Janey Levy
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.5 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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This book provides students with a foundational and concise history of architecture and goes on to highlight the concepts of parallel and perpendicular through focusing on the style of Frank Lloyd Wright. Includes comparative models of architecture, a breakdown of Wright's houses with illustrative, geometrical line drawings, and a discussion of the famous Fallingwater house.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Disastrous consequences often follow the introduction of invasive plants species. The invasive species spread, altering habitats, driving out native plants and animals, and reducing biodiversity. But what secret powers do invasive plant species possess that allow them to do this? Readers of this engaging book will learn what invasive species are and discover how they spread across and alter habitats. This intriguing volume is filled with eye-catching...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Budding art enthusiasts will learn how to use perspective to represent three-dimensional objects. This guidebook illustrates the concepts of horizon and vanishing point through famous paintings of the Renaissance. Students are given the instructions to create a "Renaissance" artwork of their own.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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"Toni Morrison was one of the most celebrated writers of the 20th and early 21st centuries. She was the first African American woman to win the Nobel Prize in Literature, and she received numerous other awards as well. This fascinating volume traces her life from her childhood in Lorain, Ohio, through her marriage, academic career, editing career, and writing success. Accessible text addresses important social studies material, while vivid photographs...
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English
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"China is frequently in the news today. It may be presented as an exotic place to travel-or as an economic opponent on the world stage. But few really understand China's history and how its discoveries and inventions have shaped our world. Did you drink tea, use a fork, or read a newspaper this morning? You can thank the Chinese! . . . Readers . . . [will] uncover the many inventions and discoveries of the ancient Chinese"--
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Most of us enjoy watching colorful butterflies flutter about, but the world is full of less beautiful insects, and an alarming number of them are deadly. Readers of this absorbing book learn about some of the world's deadliest insects. They include wasps, hornets, mosquitoes, ants, fleas, Africanized bees, and kissing bugs.
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English
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"In this dynamic volume on a perpetually popular subject, budding paleontologists learn about a birdlike dinosaur in China, a fossilized dinosaur brain in England, and dinosaur feathers trapped in amber in Myanmar. They'll also come face-to-face with the largest dinosaur ever found, a reptile heavier than a Boeing 737, in Argentina. All of these amazing things have been discovered in just the past few years. Fossils are truly some of the most exciting...
10) Poisonous plants
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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"Who doesn't enjoy a beautiful flower garden, an orchard filled with fruit trees, or a lush green forest? But a surprising number of plants--often colorful, lovely ones--can be lethal. Readers of this engaging volume learn about some of Earth's deadliest plants, several of which are commonly found in gardens. They include oleander, rhododendrons, rhubarb, castor bean plants, and deadly nightshade. Age-appropriate text highlights important elementary...
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"Today, women can have careers in fields such as medicine, engineering, and politics. But it wasn't always that way. Women couldn't even vote when the United States was founded. Readers of this powerful volume will discover the history of women's rights through the words of women who fought for them, including Abigail Adams urging her husband to "Remember the Ladies," Elizabeth Cady Stanton's "Declaration of Sentiments," Betty Friedan's The Feminine...
13) Savage animals
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Most people have some contact with small wild animals on a regular basis. Many people enjoy feeding wild birds and squirrels, but not all wild animals are friendly, and some are downright savage. Readers of this volume learn about some of the world's most aggressive animals, including some that may come as a surprise. The list of savage animals includes not only saltwater crocodiles, sharks, and bears, but also rhinos, elephants, and hippos.
14) Deadly diseases
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Everyone's had experience with diseases such as the common cold, but some diseases are deadly and they may kill quickly, in terrifying ways. Readers will learn about lethal diseases such as Ebola, cholera, meningitis, plague, and necrotizing fasciitis and the sometimes-gross ways they kill.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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"All of us occupy a climate and deal with the effects of that climate on a daily basis. Most of the time we don't think too much about it, other than deciding what to wear and maybe what to eat. But sometimes climates can be deadly! Readers of this engaging book will learn about some of the threats they might encounter in some of Earth's most dangerous climates. The main text, fact boxes, and a graphic organizer support important elementary science...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.9 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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This book teaches students how to analyze patterns though cryptography. Illustrates and explains how use a cipher to encrypt and decrypt simple substitution ciphers, poly-alphabetic ciphers and transposition ciphers. Includes famous examples of encrypted messages about and by figures like Julius Caesar and Queen Elizabeth I.