philomel Books
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 28 cm.
Language
English
Description
Say Curtis describes his meeting with Pinkus Aylee, a black soldier, during the Civil War, and their capture by Southern troops. Based on a true story about the author's great-great-grandfather.
13) Corn
Author
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
2008.
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
32 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
Popcorn, corn on the cob, corn dogs, cornflakes-corn is used in many favorite foods. This book offers up the history of corn as well as the details concerning planting, cultivation, harvesting, and its many uses. A cornucopia of information about a popular farm product.
Author
Publisher
Schwartz & Wade Books
Pub. Date
[2020]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
In 1899, an immigrant named Oscar opens a barbershop and a century later, after becoming a lady's clothing store, soup kitchen, bodega, and more, the building is torn down but Oscar's legacy remains. Includes historical notes.
Author
Publisher
Millbrook Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 volume unpaged : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
"Mary Golda Ross designed classified projects for Lockheed Air Corporation as the company's first female engineer. Find out how her passion for math and the Cherokee values she was raised with shaped her life and work"--
Author
Publisher
Sleeping Bear Press
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 x 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
A Chinese-American girl learns how to properly celebrate Chinese New Year when her grandmother from China visits and shows her what to do and what not to do.
Author
Publisher
Sony Music
Pub. Date
[2004]
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
1 sound disc : digital, mono. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
A swing spiritual based on the proverb, "God blessed the child that's got his own," accompanied by storybook which includes lyrics for the song with illustrations.
19) Mail carriers
Author
Series
Publisher
Gareth Stevens Pub
Pub. Date
2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.9 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
24 p. : col. ill. ; 19 cm.
Language
English
Description
Photographs and simple text describe the work done by mail carriers.
Author
Publisher
Margaret K. McElderry Books
Pub. Date
2001
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
[32] p.: col. ill.; 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
Having heard about Thanksgiving in school, nine-year-old Rivka tries to convince her immigrant family and her rabbi that it is a holiday for all Americans, Jews and non-Jews alike.