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What Is NASA?

Sarah Fabiny - Penguin Workshop
Format: Paperback

Find out all about NASA in this out-of-this-world addition to the What Was? series. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration, better known as NASA, began in 1958. With its creation, the United States hoped to ensure it won the space race against the Soviet Union. Author Sarah Fabiny...
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Would You Dare Fly a Fighter Jet?

Robert C Kennedy - Gareth Stevens Publishing
Format: Paperback

From the ground, piloting a fighter jet seems thrillingbut it also requires a lot of training and body conditioning. Readers awe for aeronautical acrobatics will only increase as they learn about the forces at work to keep a fighter jet aloft. Theyll also learn about g-forces, ejection...
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Stuck in the Stone Age

GEOFF RODKEY - Rodale Kids
Format: Hardcover

Tom Edison (no, not that Tom Edison) is a hopeful janitor who dreams of becoming a scientist -- and Dr. Morice is a shy scientist who dreams of making friends. When an accident at the lab sends them back in time to the stone age, Tom and Dr. Morice must work together to face...
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14 Hollow Road

Jenn Bishop - Knopf Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

A warm coming-of-age novel about a community banding together in the wake of a tornado, perfect for fans of reader favorites like Fish in a Tree by Lynda Mullaly Hunt and Lost in the Sun by Lisa Graff. The night of the sixth-grade dance is supposed to be perfect for Maddie: she'll...
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Sands Of Shark Island

Alexander McCall Smith - Birlinn Ltd
Format: Hardcover

After successfully thwarting a dastardly plan to steal rare marine animals from the sea around the Scottish island of Mull, Ben and Fee MacTavish feel they can relax and continue learning all about nautical life on board School Ship Tobermory. But its not long before their everyday routine...
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Rivers and Streams!: With 25 Science Projects for Kids

Rebecca Siegel - Nomad Press
Format: Hardcover

Why are rivers and streams important to life on Earth? Did you know that without rivers, human life might not have developed as it did? We might be a very difference species if it wasn't for rivers, as would the other plants and animals who depends on rivers and streams for food, transportation,...
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Rumpelstiltskin: An Interactive Fairy Tale Adventure

Eric Braun - Capstone Press
Format: Library Binding

James? Eddie? Freddy? Chris P. Bacon? In the ultimate name game between the miller's daughter and the little man behind the spinning wheel, it's anyone's guess who will win. Navigate through three fractured retellings of the classic fairy tale. In this story, YOU CHOOSE how it ends....
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Frazzled: Everyday Disasters and Impending Doom

Booki Vivat - Harper
Format: Print book

"Hilarious." (NPR's All Things Considered) "Honest, sweet, and laugh-out-loud funny. Fans of Smile and Diary of a Wimpy Kid will appreciate this debut." (Brightly.com) Meet Abbie Wu. Abbie is in crisis - and not just because she's starting middle school or because...
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Learn to Draw Disney's the Little Mermaid

Disney Storybook Artists - Walter Foster Jr., 2015.
Format: Print book

Kids will learn how to bring their favorite licensed characters to life with these step-by-step learn-to-draw books. Each book offers easy-to-follow instructions to guide kids from simple sketches to colorful character renderings.
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Apps: From Concept to Consumer

Josh Gregory - Children's Press
Format: Print book

By 2014, more than 60 billion apps had been downloaded through Apple's iOS App Store. Some of today's most fascinating careers revolve around the fields of science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) . With this exciting series, readers can get a close look at how people in these...
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