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1) Ships
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Description
"Simple text and supportive full-color photographs introduce young readers to ships. Intended for kindergarten through third grade"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
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Description
"Lo Blacklock, a journalist who writes for a travel magazine, has just been given the assignment of a lifetime: a week on a luxury cruise with only a handful of cabins. The sky is clear, the waters calm, and the veneered, select guests jovial as the exclusive cruise ship, the Aurora, begins her voyage in the picturesque North Sea. At first, Lo's stay is nothing but pleasant: the cabins are plush, the dinner parties are sparkling, and the guests are...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 10 - AR Pts: 28
Language
English
Description
In the mid-nineteenth century, a French professor and his two companions, trapped aboard a fantastic submarine as prisoners of the deranged Captain Nemo, come face to face with exotic ocean creatures and strange sights hidden from the world above.
4) Submarines
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
How do submarines sink and float? What do submarines do underwater? Looking at features from the top of the periscope to the end of the torpedo tubes, this book uncovers how and why submarines work miles under the surface of the ocean.
5) Ships
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Relevant images match informative text in this introduction to ships. Intended for students in kindergarten through third grade"--
Author
Language
English
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Description
Katherine Anne Porter's first and only novel is a masterful allegory of the passions and prejudices that sparked World War II August 1931. An ocean liner bound for Germany sets out from the Mexican port city of Veracruz. The ship's first-class passengers include an idealistic young American painter and her lover; a Spanish dance troupe with a sideline in larceny; an elderly German couple and their fat, seasick bulldog; and a boisterous band of Cuban...
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Readers enter the underwater world of extreme submarines with this text, which offers a high-interest take on the career, technology, and engineering curricula in elementary classrooms. Readers learn the basics of submarine technology and how submarine crews live inside the machine. The text examines the ways in which submarines are used, including civilian and military missions, and how they escape detection in the deepest depths of the oceans. Familiar...
8) Submarines
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Some submarines are over 550 feet long and can dive 1,600 feet deep. The biggest submarine in the world can carry up to 160 crew members and stay underwater for 180 days. Stunning photographs accompany intriguing facts, allowing readers to see these remarkable boats up close, including their giant propellers and nuclear engines.
11) Monster ships
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Developed by literacy experts for students in kindergarten through grade three, this book introduces ships to young readers through leveled text and related photos"--
13) Boats go
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
In simple text this board book shows the different sea vessels and the noises they make.
14) The sea-wolf
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.1 - AR Pts: 18
Language
English
Description
Jack London's 1904 novel "The Sea Wolf" is the story of Humphrey van Weyden, an effete gentleman, who finds himself shipwrecked when the San Francisco ferry his is aboard collides with another ship in the fog. Adrift in the bay, Humphrey is rescued by Wolf Larsen, the brutish captain of a seal-hunting schooner, the "Ghost". However, his relief in being saved is short-lived, for he is soon put to work, essentially enslaved as a cabin boy forced to...
15) Saturn run
Author
Language
English
Description
"An extraordinary new thriller of the future from #1 New York Times-bestselling and Pulitzer Prize-winning author John Sandford and internationally known photo-artist and science fiction aficionado Ctein. Over the course of thirty-seven books, John Sandford has proven time and again his unmatchable talents for electrifying plots, rich characters, sly wit, and razor-sharp dialogue. Now, in collaboration with Ctein, he proves it all once more, in a...
16) Ships
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 0.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
"This photo-illustrated book for early readers tells about the parts of a ship and different kinds of ships used for transportation of goods and people"--Provided by publisher.
17) Icebreakers
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Carefully leveled text in a narrative format couple with vibrant photograph to explore the function and features of icebreakers. Includes picture glossary and index."--
18) Still summer
Author
Language
English
Description
Mitchard's Still Summer plunges into terror
By Carol Memmott, USA TODAY
Secure your life preserver. Tie yourself to the mast. It's late August, but it's still summer, and Jacquelyn Mitchard is taking you on a thrill ride you won't forget.
Mitchard made her mark in the literary world in 1996 when The Deep End of the Ocean was chosen as the first pick for Oprah Winfrey's now-legendary book club. Since then, she has written...
By Carol Memmott, USA TODAY
Secure your life preserver. Tie yourself to the mast. It's late August, but it's still summer, and Jacquelyn Mitchard is taking you on a thrill ride you won't forget.
Mitchard made her mark in the literary world in 1996 when The Deep End of the Ocean was chosen as the first pick for Oprah Winfrey's now-legendary book club. Since then, she has written...
19) Little Tug
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Little Tug knows what to do when the tall ship, the speedboat, and the ocean liner need him, and at such times, he is indispensable.
20) Ships
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
""Developed by literacy experts and educators for students in PreK through grade two, this book introduces beginning readers to ships through simple, predictable text and related photos"--Provided by publisher"--