Larry Dane Brimner
41) Praying mantises
Author
Series
Publisher
Children's Press
Pub. Date
1999
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Describes the physical characteristics, behavior, life cycle, protective devices, and relatives of the praying mantis.
42) Earth
Author
Series
Publisher
Children's Press
Pub. Date
c1998
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Describes the planet Earth, exploring its composition, early ideas about its shape and position in the solar system, current theories about its creation, and its important relationship with the moon.
43) Mercury
Author
Series
Publisher
Children's Press
Pub. Date
c1998
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Describes the orbit, rotation, temperature, and surface formations of the planet Mercury and the probe Mariner X that took pictures of it in 1974 and 1975.
44) Mars
Author
Series
Publisher
Children's Press
Pub. Date
c1998
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Simple facts about the Red Planet such as its orbit, atmosphere, and terrain, as well as the outcomes of explorations such as the Pathfinder Mission.
46) Skiing
Author
Series
Publisher
Children's Press
Pub. Date
c1997
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Illustrates the various styles of skiing, from cross-country to downhill, as well as kinds of equipment and clothing.
47) Figure skating
Author
Series
Publisher
Children's Press
Pub. Date
c1997
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Sketches the history of ice skating from its beginning as a means of travel to its current status as a sport; discusses the contributions of Sonja Henie and other Olympic stars.
49) Bees
Author
Series
Publisher
Children's Press
Pub. Date
c1999
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Describes the physical characteristics and behavior of bees.
50) Pluto
Author
Series
Publisher
Children's Press
Pub. Date
c1999
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Discusses the smallest, most distant, and most mysterious planet in our solar system, its discovery, and its peculiar orbit.
51) Neptune
Author
Series
Publisher
Children's Press
Pub. Date
c1999
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Describes the eighth planet from the sun, Neptune, and its orbit, rotation, gassy surface, rings, moons, and the visit by the Voyager 2 probe.
Author
Publisher
Calkins Creek, an imprint of Highlights
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.7 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
In 1915, the city of San Diego hired "rainmaker" Charles Mallory Hatfield to save their city from a drought, but when the town experienced one of the worst floods they ever had they refused to pay Hatfield for his services.
53) Venus
Author
Series
Publisher
Children's Press
Pub. Date
c1998
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Discusses our early ideas about the planet Venus, what we have discovered about its true nature, and what we may learn from it in the future.
54) Molly Pitcher
Author
Publisher
Compass Point Books
Pub. Date
c2004
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Presents the life story of Molly Pitcher, a heroine in the Battle of Monmouth Court House, during the American Revolution.
55) Uranus
Author
Series
Publisher
Children's Press
Pub. Date
1999
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Discusses the discovery, rotation, unique tilt, rings, moons, and other aspects of the seventh planet from the sun.
57) Cowboy up!
Author
Series
Publisher
Children's Press
Pub. Date
c1999
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 0.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Presents a rhyming look at a cowboy's day at the rodeo.
59) Calamity Jane
Author
Publisher
Compass Point Books
Pub. Date
c2004
Language
English
Description
Presents the life story and adventures of a legendary American frontierswoman Calamity Jane, whose real name was Martha Jane Canary.