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Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"From its molten inner core to the atmosphere above, explore the different parts of the Earth. Along the way, learn why it's such a healthy place for us to live and how we can help take care of it. With acetate diagrams, this is a fantastic first look at the inner workings of the Earth for curious children everywhere."--
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Publisher
Lucent Books
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
Provides an overview of important historical events or periods in world history. This volume focuses on the highly contagious disease called bubonic plague, also referred to as "the black death", from the past to the present, and features quotations from sources such as diaries, public records, and contemporary chronicles.
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Publisher
Peterson's
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
This guide provides full-length practice tests, additional exercise sections, practice questions, and expert strategies to help score high on the ACT exam. With chapter summaries and bulleted road maps, it creates a user-friendly experience that makes it easy to prepare for the test at your own pace.
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Publisher
Playaway Products, LLC
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
Kids will explore destinations all around the world while learning critical thinking skills and new ways to view their surroundings.
Explore the lakes, dells and wishing wells of Ireland in this story for Saint Patrick's Day.
Visit the city by the bay. Take in all the sights of San Francisco with this FarFaria storybook!
Speak French and take a trip to Paris with Suzette, the crepe maker, and her customers in this fun and educational book app!...
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Language
English
Description
"A man lunges in front of a car. An elderly woman silently drowns herself. A corpse sits up in its coffin and speaks. On this reservation, not all is what it seems, in this new spine-chilling mythological horror from the author of Sisters of the Lost Nation. All Noemi Broussard wanted was a fresh start. With a new boyfriend who actually treats her right and a plan to move from the reservation she grew up on-just like her beloved Uncle Louie before...
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Publisher
Barefoot Books
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Magaly enjoys the yummy Cuban food her Abuela has been cooking since arriving from Havana, but when Magaly's sweater goes missing, she discovers that Abuela is making ropa vieja for dinner. Old clothes for dinner? Yuck! Magaly needs to hide the rest of her clothes before her family eats them up. Endnotes feature other imaginative names of food around the world, facts about Cuba, Spanish vocabulary, and two delicious recipes for ropa vieja and arroz...
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Series
Publisher
DK Publishing
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
English
Description
Examines facts about dinosaurs including why some plant-eating dinosaurs grew so large, how dinosaurs used teeth, claws, spikes, and tail clubs in their fight for survival, and why the dinosaurs died out and what happened afterwards.
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Series
Publisher
Sequoia Children's Publishing
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Explore tons of intriguing information through colorful photos and fascinating facts about your favorite mammals, birds, fish, reptiles, and amphibians. Features include animals from around the world, fact boxes, and species information.
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Series
Magnus Chase and the gods of Asgard volume Related works
Publisher
Disney-Hyperion
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"A can't-live-without guide for guests of the Hotel Valhalla, this volume contains facts about the Norse gods as well as other characters and creatures you might encounter if you are fortunate enough to be chosen as one of Odin's brave warriors"--
14) The anxious generation: how the great rewiring of childhood is causing an epidemic of mental illness
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Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
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Description
"After more than a decade of stability or improvement, the mental health of adolescents plunged in the early 2010s. Rates of depression, anxiety, self-harm, and suicide rose sharply, more than doubling on most measures. Why? In The Anxious Generation, social psychologist Jonathan Haidt lays out the facts about the epidemic of teen mental illness that hit many countries at the same time. He then investigates the nature of childhood, including why children...
15) Little brown nut
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Series
Publisher
Red Comet Press
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Little Brown Nut starts with a large fruit falling from the tallest tree in the Amazon rainforest. Inside is a little brown Brazil nut, surrounded by 20 others. It sits and waits for an agouti, a rodent with teeth so strong that it can free the nut from its hard casing. The story of the Brazil nut tree and the agouti is told clearly and carefully, with facts about germination, photosynthesis, seed dispersal. The narrative progresses in a way that...
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Publisher
Sourcebooks eXplore
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"Are you ready for round two of the hilarious guessing game picture book? Discover fascinating facts about animals while guessing if you're looking at a butt or a face! Butt or Face? Volume 2 continues the delightfully cheeky challenge with a whole new set of animals from all over the world. Examine a close-up photo of an animal and then guess whether you're looking at the top or the...um...bottom. The answer is revealed on the next page with a compete...
17) Ocean
Publisher
National Geographic
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
This unique search-and-find adventure lets kids explore and learn about the objects and creatures they find and their habitats with fun facts and awesome photographs. This fact-filled, search-and-find adventure activity book takes kids under the sea in search of more than 250 hidden pictures of narwhals, sharks, sea turtles, sunken treasures, and more. Kids will dive into incredible ocean scenes, from tropical coral reefs to Antarctic penguin colonies...
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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.
A classic match 3 with may challenging levels! This ocean is full of rare fish and other sea creatures! Match and combine them to blast them away.
Let's go on a fantastic adventure trip in the Caribbean. On Tirimoa island...
19) Jurassic smart!
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Publisher
Playaway Products, LLC
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
Kids will travel back in time to learn about dinosaurs as they improve critical thinking, learn about letters, develop hand-eye coordination, and more.
This story comes to life with rich illustrations, animated characters, story-driven games, and touch-screen interactions that and keep children engaged while learning. Speakaboos' parent app, HOMER, is a proven early learning program that builds personalized learning plans for children ages 2-8 -...
Publisher
DK Publishing
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
The Cat Encyclopedia is a cat compendium with all the facts about cats and kittens. It's packed with beautifully photographed profiles of different breeds, from the Maine Coon to the Khao Manee, and includes information on caring for your own cat. This book explores the cat's place in cultures and includes famous cats in art and literature.
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