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The Singer and the Scientist
Lisa Rose · Kar-Ben Publishing ®
Format: Hardcover
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It's 1937, and Marian Anderson is one of the most famous singers in America. But after she gives a performance for an all-white audience, she learns that the nearby hotel is closed to African Americans. She doesn't know where she'll stay for the night. Until the famous scientist... |
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The Magic of Sleep: A fascinating guide to the world of slumber
DK · DK Children; Illustrated edition
Format: Hardcover
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Dive into the weird and wonderful world of sleep, from the science behind dreams to a peek into animal sleeping habits, in this incredible book for children aged 7 to 9. We spend about 26 years of our lives sleeping, but how much do you really know about what happens when your head hits... |
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Unsolved Case Files: Escape at 10,000 Feet: D.B. Cooper and the Missing Money
Tom Sullivan · Balzer Bray
Format: Paperback
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A thrilling new graphic nonfiction series about real FBI cases, launching with a gripping, minute-by-minute account of the only unsolved airplane hijacking in the U.S. CASE NO. 001: NORJAK NOVEMBER 24, 1971 PORTLAND, OREGON 2:00 P.M. A man in his mid-forties, wearing a suit and overcoat,... |
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Bots and Bods: How Robots and Humans Work, from the Inside Out
John Andrews · Andrews McMeel Publishing; Illustrated edition
Format: Paperback
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Bots and Bods is an illustrated guide for kids looking to explore anatomy and technology and how they're related. How do we both move or sense the world? How does robot intelligence compare to our own? Middle-grade readers will find these answers and more among the four sections:Body... |
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Hold On to Your Music: The Inspiring True Story of the Children of Willesden Lane
Emil Sher · Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover
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In pre-World War II Vienna, Lisa Jura was a musical prodigy who dreamed of becoming a concert pianist. But when enemy forces threatened the city - particularly the Jewish people that lived there - Lisa's parents were forced to make a difficult decision. They chose to send Lisa to London... |
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BOX: Henry Brown Mails Himself to Freedom
Carole Boston Weatherford · Candlewick
Pages: 56
Format: Hardcover
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In a moving, lyrical tale about the cost and fragility of freedom, a New York Times best-selling author and an acclaimed artist follow the life of a man who courageously shipped himself out of slavery.What have I to fear?My master broke every promise to me.I lost my beloved wife and our dear... |
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Alan Turing and the Power of Curiosity
Karla Valenti
Format: Hardcover
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Meet Alan Turing. Famous mathematician, cryptographer, and...superhero!This next book in the My Super Science Heroes series shares the amazing story of Alan Turing and how he used his astonishing superpower of curiosity to overcome obstacles and solve problems. This series is scientifically... |
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Delicious!: Poems Celebrating Street Food around the World
Julie Larios · Beach Lane Books
Format: Hardcover
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The world is a delicious place! Come along on an international journey to try a hot pretzel in New York City; saffron tea in Mumbai, India; deep fried scorpions in Beijing, China; and much, much more. This poetry collection celebrates all the different kinds of street food from around the globe,... |
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Dragon World
Tamara Macfarlane · DK Children
Format: Hardcover
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Lurking in every corner of the earth, from the deepest depths of the oceans, to the tips of the tallest mountains, even tucked beneath the very ground that you tread on, dragons watch and wait. They take many forms--sea monsters, serpents, wild cats, eagles, and they represent many different... |
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Butterflies Are Pretty ... Gross!
