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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 9.1 - AR Pts: 15
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English
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From the bestselling author of The Bomber Mafia: discover Malcolm Gladwell's breakthrough debut and explore the science behind viral trends in business, marketing, and human behavior. The tipping point is that magic moment when an idea, trend, or social behavior crosses a threshold, tips, and spreads like wildfire. Just as a single sick person can start an epidemic of the flu, so too can a small but precisely targeted push...
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"The View from the Cheap Seats brings together.. more than sixty pieces of his outstanding nonfiction. Analytical yet playful, erudite yet accessible, this cornucopia explores a broad range of interests and topics, including (but not limited to): authors past and present; music; storytelling; comics; bookshops; travel; fairy tales; America; inspiration; libraries; ghosts; and the title piece, at turns touching and self-deprecating, which recounts...
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"'Great God, this is an awful place.' Robert Falcon Scott's famous words uttered on the polar plateau don't paint Antarctica in the best possible light. In fact things were about to get a whole lot worse for Scott and the four men who accompanied him to the South Pole. But this is no dismal tragedy. The story of Captain Scott's Terra Nova expedition is pure adventure with all the elements of a great epic - storms at sea, impenetrable ice pack, man-eating...
5) Love warrior
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Just when Glennon Doyle Melton was beginning to feel she had it all figured out--three happy children, a doting spouse, and a writing career so successful that her first book catapulted to the top of the New York Times bestseller list--her husband revealed his infidelity and she was forced to realize that nothing was as it seemed. A recovering alcoholic and bulimic, Glennon found that rock bottom was a familiar place. In the midst of crisis, she knew...
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"Use your reading superpowers to learn all about one of the world's favorite animals, the elephant. Children will love to find out about a young volunteer's time with the elephants in India and Africa, and the things he learns about these much-loved animals."
7) Bears
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 0.7 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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"Developed by literacy experts and educators for students in PreK through grade two, this book introduces beginning readers to bears through simple, predictable text and related photos"--
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From the work of the New Journalists in the 1960s, to the New Yorker essays of John McPhee, Susan Orlean, Atul Gawande, and a host of others, to narratives such as Mary Roach's Stiff, narrative nonfiction has come into its own. Yet writers looking for guidance on reporting and writing true stories have had few places to turn for advice. Now in Storycraft, Jack Hart, a former managing editor of the Oregonian who guided several Pulitzer Prize-winning...
10) Forest animals
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English
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"Relevant images match informative text in this introduction to different forest animals. Intended for students in kindergarten through third grade"--
14) A tractor's day
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.1 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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"Illustrations accompany information about the different jobs a tractor has. The narrative nonfiction text is intended for students in kindergarten through third grade"--
15) Ocean animals
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English
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"Relevant images match informative text in this introduction to different ocean animals. Intended for students in kindergarten through third grade"--
16) Crow or raven?
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.7 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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"Developed by literacy experts for students in kindergarten through grade three, this book introduces crows and ravens to young readers through leveled text and related photos."--
17) Arctic animals
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"Relevant images match informative text in this introduction to different Arctic animals. Intended for students in kindergarten through third grade"--
18) Baby rabbits
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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"This book introduces beginning readers to baby rabbits through simple, predictable text and related photos"--
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