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Using Economic and Resource Maps

Tracy Maurer · Lerner Publications
Pages: 40
Format: Print book

Ever wonder what crops grow in North Carolina? Or which state park is nearest to your home? Economic and resource maps show what natural resources are in a place and how people in that place earn money. They can also include data about industries. But how do you use these maps? And what...
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Ipod and Electronics Visionary Tony Fadell

Anastasia Suen · Lerner Publications Company,
Pages: 32
Format: Paperback

Do you spend hours tinkering with projects? Do you also love listening to and collecting music? So did inventor Tony Fadell. He combined two of his passions to create the iPod, the world's most popular music player. Even as a child, Fadell was curious about how things worked. He invented...
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The End of the Line

Sharon McKay · Annick Press
Format: Hardcover

Ordinary citizens risk everything to save a young Jewish girl in wartime Holland. Five-year-old Beatrix looks on in horror as the soldier forces her mother off the tram. It is 1942 in Amsterdam, and everyone knows what happens to Jews who are taken away by the Nazis. The soldier turns...
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What's Your Story, Cesar Chavez?

Emma Carlson Berne · Lerner Publications
Pages: 32
Format: Print book

Why did Cesar Chavez want to help farm workers? How did he get people to care about farm workers' rights? Cub Reporter interviews him to find out! Learn how Cesar fought to make the United States a fairer, safer place to work and live. Readers will see how to use interviewing skills...
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Dairy Products

Kim Etingoff · Mason Crest, an Imprint of National Highlight
Format: Hardcover

Presents general information about dairy products, looking at what they are, their history, who produces them, how they are produced, and how they get to grocery stores.
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Super-Villain Smackdown!

John Sazaklis · Stone Arch Books, a Capstone imprint
Pages: 105
Format: Print book

A wave of crime has hit Gotham City and the ferocious Bane is behind the spree. The super-villain wants to defeat the Caped Crusader and prove to all of Gotham that he is the ultimate fighter. Should Batman take the case on his own, or go to Commissioner Gordon for help? Where should he investigate...
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World Geography Through Infographics

Karen Latchana Kenney · Lerner Publications
Format: Print book

Wandering through a maze of geography facts can easily get you lost! You need to navigate huge distances (an orange may travel more than 8,000 miles on the way to your stomach), vast population numbers (1.3 billion in China alone!), and gigantic global crises (the impact of a natural disaster)....
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Peru

Kieran Falconer · Cavendish Square Publishing
Pages: 144
Format: Print book

Peru is a unique country with ancient origins, dense rain forests, vast mountains, dry deserts, and diverse wildlife. Long before the first Europeans arrived, Peru was home to the Inca civilization, a successful and powerful group of people. This civilization vanished, however, when the Spanish...
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Somebody Stop Ivy Pocket

Caleb Krisp · Greenwillow Books
Pages: 416
Format: Print book

Are you ready for Ivy Pocket? The wickedly funny, completely unreliable maid of no importance returns - this time as a coffin maker's daughter - in this action-packed sequel to Anyone but Ivy Pocket. School Library Journal says, "Fans of . . . Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate...
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642 Things to Write About: Young Writer's Edition

826 Valencia · Chronicle Books; Jou edition
Format: Print book

Write a to-do list for a villain. Describe your dream tree house. Create a haiku about your shoes.Young writers will get their creative juices flowing with this collection of smart, funny, and thought-provoking writing exercises. Kids can open to any page to find inspiration, express themselves,...
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