| Five Brave Explorers (Scholastic Reader, Level 4) Contributor(s): Hudson, Wade (Author), Garnett, Ron (Illustrator) |
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ISBN: 0590480324 ISBN-13: 9780590480321 Publisher: Cartwheel Books OUR PRICE: $3.59 Product Type: Paperback Published: January 1995 * Not available - Not in print at this time *Annotation: Follows five explorers: Mae Jemison, space traveler; Esteban, who discovered Arizona and New Mexico; James Beckwourth, who developed the American West; Jean Baptiste Pointe du Sable, founder of the city of Chicago; and Matthew Henson, the first African American to reach the North Pole. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Nonfiction | History - Exploration & Discovery - Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography - Historical - Juvenile Nonfiction | People & Places - United States - African-american |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 94019911 |
| Lexile Measure: 680 |
| Series: Scholastic Reader, Level 4 |
| Physical Information: 0.47" H x 6.12" W x 9.04" (0.20 lbs) 48 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - African American |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 44195 Reading Level: 4.4 Interest Level: Lower Grades Point Value: 0.5 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: With inspiring and educational stories, Scholastic's Hello Reader series caters to the spectrum of reading abilities among beginning readers. My First Hello Readers use basic words to reinforce phonics and sight vocabulary. The books at this level offer punch-out flash cards plus six additional pages of skill-building activities. Levels 1 - 4 combine a greater vocabulary and longer sentence length. Each book has an introductory letter from an education specialist guiding parents on how to help their children learn to read. |