Sandra Markle
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
AD 530L
Language
English
Description
"What if you woke up one morning and your eyes weren't yours? What If You Had Animal Eyes?--the next imaginative book in the What If You Had series--explores what would happen if you looked in the mirror and saw an pair of animal eyes instead of your own! From the chameleon's eyes that can point in different directions, to the colossal squid's eyes that shine in the dark, discover what it would be like if you had these special eyes--and find out why...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
1030L
Language
English
Description
Little brown bats do us a big favor. They eat huge numbers of insects! That helps limit the spread of diseases and the damage that insects do to farm crops. But in recent years, large populations of little brown bats have been dying off each winter. Is a virus killing them? Could climate change or pesticides be the cause? Or is it something else? Follow a team of dedicated scientists working to save the little brown bats in this real-life science...
4) Wolves
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
1010L
Language
English
Description
An introduction to the lives of wolves that focuses on how they hunt and how they raise their cubs.
8) Octopuses
Author
Series
Publisher
Lerner Publications Co
Pub. Date
[2007]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
920L
Language
English
Description
Describes the different types of octopuses and how they search for food and defend themselves against predators.
Author
Publisher
Charlesbridge
Pub. Date
[2010]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
AD 650L
Language
English
Description
When the eggs of the hip-pocket frog hatch, the father sits "while the tadpoles wiggle up his hind legs and into the hidden pockets on his hips." But that is only the beginning of a fascinating adventure--the father must evade predators while searching for the perfect place for his froglets to emerge.
Author
Publisher
Boyds Mills Press
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
600L
Language
English
Description
Provides photographs and descriptions of spiders, both large and small, discussing their hunting, web-spinning, and reproduction behaviors, and examining the advantages of size to spiders.
Author
Publisher
Millbrook Press
Pub. Date
[2013]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
AD 620L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Describes how the bar-tailed godwit prepares for and carries out what is the longest nonstop bird migration--a seven thousand-mile flight from Alaska to New Zealand.
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
950L
Language
English
Description
What if you had animal feet? will teach kids about the amazing variety of feet in the animal kingdom and their specialty functions! From cheetahs' fast feet to mountain goats' nimble climbing hooves, to flies' sticky feet!
Author
Publisher
Lerner Pub Group
Pub. Date
[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
980L
Language
English
Description
Presents facts about the ongoing investigation into the decline of honey bees around the world from colony collapse disorder, as scientists look at the impact of such factors as pesticides, farmer transportation of bee hives, fungal infections, and climate change.
Author
Publisher
Millbrook Press
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.6 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
1080L
Language
English
Description
"A historically large irruption of snowy owls during the winter of 2013-2014 brought them across the eastern US, and farther south than usual. Scientists used this opportunity to attach GPS tracking devices to some snowy owls to increase understanding oftheir winter behavior and migration."--