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Author
Series
Classics illustrated volume 16
Publisher
Berkley/First Pub
Pub. Date
[1990]
Language
English
6) The Alamo
Series
Language
English
Description
Tells the story of the historic battle by 185 men against a 7,000-man Mexican army--a battle that ended in the smaller forces' defeat, but lasted long enough to insure the eventual independence of Texas.
Series
Publisher
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
Costello is Lou Henry, a bumbling but loveable owner of an amusement park who can't seem to stop adopting strays-- children, animals, and even Uncle Bud (Abbott), a conniving gambler. When Lou tries to help pay Bud's racing debts, he suddenly finds himself the chief suspect in a gangland murder. This was the legendary duo's last film.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 25
Lexile measure
680L
Language
English
Description
First published in 1939, Steinbeck's Pulitzer Prize winning epic of the Great Depression chronicles the Dust Bowl migration of the 1930s and tells the story of one Oklahoma farm family, the Joads, driven from their homestead and forced to travel west to the promised land of California. Out of their trials and their repeated collisions against the hard realities of an America divided into haves and have nots evolves a drama that is intensely human...
Author
Publisher
Random House Children's Books
Pub. Date
[2023]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"A year has passed since the Grinch stole Christmas from Who-ville. Now eager to prove to the Whos that his heart has grown to LOVE the holiday, the Grinch devises a plan to win Who-ville's Christmas Crown by making the largest, most spectacular Christmas tree the Whos have ever seen! But when things don't go as planned, the Grinch's heart turns ice cold, and he threatens to leave Who-ville for good...until one small, special Who reminds him that...
15) The wizard of Oz
Publisher
Turner Entertainment Co
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
The charming film based on the popular L.Frank Baum novel, Dorothy and her dog Toto, are caught in a tornado's path and somehow end up in the land of Oz. Here she encounters some memorable friends and foes in her journey to meet the Wizard of Oz who everyone says can help her return home and possibly grant her new friends their goals of a brain, heart and courage.
"...This is one vintage film that fully lives up to its classic status."--Variety.
"Remains...