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Secret explorers volume 8
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
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"Learn all about forest life, the amazing Venus flytrap, and the importance of conservation in the exciting eighth adventure with The Secret Explorers. This group of brilliant kids come together from all four corners of the globe to fix problems, solve mysteries and gather knowledge all over the planet -- and beyond. Whenever their help is needed, a special sign will appear on a door. They step through to the Exploration Station, and receive their...
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Series
Secret explorers volume 11
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
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"Kiki the engineering explorer and Gustavo the history expert get caught up in a spooky adventure when a ghostly figure shows up at a castle before a big tournament"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Series
Secret explorers volume 9
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
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A space expert and a geology expert take readers on an out-of-this-world adventure to the moon, where they must navigate the dangerous terrain to clear up space debris before it can interfere with a lunar mission.
Author
Series
Polar Bear Explorers' Club volume 1
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"Stella Starflake Pearl just wants to be part of the Polar Bear Explorers Club. But Stella's a girl, and everyone knows that girls aren't allowed to be explorers. Stella's ready to prove everyone wrong"--
5) Explorers
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Publisher
Feiwel and Friends
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"When a family goes to a local museum, a boy notices a homeless man sitting outside, making brightly colored origami birds. He convinces his dad to buy a bird the man makes just for him. Once inside the museum, his little sister takes the bird and launches it into the air. Is it lost? Soon another boy helps him look, and the paper bird brings two families--and two new friends--together" --
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Series
Sadiq volume 6
Language
English
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After a family hike in a nearby park, Sadiq forms the Explorers Club with his friends, who then help a neighbor create a nature-themed scavenger hunt for the Fourth of July celebration.
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English
Description
""Don't take women when you go exploring!" In 1932, Roy Chapman Andrews, the president of the Explorers Club, told hundreds of female students at Barnard College that women and exploration could never mix. He obviously didn't know a thing about either... The Girl Explorers is the inspirational and untold story of the women who broke apart the stuffy men's club and founded the Society of Woman Geographers (SWG), and how some key members-including Blair...
9) Lift
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Publisher
Disney Hyperion
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
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Description
From the award-winning and bestselling creators of Drawn Together comes the fantastic tale of a magical elevator that will lift your spirits--and press all the right buttons! Iris loves to push the elevator buttons in her apartment building, but when it's time to share the fun with a new member of the family, she's pretty put out. That is, until the sudden appearance of a mysterious new button opens up entire realms of possibility, places where she...
Author
Series
Polar Bear Explorers' Club volume 2
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"Stella Starflake Pearl, Ethan, Shay, Beanie, and Percifal set out for Witch Mountain, where a fearsome witch has taken Stella's father, Felix." --
11) One giant leap
Author
Publisher
Owlkids Books
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"An astronaut is getting ready to explore a new world. Boots? Check. Gloves? Check. And a helmet, of course. They take their first step outside ... and discover a strange new world with towering hills to climb, fantastical beasts to meet, and a raging storm to overcome. Will they make it back to their ship safely? A child's excitement for a snowy day transforms a walk to school into a wonder-filled trek through an imaginary world."--
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Series
Publisher
Penguin Workshop
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Before the fifteenth century, European sailors were unsure what waited for them beyond their well-known travel routes around the Mediterranean Sea, so they kept within sight of land. But all of that changed after Prince Henry the Navigator of Portugal started sending ships down the coast in the hope of finding a sea route to India and Africa. This was the beginning of a giant leap toward understanding what the globe actually looked like. Certain...
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Series
Society of Explorers and Adventurers volume 1
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
To free himself from an ancient curse, thirteen-year-old Shinji Takahashi must team up with a secret organization of explorers, find a magical font hidden in the jungles of Mexico, and replace a stolen idol.
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Having spent most of her life exploring the jungle with her parents, nothing could prepare Dora for her biggest challenge yet: High School. When her parents mysteriously disappear while searching for the Lost City of Gold, Dora must swing into action and lead a group of ill-equipped high schoolers on a quest to save them. It is a high stakes mission as Dora and her new friends navigate the jungle, outrun treasure hunters and solve ancient puzzles...
Author
Series
Society of Explorers and Adventurers volume 2
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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Thirteen-year-old Shinji and his S.E.A. cohorts travel to a forgotten island in Polynesia in search of a lost culture.
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Series
Publisher
Enslow Pub
Pub. Date
2018
Language
English
Description
"Early humans turned what they could see above them into rich creation myths. Later philosophers created cosmologies that pushed myth closer toward empiricism. The flat disc universe yielded to celestial spheres, and the stationary Earth at the center of it all yielded to a spinning planet in a heliocentric solar system that was one of only untold hundreds of billions of solar systems in hundreds of billions of galaxies. This expansion of the cosmos...
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Series
Publisher
Enslow Pub
Pub. Date
2020
Language
English
Description
"Reptiles and amphibians are both cold-blooded vertebrates. While frogs, turtles, and other amphibians spend part of their life in the water, reptiles like snakes and chameleons usually live on dry land. This isn't always the case as there are aquatic reptiles who spend most of their time in the water. Readers will learn how amphibians transform their gills into lungs through metamorphosis and get a close look at how these creatures have adapted to...
Author
Series
Publisher
Enslow Pub
Pub. Date
2019
Language
English
Description
"While often confused as dinosaurs, prehistoric reptiles that could fly (pterosaurs) and swim (plesiosaurs) are distinct from land-dwelling dinosaurs. This book highlights the unique characteristics of these flying and sea-dwelling creatures, demonstrating the diversity and adaptability of prehistoric reptiles. Scientists have learned how the structure of pterosaurs' wings allowed them to take flight and how some plesiosaurs came ashore to lay eggs...
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