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You Wouldn't Want to Live Without Robots!

Ian Graham · Franklin Watts
Pages: 32
Format: Library Binding

Robots are machines that can be programmed to carry out a series of complex actions automatically or under the control of an operator. They come in all shapes and sizes, from mechanical arms and driverless vehicles to walking, talking, artificial people.
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Lizard of Oz

R L Stine · Scholastic (Us)
Pages: 160
Format: Print book

Kate Orton loves animals, especially unusual ones. So when she sees a pop-up ad on her computer for an amazing lizard from Australia, she has to have it. The ad says the lizard is actually a kind of chameleon--it can change its color to blend in with its surroundings. But what makes this...
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DK Eyewitness Books: Wonders of the World

DK Publishing · Dk Pub
Pages: 72
Format: Library Binding

Highlighting the seven wonders of the world - the Pyramids of Giza, the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, the Temple of Artemis, the Statue of Zeus, the Mausoleum at Halicarnassus, the Colossus of Rhodes, and the Lighthouse of Alexandria, Wonders of the World, a new title in the Eyewitness...
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Oklahoma

Tamra B. Orr · Childrens Pr; Revised edition
Format: Book

America the Beautiful, Third Series is bursting with fascinating facts, up-to-date statistics, glorious full-color photographs, and unusual lists guaranteed to elicit at least one WOW! with the turn of every page. America the Beautifuls new dynamic design and editorial approach to the geography,...
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American Crows

Rebecca Sabelko · Bellwether Media
Pages: 24
Format: Library Binding

Crows of a feather flock together! These noisy birds have tight-knit family groups and roost in giant flocks. They are also smart enough to use tools to get food! Young birdwatchers will be enthralled with this title about one of our most common North American animals.
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Illinois

Michael Burgan · C. Press/F. Watts Trade
Pages: 144
Format: Hardcover - Revised Ed.

America the Beautiful, Third Series is bursting with fascinating facts, up-to-date statistics, glorious full-color photographs, and unusual lists guaranteed to elicit at least one WOW! with the turn of every page. America the Beautiful's new dynamic design and editorial approach to the geography,...
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Baby Camels

Megan Borgert-Spaniol · Bellwether Media
Pages: 24
Format: Print book

Three feet tall at birth, baby camels are nearly all legs! Learning to walk is a days hard work for a camel calf. With silly smiles and curly wool coats, these babies are an adorable venture in learning for young and early readers.
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Let's Do A Thing!

JIM BENTON · Scholastic Paperbacks
Pages: 128
Format: Paperback

MEET VICTOR, TOTAL EXPERT IN EVERYTHING(except Guy Who Cleans Up Bedrooms) With his confidence, imagination, and trusty sidekick Dumpylumps (who happens to be a duck) , there's no telling what trouble he'll get into. Lucky for him, he has a knack for getting himself out of trouble,...
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The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street

Karina Yan Glaser · HMH Books for Young Readers
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover

The Vanderbeekers have always lived in the brownstone on 141st Street. It's practically another member of the family. So when their reclusive, curmudgeonly landlord decides not to renew their lease, the five siblings have eleven days to do whatever it takes to stay in their beloved home...
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You Wouldn't Want to Live Without Libraries!

FIONA MACDONALD · Franklin Watts
Pages: 32
Format: Library Binding

For 5,000 years and more, libraries have been gathering and preserving writings of all kinds. Theyre keepers of the worlds memory. Theyre storehouses of knowledge, and imagination, and fun. Learn about how these places and their collections of written
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Book of the Dead

Michael Northrop · Scholastic Inc.
Pages: 208
Format: Hardcover

From the team that brought you The 39 Clues and Spirit Animals comes a brand new epic Egyptian adventure!Nothing can save Alex Sennefer's life. That's what all the doctors say, but his mother knows it's not true. She knows that the Lost Spells of the Egyptian Book of the Dead...
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The Unforgettable Guinevere St. Clair

Amy Makechnie · Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover

A ten-year-old girl is determined to find her missing neighbor, but the answers lead her to a places and people she never expected - and maybe even one she's been running away from - in this gorgeous debut novel that's perfect for fans of The Thing About Jellyfish.

Guinevere...
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Mighty Jack and the Goblin King

BEN HATKE · FIRST SECOND BOOKS
Pages: 208
Format: Print book

Like a bolt from the blue, Jack's little sister Maddy is gone -- carried into another realm by an ogre.When Jack and Lilly follow Maddy's captor through the portal, they are ready for anything . . . except what they find waiting for them in the floating crossroads between worlds....
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Leatherback Sea Turtle Migration

Kari Schuetz · Blastoff! Readers
Pages: 24
Format: Hardcover

As fall days grow darker and the sun doesnt shine as bright, leatherback sea turtles sense the change in seasons and head out to sea. They make their way to their home beaches to nest. About 100 eggs fill each hole! Readers can follow the leatherbacks as they cruise along ocean currents...
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The Lost Compass

Joel N Ross · Harper
Pages: 343
Format: Print book

In the high-stakes sequel to The Fog Diver, a Texas Bluebonnet selection, thirteen-year-old Chess and his crew must stop the deadly and mysterious Fog from enveloping the city of Port Oro and destroying their world.

Chess and his crew - Hazel, Swedish, Loretta, and Bea - may have...

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