Debbie S. Miller
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
AD 910L
Language
English
Description
The story of the heroic role played by sled dogs, including the Siberian husky Togo, in the delivery of antitoxin serum to those stricken with diphtheria in 1925 Nome. Includes historical notes about the event as well as about the Iditarod Sled Dog Race which commemorates it.
Author
Publisher
Walker
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
890L
Language
English
Description
Describes the unique light phenomena of the Alaskan Arctic and the ways animals such as snowshoe hares, moose, and sandhill cranes adapt to the temperature and daylight changes each month of the year.
Author
Publisher
Walker & Co
Pub. Date
2010.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
1000L
Language
English
Description
Describes the extreme environmental conditions that tundra wildlife endure in the winter and the adaptations that they make, from the cooling and warming cycles of the ground squirrel to the partial-freeze hibernation of the wood frog.
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown
Pub. Date
2001.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A great woolly mammoth leads her family across rivers, plains, and glacial ridges on an annual migration to familiar feeding grounds during a journey which happened more than 12,000 years ago.
Author
Publisher
Walker
Pub. Date
2006.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 6.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Provides a tour of America's last frontier from a bald eagle's point of view, flying over incredible natural wonders such as the tallest mountain in North America and the largest temperate rain forest.