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Math Curse

LeVar Burton - GPN Educational Media
Format: Image

"As close to genius as one gets in a picture book."--USA Today* An ABBY Honor Book * ALA Notable Book* ALA Best Books for Young Adults * The Horn Book Fanfare* Texas Bluebonnet Award * Publishers Weekly Best Books of 1995* School Library Journal Best Books of 1995 * BOOKLIST...
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G Is for Googol: A Math Alphabet Book

David M Schwartz - Tricyle Press
Format: Print book

B is for Binary, F is for Fibonacci, P is for Probability... even a small sample begins to give you the idea that this is a math book unlike any other. Ranging freely from exponents to light-years to numbers found in nature, this smorgasbord of math concepts and trivia makes a perfect classroom...
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Mammoths and Mastodons: Titans of the Ice Age

Cheryl Bardoe - Abrams Books for Young Readers
Format: Print book

Mammoths and mastodons roamed the earth for more than a million years, and then suddenly went extinct. What was everyday life like for these colossal cousins of the modern elephant? What did they eat? How did they fit into their Ice Age landscape? Why did they disappear?
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Two Truths and a Lie: It's Alive!

AMMI-JOAN PAQUETTE - Walden Pond Press
Format: Hardcover

Two Truths and a Lie is the first book in a fascinating new series that presents some of the most crazy-but-true stories about the living world as well as a handful of stories that are too crazy to be true - and asks readers to separate facts from the fakes! Did you know that there is a fungus...
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Billions of Years, Amazing Changes: The Story of Evolution

Laurence Pringle - Boyds Mills Press
Format: Hardcover

Traces the history of man's discoveries about evolution, covering both the mechanisms of evolution and examples of natural selection.
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Fourth Down and Inches: Concussions and Football's Make-or-Break Moment

Carla Killough McClafferty - Lerner Publishing Group
Format: Print book

"When the 1905 football season ended, nineteen players were dead and countless others were critically injured. The public was outraged. The game had reached a make-or-break moment - fourth down and inches. Coaches, players, fans, and even the president of the United States had one last...
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Poison: Deadly Deeds, Perilous Professions, and Murderous Medicines

Sarah Albee - Crown Books for Young Readers
Format: Paperback

Science geeks and armchair detectives will soak up this non-lethal, humorous account of the role poisons have played in human history. Perfect for STEM enthusiasts! For centuries, people have been poisoning one another - changing personal lives and the course of empires alike. From...
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Higher, Steeper, Faster: The Daredevils Who Conquered the Skies

Lawrence Goldstone - Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

Discover the daring aviation pioneers who made the dream of powered flight a reality, forever changing the course of history.. Aviator Lincoln Beachey broke countless records: he looped-the-loop, flew upside down and in corkscrews, and was the first to pull his aircraft out of what was a typically...
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Exploring Space: From Galileo to the Mars Rover and Beyond

MARTIN JENKINS - Candlewick
Format: Hardcover

Launch into a truly out-of-this-world examination of the past, present, and future of humans in space.For centuries, humans have looked up at the night sky and wondered what it's like deep in space, far from Earth - and now we've begun to find out. We've landed on the moon, put robots...
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Bulu: African Wonder Dog

Dick Houston - Random House Books for Young Readers; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover

Fans of narrative non-fiction, true dog stories, and African wildlife will want to check out Bulu!Born on a crocodile farm in Zambia's untamed South Luangwa Valley, the puppy seemed different from his littermates. Too quiet. Unresponsive. Terriers are usually full of energy and bouncing...
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DIY Lettering

Dawn Nicole Warnaar - Walter Foster Jr. - Quarto Library
Format: Library Binding

DIY Lettering features hand-lettering lessons for beginners, from brush calligraphy basics to creating different lettering styles, as well as over 25 DIY crafts and projects, from customized stationery and postcards to mugs and chalkboard signs.
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The Unofficial Harry Potter Cookbook: From Cauldron Cakes to Knickerbocker Glory--More Than 150 Magical Recipes for Muggles and Wizards

Dinah Buchotz - Adams Media; 8/19/10 edition
Format: Hardcover

With this cookbook, dining a la Hogwarts is as easy as Banoffi Pie. With more than 150 easy-to-make recipes, tips, and techniques, you can indulge in spellbindingly delicious meals drawn straight from the pages of your favorite Potter stories, such as: Treacle Tart, Harry's favorite...
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The Playbook: 52 Rules to Aim, Shoot, and Score in This Game Called Life

Kwame Alexander - HMH Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

A New York Times Bestseller! You gotta know the rules to play the game. Ball is life. Take it to the hoop. Soar. What can we imagine for our lives? What if we were the star players, moving and grooving through the game of life? What if we had our own rules of the game to help us get what...
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