1947
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
In this newly revised edition of The Gristmill, young readers will discover that people would travel from far and wide to visit the gristmill for the essential service of having their grain ground. Find out how the miller produced flour, the staple of life, as well as what jobs the miller did, what made the grinding stones turn, and how wheat becomes bread.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
c1997
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Describes the plantations that existed in the southern United States into the nineteenth century, examining what life was like for the owners of these large farming communities, their children, and the slaves.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
This newly revised edition describes how building a school was a priority once an early community became established. Students of all ages shared one teacher and the same four walls year after year. A One-Room School describes how the teacher, a respected member of the community, was entrusted with the responsibility of teaching reading, 'riting, and 'rithmetic. Children will enjoy seeing inside a one-room schoolhouse and discovering: what subjects...
5) Big cats
Author
Series
Publisher
Crabtree
Pub. Date
c1994
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Photographs and text discuss the lives and habits of the big cats such as lions, leopards, jaguars, and others.
7) In the barn
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Examines the barn as the center of farm life for early settlers of North America.
8) Dirt movers
Author
Series
Pub. Date
c1994
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Photographs and text discuss various construction vehicles including dump trucks, backhoes, bulldozers, and cranes.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
In this newly revised edition, John and his sister Emily live with their family in a farming community. After rising at sun-up to do their chores on the farm and in the household, John and Emily's day begins with a long walk to the one-room school. A Child's Day also describes: reading and ciphering, "making their manners," the different expectations boys and girls had for their future, children's books, toys, and games.
11) Fort life
Author
Series
Publisher
Crabtree Pub. Co
Pub. Date
c1994
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
15) Mexico, the land
Author
Series
Publisher
Crabtree Pub. Co
Pub. Date
c1993
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
16) Ballet school
Author
Series
Publisher
Crabtree Pub. Co
Pub. Date
c1994
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
17) Old-time toys
Author
Series
Publisher
Crabtree Pub. Co
Pub. Date
c1995
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Author
Series
Publisher
Crabtree Publishing
Pub. Date
1997
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Describes the elaborate Yuletide customs of the period between 1837 and 1901, when Queen Victoria ruled Britain, and discusses how these customs were adopted and sometimes changed in the United States during the same period.