Nadia Higgins
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Your body needs 60 minutes of moving every day. The best kinds of moving are with friends and family! This book in the Move and Get Healthy! Series will take readers through the basics of healthy exercising habits that are outlined in First Lady Michelle Obama's Let's Move! Campaign. Clear instructions, applicable suggestions, and quick tips for making healthy choices and being active with their friends and family will get your students to Move and...
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Lakota chief Red Cloud gathered an army of warriors across three tribes in the Great Plains. In the late 1860s he led his forces to victory in the only successful American Indian war in the West against the United States. It resulted in a treaty to protect Lakota land and their way of life. But the U.S. government would break the treaty many times. How would it affect their lives and change the United States?
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Americans remember the Battle of the Little Bighorn as Custer's Last Stand. But the shocking defeat of U.S. forces in 1876 represents the last stand of the Lakota nation. The greatest American Indian victory ever would be one of their last. How would it affect their lives and change the United States?
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Grab readers' attention with strange and fascinating inventions such as odor-trapping underwear, digital tattoos, and ships made from ice. Using dozens of cool photos and fun trivia facts, The World's Oddest Inventions offers young readers a peek at weird and amazing contraptions and devices from around the world.
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Our closest solar system is about 10 light years away.It has two main types of planets. Some are rocky and small, like planet Earth, while others are huge balls of gas, like Jupiter. Learn about how astronomers once thought our solar system was the one and only, to how they have now discovered hundreds of stars with planets orbiting them, which means there could be billions of solar systems in outer space! Just maybe, these alien worlds could host...
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Five and counting! So far, astronomers have discovered five dwarf planets in our solar system. Pluto, which was once thought of as the ninth planet, is today classified as a dwarf planet. This book looks at the current dwarf planets, characteristics, size, and orbital patterns, as well as the three rules scientists follow to characterize these tiny, round space objects. Every day new discoveries are being made. Who knows how many dwarf planets we...
10) Fancy Flowers
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Fancy Flowers attract bees and butterflies. Then those insects spread pollen to make seeds so more plants can grow. Flowers also make our world a more colorful place. See how flowers help plants grow in this beautifully illustrated story set to music. Aligned with NGSS, this hardcover book comes with CD and online music access.
11) Tasty Fruit
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Tasty Fruit is good to eat, but did you know that plants use fruit to spread their seeds? See how fruits help plants grow in this beautifully illustrated story set to music. Aligned with NGSS, this hardcover book comes with CD and online music access.
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You are the mighty Greek hero Perseus. To save your mother you must battle Medusa, a deadly monster with snakes for hair and a gaze that could turn you to stone. You will also face magical nymphs and dangerous creatures on your journey. Do you have what it takes to survive and save your mother? Full-page illustrations, interactive stories, and multiple endings transport you to ancient Greece and into Perseus' adventures from Greek mythology.
19) Sturdy Stems
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Sturdy Stems help plants stand up, but they do much more than that! They move water up from the roots and food down from the leaves. See how stems help plants grow in this beautifully illustrated story set to music. Aligned with NGSS, this hardcover book comes with CD and online music access.