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Author
Publisher
Beacon Press
Language
English
Description
"Groundbreaking book exploring the counterproductive reactions white people have when discussing racism that serve to protect their positions and maintain racial inequality In this groundbreaking and timely book, antiracist educator Robin DiAngelo deftly illuminates the phenomenon of white fragility. Referring to the defensive moves that white people make when challenged racially, white fragility is characterized by emotions such as anger, fear,...
Author
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
From the former secretary of defense, a strikingly candid, vivid account of serving Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama during the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
When Robert M. Gates received a call from the White House, he thought he’d long left Washington politics behind: After working for six presidents in both the CIA and the National Security Council, he was happily serving as president of Texas A&M University. But when he...
When Robert M. Gates received a call from the White House, he thought he’d long left Washington politics behind: After working for six presidents in both the CIA and the National Security Council, he was happily serving as president of Texas A&M University. But when he...
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
"Sharing is a social skill all children need to learn--the sooner the better--and this book is an ideal introduction to sharing and taking turns. In simple words and engaging illustrations, this book presents sharing as a positive choice, then describes four ways to share. It points out that sharing goes beyond things: children can also share their knowledge, their creativity, and their time. What if they don't want to share, or someone won't share...
6) Penguins!
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"In this new edition vetted by experts, learn about some of the seventeen different kinds of penguins. With bright watercolor illustrations and kid-friendly language, Gail Gibbons introduces young readers to zoology concepts, describing where and how penguins live, what they eat, and how they hatch their young. With updated information on species classifications, habitat ranges, and prehistoric penguins."--
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.4 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
320L
Language
English
Description
They cluck, chirp, and hop. They're baby chicks! These down-covered, yellow babies work hard to break out of their eggs at hatching time. Then they learn all they need to know from mom as they grow and explore the world. Flutter through the pages of this title to learn more about chicks and their early days of life!
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
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Description
"Jacqueline Woodson, one of today's finest writers, tells the moving story of her childhood in mesmerizing verse. Raised in South Carolina and New York, Woodson always felt halfway home in each place. In vivid poems, she shares what it was like to grow up as an African American in the 1960s and 1970s, living with the remnants of Jim Crow and her growing awareness of the Civil Rights movement. Touching and powerful, each poem is both accessible and...
Author
Language
English
Description
"Minecraft was designed to allow other people to modify it. And while there are several successful game guides on the market already, this book is the first unofficial "hacker's" super-guide dedicated to adding mods (modifications) to your Minecraft game.Mods add content to the game to alter gameplay, changing the creative feel of the game or giving the players more options for how they interact within the Minecraft world. Mods can make your game...
10) Horned lizard
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
560L
Language
English
Description
What's that lizard with the spikes all over its body? It's a horned lizard!
11) Super ants
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
560L
Language
English
Description
"Early readers will learn about the unique biological adaptations of ants through carefully leveled text and photo illustrations. Includes glossary and index."--
12) Dump trucks
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
"Developed by literacy experts and educators for students in PreK through grade two, this book introduces beginning readers to dump trucks through simple, predictable text and related photos"--Provided by publisher"--
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 7.6 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
"In 1967, Bashir Khairi, a twenty-five-year-old Palestinian, journeyed to Israel with the goal of seeing the beloved stone house with the lemon tree behind it that he and his family had fled nineteen years earlier. To his surprise, when he found the househe was greeted by Dalia Eshkenazi Landau, a nineteen-year-old Israeli college student, whose family left fled Europe for Israel following the Holocaust. On the stoop of their shared home, Dalia and...
14) Jellyfish
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Simple text and supportive images introduce beginning readers to jellyfish. Intended for students in kindergarten through third grade"--Provided by publisher.
15) Concrete mixers
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 0.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"This search-and-find book invites emergent readers to look for new vocabulary words and pictures while giving simple facts about a concrete mixer's structure, parts, and jobs they do"--
18) Blue animals
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.8 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
470L
Language
English
Description
"Developed by literacy experts for students in kindergarten through grade three, this book introduces blue animals to young readers through leveled text and related photos"--
19) Bulldozers
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 0.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"This search-and-find book invites emergent readers to look for new vocabulary words and pictures while giving simple facts about a bulldozer's structure, parts, and jobs they do"--
20) Green animals
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.7 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
450L
Language
English
Description
"Developed by literacy experts for students in kindergarten through grade three, this book introduces green animals to young readers through leveled text and related photos"--
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