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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 8
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When eleven-year-old Rigel Harman's parents divorce, she and her sisters must move from the Alaskan wilderness to suburban Connecticut, and while she yearns to return in a year, she eventually realizes she must move forward.
Eleven-year-old Rigel Harman loves her life in off-the-grid Alaska. She hunts rabbits, takes correspondence classes, and doesn't mind not having electricity or running water. When her parents divorce, Rigel and her sisters have...
3) Cardinals
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"Developed by literacy experts for students in kindergarten through grade three, this book introduces cardinals to young readers through leveled text and related photos"--
4) Birds
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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"Simple text and full-color photography introduce beginning readers to birds. Developed by literacy experts for students in kindergarten through third grade"--
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"Ben Zook had only two loves in his life: books and birds. In a stroke of good fortune, he'd stumbled onto a way to cobble together those two loves into a career, writing books about rare birds. He was as free as a bird--until a chase for a rare White-winged Tern takes him to the one place on earth he planned to never return: his Amish home in Stoney Ridge. Desperate for photographs of the elusive tern, Ben hires a local field guide, Micah Weaver,...
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Arabel and Mortimer series volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 4
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English
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Presents three previously published works about a pet raven named Mortimer, who talks, eats everything in sight, and causes all sorts of trouble.
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"When Sy Montgomery went to spend a day at falconer Nancy Cowan's farm, home to a dozen magnificent birds of prey, it was the start of a deep love affair. Nancy allowed her to work with Jazz, a feisty, four-year-old, female Harris's hawk with a wingspan of more than four feet. Not a pet, Jazz was a fierce predator with talons that could pierce skin and bone and yet, she was willing to work with a human to hunt. From the first moment Jazz swept down...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Join Nicholas and his grandfather as they push aside the thoughts of decorating the Christmas tree to lovingly care for a cardinal trapped in the snow of a blizzard on Christmas Eve. Christmas morning finds Nicholas more concerned about the bird than opening his gifts.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.4 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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When Pinkalicious goes on a class trip to the birdhouse, she can't wait to see all the different birds -- especially the rare pink parakeet! Pinkalicious sees lovebirds, peacocks, toucans, and even one very chatty parrot, but no parakeet -- until she spies it escaping from the birdhouse! Everyone gets in a flap, and it's up to Pinkalicious to bring her feathered friend back home.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 3
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English
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Cooper Klavan and his sister, Anna, are fishing with their parents at a woodland pond when they come across an injured bird. Anna, a huge animal lover, insists on taking it home to rehabilitate. But the bird really does not want to be rescued. It bites Anna. Soon, she is behaving very strangely: perching high up in trees and gathering sticks to hide in her room. Cooper doesn't want to jump to any conclusions, but his sister seems to be going to the...
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"Birds are astonishingly intelligent creatures. In fact, according to revolutionary new research, some birds rival primates and even humans in their remarkable forms of intelligence. Like humans, many birds have enormous brains relative to their size. Although small, bird brains are packed with neurons that allow them to punch well above their weight. In The Genius of Birds, acclaimed author Jennifer Ackerman explores the newly discovered brilliance...
13) Rissy no kissies
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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"A love bird who doesn't like kisses? Rissy's friends and family wonder if she's sick, confused, or rude. But kisses make Rissy uncomfortable. Can she show everyone there's not one right way to share affection?"--
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Annie and Snowball volume 5
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Annie and her bunny watch and wait as a nest is built above the porch swing, and eventually they get to see the mother bird feeding her babies.
15) The best nest
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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In this retelling of an old English folktale featuring birds native to the U.S., Magpie patiently explains to the other birds how to build a nest. Some birds are impatient and fly off without listening to all the directions, however, and that is why, to this day, birds' nests come in all different shapes and sizes. Includes "For Creative Minds" section.
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An exhilarating exploration of the science and wonder of global bird migration. In the past two decades, our understanding of the navigational and physiological feats that enable birds to cross immense oceans, fly above the highest mountains, or remain in unbroken flight for months at a stretch has exploded. What we've learned of these key migrations - how billions of birds circumnavigate the globe, flying tens of thousands of miles between hemispheres...
17) Cat & canary
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A city cat who lives out his fantasy of being able to fly finds that staying on the ground isn't so bad after all.
18) 13 words
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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From Publishers Weekly: Based on an unlucky number of key words and authored by someone who takes pleasure in unfortunate events, this volume conjures a sense of foreboding. "Word Number 1: Bird" introduces the central character, and the accompanying illustration pictures a royal-blue bird perched on a linen tablecloth, in a yellow-and-pink dining room that might have been painted by Matisse. The bird's eye droops sadly, whereupon readers turn to...
19) Uncommon Friends
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Ask not what your chickens can do for you; ask what you can do for your chickens.
Gone are the days when chickens were merely egg-layers. Now more than ever they are rightly being seen as cherished pets, uncommon friends, and even spiritual companions! This humorous and insightful book is a hybrid between a memoir and 'how to' manual, a whimsical tour of discovery that reveals the magic of backyard chickens.
Who would expect chickens to have it all:...
20) Finding Elmo
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 2
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English
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Tim's dad owns a pet store, but business is not as good as the new location and things look even worse when Elmo, Tim's favorite cockatoo, disappears during a party, but Tim is determined to find him.
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