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John Philip Sousa

Mike Venezia · Childrens Pr
Pages: 32
Format: Library Binding

Clever illustrations and story lines give children a light yet realistic overview of this composer's life and style and music.
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George Handel

Mike Venezia · Childrens Pr
Pages: 32
Format: Library Binding

Clever illustrations and story lines give children a light yet realistic overview of this composer's life and style and music.
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Grassland Biomes

Louise Spilsbury · Crabtree Publishing Company
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

This engaging book gives readers core information about grassland biomes on prairies, steppes, pampas, and savannahs. Find out where each kind is found, how animals and plants have adapted to life on open grassland, who lives in these environments, and how humans impact life there.
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Forest Biomes

Louise Spilsbury · Crabtree Publishing Company
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

This gorgeous book gives readers core information about forests in the taiga, tropical and temperate rainforests, and deciduous forest biomes. Find out where each kind is found, how animals and plants have adapted to life among the trees, who lives in these forests, and how humans impact...
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Earthquake Geo Facts

Georgia Amson-Bradshaw · Crabtree Publishing Company
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

Discover what earthquakes are and how they are caused. Find out how scientists measure earthquakes, and what makes some earthquakes so much more destructive than others. Read about some of the most serious earthquake disasters in history, and how people can be better prepared in the future.
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Dinosaurs: A Visual Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition

DK. · DK Children
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover

Updated with the latest discoveries about the prehistoric world! Explore all of prehistory--the plants, the reptiles, the swimmers, the flyers, the dinosaurs, the mammals, and more in this comprehensive visual celebration of prehistoric life.Dinosaurs is not simply a catalog of facts--it...
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Why Can't I Be You

MELISSA WALKER · HarperCollins
Pages: 208
Format: Hardcover

"This book is for anyone who has ever felt 'less than' or on the outside. That is to say, this is a book for everyone." - Elana K. Arnold, author of What Girls Are Made OfClaire Ladd knows that this summer is going to be special. She and her two best friends, Ronan and Brianna,...
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The Boy, the Boat, and the Beast

Samantha M. Clark · Simon & Schuster/Paula Wiseman Books
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover

The Graveyard Book meets Hatchet in this eerie novel about a boy who is stranded on a mysterious beach, from debut author Samantha M. Clark.A boy washes up on a mysterious, seemingly uninhabited beach. Who is he? How did he get there? The boy can't remember. When he sees a light shining...
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The Jamie Drake Equation

Christopher Edge · Delacorte Books for Young Readers
Pages: 192
Format: Hardcover

From the author of The Many Worlds of Albie Bright comes another cutting-edge cosmic space adventure for anyone who's ever looked up at the stars and wondered about the universe. An exploration of the constellations, an appreciation of the courage of astronauts, and a loving father-son...
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Binny Bewitched

Hilary McKay · Margaret K. McElderry Books
Pages: 233
Format: Paperback

When Binny finds some money left behind at an ATM - and then loses it - she unleashes an adventure full of "funny, poignant chaos" (The Wall Street Journal) .Binny Cornwallis is not a thief. Or is she? In one greedy moment, she snatches some bills left behind at an ATM. After...
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