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2) The river
Author
Series
Pub. Date
c1988
Description
Relates how plants and creatures co-exist in a river and their struggle for survival when a man-made catastrophe strikes.
3) The roadside
Author
Series
Pub. Date
c1988
Description
Describes how the construction of a six-lane highway in a wilderness area disrupts the balance of nature and forces the animals there to struggle for existence.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
1996
Description
Looks at some of the visible ways that the earth can be changed in a matter of minutes, and discusses how the natural forces involved in earthquakes and volcanoes can raise mountains, build islands, change weather and help to produce varieties of plants and animals.
13) Oceans & rivers
Author
Series
Pub. Date
1996
Description
Looks at the element that covers nearly three-quarters of our planet, and describes the water cycle, ocean waves and river currents, and the threat that human carelessness and exploitation pose.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[1997]
Description
This series details the transformations that raw materials experience as they are manufactured into goods that every child knows, this work describes the steps in making trumpets, tubas, and other horns, from the mining of the copper ore to the shaping of the finished product.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
c2000
Description
Traces the history of the King James Bible discussing how it came to be translated, the scholars involved, the sources used, and the seven years of work that produced, in 1611, a new version of the Bible that has been praised as "the noblest monument of English prose."
17) Death
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Uses letters, stories, and informational text to provide advice for children on how to cope with the death of a loved one.
18) Divorce
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Uses letters, stories, and informational text to provide advice for children on how to cope with their parents' divorce.
Author
Pub. Date
c2002
Description
The first battle of the Marne-the first great battle of World War 1-erupted on month after the start of the War to End All Wars. Fought by two million men along a line that stretched from Paris to the Swiss frontier, it pitted Anglo-French forces against German invaders and ushered in a century of modern warfare.
20) Moving
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Uses letters, stories, and informational text to help children cope with moving to a new home.