Mary Hoffman
Author
Publisher
Francis Lincoln Children's Books
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"Think of the future. Can you imagine our planet as beautiful as it used to be? You could be the one to help make it beautiful again, with the things you do and the ideas you have. Your planet needs YOU!" From a simple introduction to our home in Space, the authors explain what we need for life on Earth, and show the importance of the rainforests and the oceans; they stress the need to look after our planet and show how some of the things we take...
Author
Series
Stravaganza volume 5
Publisher
Bloomsbury U.S.A. Childrens Books
Pub. Date
2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Description
Feeling inferior to her talented twin brother, teenaged Isabel is transported to a parallel world that resembles the Italian Renaissance city-state of Ravenna, where she tries to save the city from attack by the fierce Gate people.
Author
Series
Stravaganza volume 3
Publisher
Distributed to the trade by Holtzbrinck
Pub. Date
2005
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 19
Language
English
Description
Seventeen-year-old Sky joins Georgia and the other Stravagante, "who travel between worlds and do what is required," when he leaves London for Giglia, a city similar to renaissance Florence, and becomes involved in ancient feuds and palace intrigue.
Author
Series
Amazing Grace (Picture books) volume 1
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
c1991
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Although a classmate says that she cannot play Peter Pan in the school play because she is black, Grace discovers that she can do anything she sets her mind to do.
Author
Series
Amazing Grace (Picture books) volume 3
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Grace wants to participate in her community festival's princess float, but first she must decide what sort of a princess she wants to be--from an African princess in kente cloth robes to a floaty pink fairy tale princess.
11) The Alamo
Author
Series
Publisher
PowerKids Press/Rosen
Pub. Date
c2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Readers will be exclaiming "Remember the Alamo!" after reading this rousing and informative account of the most famous of the Texas missions. In addition to the chronological history of the Alamo, readers will enjoy frequent biographical sidebars of American legends such as Davy Crockett and William Barrett Travis.
13) Boundless Grace
Author
Series
Amazing Grace (Picture books) volume 2
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
1995
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Grace is invited for a visit with her father and his new family in Africa.
Author
Publisher
Phyllis Fogelman Books
Pub. Date
c2002
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Hassan, newly-arrived in the United States and feeling homesick, paints a picture at school that shows his old home in Somalia as well as the reason his family had to leave.
17) Starring Grace
Author
Publisher
Phyllis Fogelman Books
Pub. Date
c2000
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Grace and her friends have a great summer full of adventure.