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Ranger Rick Kids' Guide to Camping: All you need to know about having fun in the outdoors

WALTER FOSTER JR. CREATIVE TEAM. · Walter Foster Jr
Pages: 96
Format: Hardcover

If you're like most kids who love the outdoors, you want to do more than go on picnics or hike a nature trail. You don't want to go home at the end of the day. You want to stay out in the woods, mountains, or desert. You want to camp. With Ranger Rick Kids' Guide to Camping, you'll learn...
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Chef Roy Choi and the Street Food Remix

JACQUELINE BRIGGS MARTIN · Readers to Eaters
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

Chef Roy Choi calls himself a "street cook."He wants outsiders, low-riders,kids, teens, shufflers and skateboarders,to have food cooked with care, with love,with sohn maash."Sohn maash" is the flavors in our fingertips. It is the love and cooking talent that Korean mothers...
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Hidden Figures: The True Story of Four Black Women and the Space Race

Margot Lee Shetterly · HarperCollins
Pages: 40
Format: Hardcover

Based on the New York Times bestselling book and the Academy Award-nominated movie, author Margot Lee Shetterly and illustrator Laura Freeman bring the incredibly inspiring true story of four black women who helped NASA launch men into space to picture book readers!Dorothy Vaughan, Mary...
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Nina: Jazz Legend and Civil-Rights Activist Nina Simone

Alice Brière-Haquet · Charlesbridge
Pages: 40
Format: Hardcover

A stunning picture-book biography of the High Priestess of Soul and one of the greatest voices of the 20th century.With evocative black-and-white illustrations and moving prose, readers are introduced to Nina Simone, jazz-music legend and civil-rights activist. Shared as a lullaby to her daughter,...
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Her Right Foot

Dave Eggers · Chronicle Books
Pages: 104
Format: Hardcover

If you had to name a statue, any statue, odds are good you'd mention the Statue of Liberty. Have you seen her?She's in New York. She's holding a torch. And she's taking one step forward. But why?In this fascinating, fun take on nonfiction, uniquely American in its frank tone and honest...
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My Daddy, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Martin Luther III King · Amistad Press
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

What was it like growing up as a son of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. ? This picture book memoir, My Daddy, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. by Martin Luther King III, provides insight into one of history's most fascinating families and into a special bond between father and son. "I have...
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Hip, Hippo, Hooray for Fiona!: A Photographic Biography

Jan Sherbin · Insights Productions
Pages: 42
Format: Hardcover

On a cold, winter day, a premature baby hippopotamus is born at the Cincinnati Zoo. She is way too small to live. Her keepers refuse to let her die. They work day and night to keep her alive.Thanks to the expertise, devotion, and creativity of zoo staff, Fiona does survive. She lights up the Internet...
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Build It! Robots: Make Supercool Models with Your Favorite LEGO® Parts

Jennifer Kemmeter · Graphic Arts Books
Pages: 86
Format: Hardcover

This series of visually rich instruction books for LEGO® creations is perfect for children ages 5 and up. Inside you'll find a range of creative models to put together -- a robot family, robot racers, robot space explorers, rescue robots, and more. Each book in this interactive series...
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Maker projects for kids who love animation

Sarah Levete · Crabtree Publishing Company
Pages: 32
Format: Paperback

In this engaging title, readers interested in animation will learn about the history of this art in motion, and discover who the worlds greatest animators have been and how they came to create their inspiring works. The book includes several imaginative Maker projects to inspire readers...
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Atlas of Dinosaur Adventures: Step Into a Prehistoric World

EMILY HAWKINS · Wide Eyed Editions
Pages: 96
Format: Hardcover

From the team behind the best-selling Atlas of Adventures comes this prehistoric journey of discovery. You'll get to embark on over thirty dinosaur adventures that will take you all around the world! Travel back in time to lock horns with a triceratops, stalk prey with a T-Rex, and learn...
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Good Housekeeping Kids Cook!: 100 Super-Easy, Delicious Recipes

