Kevin Kurtz
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Audisee® eBooks with Audio combine professional narration and text highlighting to engage reluctant readers!
Take a trip into orbit with the most up-to-date information on space tourism. With a STEM-focused sidebars, engaging photos, and fascinating facts, this book enables readers to explore the exciting space tourism industry-no astronaut training needed!
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Audisee® eBooks with Audio combine professional narration and text highlighting to engage reluctant readers!
Take a deep look into some of the most mysterious objects in the universe-black holes. Readers will explore the most up-to-date information available and be encouraged think critically about space discoveries in this STEM-focused title!
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Enjoy a day in one of the most dynamic habitats on earth: the salt marsh. Fun-to-read, rhyming verse introduces readers to hourly changes in the marsh as the tide comes and goes. Watch the animals that have adapted to this ever-changing environment as they hunt for food or play in the sun, and learn how the marsh grass survives even when it is covered by saltwater twice a day. An activity on adaptations is included in the "For Creative Minds" section....
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 1
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Español
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Travel deep into the ocean way below the surface and you'll encounter some creatures you never knew existed! This book takes you on a journey through the dark depths of the sea towards the ocean floor. Most ecosystems need sunlight, but deep in the ocean where the sun doesn't shine animals have adapted some very interesting ways to see, protect themselves, and eat. Discover the unique habitats, adaptations, and food chains of these deep -sea creatures....
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 1
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Español
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Enjoy a day in one of the most dynamic habitats on earth,the salt marsh. Fun-to-read, rhyming verse introduces readers to hourly changes in the marsh as the tide comes and goes. Watch the animals that have adapted to this ever-changing environment as they hunt for food or play in the sun, and learn how the marsh grass survives even when it is covered by saltwater twice a day. An activity on adaptations is included in the "For Creative Minds" section....
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Come spend A Day on the Mountain, the follow up to Kevin Kurtz's award-winning first book, A Day in the Salt Marsh. Rhyming verse and vibrant illustrations take readers up a mountain, from the forested bottom to the snow-covered top. While climbing, they witness the changing habitats and meet the plants and animals that live there. Learn about Black bears, Great Gray Owls, Garter snakes, Clark's nutcrackers, Bighorn sheep, Hummingbirds, Yellow-bellied...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 1
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Español
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Come spend A Day on the Mountain, the follow up to Kevin Kurtz's award-winning first book, A Day in the Salt Marsh. Rhyming verse and vibrant illustrations take readers up a mountain, from the forested bottom to the snow-covered top. While climbing, they witness the changing habitats and meet the plants and animals that live there. Learn about Black bears, Great Gray Owls, Garter snakes, Clark's nutcrackers, Bighorn sheep, Hummingbirds, Yellow-bellied...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Travel deep into the ocean way below the surface and you'll encounter some creatures you never knew existed! This book takes you on a journey through the dark depths of the sea towards the ocean floor. Most ecosystems need sunlight, but deep in the ocean where the sun doesn't shine animals have adapted some very interesting ways to see, protect themselves, and eat. Discover the unique habitats, adaptations, and food chains of these deep -sea creatures....
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 1
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Español
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Los tiburones y los delfines tienen ambos órganos en forma de torpedo con aletas en sus espaldas. Ellos cortan el agua para agarrar a sus presas con los dientes afilados. Pero a pesar de sus similitudes, tiburones y delfines pertenecen a diferentes clases de animales: una es un pez y obtiene el oxígeno del agua y el otro es un mamífero y obtiene el oxígeno del aire. Educador Marina Kevin Kurtz guía primeros lectores a comparar y contrastar estos...
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Using a wide variety of stunning photographs, author Kevin Kurtz poses thought-provoking questions to help readers determine if things are living or nonliving. For example, if most (but not all) living things can move, can any nonliving things move? As part of the Compare and Contrast series, this is a unique look at determining whether something is living or nonliving. This nonfiction picture book with a cuddle factor includes a 4-page For Creative...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.3 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Sharks and dolphins both have torpedo-shaped bodies with fins on their backs. They slice through the water to grab their prey with sharp teeth. But despite their similarities, sharks and dolphins belong to different animal classes: one is a fish and gets oxygen from the water and the other is a mammal and gets oxygen from the air. Marine educator Kevin Kurtz guides early readers to compare and contrast these ocean predators through stunning photographs...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Come along on a journey through the aquatic habitat of a forested wetland. Meet birds and bobcats, along with the beavers and beetles that call the soggy forest home. Kevin Kurtz continues his award-winning "A Day In" series, and once again delights readers with a rhythmic, nonfiction look into a typical day for the animals that live in this wet habitat.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
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Español
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Acompáñanos en un viaje a través del hábitat acuático en un bosque del humedal. Conoce a las aves y los gatos monteses, junto con los castores y los escarabajos que llaman hogar al bosque empapado. Kevin Kurtz continúa su galardonada serie "Un día en", y una vez más, deleita a los lectores con una historia rítmica y no ficticia en un día típico para los animales que viven en este hábitat húmedo.
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Arbordale Publishing
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[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.3 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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"Sharks and dolphins both have torpedo-shaped bodies with fins on their backs. They slice through the water to grab their prey with sharp teeth. But despite their similarities, sharks and dolphins belong to different animal classes: one is a fish and gets oxygen from the water and the other is a mammal and gets oxygen from the air. Marine educator Kevin Kurtz guides early readers to compare and contrast these ocean predators through stunning photographs...
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Explore outer space through interactive augmented reality experiences!
Black holes are invisible because light cannot escape their gravity. Explore new techniques that astronomers use to study black holes and learn about thrilling discoveries in black hole science, with the help of exciting augmented reality features.
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Enjoy hours of fun with hundreds of would-you-rather questions for kids ages 8 to 12
Would you rather...leave the house barefoot OR wear tap shoes all day? Have your own treehouse OR your own secret room in your home with a hidden door? The Big Book of Would You Rather Questions for Kids offers hundreds of fun prompts to think about and laugh over with friends and family. With more than 350 thought-starters, kids will develop skills in critical thinking,...