What Milly Did: The Remarkable Pioneer of Plastics Recycling
by Elise Moser and Scot Ritchie
Milly Zantow wanted to solve the problem of her town's full landfill and ended... read more
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- Grade
- 1-5
- Genre
- Biography
- Nonfiction
Year Published 2016
Word Count 5,839
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 1090L
- ATOS Reading Level: 6.7
- AR Quiz Numbers
- 183244
- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- History
- Science
- Social Studies
- STEAM
- Subject Headings
- Women--Biography
- JUVENILE NONFICTION / Biography & Autobiography / Social Activists
- Zantow, Milly, 1923-2014--Juvenile literature
- Environmentalists--United States--Biography
- Environmentalism--Juvenile literature
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography | Women
- Recycling (Waste, etc)--Juvenile literature
- Recycling industry
- Environmentalism
- Environmentalists--United States--Biography--Juvenile literature
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography | Social Activists
- Plastics--Recycling
- JUVENILE NONFICTION / Biography & Autobiography / Women
- Recycling (Waste, etc.)
- Recycling (Waste, etc.)--Juvenile literature
- JUVENILE NONFICTION / Recycling & Green Living
- Zantow, Mildred
- Green movement
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Science & Nature | Environmental Conservation & Protection
- Green movement--Juvenile literature
- JUVENILE NONFICTION / Science & Nature / Environmental Conservation & Protection
- Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Biography
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Recycling & Green Living
- Lists With This Book
- Wisconsin People, Places, and Topics
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Book Guides, Activities & Lessons 2
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