Jordi Solano
Author
Publisher
Albert Whitman & Company
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A biography of the scientist known as the "Shark Lady," reveals how she turned a childhood passion into her life's work, devoting herself to studying sharks and educating the public on the graceful, clever sea creatures.
Publisher
Cherry Lake Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2024
Language
English
Description
Outside Beijing, China, in the year 1572, nine-year-old Hu-Wan tends the vegetable garden with his grandfather. Their specialty is growing gourds that are made into ladles and bowls and sold in the marketplace. Each year, one special gourd is made into a cricket cage. This year, it is Hu-Wan's turn to grow and carve the special gourd. He decides it should be carved into the shape of a sleeping dragon. When Hu-Wan learns that the emperor has died and...
Publisher
Cherry Lake Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2024
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Winner - Best of 2019 Kids Books - Most Inspiring Category
The story of Anne Frank and her diary is one of the world's most important and well-known, but less is known about the woman who sheltered Anne and her family for years and, ultimately, rescued Anne's diary from Nazi clutches. Miep Gies was a woman who rose to bravery when humanity needed it and risked everything for her neighbors. It is because of Miep we know Anne Frank--and now, this is...