Rosemary Mosco · Tundra Books; Illustrated edition
Format: Hardcover
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Butterflies are beautiful and quiet and gentle and sparkly . . . but that's not the whole truth. Butterflies can be GROSS. And one butterfly in particular is here to let everyone know! Talking directly to the reader, a monarch butterfly reveals how its kind is so much more than what... |
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Pie for Breakfast: Simple Baking Recipes for Kids
Cynthia Cliff · Prestel Junior; Illustrated edition
Format: Hardcover
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When Hazel and her father bake together, her mother says they make the whole house smell like a fancy bakery. And when they bake in the morning, they get to eat their goods as a special treat--even if it's for breakfast. One day Hazel decides to organize a morning bake sale for her school... |
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There's No Ham in Hamburgers: Facts and Folklore About Our Favorite Foods
Kim Zachman · Running Press Kids; Illustrated edition
Format: Hardcover
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Why is there no ham in hamburgers? How did we make ice cream before we could make ice? How did hot dogs get their name? From the origins of pizza (which got a big boost from Clarence Birdseye, of all people) to the Cornell professor who invented chicken fingers, There's No Ham in Hamburgers... |
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Corrie ten Boom: The Courageous Woman and The Secret Room
Laura Wickham · The Good Book Company
Format: Hardcover
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In 1940, the Germans invaded the Netherlands, and Corrie ten Boom and her family helped to hide as many Jews as possible. They even had a secret room built in her bedroom.Corrie and her sister were caught by the German army and sent to a concentration camp, where God made sure they always... |
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Ultimate Earth: Oceans and Seas
Miranda Baker · 360 Degrees
Format: Hardcover
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The Earth's oceans and seas are filled with all different kinds of creatures, from tiny krill to the enormous blue whale. Readers dive into the sea to meet such fascinating animals as the electric eel, puffer fish, giant clam, colossal squid, mimic octopus, and many others. Features... |
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Master of His Fate: Roosevelt's Rise from Polio to the Presidency
James Tobin
Format: Hardcover
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In 1921, FDR contracted polio. Just as he began to set his sights on the New York governorship -- and, with great hope, the presidency -- FDR became paralyzed from the waist down. FDR faced a radical choice: give up politics or reenter the arena with a disability, something never seen before.... |
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Moon: Small-but-Mighty Neighbor
Laura Perdew · Nomad Press; Illustrated edition
Format: Hardcover
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A full-color nonfiction picture book to introduce kids ages 5 through 8 to our closest cosmic neighbor -- the moon! The moon is one of the smaller celestial objects in the universe, but it has some very important jobs. Without it, Earth would be a very different place! In The Moon: Small... |
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Sun: Shining Star of the Solar System
Laura Perdew · Nomad Press; Illustrated edition
Format: Hardcover
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A nonfiction picture book that explores a very important star -- the sun! Kids ages 5 to 8 listen as the Universe explains key facts about our cosmic lifeline! There are trillions of stars in the universe, but one is particularly important to people on planet Earth -- our sun. Without... |
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The Sea-Ringed World: Sacred Stories of the Americas
Maria Garcia Esperon · Levine Querido
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover
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Fifteen thousand years before Europeans stepped foot in the Americas, people had already spread from tip to tip and coast to coast. Like all humans, these Native Americans sought to understand their place in the universe, the nature of their relationship with the divine, and the origin... |
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Lifting as We Climb: Black Women's Battle for the Ballot Box
Evette Dionne · Viking Books for Young Readers
Pages: 176
Format: Hardcover
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For African American women, the fight for the right to vote was only one battle. An eye-opening book that tells the important, overlooked story of black women as a force in the suffrage movement--when fellow suffragists did not accept them as equal partners in the struggle.Susan B. Anthony.... |
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Living the Confidence Code: Real Girls, Real Stories, Real Confidence
Katty Kay · HarperCollins
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover
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New from the New York Times, USA Today, and Wall Street Journal bestselling authors of The Confidence Code for Girls! The best way to understand confidence is to see it in action. That's why bestselling authors Katty Kay, Claire Shipman, and JillEllyn Riley have collected 30 true stories... |
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The Book of Not Entirely Useful Advice
A.F. Harrold
Format: Hardcover
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Packed with silly rhymes and witty wordplay, A.F. Harrold's poetry is positively bursting with fun--and advice. But it's not always the most useful. . .Never apologize to a door you've walked into, unless it's a really special door.Don't serve a cat soup when the cat wants... |
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The No-Cook Cookbook
DK
Format: Hardcover
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This cookbook helps children learn about making food by themselves--a skill that will last them a lifetime. The recipes in this "no-cook" cookbook will help children to gain independence in the kitchen and understand how to make healthy, yet very tasty meals with simple ingredients... |
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