Betsy Maestro
Author
Publisher
Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Books
Pub. Date
1990.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Discusses both hypothetical and historical voyages of discovery to America by the Phoenicians, Saint Brendan of Ireland, the Vikings, and such later European navigators as Columbus, Cabot, and Magellan.
Author
Series
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
[2000]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Discusses the relations between the European colonists and the Native Americans, the disputes between settlers from France, England, and Spain, and the role these conflicts played in the history of North America.
15) Big city port
Author
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
[1983]
Lexile measure
AD 620L
Language
English
Description
Text and illustrations describe the unceasing activity at a busy seaport, including the coming and going of various ships and the moving of cargo by big machines.
16) Snow day
Author
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
[1989]
Language
English
Description
Text and illustrations describe what happens after a major snowstorm, from plowing driveways and rescuing stranded motorists to clearing train tracks, airports, and harbors.
Author
Publisher
Lothrop, Lee & Shepard
Pub. Date
[1999]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.9 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
1050L
Language
English
Description
Discusses the year 2000 as a milestone marking two thousand years of human achievement, as a threshold leading into a new millennium, and as an important anniversary of the birth of Jesus Christ.
19) Ferryboat
Author
Publisher
Crowell
Pub. Date
[1986]
Language
English
Description
A family crosses a river on a ferryboat and observes how the ferry operates.