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Author
Series
Publisher
Capstone Press
Pub. Date
[2018]
Lexile measure
650L
Physical Desc
1 online resource (24 pages) : color illustrations.
Language
English
Description
Provides an introduction to the differences between facts, fiction, and opinions and how they affect advertisements, news reports, and blogs. Includes color photographs, a glossary, and resources for further information.
Author
Language
English
Description
"Based on true events, a young woman used to the finer things in life arrives in small town Appalachia in 1911 to help her formidable cousin combat adult illiteracy by opening moonlight schools" --
"Haunted by her sister's mysterious disappearance, Lucy Wilson arrives in Rowan County, Kentucky, in the spring of 1911 to work for Cora Wilson Stewart, superintendent of education. When Cora sends Lucy into the hills to act as scribe for the mountain...
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster BFYR
Lexile measure
1190L
Language
English
Description
Tracing the spread of misinformation and disinformation through our fast-moving media landscape, a journalist, scientist, medical professional, and professor gives readers the skills to identify and counter poorly sourced clickbait and misleading headlines.
Author
Series
Publisher
Creative Education
Pub. Date
c2013
Physical Desc
1 online resource (48 p.) : col. ill. ; 27 cm.
Language
English
Description
Provides readers with a guide to conducting primary research, discussing how to locate the information one needs and use it effectively. Includes a glossary and additional reading sources.
5) Zooman Sam
Author
Series
Pub. Date
1999
Lexile measure
680L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Four-year-old Sam's appearance as a zookeeper at his nursery school's Future Job Day leads him to a number of exciting activities and discoveries, including reading.
6) Bluefish
Author
Pub. Date
2011
Lexile measure
HL 600L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Everything changes for thirteen-year-old Travis, a new student who is trying to hide his illiteracy, when he meets a sassy classmate with her own secrets and a remarkable teacher.
Author
Pub. Date
2011
Lexile measure
670L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Zulaikha, a thirteen-year-old girl in Afghanistan, faces a series of frightening but exhilirating changes in her life as she defies her father and secretly meets with an old woman who teaches her to read, her older sister gets married, and American troops offer her surgery to fix her disfiguring cleft lip.
Author
Publisher
Kids Can Press
Pub. Date
[2022]
Lexile measure
890L
Physical Desc
55 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
"Here's a deep dive into how real journalism works, what fake news is -- and most importantly, how to spot the difference. Organized into chapters that explore fake news and why it's so popular, how real news gets made, some common types of fake news, and how to investigate what you see online, this book is a must-read guide for kids who get most of their information online. With hilarious examples and humorous and lively illustrations, Can You Believe...
Author
Series
Publisher
Crabtree Publishing Company
Pub. Date
2021.
Lexile measure
550L
Physical Desc
24 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Find out how code monkeys build sets of instructions called algorithms using flow charts"--
"Find out how code monkeys find and fix bugs--the part of an algorithm, or set of instructions, that does not work as it should" --
Publisher
Maupin House
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
1 online resource (464 pages)
Language
English
Description
Presents an alphabetically arranged guide to over 100 rationales for using graphic novels in the classroom and includes a listing by title/series from almost every genre available in the format.
Author
Publisher
Flamingo Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Lexile measure
AD 750L
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 28 cm
Language
English
Description
A scarecrow stood in the garden. Tall, proud, and smiling. Every day a girl brought her favorite books to the garden and she read to him. He heard tales of courage and of hope. And when she said, "The End," the scarecrow always felt a little bit taller and braver. Year after year, she came and she read to him. Until one spring, two different hands picked him up from the garden shed and placed him in the garden. He waited, but she didn't come to read...
Author
Series
Dear America volume 5
Language
English
Description
In 1859, twelve-year-old Clotee, a house slave who must conceal the fact that she can read and write, records in her diary her experiences and her struggle to decide whether to escape to freedom.
17) Hit the Books
Author
Publisher
Cherry Lake Pub
Pub. Date
c2010
Physical Desc
1 online resource (32 p.) : col. ill. ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
Super Smart Information Strategies: Hit the Books provides students with practical information on using print and ebooks. Readers are encouraged to think critically as they conduct research, collaborate with fellow students and present their findings in new and different ways.