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(0)Wendell Minor
Author
Language
English
Description
Classic Americana and patriotism meet in this picture book version of the beloved song "America the Beautiful."
Katharine Lee Bates's timeless and beloved poem alongside art by award-winning author and artist Wendell Minor, capturing the magnificent beauty of the United States. Celebrate America's ideals of togetherness and marvel at classic illustrations of her natural and historical wonders: from Yosemite National Park and the Garden of the Gods...
11) A lucky thing
Author
Publisher
Harcourt Brace
Pub. Date
c1999
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A collection of fourteen poems about nature, including "Calling the Sun," "Showing the Wind," and "Invitation from a Mole."
12) Galapagos George
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
2014
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Nancy Paulsen Books
Pub. Date
2017.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Benjamin Russell of Boston experiences the Revolutionary War from the Boston Tea Party of 1773 through the Declaration of Independence in 1776. Includes historical note.
15) Everglades
Author
Publisher
HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
c1995
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Describes the Florida Everglades, the evolution of this unique area, and the impact humans have had on its once-abundant life forms.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
In the icy waters of the Pacific, a massive humpback whale unexpectedly finds herself tangled in a net abandoned by fishermen. When a rescue boat and a convoy of divers arrive to help the struggling humpback, a realistic and moving encounter bridges the human and aquatic worlds.
Author
Language
English
Description
A summer classic by two masters, reissued and redesigned for contemporary audiences. Wendell Minor's elegant artwork and Charlotte Zolotow's simple, evocative prose brings a day at the beach vividly to life as a boy and his mother imagine what it would be like to spend a day at the seashore.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A picture book homage to Granny, the world's oldest known orca, who lived to be 105 years old!
For animal lovers and future environmentalists.
"Will Granny and her family come again this year?" Dark fins slice through whitecaps, heading straight toward shore.
Told from the perspective of young Mia and her family on a whale-watching excursion in the San Juan Islands, here is a moving homage to Granny, the world's oldest known orca. This intimate...
Author
Language
English
Description
In Robert Burleigh's nonfiction picture book Wilbur Wright Meets Lady Liberty, illustrated by Wendell Minor, two American icons meet during Wilbur Wright's dramatic flight circling the Statue of Liberty.
On September 29th, 1909, Wilbur Wright performed his first public flight for a crowd of disbelievers in the New York Harbor, home to the Statue of Liberty. With courage and caution, he put his airplane to the test and flew around the iconic landmark...