Jane Kurtz
Author
Series
Publisher
American Girl
Pub. Date
[2010]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 3
Lexile measure
800L
Language
English
Description
Ten-year-old Lanie's wildflower garden is thriving and attracting butterflies to her Cambridge, Massachusetts, backyard, but a neighbor not only objects to her growing "weeds, " she also uses harmful chemicals on her own plants.
5) Lanie
Author
Series
Publisher
American Girl Pub
Pub. Date
2010.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 3
Lexile measure
760L
Language
English
Description
Ten-year-old Lanie of Cambridge, Massachusetts, who loves nature and the outdoors, wants to go camping with her family but her favorite aunt teaches Lanie to find the wonders of nature anywhere, even in her own backyard.
6) Faraway home
Author
Publisher
Harcourt Brace & Co
Pub. Date
2000.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
AD 610L
Language
English
Description
Desta's father, who needs to return briefly to his Ethiopian homeland, describes what it was like for him to grow up there.
Author
Publisher
Harcourt Brace
Pub. Date
[1998]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 5
Lexile measure
750L
Language
English
Description
During the political strife and famine of the 1980's, two Ethiopian girls, one Christian and the other Jewish and blind, struggle to overcome many difficulties, including their prejudices about each other, as they make the dangerous journey out of Ethiopia.
Author
Publisher
Dutton Children's Books
Pub. Date
[2005]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
AD 660L
Language
English
Description
On a visit to the zoo, a little boy imagines what it would be like to be various animals, such as a hippopotamus or a penguin, and listens as his mother explains how all parents keep their young ones safe.
Author
Series
Publisher
Pleasant Co
Pub. Date
[2003]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 5
Lexile measure
800L
Language
English
Description
After being kidnapped and brought to the emperor's palace in Gondar, Ethiopia, twelve-year-old Saba discovers that she and her brother are part of the emperor's desperate attempt to consolidate political power in the mid-1840's.
11) Only a pigeon
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[1997]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Ondu-ahlem carefully trains his pigeons and prepares them for the day when he and other Ethiopian boys test the homing instinct and loyalty of their precious birds.
12) Johnny Appleseed
Author
Publisher
Aladdin
Pub. Date
2004.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.1 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
AD 320L
Language
English
Description
Who's that walking along the Ohio? It's Johnny Appleseed! He walks across the land, planting trees wherever he goes. So, everyone, clap your hands for Johnny Appleseed!
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
1999.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
AD 630L
Language
English
Description
A family experiences a renewed appreciation for home and community after they are evacuated during a spring flood and then return to survey the damage.