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1) Cheetahs
Author
Publisher
Bellwether Media
Pub. Date
2024
Physical Desc
24 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
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"Simple text and full-color photography introduce beginning readers to cheetahs. Developed by literacy experts for students in kindergarten through third grade"--
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2023.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7 - AR Pts: 3
Physical Desc
202 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
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A multi-generational family history told in the voices of the author's ancestors, spanning enslavement alongside Frederick Douglass at Maryland's Wye House plantation, service in the U.S. Colored Troops, and the founding of all-Black Reconstruction-era communities.
Author
Publisher
Astra Young Readers
Pub. Date
2024
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
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Description
With energetic, enchanting verse and sunshiny, colorful illustrations, discover how the food you eat is grown both outside—and inside! Join two children as they explore the inner workings of an outdoor farm and an indoor farm. You’ll see how a variety of amazing machinery like tractors and drones along with innovative farming techniques yield the wonderful food we all love to enjoy.
Author
Publisher
Peachtree
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 25 x 29 cm
Language
English
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"Hummingbirds are tiny and pretty, so you might find yourself taking them for granted. But these little birds are remarkable, fierce, and talented. In Behold the Hummingbird, readers will learn about species that can hover like a helicopter, fly backwards and upside down, and consume half their body weight in a single day"--
Author
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xi, 302 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"Two sisters reconnect and pursue their dreams on the beautiful island of Nantucket, overcoming life's challenges and finding new love, in this heartwarming and hopeful novel by New York Times bestselling author Nancy Thayer. Eddie Grant is happy with her life and her work as a personal assistant to Dinah Lavender, one of the most famous and renowned romance authors in the business. But being a spectator to notoriety and glamour isn't as fulfilling...
Author
Publisher
National Geographic
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
47 pages : illustrations (chiefly color).
Language
English
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Description
In this companion to the best-selling National Geographic Little Kids First Big Books, little explorers get to know a variety of common and not-so-common birds through vibrant photos and easy-to-understand profiles. Young explorers can use this sturdy take-along guide to identify birds by their size, coloring, and even their sound, from the kee-kee-kee of a pileated woodpecker to the gobble-gobble of a wild turkey. Readers will also learn about the...
Author
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2023
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
216 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
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"From New York Times bestselling author Carl Safina comes a young readers adaptation of the notable book Becoming Wild that explores community, culture, and belonging through the lives of chimpanzees, macaws, and sperm whales. What do chimpanzees, macaws, and whales all have in common? Some believe that culture is strictly a human phenomenon. But that's not true! Culture is passed down from parent to child in all sorts of animal communities. It is...
9) World War I
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Become an eyewitness to the first conflict fought on a global scale in this picture-led reference guide that will take you on a visual tour of World War One. Made in collaboration with The Imperial War Museum, children will be mesmerized by learning about the world-changing events that led to the start of the conflict.
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
[2024]
Physical Desc
451 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
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"The millions of readers of Amor Towles are in for a treat as he shares some of his shorter fiction: six stories set in New York City and a novella in Los Angeles. The New York stories, most of which are set around the turn of the millennium, take up everything from the death-defying acrobatics of the male ego, to the fateful consequences of brief encounters, and the delicate mechanics of comprise which operate at the heart of modern marriages. In...
Author
Series
Spy School volume 7
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
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Description
When Ben Ripley and his spy school friends are stranded in Mexico, they come up with a plan to join MI6 in order to track down the leader of SPYDER and bring down the evil organization for good.
Author
Publisher
Berkley
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
x, 382 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
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"After the death of her beloved grandmother, a Cuban-American woman travels to Havana, where she discovers the roots of her identity--and unearths a family secret hidden since the revolution ... Havana, 1958. The daughter of a sugar baron, nineteen-year-old Elisa Perez is part of Cuba's high society, where she is largely sheltered from the country's growing political unrest--until she embarks on a clandestine affair with a passionate revolutionary...
13) Bearplane!
Author
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2022
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
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Description
From the departure gate to the baggage claim, Bear Cub experiences their first time on a plane.
14) Dogtown
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
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Description
Chance, a real dog, has been in the Dogtown shelter since her owners unwittingly left her with irresponsible dog-sitter who skipped town.
Metal Head is a robot dog who dreams of being back in a real home.
And Mouse is a mouse who has the run of Dogtown, pilfering kibble and performing clever feats to protect the dogs he loves.
When Chance and Metal Head embark on an adventure to find their forvever homes, they find danger, cheese sandwiches, a...
Author
Publisher
Atria Books
Pub. Date
2024
Physical Desc
xviii, 310 pages ; illustration ; 24 cm
Language
English
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In the 1960s when Kalia's mother, Chue, was born, the US was actively recruiting Hmong Laotians to assist with CIA efforts in Laos's Secret War. By the time Chue was a teenager, the US had completely vacated Laos, and the country erupted into genocidal attacks on the Hmong people, who were perceived as traitorous for their involvement. Notably, from 1964-1973, Laos became victim to the heaviest bombardment by the United States against communist Pathet...