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Lisa Westberg Peters
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"What does an environmentalist do when she realizes she will inherit mineral rights and royalties on fracked oil wells in North Dakota? How does she decide between financial security and living as a committed conservationist who wants to leave her grandchildren a healthy world? After her father's death, Lisa Westberg Peters investigates the stories behind the leases her mother now holds. She learns how her grandfather's land purchases near Williston...
Author
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[1994]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Although a young child puts off cleaning the bedroom because all the family's pets are asleep there, the sudden arrival of a zooming fly mysteriously gets the job done.
Author
Publisher
Holt
Pub. Date
[1988]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Presents side-by-side narration of the earth's making of a mountain, shaping it with sun, wind, and rain, and a child's efforts at the beach to make a tall sand mountain which is also affected by the elements.
6) The hayloft
Author
Series
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[1995]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Two sisters living on a farm enjoy many summer activities--especially spending the night in the hayloft.
Author
Publisher
Greenwillow Books
Pub. Date
[2003]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Presents twenty-two poems about geology. End notes provide information about the earth's surface and interior, types of rocks, and how volcanoes, glaciers, and erosion modify the landscape.
11) Water's way
Author
Publisher
Arcade
Pub. Date
[1991]
Language
English
Description
Introduces the different forms that water can have, from clouds to steam to fog.