Susan E Goodman
1) Trains!
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Introduces the history of trains, from the nineteenth-century steam locomotives that bridged the American East and West to the Japanese "pusher" commuter trains and the Scottish train used as the Hogwarts Express in the "Harry Potter" films.
Author
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2012.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A whimsically illustrated guide to the inner life of dogs shares lighthearted insights into dog evolution and behavior while profiling common breeds and explaining what a dog experiences while looking at a sunset and smelling the ground.
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury
Pub. Date
2016.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Shares the story of Sarah Roberts and her 1847 case petitioning that she be allowed to attend a white school in Boston, explaining how her heroic efforts established key precedents and paved the way for civil rights advancements.
4) Motorcycles!
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
©2007.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Introduces young readers to the world of motorcycles, reveals how many types there are, how they work, and the jobs, competitions, and events that feature them.
Author
Series
Publisher
Aladdin Paperbacks
Pub. Date
2003.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Over his mother's objections Robert Henry Hendershot has joined the Union Army as a drummer boy. He wants to see battle and capture a Confederate soldier, but his company commander says he's too young and removes him from the pontoon carrying troops across the Rappahannock to face the rebels at Fredericksburg. Can Robert find a way to become a hero?
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2006.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Few realize how fascinating, and even educational, this subject can be. You can learn about all sorts of things from pee--American history (Civil War belles hoarded urine for making gunpowder); the animal kingdom (when lobsters fight they squirt each other with pee from bladders on either side of their eyes); even espionage (scientists are using urine to classify "odortypes" that will identify individuals as accurately as their fingerprints).--From...
12) Life on the ice
Author
Publisher
Millbrook Press
Pub. Date
©2006
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Introduces a few aspects of the Earth's polar regions. Topics include the difficulty of flying to and landing at the poles, scientific research done at each pole, and the challenge of human survival in the extreme cold.