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If You Were a Kid During the Civil War

Wil Mara · Children's Press
Pages: 32
Format: Print book

With their families caught on opposite sides of the Civil War, friends Sarah Pierce and James Hood are afraid that everything they know is about to change. When the two friends encounter a wounded Union soldier after a violent battle sweeps through their rural Virginia home, they are faced...
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Thunder & Lightning

ANDREA RIVERA · ABDO ZOOM
Pages: 24
Format: Print book

From static electricity to lightning rods, learn all about thunder and lightning in five easy-to-read chapters. Vibrant, full-color photographs appeal to visual learners. Zoom in even deeper with a key stats section and bolded glossary. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state...
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You Wouldn't Want to Live Without Math!

Anne Rooney · Franklin Watts
Pages: 32
Format: Print book

You might not like numbers and math when you have to do your maths homework, but it would be hard to live without them. Imagine how difficult life would be if you couldnt count things, measure anything, do any calculations or be precise about time, distance or price. You wouldnt know how old you are,...
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Arctic Ocean

Tamra Orr · Purple Toad Pub Inc
Pages: 24
Format: Hardcover

The Arctic Ocean is so cold that it takes special plants and animals to survive there. White polar bears stroll along sheets of pack ice. Whales swim and sing under the surface of the water. Deep below, on the ocean's bottom, live mysterious creatures like sea spiders and snow crabs....
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DK Readers L2 Star Wars Lightsaber Battles

Dorling Kindersley Publishing Staff · DK Children
Pages: 48
Format: Hardcover

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Planes

David West · Smart Apple Media
Format: Print book

"Introduction to the technology of planes featuring low-level text and large scale cutaway illustrations"--
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States of Matter

Samantha Bell · Cherry Lake Pub
Pages: 24
Format: Library Binding

Using the new Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) , the My World of Science series provides the earliest readers with background on key STEM concepts. States of Matter explores basic chemistry and the states of solid, liquid, and gas in a simple, engaging way that will help readers...
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Write On: Volcanoes

Clare Hibbert · Franklin Watts
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

Dig deep into the explosive world of volcanoes and then become a word wizard and dazzle everyone with your newfound knowledge.Write On is a high interest information series with a difference, designed to help the newly independent reader become a confident writer. Eye-catching photos and accessible...
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Ballpark Mysteries #13: The Capital Catch

David A. Kelly · Random House Books for Young Readers
Pages: 112
Format: Library Binding

Batter up! Baseball action and exciting whodunits star in this series! Next up is Washington D.C. and the Nationals team! Mike and Kate are about to face their biggest, most important mystery yet! Why? It involves the president of the United States! The president's brother is a catcher...
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Mixed: A Colorful Story

Arree Chung · Henry Holt & Company
Pages: 40
Format: Print book

Each believing that their hue is the best, the three primary colors live in separate parts of the city until Yellow and Blue meet, fall in love, and decide to mix.
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Cao Chong Weighs an Elephant

Songju Ma Daemicke · Arbordale Publishing
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

How much does an elephant weigh? How do you know? How would you know if you didn t have a modern scale? Six-year-old Cao Chong, the most famous child prodigy in Chinese history, faced just this problem! Chong watches as the prime minister s most trusted and learned advisors debate different...
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Pink Is for Boys

ROBB PEARLMAN · Running Press Kids
Pages: 40
Format: Hardcover

An empowering and educational picture book that proves colors are for everyone, regardless of gender. Pink is for boys . . . and girls . . . and everyone! This timely and beautiful picture book rethinks and reframes the stereotypical blue/pink gender binary and empowers kids-and their grown-ups-to...
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Alexander Graham Bell Answers the Call

Mary Ann Fraser · Charlesbridge
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

Well before Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone, Aleck (as his family called him) was a curious boy, interested in how and why he was able to hear the world all around him. His father was a speech therapist who invented the Visible Alphabet and his mother was hearing impaired,...
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Blue vs. Yellow

TOM SULLIVAN · Balzer Bray
Pages: 48
Format: Hardcover

From Tom Sullivan, author-illustrator of I Used to Be a Fish, comes a high-concept picture book about a battle between primary colors, for fans of The Day the Crayons Quit, Red: A Crayon's Story, and Mix It Up!Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, welcome to the Clash of the Colors!BLUE...
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Fred Wants to Play

JANNA DE LATHOUDER · Clavis
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

It's quiet time and Fred knows he is supposed to keep still, but keeping still isn't easy for Fred. A bouncy feeling makes him want to play. Fred feels all alone until he meets Scott. Fred and Scott know how hard it is to keep the colorful feelings inside. Can these two friends...
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