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Author
Pub. Date
2024
Physical Desc
48 pages : color illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Discover Great National Parks: Grand Canyon is an excellent non-fiction book for kids to learn all about Grand Canyon National Park located in Arizona! Young readers will learn the history of the Grand Canyon, including how it was formed, what the layers of dirt mean in the earth's geological history, and its association with the Navajo, Hopi, Havasupai, Hualapai, Zuni, and Yavapai who still live there today. Learn about the wildlife in the canyon,...
Author
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
167 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"This sharp, compelling legal drama from an acclaimed French journalist explores why a teenage victim lied about her rape and how the disadvantaged become scapegoats. At 15, Lisa was a typical teenager, at times rebellious and impulsive, adjusting to newfound attention from boys and men. But when her demeanor takes a sudden turn, her teachers suspect something worse than adolescent moodiness. Lisa eventually confesses that she's been abused, multiple...
Author
Series
Big little concepts volume 7
Pub. Date
2024.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"The bright colors of fruits and vegetables are highlighted in simple rhythmic phrases which explores the food that humans and animals both eat. Each spread focuses on an adorable animal eating their favourite food, and a child eating food of the same color. A final spread directed at caregivers shares age-appropriate enrichment activities."--
Author
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
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Description
"Set in the tumultuous year of 1968 in southern Virginia, a racially-charged murder case sets a duo of white and Black lawyers against a deeply unfair system as they work to defend their wrongfully-accused Black defendants When two wealthy white landowners are found dead, the whole country immediately thinks it must be Jerome Washington, the hired help, who killed them. He was standing over the bodies when the police responded to an anonymous call...
Author
Pub. Date
[2024]
Edition
English edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 31 x 23 cm
Language
English
Description
There's a lot going on in the castle of King Bolebor--a peace- loving gardener--and Queen Drogomira--a brilliant inventor. There's a princess learning sword fighting so that she can become a knight; a sweet dog in search of an owner; a dragon hiding in the cellar; a gold-counting treasurer; a friendly ghost; an annoying jester, a burly blacksmith--and many others.
10) Growing God
Author
Pub. Date
[2024]
Physical Desc
31 pages : illustrations ; 23 x 29 cm
Language
English
Description
"Emma's Nana gave her seeds and told her to plant them and be patient, as she was Growing God. Through her perseverance, even her skeptical friends believed her, as they saw the seeds grow into living plants, a gift from God"--
Author
Pub. Date
[2024]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
"Before Marie Curie was the first woman in France to earn the highest degree in physics, before she discovered two new radioactive elements, and became the first woman to win a Nobel Prize (and then the first person to win two!)-- she was a little girl named Marie Sklodowska who dreamed of being a scientist--and was determined to make that dream come true."--
13) Barack Obama
Author
Series
United States presidents) volume no. 44
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
48 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
This biography introduces readers to Barack Obama including his early political career and key events from Obama's administration including the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, the Affordable Care Act, and the Clean Power Plan. Information about his childhood, family, and personal life is included. A timeline, fast facts, and sidebars provide additional information. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Big Buddy Books is...
14) Jimmy Carter
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
48 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
"This biography introduces readers to Jimmy Carter including his early political career and key events from Carter's administration including the Emergency Natural Gas Act, a peace treaty between Egypt and Israel, and the Iran hostage crisis. Information about his childhood, family, personal life, and retirement years is included." -- Publisher's website.
Author
Pub. Date
[2020]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
213 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"A lighthearted but informative look at chance discoveries made by ordinary people, of artifacts (and treasures) from the past. Many of these discoveries have led to leaps in our knowledge of history and science. Each short chapter will begin with a dramatic story of discovery, followed by the significance of the artifact that was discovered, followed by a look into the history of the civilization/era from which the artifact originates. The stories...
16) Franklin Pierce
Author
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
48 pages : illustrations, maps ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
"This biography introduces readers to the life of Franklin Pierce including his military service, early political career, and key events from Pierce's administration including the Gadsden Purchase, the Treaty of Kanagawa, and Bleeding Kansas. Information about his childhood, family, personal life, and retirement years is included. A timeline, fast facts, and sidebars provide additional information." -- Publisher's website.
17) John Tyler
Author
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
48 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
"This biography introduces young readers to the life of John Tyler including his military service, early political career, and key events from Tyler's administration including his opposition to the national bank, Second Seminole War, and the Webster-Ashburton Treaty. Information about his childhood, family, personal life, and retirement years is included." -- Publisher's website.
18) Herbert Hoover
Author
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
48 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
"This biography introduces readers to Herbert Hoover including his early career as a geology engineer, his early political career and key events from Hoover's administration including the Great Depression. Information about his childhood, family, personal life, and retirement years is included."--Publisher's website
19) Abraham Lincoln
Author
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
48 pages : illustrations, map ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
"This biography introduces readers to Abraham Lincoln including his military service, early political career, and key events from Lincoln's administration including the American Civil War, Emancipation Proclamation, Gettysburg Address, and his assassination by John Wilkes Booth. Information about his childhood, family, and personal life is included. A timeline, fast facts, and sidebars provide additional information." -- Publisher's website.
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