Jean Craighead George
61) Autumn moon
Author
Series
Pub. Date
c2001
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 2
Description
Describes the wondrous things three North American animals do in the month (moon) named after them.
67) Rhino romp
Author
Pub. Date
[1998]
Description
Simu, a young white rhinoceros, gets lost while playing on the African plains, but is rescued by his mother and aunt.
69) River Rats, inc
Author
Pub. Date
c1979
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 5
Description
Traveling illegally at night on the Colorado River with a mysterious cargo, two boys are shipwrecked and must depend for survival on their own ingenuity and a wild boy they find living along the river.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
1992
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 4
Description
Sixth-grader Liza K., one of five homeless people living in an unspoiled forest in southern Florida, searches for a missing alligator destined for official extermination and studies the delicate ecological balance keeping her outdoor home beautiful.
73) Fire storm
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2003]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Alex enjoys kayaking behind the raft of his aunt and uncle as they journey down Idaho's Salmon River, until they find themselves in the middle of a forest fire.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.4 - AR Pts: 1
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Description
"Mark Twain's classic The Adventures of Tom Sawyer has been enjoyed by generations of readers across the world since its publication in 1876. With its humorous glimpses into life in nineteenth-century, small-town America, this novel has provided unique social commentary that continues to be discussed in classrooms today. Tom Sawyer, a mischievous boy growing up in the fictional town of St. Petersburg, Missouri, is constantly getting in and out of...
75) Spring moon
Author
Series
Seasons of the moon volume 3
Pub. Date
[2002]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 2
Description
Under the spring moon: Follow a salamander into a woodland pond where he and a mate perform an ancestral mating dance. Watch for predators with a new mother chickaree who is trying to protect her young. Look through the eyes of a monarch butterfly as she travels north to her birthplace in Canada. In this series, acclaimed naturalist and Newbery Medal-winning author Jean Craighead George takes readers on a wondrous journey through each season of the...
Pub. Date
[1993]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 2
Description
Nearly thirty stories, poems, and non-fiction pieces by such notable authors as Natalie Babbitt, Marilyn Sachs, and Jane Yolen illustrated by the likes of Steven Kellogg and Susan Jeffers, demonstrate some of the environmental problems now plaguing our planet, e.g. overpopulation, tampering with nature, litter, pollution, and waste disposal.