Richard Poe
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2014.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Acclaimed award-winner David Ezra Stein has fans old and new at his command with this comical dog's-eye view of having a best friend. Many dogs have human owners. Not this dog. He fetches his own slippers, curls up at his own feet and gives himself a good scratch. But there is one spot, in the middle of his back, that he just can't reach. So one day, he lets a human scratch it. And the poor little chap follows him home. What can the dog do but get...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Celebrated for her nonfiction books aimed at young readers, award-winning author Suzanne Tripp Jurmain illuminates historical figures in fun and engaging ways. Worst of Friends draws listeners into the earliest days of America's history to profile the friendship and rivalry that grew between Founding Fathers Thomas Jefferson and John Adams, both of whom would go on to become president of the United States.
Author
Publisher
Calkins Creek
Pub. Date
2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
One of the most important patriots in post-Revolutionary times. Most readers know Noah Webster for his dictionary masterpieces and his promotion of a living "American Language" that embraces words and idioms from all its immigrant peoples. But he was also the driving force behind universal education for all citizens, including slaves, females, and adult learners. Speaker of twenty languages, he developed the new country's curriculum, writing and publishing...