GOOD HOUSEKEEPING. · Hearst
Pages: 158
Format: Hardcover

Tomato Soup with Cupid Croutons. A Meatball-Mozzarella Pizza. Homemade Fudgy Ice-Cream Sandwiches. Good Housekeeping's fun-to-make (and eat!) recipes will appeal to every kid. With aspiring young chefs showing off their skills on Chopped Junior and Food Network Star Kids, it's clear...
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National Geographic Kids Ultimate Dinopedia, Second Edition

DON LESSEM · NATL GEOGRAPHIC
Format: Hardcover

Dinosaurs continue to fascinate kids, and although these amazing creatures roamed the Earth ages ago, new dinosaur discoveries are still being made today! The new edition of the popular Nat Geo Kids Dinopedia includes all the latest species and is the most complete, up-to-date dinosaur...
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Becoming Madeleine: A Biography of the Author of A Wrinkle in Time by Her Granddaughters

Charlotte Jones Voiklis · Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pages: 176
Format: Hardcover

This middle-grade biography explores the life and works of Madeleine L'Engle -- written by her granddaughters -- coming just in time for the all-new A Wrinkle in Time film, directed by Ava DuVernay.This elegant and insightful biography of Madeleine L'Engle (1918-2007) was written by her granddaughters,...
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Ranger Rick Kids' Guide to Hiking: All you need to know about having fun while hiking

WALTER FOSTER CREATIVE TEAM. · Walter Foster Jr
Pages: 96
Format: Hardcover

If you're like most kids who love the outdoors, you want to do more than go on a picnic or play in your neighborhood park. If you find yourself wanting to explore more of the wilderness, then you will love the Ranger Rick Kids' Guide to Hiking. You'll learn to hike like a pro and have lots...
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Young, Gifted and Black: Meet 52 Black Heroes from Past and Present

Andrea Pippins · Wide Eyed Editions
Pages: 64
Format: Hardcover

Join us on a journey across borders, through time and even through space to meet 52 icons of color from the past and present in a celebration of achievement. Meet figureheads, leaders, and pioneers such as Martin Luther King Jr., Nelson Mandela, and Rosa Parks, as well as cultural trailblazers...
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Rodent Rascals

Roxie Munro · Holiday House
Pages: 40
Format: Hardcover

What is the smallest rodent in the world? What is the biggest? How long can rodents live? How do they find mates? In this wonderfully detailed new book from an award-winning author, life-sized illustrations of rodent species from around the world accompany simple, thorough text describing...
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Discover Gnomes, Halflings, and Other Wondrous Fantasy Beings

A. J Sautter · Capstone Press
Pages: 32
Format: Library Binding

How long do elves live? What are the differences between gnomes and dwarves? When are brownies the most active? Want to learn all about these fantastic creatures and how they live? Look no further! With this easy-to-use reference guide, fantasy fans will become experts on wondrous fantasy...
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All That Trash: The Story of the 1987 Garbage Barge and Our Problem with Stuff

Meghan McCarthy · Simon & Schuster/Paula Wiseman Books
Pages: 48
Format: Hardcover

A garbage barge that can't find a place to welcome it sparks a recycling movement in the United States in this smart and smelly picture book from the author of Earmuffs for Everyone.Lowell Harrelson wanted to turn trash into methane gas so he rented a barge called Morbo 4000. His plan was to ship...
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The LEGO Animation Book: Make Your Own LEGO Movies!

David Pagano · No Starch Press
Pages: 205
Format: Hardcover

Have you ever wondered what your LEGO creations would look like on the big screen? The LEGO Animation Book will show you how to bring your models to life with stop-motion animation - no experience required! Follow step-by-step instructions to make your first animation, and then explore...
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Take a Picture of Me, James Van Der Zee!

Andrea J Loney · Lee & Low Books
Pages: 40
Format: Hardcover

James Van Der Zee was just a young boy when he saved enough money to buy his first camera. He took photos of his family, classmates, and anyone who would sit still for a portrait. By the fifth grade, James was the school photographer and unofficial town photographer. Eventually he outgrew...
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