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Energy Lab for Kids: 40 Exciting Experiments to Explore, Create, Harness, and Unleash Energy

Emily Hawbacker · Quarry Books
Pages: 142
Format: Print book

"Energy Lab for Kids, created for kids by a teacher, offers challenging experiments and guided discussions along with how-tos, discoveries, and pointers from prize-winning kids."--
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Building vehicles that roll

Tammy Enz · Heinemann
Pages: 32
Format: Library Binding

Uses engaging nonfiction text and hands-on projects to help young readers explore real-life rolling vehicle engineering projects, including the science behind how these vehicles are planned and built.
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Chasing Space Young Readers' Edition

LELAND MELVIN · Amistad
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover

Meet Leland Melvin - football star, NASA astronaut, and professional dream chaser.In this inspiring memoir, adapted from the simultaneous version for adults, young readers will get to learn about Leland Melvin's remarkable life story, from being drafted by the Detroit Lions to bravely orbiting...
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The Bermuda Triangle and Other Danger Zones

Sarah Levete · Gareth Stevens Publishing
Pages: 48
Format: Library Binding

The Bermuda Triangle is infamous for inexplicably swallowing ships and airplanes, never to be seen again. Other areas of the world have similarly ominous reputations, including the aptly named Death Valley and Devils Sea. Readers will love the tales in this well-crafted book, which also...
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Undead Monsters: From Mummies to Zombies

Katie Marsico · Lerner Publications
Pages: 32
Format: Library Binding

For centuries vampires have been known for sleeping in coffins and using their fangs to drink the blood of their victims. Ancient mummies were said to be cursed to come after the living. The earliest zombies rose from the dead because of curses or evil magic, but more recently are known...
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How Coding Works

Ben Hubbard · Heinemann
Pages: 24
Format: Library Binding

This book takes the mystery out of computer programming. Learn about coding, algorithms and more.
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Express It: Sharing Your Media Online

Gillian Gosman · Powerkids Pr
Format: Print book

The Internet is a great tool for communicating, gaining knowledge, and sharing media online. This book will help readers learn about different kinds of media and the digital tools they can use to share their media online. Safe use of digital tools is highlighted, as well as how to use good...
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Coding with Scratchjr

Adrienne Matteson · Cherry Lake Publishing
Pages: 24
Format: Print book

ScratchJr is a beginner's programming language that is fun and easy to use. Through simple text written to foster creativity and problem solving, students will the art of innovation. Large, colorful images show students how to complete activities. Additional tools, including a glossary...
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Busting Boredom with Technology

Tyler Omoth · Capstone Press
Pages: 32
Format: Print book

Feeling tech-savvy? Get ready to bust boredom with technology! Learn how to put together a digital photo album, create a blog, produce a stop-motion movie, and much more. With clear instructions and helpful photos, busting boredom with technology has never been more fun.
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A Dam Holds Back

Crystal Sikkens · Crabtree Publishing Company
Pages: 24
Format: Print book

Engineers design dams to help solve the challenges of providing drinking water and electricity to people's homes. Young readers will learn about the steps in the engineering design process and see what materials are used in construction to make dams strong enough to hold up against...
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50 Wacky Inventions Throughout History: Weird inventions that seem too crazy to be real!

WALTER FOSTER JR. CREATIVE TEAM. · Walter Foster Jr
Pages: 112
Format: Hardcover

With 50 Wacky Inventions Throughout History, history has never been so fun--or wacky!Have you ever heard of a bike TV? Or a bird diaper? 50 Wacky Inventions Throughout History describes 50 inventions that seem too crazy to be true--but are! Whether useful, entertaining, or just plain silly,...
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Pro Wrestling's Greatest Faces

MATT SCHEFF · SPORTSZONE
Pages: 32
Format: Print book

Find out more about the top faces in the wrestling world from yesterday and today. The title features informative sidebars, a glossary, and further resources. SportsZone is an imprint of Abdo Publishing Company. This item is Non-Returnable.
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Are Mermaids Real?

Portia Summers · Enslow Publishing
Pages: 32
Format: Print book

Exploring legends from across the globe, this narrative text presents the story of the mermaid, offering possible scientific explanations for the myths. Bright images and a playful design will keep even the most reluctant readers interested, while a glossary helps build vocabulary. A broad...
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America's Oddest Fads

M H Seeley · Gareth Stevens Publishing
Pages: 32
Format: Library Binding

Fads come and go, but theyre almost always weird. From troll dolls to pet rocks and even goldfish swallowing, there are plenty of weird fads hidden in American history. Full-color photographs introduce readers to one of Americas earliest fadsdrawing panoramas of townsas well as some of the weirder...
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Dogs at War: Military Canine Heroes

Connie Goldsmith · Twenty-First Century Books
Pages: 104
Format: Print book

While in a war zone, a military working dog (MWD) and its handler live together, eat together, play together, sleep together, and risk their lives for each other every day. The dogs work with handlers in every branch of the US military. They guard military bases, sniff out concealed explosives...
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Hades and the Underworld: An Interactive Mythological Adventure

B A Hoena · Capstone Press
Pages: 112
Format: Print book

The Underworld is the land of the dead and ruled by the powerful god Hades. It is not a place where the living are welcome, but thats where you must go. You will need to cross the River Styx and face the three-head dog Cerberus. But once you are there and reach your goal, will you be able...
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Harriet Tubman's Escape: A Fly on the Wall History

Thomas Kingsley Troupe · Picture Window Books
Pages: 32
Format: Print book

Across fields, over fences, and through dark forests Zip alongside two cartoon flies as they follow Harriet Tubman's daring escape from slavery and provide equal measure of facts and fun while telling the story of this heroic moment in American history.
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Hysterical Jokes for Minecrafters: Blocks, Boxes, Blasts, and Blow-Outs

Brian Boone · Sky Pony Pr
Pages: 176
Format: Print book

This adventure series is created especially for readers who love the fight of good vs. evil, magical academies like Hogwarts in the Harry Potter saga, and games like Minecraft, Terraria, and Pokemon GO.Hysterical Jokes for Minecrafters: Blocks, Boxes, Blasts, and Blow-outs is the third...
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International Space Station: An Interactive Space Exploration Adventure

Allison Lassieur · Capstone Press
Pages: 112
Format: Print book

We ve sent a man to the moon, but . . can human beings live in space? A global team of engineers and scientists combined forces to design and create a space station so that we could find out. You ve always been excited by the idea of space exploration. Space jobs can be difficult, or downright...
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A Brief Illustrated History of Warfare

Steve Parker · Capstone Press
Pages: 32
Format: Print book

A Brief Illustrated History of Warfare charts the history of warfare all the way through from the early charioteers and spear throwers, through Roman legions, knights, and siege machines, through to musketeers and the military arms used in the two world wars, then all the way through to the use of smart...
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