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Author
Publisher
Little Simon
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"A child asks their grownup many questions about the ocean. From what creates waves, what lives in the deep sea, what makes the ocean blue, and more, scientific facts are conveyed in accessible language. Sidebars on each spread provide even more information for every question asked and answered."--
Series
Publisher
Playaway Products, LLC
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
Summer Reading helps kids stay motivated, maintain reading skills, and learn all summer long! Kids will build confidence and avoid summer slide as they master literacy skills with interactive games, challenges, and storybooks. This SuperPack contains 2X as many apps as the standard Launchpad!
Join Diana on her first day as a spaceship captain in this storybook from FarFaria.
The main character Night plays a game of hide-and-seek with his sister,...
4) Make it move
Author
Publisher
Rourke Educational Media
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
This book helps emerging readers develop proficient literacy skills while learning about force and motion. It promotes beginning reading skills, teaches science vocabulary, and fosters curiosity about the world around us.
Author
Language
English
Description
The year is 2034, and state secessions, the return of reservation lands to indigenous tribes, and frequent natural disasters make movement complicated. White nationalists and rogue vigilantes make it dangerous. But in Oxford, Mississippi, Henry Henry will meet a young man named Billy Faulkner who is on his own quest to find purpose in this mid-apocalyptic landscape... A WALK IN THE WOODS explores the America we just might become if we aren’t careful,...
Author
Series
Publisher
DK
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
This children's encyclopedia takes young readers on a journey into the deep blue to discover the wonders of the world's oceans. Easily accessible through a balance of striking images and conversational, age-appropriate text, this ocean encyclopedia will tap into every child's natural curiosity and answer all their biggest questions about the amazing world under the water.
Author
Publisher
Doubleday
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Throughout her prolific writing career, Nell Painter has published works on such luminaries as Sojourner Truth, Ralph Waldo Emerson, and Malcolm X. Her unique vantage on American history pushes the boundaries of personal narrative and academic authorship. Led by an unbridled curiosity for her subjects, Painter asks readers to reconsider ideas of race, politics, and identity. I Just Keep Talking assembles her writing for the first time into a single...
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Strong, smooth domes, skulls are more than remnants of creatures that used to be. They are artifacts that allow us to travel back through time. Every ridge, hollow, and crevice of a skull reveals something about an animal's habitat, food source, and skill set. By observing the characteristics of six different animal skulls, readers can learn about the lives once led by a lynx, a deer, a beaver, a hummingbird, a wolf, and an owl. Katherine Hocker's...
Author
Publisher
Owlkids Books
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"Two sisters discover a woolly bear caterpillar. One day, a curious friend shows up in Edie and Lou's vegetable garden. Woolly Bear doesn't say much, but she's just the quiet friend the sisters need: a tiny adventurer who quickly becomes part of the family. They build her a cozy home, feed her tiny thyme leaves, and sing her all the songs they know. Woolly Bear is the last thing they think of at bedtime, and the first thing they think of in the morning....
Author
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"On September 11, 1999, humanity made a monumental discovery in the vastness of space. Scientists uncovered an asteroid of immense scientific importance--a colossal celestial entity. As massive as an aircraft carrier and towering as high as the iconic Empire State Building, this cosmic titan was later named Bennu. Remarkable for much more than its size, Bennu belonged to a rare breed of asteroids capable of revealing the essence of life itself. But...
Author
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Nestled in the hills of West Virginia lies White Sulphur Springs, home to the Greenbrier Resort. Long a playground for presidents and film stars, the Greenbrier has its own gravitational pull. Over ten decades, four generations of the Zelner family must grapple with their place in its shadow . . . and within their own family. In 1942, young mother Sylvia is desperate to escape her stifling marriage, especially when it means co-running Zelner's general...
12) Jumpnauts
Author
Series
Folding universe volume 1
Publisher
Saga Press
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
In a future where the world is roughly divided into two factions, the Pacific League of Nations and the Atlantic Division of Nations, tensions are high as each side waits for the other to make a move. But neither side is prepared for a powerful third party that has apparently been an influential presence on Earth for thousands of years, and just might be making a reappearance very soon. With the realization that a highly intelligent alien race has...
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Studio
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
Rachel Carson once wrote, "It is not half so important to know as to feel." What do we know about clouds? There are three basic types: stratus, cumulus, and cirrus. Some are fleecy and fair-weathered while others portend storms. But clouds are more than pretty or ominous backdrops. They're the vehicle of water between sea and land, land and sea, in a cycle without end or beginning. They are the writing of the wind on the sky, a language all their...
Author
Publisher
Chronicle Books
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"Once upon a time there lived a girl who swept floors and washed dishes, and was little more than a servant to her family. Until, one day, an invitation arrived. It was an invitation to a new country and a new beginning--a place where Caroline's dreams, her fascination with the night sky, and her extraordinary talent would open up a world of beauty and renown, and make her the belle of the scientific ball. From humble beginnings and in spite of many...
Author
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Bob Harig's latest deep-dive into Tiger Woods' thrilling career, as seen through his iconic 2019 Masters comeback and win. In April of 1997, the world of golf was forever changed. At the age of 21, a young Tiger Woods won the most prestigious golf tournament in the world, the Masters, by a record of 12 strokes. Woods became the youngest golfer ever to win the Masters and the first African or Asian-American player to win a major. History had been...
Author
Publisher
Thames and Hudson
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Mini Artists introduces young children to art through twenty fun and easy craft projects inspired by famous artworks. Each project has been prepared for children between the ages three and six years by author Joséphine Seblon, an art historian and mother of two young children. The benefits of art for young children are well known. Art stimulates curiosity, creativity, the imagination, and well-being. But being creative with young children can be...
Author
Language
English
Description
"From New York Times bestselling author Hampton Sides, an epic account of the most momentous voyage of the Age of Exploration, which culminated in Captain James Cook's death in Hawaii, and left a complex and controversial legacy still debated to this day On July 12th, 1776, Captain James Cook, already lionized as the greatest explorer in British history, set off on his third voyage in his ship the HMS Resolution. Two-and-a-half years later, on a beach...
Author
Language
English
Description
"From the bestselling authors of The Montessori Toddler and The Montessori Baby, The Montessori Child guides parents in using the principals of Montessori to raise their school-aged children in ways that assist their development and foster a respectful relationship between parent and child and world. When children are given independence, the tools to succeed, and the encouragement to build on their abilities, it's amazing what they can achieve. The...
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