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(0)Frieda Wishinsky
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Lexile measure
930L
Language
English
Description
In 1869, construction began on the first steel-wire suspension bridge in the world. The massive bridge would link Brooklyn and Manhattan. Everyone was captivated by its progress. But when chief engineer Washington Roebling fell ill, the project seemed doomed to fail. Fortunately, Emily Warren Roebling stepped in, and thanks to her, the Brooklyn Bridge opened in 1883.
"An accessible, picture-book biography of Emily Warren Roebling. The Brooklyn Bridge,...
3) Blob
Author
Series
Publisher
Orca Book Publishers
Pub. Date
2010.
Lexile measure
HL 510L
Physical Desc
98 pages ; 19 cm.
Language
English
Description
"It's hard enough for Eve to adjust to a new high school without the extra weight she's gained over the summer. Her best friend is ashamed to hang out with her, and she's become the focus of a schoolmate's cruelty. Determined not to be 'that pathetic fat girl' at school, Eve struggles with a diet and forces herself to join a mentoring program. The diet only makes her food obsessed, and she feels she is failing as a mentor. How can a lonely fat girl...
4) Avis Dolphin
Author
Publisher
Groundwood Books / House of Anansi Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Lexile measure
570L
Physical Desc
164 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm
Language
English
Description
"Avis Dolphin doesn't want to leave Canada and sail to England on the Lusitania. War is raging in Europe, and the Germans threaten to sink the ship. Avis is lonely and afraid until she meets a kindly professor whose stories of a magical island help her face an uncertain future. When the Lusitania is attacked, Avis must draw on all her newfound strength to cope with the confusion, terror and despair. How can she survive the sudden devastation of the...
Author
Pub. Date
2011
Lexile measure
AD 450L
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm
Language
English
Description
Sisters Carly and Sandy have always played together, but when Lily moves in next door she only wants to play with Sandy, and insists that if Carly joins them she must be a baby, or a cow, or a dog.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2012
Edition
1st ed.
Lexile measure
970L
Physical Desc
144 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Profiles is so much more than just your typical biography series. The next book in this six-in-one, full-color bio series will focus on Civil Champions--some of the incredible women who worked tirelessly to ensure equal rights for all. Kids will learn all of the biographical information they need to know--background, family, education, accomplishments, etc., about: Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Ida B. Wells, Alice Paul, Rosa Parks, and...
Author
Pub. Date
2013
Lexile measure
1020L
Physical Desc
123 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
A comprehensive overview and time line of human history. MacLeod and Wishinsky provide a one-stop source for all the great events, people, and inventions that changed history, from the discovery of fire to the revolutions in the Arab world that are making headlines today.
Author
Series
Accidental volume 3
Publisher
Orca Book Publishers
Pub. Date
2022.
Lexile measure
1050L
Physical Desc
95 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"This nonfiction book for middle-grade readers is full of stories of inspiring entrepreneurs who have accidentally changed the world. The entrepreneurs are young and old and come from all over the world."--
Author
Publisher
Orca Book Publishers
Pub. Date
2019.
Lexile measure
990L
Physical Desc
127 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"This nonfiction book for middle readers is full of inspiring tales of inventors and innovators who have accidentally changed the world. The book also features profiles of inventive kids and teenagers."--
How to Become an Accidental Genius is full of inspiring tales of famous and lesser-known inventors who have changed the world, from George Washington Carver, Mary Anderson (inventor of the windshield wiper) and inventor and actress Hedy Lamarr to...
