Therese Shea
1) Sharks
Author
Series
Publisher
PowerKids Press
Pub. Date
[2007]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Examines a variety of sharks, where they live, how they find food, and reasons why we need them.
2) Bears
Author
Series
Publisher
PowerKids Press
Pub. Date
[2007]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Examines a variety of bears, how they sleep through the winter, how they find food, and how we are helping the bears survive.
3) Gold
Author
Series
Publisher
Gareth Stevens Publishing
Pub. Date
[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Gold's qualities as a metal is explored as well as the mining and refining process. Gold's many uses, including in medicine and space technology, is also examined.
Author
Publisher
Britannica Educational Publishing in association with Rosen Educational Services
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Even as the national bird of the United States, the bald eagle has not always been universally beloved. Hunting, poisoning by DDT, and other human activity reduced bald eagle numbers from many thousands to fewer than 1,000 by the 1960s. Young readers are introduced to this incredible bird and the story of its recovery after it reached the brink of extinction. They will learn what actions were undertaken to protect the species and how its disappearance...
Author
Series
Publisher
Gareth Stevens Publishing
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"The towering buildings that fill our cities definitely weren't built in a day. Skyscrapers are huge construction projects full of complicated steps. From drilling anchor holes and erecting steel beams to laying acres and acres of concrete, it takes lots of people and lots of smarts to build a vertical city. Readers will love putting on their hard hats and seeing the construction for themselves through vivid photographs and diagrams of a building...
6) Silver
Author
Series
Publisher
Gareth Stevens Publishing
Pub. Date
[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Discusses what makes silver valuable, how it is mined and refined, and some of its uses.