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Watch It!: Researching With Videos

Kristin Fontichiaro - Cherry Lake Publishing
Format: Print book

Learn how to perform research using video sources with these fun activities. Using their relevant prior knowledge of how to find video clips, students will learn how to use videos as effective research tools. With tips that are relevant across multiple academic disciplines, this book encourages...
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The Right Word: Roget and His Thesaurus

Jen Bryant - Eerdmans Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

2015 Caldecott Honor Book2015 Sibert Medal Winner2015 Orbis Pictus Honor BookFor shy young Peter Mark Roget, books were the best companions -- and it wasnt long before Peter began writing his own book. But he didnt write stories he wrote lists. Peter took his love for words and turned it to organizing...
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Origami on the Move

Catherine Ard - Gareth Stevens Publishing
Format: Hardcover

Shares instructions on creating origami vehicles, including a car, truck, and canoe.
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Riley Mae and the Ready Eddy Rapids

Jill Osborne - Zonderkidz

If you’re gonna run for your life, you gotta wear the right shoes. Life is rapidly changing for pre-teen shoe spokesperson Riley Mae. After escaping near disaster at the top of Half Dome in Yosemite, Riley, her family, and her Swiftriver co-workers fly to a secret hideout in Northwest...
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The Wolfling's Bite

Annie Graves - Darby Creek Publishing
Format: Print book

The Nightmare Club is not for just ANYBODY. Only the spookiest, scariest stories get told at Annies Halloween sleepovers--and if you cant take it, well, tough! Jonahs little sister loves her cute Wolfling--a robotic stuffed wolf. But Jonah isnt sure its as harmless as it seems. Jonah...
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Jellyfish

Katie Marsico - C. Press/F. Watts Trade
Format: Library Binding

Discover some of the most fascinating animals in the world with the Nature's Children series. Readers will discover how these creatures survive in the wild, how they raise their young, and how they are related to other species. Each title also raises important ideas about conservation...
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Oil Rig Operator

Steve Goldsworthy - Av2 by Weigl
Format: Print book

Did you know that it can cost up to $650,000 a day to operate an oil rig? Oil rig workers work on rigs to get oil from the ground and send it to be processed and refined. This is one of the most dangerous jobs in the United States. Discover more fascinating facts in Oil Rig Worker, a Dirty...
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Gone Crazy in Alabama

Rita Williams-Garcia - HarperCollins
Format: Audiobook

Newbery Honor winner and New York Times bestselling author Rita Williams-Garcia tells the story of the Gaither sisters who are about to learn what its like to be fish out of water as they travel from the streets of Brooklyn to the rural South for the summer of a lifetimeDelphine Vonetta...
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Tombquest #1: Book of the Dead

Michael Northrop - Findaway World, LLC
Format: Audiobook

Nothing can save Alex Sennefer's life. That's what all the doctors say, but his mother knows it's not true. She knows that the Lost Spells of the Egyptian Book of the Dead can crack open a door to the afterlife and pull her son back from the brink. But when she uses the spells, five evil...
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Who Was Jacques Cousteau?

Nico Medina - Grosset & Dunlap
Format: Paperback

Jacques Cousteau is the most famous and beloved name in the world of deep-sea exploration. Cousteau discovered his passion in 1938, when he first used a pair of goggles to dive off the coast of France. During his time as a French naval officer, he carried out many deep-sea experiments and improved...
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