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Pope Francis: First Pope from the Americas
Stephanie Watson · Lerner Publishing Group
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On March 13, 2013, thousands of people gathered outside Saint Peter's Basilica in the Vatican City - and billions more gathered to see live coverage via TV and the Internet. All eyes watched the cathedral's balcony doors, where the new pope was about to be revealed. The crowd cheered... |
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Black Achievement in Science: Inventors
Mari Rich · Mason Crest
Pages: 64
Format: Print book
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Revolutionary War-era inventor Benjamin Banneker gets most of the headlines, but the story of invention by black scientists certainly did not stop there. Throughout recent centuries and perhaps never more so than today brilliant and dedicated creative people of African heritage are helping... |
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Conches
Bethany Baxter · Powerkids Pr
Format: Book
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Conches are best known for their colorful, musical shells and for their meat. But these mollusks are much more interesting and complicated than they seem. Conches are sea snails with eyestalks and feet. There are about 50 different species of conches. Spectacular underwater photographs... |
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Hoard of the Dragon Queen
Wizards RPG Team · Wizards of the Coast
Format: Hardcover
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Fight the War Against Draconic Oppression in this Adventure for the World's Greatest Roleplaying Game In an audacious bid for power the Cult of the Dragon, along with its dragon allies and the Red Wizards of Thay, seek to bring Tiamat from her prison in the Nine Hells to Faerun. To this... |
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The water beneath your feet
Ellen Lawrence · Bearport Publishing
Pages: 24
Format: eBook : Document : Juvenile audience : EnglishView all editions and formats
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On a rainy day, water soaks into the soil. It splashes onto sidewalks and trickles down tiny cracks in the concrete. Where does it go? Deep beneath our feet! We can't see Earth's groundwater, but just like the water on the surface, it's trickling, rushing and moving from one place to another.... |
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Drawing Awesome People at Work
Damien Toll · Windmill Books
Format: Hardcover
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Step-by-step instructions with helpful illustrations guide aspiringartists as they learn to draw people in a variety of occupations. |
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Jingle
Gordon Korman · Scholastic Press
Pages: 199
Format: Print book
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JINGLE: a light clinking or tingling sounds, often heralding the approach of Santa, reindeer, or the mysterious thief of a priceless possession . . . Griffin Bing and his friends are NOT happy. Instead of going away for winter break, they've been signed up to volunteer at a local Christmas... |
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Haunted house
Virginia Loh-Hagan · Cherry Lake Publising
Pages: 32
Format: Library Binding
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Haunted House guides students as they conceive and set up their own haunted house for their friends and community. The considerate text includes easy-to-follow lists and will hold the readers' interest, allowing for successful mastery and comprehension. Written with a high interest... |
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The Wild Robot
Peter Brown · Little
Pages: 279
Format: Print book
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Can a robot survive in the wilderness? When robot Roz opens her eyes for the first time, she discovers that she is alone on a remote, wild island. She has no idea how she got there or what her purpose is--but she knows she needs to survive. After battling a fierce storm and escaping a vicious... |
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Fireflies
Sara Howell · PowerKids Press
Pages: 24
Format: Hardcover
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From School Library Journal Gr 3-5 - Bioluminescence makes for an intriguing and potential hook for the animals in this series. Each title examines the physical process through which the creature generates illumination, along with the ways this trait helps it to survive.... |
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Your Skin and Bones: Understand Them with Numbers
Melanie Waldron · Raintree
Pages: 48
Format: Library Binding
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What do you know about the skin your in? This book is full of fascinating facts and figures about your skin and skeleton. Without these, you would be a mess! |
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Carnival in a Fix
Philip Reeve · Random House Books for Young Readers
Pages: 208
Format: Hardcover
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Journey to an amusement park on a moon! Funfair Moon, the outer space amusement park where Emily lives, has the highest roller coasters, the most dizzying Tilt-A-Whirls, and the scariest ghost train in the galaxy. Normally, Emily's heroes Jinks and O'Hare keep it in tip-top shape. But the day the funfair... |
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Hanukkah
Joanna Ponto · Enslow Publishing
Pages: 32
Format: Print book
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Young readers will learn how Jews in the United States and abroad celebrate Hanukkah, an eight-day commemoration of the Maccabean rebellion, when a lamp with enough oil to last only one day burned for eight days and nights. This simple yet engaging book also provides instructions on how to make... |
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Steven Universe Original Graphic Novel Vol. 1
Rebecca Sugar · Kaboom
Pages: 160
Format: Print book
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We're going to give you another reason to Believe In Steven!Based on the success of the Adventure Time and Regular Show original graphic novels, KaBOOM! is kicking off a series of brand-new stories about the misadventures of Steven Universe and the Crystal Gems! |
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For Magnus Chase: Hotel Valhalla Guide to the Norse Worlds
Rick Riordan · Disney-Hyperion
Pages: 176
Format: Print book
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So you've made it to Valhalla. Now what? This "who's who" guide to the gods, goddesses, and other important figures of Norse mythology was commissioned by Helgi, who, after more than a millennium as manager of Hotel Valhalla, became fed up with answering the same questions from... |
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