Toni Buzzeo
Author
Lexile measure
1080L
Language
English
Formats
Description
"From a very young age, Sue Hendrickson was meant to find things: lost coins, perfume bottles, even hidden treasure. Her endless curiosity eventually led to her career in diving and paleontology, where she would continue to find things big and small. In 1990, at a dig in South Dakota, Sue made her biggest discovery to date: Sue the T. rex, the largest and most complete T. rex skeleton ever unearthed. Named in Sue's honor, Sue the T. rex would be placed...
4) Whose Boat?
Author
Language
English
Description
Smoke billows up.
Cool water flows.
Whose boat is that?
Do you know?
This nonfiction ode to boats features six kinds of workers and their boats-a patrol boat, a tugboat, a car ferry, a lobster boat, a lifeboat, and a fireboat-with important parts properly labeled. The answer to each inquiring refrain lies under a gatefold, engaging the reader in an informative guessing game. With lyrical (and factual!) text by New York Times-bestselling author...
Author
Language
English
Description
Cora Mae Tipton knows every inch of Shadow Mountain. In the shade of the towering trees, amidst the thickets, streams, and smokehouses, the rhythm of life around her beloved holler hasn't much changed for generations.
Until now.
For the first time, electrical power is coming to the rural communities of eastern Kentucky.
Cora knows in her heart how much good could come of it.
Electrical power means progress. Connection to the outside world. More...
Author
Pub. Date
2011
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 23 x 28 cm
Language
English
Description
Christmas is two days away, but Frances and her little brother Peter, who recently moved with their father to a lighthouse on an isolated island, fear that they will have no treats, no music, and no visit from Santa. Includes facts about the Flying Santa Service.
Author
Pub. Date
2013
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
In this fourth Mrs. Skorupski tale, the librarian with the finest accessories in all of Liberty School shows students how to decide when the Internet is reliable. With the help of the Website Evaluation Gizmo, Hunter discovers that the Internet can provide true facts, Carmen learns that not everything there is true, and together they solve the question of George Washington's teeth.
Author
Publisher
Rise x Penguin Workshop, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
2023.
Lexile measure
AD 640L
Physical Desc
77 pages : color illustrations ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"From grapes to beets and oatmeal to cashews, this reference book highlights and explains the benefits of 25 fruits, vegetables, nuts, and grains, each grouped into color categories and presented with the mind and body benefits they offer. Carefully crafted one-sentence explanations from author Toni Buzzeo provide the perfect amount of information for the preschool audience, and illustrator Serge Bloch's charming and humorous art make this an entertaining...
Author
Publisher
Abrams Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 28 cm
Language
English
Description
Together Pa and Jelly Bean build a sidewalk pantry right next to their sidewalk library, and as they get more visitors, Jelly Bean comes up with the idea to combine the books and food so neighbors feel invited to take a meal and a good book.
Author
Pub. Date
2012
Edition
1st ed.
Lexile measure
AD 530L
Physical Desc
32 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
A curious baby giraffe keeps wandering away from his mother to explore the interesting sights and smells that surround them. Includes a note on giraffes.
Author
Pub. Date
2006
Lexile measure
640L
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
According to Carmen, a fourth-grader at Liberty Elementary, her school's librarian won't tell students ANYTHING! Fortunately, her classmate Robert doesn't believe Carmen and marches right over to ask Mrs. Skorupski question after question. Mrs. Skorupski's eyes twinkle and her rhinestone glasses sparkle as she leads Robert to the tools he needs to find the answers. Carmen scowls as she watches Robert become a Library Success Story, but eventually...
18) The sea chest
Author
Pub. Date
2002
Lexile measure
AD 1150L
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
A young girl listens as her great-aunt, a lighthouse keeper's daughter, tells of her childhood living on a Maine island, and of the infant that washed ashore after a storm.
20) Whose tools?
Author
Publisher
Abrams Appleseed
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 20 x 20 cm
Language
English
Description
Explains how to build a house from the ground up features six kinds of craftsmen and the 24 tools they use, accurately labeled. The answer to each inquiring refrain is revealed under a gatefold, seven in all, engaging the reader in an informative guessing game.