Houghton Mifflin Company

Mission to Pluto: The First Visit to an Ice Dwarf and the Kuiper Belt

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Copies: 6

"It's a whole new world. It's a planet I think everyone has tried to imagine."

Author:

Mary Kay Carson

Lexile:

940L

Mission to Pluto: The First Visit to an Ice Dwarf and the Kuiper Belt

Curious George and the Dinosaur

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THIS IS PART OF THE DINOSAURS CURRICULUM KIT

Curious George visits a museum with a class of schoolchildren and causes much excitement by climbing up onto a dinosaur skeleton.

Author:

Margaret and H.A. Rey

Lexile:

340L

Emma's Poem: The Voice of the Statue of Liberty

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Copies: 7

In 1883, Emma Lazarus, deeply moved by an influx of immigrants from eastern Europe, wrote a sonnet that gave a voice to the Statue of Liberty. Originally a gift from France to celebrate our shared national struggles for liberty, the statue, thanks to Emma's poem, came to define us as a nation that welcomes immigrants. The text of that now famous poem, "The New Colossus," appears in this free-verse biography, illustrated in an exquisite folk art style.

The New Colossus by Emma Lazarus has been selected as a Common Core Text Exemplar (Grades 4-5, Poetry)

Author:

Linda Glaser

Lexile:

AD790L

Emma's Poem: The Voice of the Statue of Liberty

The Year Money Grew on Trees

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Copies: 7

In early 1980's New Mexico, thirteen-year-old Jackson Jones recruits his cousins and sisters to help tend an elderly neighbor's neglected apple orchard for the chance to make big money and, perhaps, to own the orchard.

Author:

Aaron R. Hawkins

Lexile:

810L

Looking for Me

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Copies: 7

One of twelve siblings growing up in Depression-era Baltimore, Edith isn’t quite sure of who she is. Between working at her father’s diner, taking care of her younger siblings, and living in the shadow of her more mature sisters, she feels lost in a sea of siblings. When a kind teacher encourages Edith to be a teacher herself one day, Edith sees prospects for a future all her own. Full of joy, pain, humor, and sadness, this novel in verse is an enduring portrait of one family’s pursuit of the American dream.

Author:

Betsy R. Rosenthal

Lexile:

1130L