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Author
Pub. Date
[2000]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Discusses the everyday life, cooking methods, and foods eaten on the journey of Meriwether Lewis and William Clark up the Missouri River to the Pacific as they charted the vast territory of the Louisiana Purchase. Includes recipes.
Author
Pub. Date
2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Describes what life was like for Americans during the Great Depression and World War II, exploring the causes of the Depression, the impact it had on how people lived, the ways people tried to earn and save money, what it was like to be a child during the Depression, the changes that occurred when the country joined World War II, and the role women and children played in the war efforts at home.
14) Space shuttles
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2005
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 9 - AR Pts: 2
Description
Presents a history of the Space Shuttle program from its earliest success with the Columbia mission.
15) Space pioneers
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2005
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.1 - AR Pts: 2
Description
Discusses the first men and women who traveled into space, from Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin to John Glenn. The world held its breath in July 1969 as it watched the first humans leave footprints on the Moon. Decades later, the lure of space exploration still sparks our imaginations. How did it all begin, and where else will it lead? This series chronicles the history of space exploration, from the invention of the rocket in China in the thirteenth...