Nathan Aaseng
2) Cheetahs
Author
Series
Publisher
KidHaven Press
Pub. Date
c2002
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Explains the behavior, habits, and characteristics of cheetah, including where they live and the speed at which they move.
Author
Series
Publisher
Enslow
Pub. Date
c1996
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Describes how carnivorous (meat-eating) plants such as Venus's flytraps and pitcher plants catch prey from the size of mites to the size of frogs using triggers, pitfalls, and sticky surfaces.
Author
Publisher
Lerner Publications Co
Pub. Date
c1990
Language
English
Description
Presents brief biographies of the interprising individuals who started such products and companies as Apple computers, Sears, the Dow Jones Index and The Wall Street Journal, J.C. Penney, Hershey's chocolate, Ebony magazine, and Kinney shoes.
11) The rejects
Author
Publisher
Lerner Publications Co
Pub. Date
c1989
Language
English
Description
Describes various companies that succeeded despite initial rejection and the certainty of "experts" that the product they offered would fail.
15) Ben Carson
Author
Series
Publisher
Zondervan Pub. House
Pub. Date
c1992
Language
English
Description
The chief of pediatric neurosurgery at Johns Hopkins University Hospital tells about his life and some of his notable cases.
17) Michael Crichton
Author
Series
Publisher
Lucent Books
Pub. Date
c2002
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 9.8 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
Profiles the life of Michael Crichton, revealing how his childhood interests helped him to become a best-selling author of technothriller books and films, as well as creator of the television series, ER.
18) The cheetah
Author
Publisher
Lucent Books
Pub. Date
c2000
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 9.6 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
Describes this endangered animal including its hunting for food on the African plain and the competition which it faces, its reproduction and development, and the effect of humans on its decline.
19) Space race
Author
Series
Publisher
Lucent Books
Pub. Date
2001
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 10.2 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English