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1) Nature girl
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
Description
Honey Santana, the bipolar, self-proclaimed "queen of lost causes," has plans to give Boyd Shreave and his mistress a lesson in civility, unaware that she is being followed by her obsessed ex-employer and her one-time drug runner ex-husband.
Author
Publisher
Berkley
Language
English
Description
"April 18, 1906: A massive earthquake rocks San Francisco just before daybreak, igniting a devouring inferno. Lives are lost, lives are shattered, but some rise from the ashes forever changed. Sophie Whalen is a young Irish immigrant so desperate to get out of a New York tenement that she answers a mail-order bride ad and agrees to marry a man she knows nothing about. San Francisco widower Martin Hocking proves to be as aloof as he is mesmerizingly...
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic, Inc
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First edition
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
72 pages : color illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Formats
Description
When Mrs. Featherbottom places Eva in a different club from Lucy and Hailey, Eva misses her best friends, but she learns new things about her classmates, and discovers that someone in her club is missing a friend too.
Author
Publisher
Revell, a division of Baker Publishing Group
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
359 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"When Mindy announces that she is returning to Vietnam to find her birthmother, it inspires her father, mother, and sister to recall the events of her adoption at the end of the Vietnam War during Operation Baby Lift. In this beautiful time-slip story, Mindy's family reexamines what it means to grow together beyond genetic code"--
Author
Publisher
Little Bigfoot
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.6 - AR Pts: 2
Physical Desc
pages cm
Language
English
Description
"Filled with beautiful photography and engaging text, Explore the Salish Sea inspires children to explore the unique marine ecosystem that encompasses the coastal waters from Seattle's Puget Sound up to the Strait of Juan de Fuca and the Georgia Strait of British Columbia. Discover the Salish Sea and learn about its vibrant ecosystem in this engaging non-fiction narrative that inspires outdoor exploration. Filled with full-color photography, this...
Author
Publisher
Thorndike Press
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
Large print edition.
Physical Desc
435 pages (large print) ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
On a summer evening in the blue-collar town of Amicus, Kansas, the Campbell family gathers for a birthday dinner for their ailing patriarch, retired judge Abel Campbell, prepared and hosted by their still-hale mother Hattie. But when Billy, the youngest sibling--with a history of addiction, grand ideas, and misdemeanors--passes out in his devil's food cake, the family takes up the unfinished business of Billy's sobriety. Billy's wayward adventures...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Budding backyard scientists can start exploring their world with this stunning introduction to these flowery show-stoppers--from seeds to roots to blooms. Learning how flowers grow gives kids beautiful building blocks of science and inquiry.
13) Butterflies
Author
Series
Publisher
Compass Point Books
Pub. Date
c2003
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
32 p. : col. ill. ; 24 x 29 cm.
Language
English
14) Worms
Author
Series
Publisher
Compass Point Books
Pub. Date
c2004
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
32 p. : col. ill. ; 24 x 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
Describes different types of worms and their physical characteristics, methods of motion, feeding habits, and life cycles.
15) Outside in
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Illustrations and easy-to-read text reveal ways nature affects our everyday lives, such as providing food and clothing, and showing when to go to bed and when to get up.
Author
Publisher
Dawn Publications
Pub. Date
c2007
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"A counting and singing approach for young children to learn and appreciate the animals of the tropical rainforest"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
First US edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 31 cm
Language
English
Description
Sent outside by their mother on a rainy day, a child is dismayed when their handheld game falls into the pond before they encounter giant snails, wet mushrooms, and other elements that awaken them to the sensory aspects of nature.
20) A new green day
Author
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Explore nature through evocative riddles and bold imagery that take the reader from day to night and back again in this perfect read aloud. Who scribbles on the sidewalk with glistening ink? Snail! Who's a comma in a long, long sentence of a stream? Tadpole! Active readers will delight in the clever language and striking illustrations by esteemed author/illustrator Antoinette Portis. On each spread, children will solve riddles about the familiar...
