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2) Icebreakers
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1 - AR Pts: 1
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Description
"Carefully leveled text in a narrative format couple with vibrant photograph to explore the function and features of icebreakers. Includes picture glossary and index."--
4) Boat-mania!
Author
Publisher
Gareth Stevens Pub
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 1
Description
This book presents a wide-ranging look at the world of boats, including the California quake drag boat, the Deep Flight submersible, the Illbrook racing yacht, and the USS Nimitz aircraft carrier.
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Series
Boxcar children volume 29
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 2
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Description
While on a cruise with their grandfather, the Alden children help discover who is behind the mysterious troubles of the ship--disconnected phone lines, engine trouble, a man overboard--and still have fun sightseeing, eating, and swimming.
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Series
Unsolved mysteries from history volume 1
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 1
Description
A young girl relates the facts that are known about the unexplained disappearance of the crew on the ship Mary Celeste in 1872, and challenges the reader to solve the mystery.
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Magic tree house. Original series volume 9
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 1
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Description
Their magic tree house takes Jack and Annie deep into the sea, where they meet up with dolphins, sharks, and octopi as they search for the answer to an ancient riddle. Morgan le Fay will make Jack and Annie masters of the tree house if only they can solve four riddles -- which will take four books, of course! Dolphins at Daybreak begins the third set of four books in this magical (and increasingly popular) series! Jack and Annie are off in the Magic...
10) The pirate tree
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 1
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Description
"The gnarled tree on the hill sometimes turns into a pirate ship. A rope serves as an anchor, a sheet as a sail, and Sam is its fearless captain. But one day another sailor approaches, and he's not from Sam's street. Can they find something more precious than diamonds and gold? Can they find--friendship?"--Dust jacket flap.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
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Description
The Water Sprites are supposed to perform their medal-winning synchronized swimming routine aboard a cruise ship, but everything goes wrong when the piglets aboard start throwing things at the swimmers--so Gracie enlists the help of famous Rita Sinclair and her dancers to help impose order on the unruly passengers.
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Boats can carry games and bikes across the ocean. They are used for fishing and sailing. But some boats save other boats. The Arctic Icebreaker Louis S. St-Laurent rescues ships stranded in the frozen Canadian north. It also helps villagers who live in the Arctic Circle. It is even protecting people by helping scientists learn more about warming oceans and rising seas.
13) Ships
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.2 - AR Pts: 1
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Description
"Relevant images match informative text in this introduction to ships. Intended for students in kindergarten through third grade"--
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Navigation instruments have changed over time. Lodestones, sunstones, and sextants helped early navigators find their way. Modern technology makes navigation more precise than it has ever been. But the roots of navigation still remain. Created in collaboration with the Smithsonian Institution, this Smithsonian Informational Text builds students' reading skills while engaging their curiosity about STEAM topics through real-world examples. It features...
15) Ships
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.3 - AR Pts: 1
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Description
These huge machines travel on the ocean and have many different uses. A ship has a huge engine and sometimes uses sails. Join the captain of a cargo ship, a supertanker, or a cruise ship, and sail the seas!
16) Warships
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
Description
How many kinds of warships are made? Who lives and works on warships? Covering everything from prow to stern, this book reveals how these powerful ships help protect our country and our people.
17) Submarines
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
Description
How do submarines sink and float? What do submarines do underwater? Looking at features from the top of the periscope to the end of the torpedo tubes, this book uncovers how and why submarines work miles under the surface of the ocean.
18) The Erie Canal
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 1
Description
During the early 1800s, it was difficult and expensive to transport goods from the East Coast to the Great Lakes region. The Erie Canal connected these two areas, causing a population boom in western New York and encouraging settlement around the Great Lakes. Readers learn the history of this important canal through the main content and fun fact boxes, and also discover the many ways travelers can use and enjoy the canal today. Full-color photographs...
19) Super Submarines
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Submarines are underwater ships used by militaries around the world. This mega machine can be over 550 feet long and can carry up to 160 crew members on board. The fastest submarine, the Soviet submarine K-222, can reach speeds of over 50 mph! Young readers will love learning about this underwater mega machine. With approachable, informative text paired with full color photographs of submarines, readers will discover how submarines work and what makes...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.1 - AR Pts: 1
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Description
In the summer of 1851, with encouragement and ideas provided by his family, an inventor builds a working submarine and takes his family for a ride. Includes notes about Lodner Phillips, the real inventor on whom the story is based.
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