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Mathematics in the real world

Christine Zuchora-Walske · Core Library
Pages: 48
Format:  Print book : Juvenile audience : EnglishView all editions and formats

Take a look into the fascinating world of mathematics, why it is an intriguing STEM career, and the amazing work scientists in this field have accomplished throughout the years.
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Exploring the New Jersey Colony

Barbara Krasner · Capstone Press
Pages: 48
Format: Print book

Step back in time and visit New Jersey during the Colonial period. Settled by the Dutch, Swedish, and English, New Jersey became known for its welcoming attitude toward people of any country or religious belief. Find out what made New Jersey unique, how it got the nickname ""the...
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Magic Animal Rescue 2: Maggie and the Wish Fish

E D Baker · Bloomsbury
Pages: 128
Format: Print book

Maggie's adventures in the Enchanted Forest continue in the second book of a new chapter book series by E. D. Baker!With each day, Maggie is finding it harder and harder to get along with her step-mother and step-siblings while her father is away. It doesn't help that every time...
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Avatar: The Last Airbender - The Rift Part 3

Gene Luen Yang · Dark Horse Books
Format: Print book

Team Avatar is in peril as a dangerously powerful ancient spirit awakens with vengeance and destruction on its mind. Bonds will be tested and new truths revealed as Aang must answer an important question: Can humans and spirits co-exist?!Written and drawn by the team behind the best-selling...
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National Geographic Kids Chapters: Together Forever: True Stories of Amazing Animal Friendships!

Mary Quattlebaum · National Geographic
Pages: 111
Format: Print book

A fluffy chicken and a pup on wheels? A goat and a donkey who are inseparable? Lion, tiger, and bear best friends? This new chapter book features all kinds of heartwarming, awww-inspiring -- and completely true -- stories about animal friendships. So funny, sweet, and filled with engaging...
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Dragons

Peter Castellano · Gareth Stevens Publishing
Pages: 32
Format: Print book

Many cultures have myths about dragons. From the Greek Chimera to the fire-breathing creature of medieval Europe, dragons have taken many forms throughout history. Readers learn all about these myths and legends and explore the significance to the cultures they come from. Fascinating fact...
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Ruth Bader Ginsburg: Iconic Supreme Court Justice

James Roland · Lerner Publications
Pages: 48
Format: Print book

In 1993, Ruth Bader Ginsburg became the second female to serve on the United States Supreme Court. Follow her journey, and learn how she became a national spokesperson for treating people equally under the law.
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Lint Boy

Aileen Leijten · Clarion Books
Pages: 128
Format: Hardcover

Lint Boy and Lint Bear live in their cozy dryer home, carefree and happy - until the day Lint Bear is snatched away by a cruel woman with a vendetta against dolls! Can Lint Boy unite a group of lost dolls to vanquish the villain and save his brother?
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The Wild Swans

Hans Christian Andersen · Pushkin Children's Books
Pages: 64
Format: Paperback

A princess has eleven brothers. The twelve siblings live happily and well, until their father decides to remarry. Their new stepmother is a wicked woman, and she turns all the brothers into swans and banishes the princess from the palace. And so it is left to Elisa to endure countless hardships...
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Kingdom Keepers: The Return Book Three Disney At Last

Ridley Pearson · Disney Hyperion
Pages: 480
Format: Print book

The stakes are high--both for the past and the future. The finale of The Return series leaves the Kingdom Keepers with unimaginable choices to make.
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Finding Perfect

Elly D Swartz · Farrar
Pages: 304
Format: Print book

To twelve-year-old Molly Nathans, perfect is: -- The number four -- The tip of a newly sharpened No. 2 pencil -- A crisp white pad of paper -- Her neatly aligned glass animal figurinesWhat's not perfect is Molly's mother leaving the family to take a faraway job with the promise to return...
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Dream on, Amber

Emma/ Crawford-white Helen Shevah · Sourcebooks Jabberwocky
Pages: 267
Format: Print book

My name is Amber Alessandra Leola Kimiko Miyamoto. I have no idea why my parents gave me all those hideous names but they must have wanted to ruin my life, and you know what? They did an amazing job.As a half-Japanese, half-Italian girl with a ridiculous name, Amber's not feeling molto...
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Chimp Rescue: A True-Life Story

Jess French · Barron's Educational Series
Pages: 81
Format: Paperback

The thoroughly moving books in the Born Free series tell the stories of wild animals around the world that have been saved from a lifetime of cruelty and suffering.The Born Free Foundation€™s mission is to protect many different species in their natural habitats, working with...
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Moo

Sharon Creech · HarperCollins
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover

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Bonita

Ellen Miles · Scholastic Paperbacks
Pages: 96
Format: Print book

Charles and Lizzie Peterson love puppies. Their family fosters these young dogs, giving them love and proper care, until they can find the perfect forever home. Lizzie is shocked to see that Aunt Amanda has returned home from her vacation to Puerto Rico with an injured puppy. Bonita is a street...
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