Nathan Aaseng
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Formats
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"Learn about Hall of Fame basketball player Michael Jordan in this sports biography. See how Michael became arguably the best basketball player ever and changed the Chicago Bulls organization forever. Read about how he even retired from basketball to play baseball!"--Provided by publisher.
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Series
Language
English
Description
A small fly buzzes around a plant with beautiful white flowers looking for a sweet snack of nectar. Slowly, the fly finds what it wants, and lands on the plant's bright red leaves. Suddenly, as the fly enjoys its meal, the leaf snaps shut. The fly is trapped. The fly didn't realize it had landed on a meat-eating plant. Can you believe there are plants that eat insects? Some can even trap small rodents and frogs. Author Nathan Aaseng tells your readers...
Author
Language
English
Description
Many Christian leaders today promote rigid doctrine that says, "Never doubt. Never question." This insistence has been demonstrably disastrous for the church because the first step in any faith formation is to wonder. Nathan Aaseng revives the gift of wonder in seeking a fuller, more awesome experience of God. It welcomes unsettling questions, that are too often dismissed with pat answers.
5) I Wonder
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Language
English
Description
Many Christian leaders today promote rigid doctrine that says, "Never doubt. Never question." This insistence has been disastrous for the Christian faith because the first step in any faith formation is to wonder, to splutter out honest "God questions" that many of us harbor but rarely have been given permission to explore.
I Wonder welcomes honest, unsettling questions, many of which have come young people and confirmation students, that are too...
10) Black inventors
Author
Publisher
Facts on File
Pub. Date
[1997]
Language
English
Description
"Presents the lives and accomplishments of ten African-Americans who excelled in such fields as engineering, fire fighting, agriculture, and medicine"--
Author
Series
Publisher
Oliver Press
Pub. Date
c2000
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.7 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
Discusses the decisions faced by such explorers as Christopher Columbus, James Cook, Samuel de Champlain, and Robert Scott, offers options these men needed to consider, and analyzes the courses of action they chose.
Author
Publisher
Oliver Press
Pub. Date
c2000
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 9.1 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
Profiles eight builders and their famous construction projects, including Imhotep and the Step Pyramid, Alexandre Eiffel and the Eiffel Tower, and William Lamb and the Empire State Building.