Jack Davis

"The bald eagle is regal but fearless, a bird you're not inclined to argue with. For centuries, Americans have celebrated it as "majestic" and "noble," yet savaged the living bird behind their national symbol as a malicious predator of livestock and, falsely, a snatcher of babies. Taking us from before the nation's founding through inconceivable resurgences of this enduring all-American species, Jack E. Davis contrasts the age when native peoples...

3) The Gulf: the making of an American sea

Author

Davis, Jack E

Publisher

Liveright Publishing Corporation

Pub. Date

[2017]

Language

English

Description

Significant beyond tragic oil spills and hurricanes, the Gulf has historically been one of the world's most bounteous marine environments, supporting human life for millennia. Based on the premise that nature lies at the center of human existence, Davis takes readers on a compelling and, at times, wrenching journey from the Florida Keys to the Texas Rio Grande, along marshy shorelines and majestic estuarine bays, both beautiful and life-giving, though...

4) Through the medicine cabinet

Author

Book - Regular Print, eBook, Kindle

Series

Zack files

Accelerated Reader

IL: LG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1

Lexile measure

540L

Language

English

Formats

Description

Biography and Autobiography

After Zack opens his medicine cabinet one morning and sees a boy who could be his double staring back at him, he enters a parallel universe.

5) The craft of theatre: seminars and discussions in Brechtian theatre

Author

Schall, Ekkehard

Series

Publisher

Bloomsbury Methuen Drama

Pub. Date

2012.

Language

English

6) Monster goose

Author

Sierra, Judy

Publisher

Harcourt

Accelerated Reader

IL: LG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1

Language

English

Formats

Description

A collection of twenty-five nursery rhymes, rewritten to feature vampires, ghouls, mummies, the Loch Ness monster, and other fearsome creatures.

7) T. Rex trick-or-treats

Author

Grambling, Lois G

Publisher

Katherine Tegen Books

Pub. Date

[2005]

Accelerated Reader

IL: LG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 1

Lexile measure

AD 490L

Language

English

Formats

Description

A Tyrannosaurus rex cannot decide what kind of costume to wear on Halloween night.

8) Yo-yo man

Author

Pinkwater, Daniel Manus

Publisher

HarperCollins

Pub. Date

[2007]

Accelerated Reader

IL: LG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1

Language

English

Description

Third grade improves dramatically for a boy after he makes up his mind to win the upcoming yo-yo tournament.

9) The Pylos regional archaeological project: a retrospective

Publisher

American School of Classical Studies at Athens

Pub. Date

[2017]

Language

English

10) How to speak dolphin in three easy lessons

Author

Series

Zack files volume 11

Publisher

Grosset & Dunlap

Pub. Date

[1997]

Accelerated Reader

IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1

Lexile measure

500L

Language

English

Description

When Zack goes to Florida to visit Mel & Shirley's Wonderful World of Dolphins, he is surprised to discover that he can understand and speak to dolphins, which enables him to solve a kidnapping.

11) The living mummy and other stories

Author

Davis, Jack

Series

Fantagraphics EC artists' library volume 16

Publisher

Fantagraphics Books

Pub. Date

2016.

Language

English

Description

When Jack Davis took up his pen for EC Comics, he made his innocent victims more eye-poppingly terrified, his ax-murderers more gleefully gruesome, and his vampires and werewolves more bloodthirsty and feral than any other artist. These horror and suspense tales ― from the pages of Vault of Horror, Haunt of Fear, Crime SuspenStories, and Shock SuspenStories ― offer everything a horror fan could ask for: re-animated bodies and body parts, a ghoul...

12) Bedhead

Author

Palatini, Margie

Publisher

Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers

Pub. Date

2000.

Accelerated Reader

IL: LG - BL: 2.1 - AR Pts: 1

Lexile measure

530L

Language

English

Formats

Description

After many unsuccessful attempts to control his unruly hair one morning, Oliver and his family think that they have solved the problem--until he gets to school and finds that it is school picture day.

13) Most loved monster

Author

Downey, Lynn

Publisher

Dial Books for Young Readers

Pub. Date

[2004]

Accelerated Reader

IL: LG - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 1

Lexile measure

NC 550L

Language

English

Formats

Description

At bedtime, four little monsters ask their mother which one she loves the most, and one by one, she reminds them of why they are each special.

14) Moose tracks!

Author

Wilson, Karma

Publisher

Margaret K. McElderry Books

Pub. Date

[2006]

Accelerated Reader

IL: LG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 1

Language

English

Description

A homeowner remembers visits from all the animals whose tracks, feathers, and other traces are visible--except for the moose whose prints are everywhere.

15) How I fixed the year 1000 problem

Author

Series

Zack files volume 18

Publisher

Grosset & Dunlap

Pub. Date

[1999]

Accelerated Reader

IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1

Lexile measure

460L

Language

English

Description

After falling through his computer screen, Zack travels back in time to a school in 999 A.D. where the students believe the world will end in the new millennium.

16) Zap! I'm a mind reader

Author

Series

Zack files volume 4

Publisher

Grosset & Dunlap

Pub. Date

[1996]

Accelerated Reader

IL: LG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1

Lexile measure

390L

Language

English

Description

After an electrifying experiment in science class gives Zack a shock, he realizes that he can read other people's minds.

17) Tell a lie and your butt will grow

Author

Series

Zack files volume 28

Publisher

Grosset & Dunlap

Pub. Date

[2002]

Accelerated Reader

IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1

Lexile measure

590L

Language

English

Description