Carolyn Otto
Author
Publisher
National Geographic
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
For two joyous weeks red is all around. The color represents luck and happiness. Children receive money wrapped in red paper, and friends and loved ones exchange poems written on red paper. The Chinese New Year is also an opportunity to remember ancestors, and to wish peace and happiness to friends and family. The holiday ends with the Festival of Lanterns, as many large communities stage the famous Dragon Dance. Fireworks, parades, lanterns, presents,...
Author
Publisher
National Geographic
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Celebrate Valentine's Day focuses on historical and cultural aspects of this holiday and the international traditions, food, and celebrations associated with it. This celebration of love includes fun facts; a recipe; a map showing the location of all photographs; a resource list of books, videos, and Web sites; and a note from an expert consultant, aimed at parents and teachers, which deepens our understanding of the holiday's importance and meaning.--Provided...
9) Spiders
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Reference
Pub. Date
2001
Language
English
Description
Color photographs and simple text introduce spiders, describing their physical characteristics, their habitats, and their behavior.
11) Pioneer church
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt
Pub. Date
1999
Language
English
Description
In the mid-1700s, four families build a log church on a hill in central Pennsylvania, and congregations worship in it and its replacement up through World War II. Based on the history of Old Zion church in Brickerville, Pennsylvania.
12) Dinosaur chase
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
©1991
Language
English
Description
A mother dinosaur reads her sleepy dinosaur son a bedtime story about a dinosaur chase that occurs when a precious necklace is stolen.
13) Wolves
Author
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
c2000
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Simple text and photographs introduce wolves, depicting how they hunt and travel in packs, communicate, and care for their pups.
Author
Series
Publisher
National Geographic
Pub. Date
©2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
Español
Description
Este libro ilustrado con fotografías para niños explora la alegre celebración en México y en Estados Unidos del Cinco de Mayo que conmemora la victoria en la batalla de Puebla del ejército mexicano sobre unas fuerzas francesas en 1862.
This book illustrated with photographs for children explores the joyful celebration in Mexico and in the United States of Cinco de Mayo (May 5th), the holiday which commemorates the victory of the Mexican army...