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1) George
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English
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STO: Banned & Challenged Books
Stonewall Book Awards - Mike Morgan & Larry Romans Children’s & Young Adult Literature Award
Stonewall Book Awards - Mike Morgan & Larry Romans Children’s & Young Adult Literature Award
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"When people look at George, they think they see a boy. But she knows she's not a boy. She knows she's a girl. George thinks she'll have to keep this a secret forever. Then her teacher announces that their class play is going to be Charlotte's Web. George really, really, REALLY wants to play Charlotte. But the teacher says she can't even try out for the part . . . because she's a boy. With the help of her best friend, Kelly, George comes up with a...
2) George
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Publisher
Orchard Books
Pub. Date
1999
Language
English
Description
At school George recovers an escaped rabbit, helps bake bread, and enjoys a fair at which he hopes to win a raffle prize.
3) George
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English
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Georgios Panayiotou was just eighteen when he decided to adopt the stage name of George Michael. Sometimes his two worlds would collide with shattering consequences. Biographer Sean Smith has gone back to the neighborhoods of North London to trace the astonishing journey of a sensitive but determined boy who grew up to be one of the biggest British pop stars of all time. Along the way, he talks to those close to George, revealing the real man - funny,...
4) George
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English
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Every story begins because someone was an idiot...
George is just your normal peasant, with parents who abandoned him to join up with pirates and a terrible family secret he carries around his neck.
But when a wandering knight scoops him up to carry all his heavy stuff, George feels like his dreams are coming true! Except the knight dies. And now George is in trouble. Will donning the knight's armor and taking his place solve his problems? What...
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Curious George original adventures volume 5
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English
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A little monkey needs to be rescued when he tries to fly a kite.
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Curious George original adventures volume 4
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English
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Following a day of misadventures Curious George becomes the first space monkey.
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Curious George original adventures volume 6
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English
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The man with the yellow hat illustrates the alphabet for his curious monkey friend.
13) Arthur & George
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English
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NATIONAL BESTSELLER • BOOKER PRIZE FINALIST • From the bestselling author of The Sense of an Ending comes an “extraordinary … first rate” novel (The New York Times Book Review) that follows the lives of two very different British men and explores the grand tapestry of late-Victorian Britain.
As boys, George, the son of a Midlands vicar, and Arthur, living in shabby genteel Edinburgh, find themselves...
As boys, George, the son of a Midlands vicar, and Arthur, living in shabby genteel Edinburgh, find themselves...
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English
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"Taking place during the most critical period of our nation's birth, The First Conspiracy tells a remarkable and previously untold piece of American history that not only reveals George Washington's character, but also illuminates the origins of America's counterintelligence movement that led to the modern day CIA. In 1776, an elite group of soldiers were handpicked to serve as George Washington's bodyguards. Washington trusted them; relied on them....
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English
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"Born in 1860s Missouri, nobody expected George Washington Carver to succeed. Slaves were not allowed to be educated. After the Civil War, Carver enrolled in classes and proved to be a star student. He became the first black student at Iowa State Agricultural College and later its first black professor. He went on to the Tuskegee Institute where he specialized in botany (the study of plants) and developed techniques to grow crops better. His work...
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Dramabook volume D3
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English
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The book traces in some detail Shaw's work as a critic (puritanical opposition to Shakespeare) and as a dramatist. G K Chesterton was ideally placed to write this critical biography of the literary works and political views of George Bernard Shaw. He was a personal friend and yet an ardent opponent of Shaw's progressive socialism. The lightness of tone and the humour of his other works are equally present in his examination of Shaw. The book presents...
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English
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Curious George learns about sports, scoring, and numbers in this triple play of an adventure!
George is excited to go to his first baseball game to watch his friend Marco play. While Marco concentrates on hitting his first home run, George gets to play scorekeeper. But George doesn’t know in which order he should hang the numbers. With help from Marco and the girl at the snack stand, George learns about number sequence...
George is excited to go to his first baseball game to watch his friend Marco play. While Marco concentrates on hitting his first home run, George gets to play scorekeeper. But George doesn’t know in which order he should hang the numbers. With help from Marco and the girl at the snack stand, George learns about number sequence...
19) Smart George
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Series
George (Jules Feiffer) volume 2
Publisher
Michael Di Capua Books / Harper Collins Publishers
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
When George's mother asks him to add one plus one, two plus two, and three plus three, George would rather eat, go for a walk, and take a nap. But soon George finds himself in a colorful dream about . . . numbers!
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Follow the life of George Washington as he makes his way from being a farmer to the first president of the United States of America. Readers will learn all about his interesting and inspiring life in this engaging biography that features informational text, vibrant, detailed images and a timeline of Washington's life.
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