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(0)Louise Borden
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
In 1940, Hans and Margret Rey fled their Paris home as the German army advanced. They began their harrowing journey on bicycles, pedaling to Southern France with children's book manuscripts, including what would become the international sensation Curious George, among their few possessions.
Louise Borden combed primary resources, including Hans Rey's pocket diaries, to tell this dramatic true story. Her collection of archival materials introduce readers...
Author
Publisher
Margaret K. McElderry Books
Pub. Date
2004
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
During World War II in the Netherlands, a ten-year-old boy's dream of skating in a famous race allows him to help two children escape to Belgium by ice skating past German soldiers and other enemies.
6) America is
Author
Publisher
Margaret K. McElderry Books
Pub. Date
2002.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Celebrates the diversity of America, the land of the free, where millions of people from many different walks of life share the lakes, mountains, prairies, forests, and deserts that make up this great country.
Author
Publisher
Margaret K. McElderry Books
Pub. Date
2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Each member of a first grade class, as well as their teacher, principal, and a bus driver, expresses excitement, worry, or hope as the first day of school begins.
Author
Publisher
Scholastic, Inc
Pub. Date
c1999
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
With the help of his teacher, a young boy realizes that he not only shares his birthday and similar physical appearance with Abraham Lincoln, but that he is like him in other ways as well.
Author
Publisher
Margaret K. McElderry Books
Pub. Date
2000
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Henry complains to the royal governor, General Gage, after his plan to sled down the steep hill at Boston Common is thwarted by the masses of British troops camped there.
Author
Publisher
Calkins Creek
Pub. Date
c2017.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.5 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Ever since he first strapped on his mother's wooden skis when he was seven, Pete Seibert always loved to ski. At 18, Pete enlisted in the U.S. Army and joined the 10th Mountain Division, soldiers who fought on skis in World War II. In the mountains of Italy, Pete encountered the mental and physical horrors of war. When he was severely wounded and sent home to recover, Pete worried that he might never ski again.
Author
Publisher
Margaret K. McElderry Books
Pub. Date
c1997
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A young English girl and her father take their sturdy fishing boat and join the scores of other civilian vessels crossing the English Channel in a daring attempt to rescue Allied and British troops trapped by Nazi soldiers at Dunkirk.