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3) Cartoonists
Author
Series
Pub. Date
c2000
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.3 - AR Pts: 4
Description
Discusses the lives and achievements of seven cartoonists who have made a major impact on society through their art and wit: Mort Walker, Chuck Jones, Charles Schulz, Garry Trudeau, Cathy Guisewite, Matt Groening, and Scott Adams.
5) Astronauts
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2001]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 9.4 - AR Pts: 5
Description
Presents a brief history of space travel and illustrated biographical profiles of six astronauts: Yuri Gagarin, John Glenn, Neil Armstrong, Sally Ride, Christa McAuliffe, and Mae Jemison.
9) Campaigners
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2002]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.5 - AR Pts: 2
Description
This book introduces some notable campaigners for various causes throughout history, including Thomas Paine, Frederick Douglass, and Nelson Mandela.
12) The Romans
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2002
Description
This book describes the life of the Romans as soldiers, builders, engineers, senators, and merchants.
13) Secret agents
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2002.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.1 - AR Pts: 1
Description
This book profiles the lives of Guy Fawkes, Daniel Defoe, Benedict Arnold, Harriet Tubman, Mata Hari, Tito, and other undercover agents.
14) The Vikings
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2002
Description
This book tells about the mighty northern people who traveled, raided, looted, and traded their way across Europe and beyond.
15) Air pioneers
Author
Series
Pub. Date
c2003
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.1 - AR Pts: 2
Description
This book profiles the lives of George Cayley, the Wright brothers, Louis Bleriot, Alcock and Brown, Charles Lindbergh, Amelia Earhart, and other air pioneers.
16) Andrew Jackson
Author
Series
Pub. Date
c2005
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 1
Description
A biography of the seventh president from his childhood in South Carolina, through his military career in the War of 1812 and his family life, to his legacy as America's first populist president.
17) Astronomers
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2003
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8 - AR Pts: 2
Description
This book profiles the lives of Nicolaus Copernicus, Tycho Brahe, Johannes Kepler, Galileo Galilei, Isaac Newton, and other astronomers.
18) Lewis And Clark
Author
Series
Pub. Date
c2003
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Tells the story of Meriwether Lewis and William Clark, discussing their boyhoods and their experiences as leaders of an expedition to explore the western part of North America in an attempt to find a trade route to the Pacific Ocean.
19) Marie Curie
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2003].
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Examines the life of the Polish-born scientist who, with her husband Pierre, was awarded a 1903 Nobel Prize for discovering radium.