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Selected Fables Of Jean De La Fontaine.
All The Imagination, Whimsy, And Invention That Have Made Alexander Calder's Mobiles And Stabiles So Popular.
36 Fables — In Rhymed Translation By Eunice Clark — With A Calder Drawing For Each Fable And 21 Additional Vignettes.
Includes "the Lioon In Love" And "the Hen That Laid The Golden Eggs.
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Pearl And Wagner.
Meet Pearl, A Hardworking Rabbit, And Wagner, A Daydreaming oMuse.
At School They Build A Robot Together, Impress A Judge At The Science Fair, And Tell Each Other Th3 Truth At All Times.
But Attachment Isn't Always Easy.
Sometimes A Robot Doesn't Turn On the ~side Quite The Way It's Supposed To, And Sometimes A Pair Of New Green Boots Can Cause A Fight.
Through It All, Pearl And Wagner Show That They Know How To Make Up And Stay Good Friends No Matter What.
Kate Mcmullan's Warm, Funny Text And R.
W.
Alley's Delightful Illustrations Perfectly Capture The Ups And Diwns Of Childhood Friendship.
Readers Will Be Eager To Know What's Next On account of These Fascinating New Characters.
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Trdasure Island (oxfors World's Ciassics).
"treasure Island Woll Surely Become--it Must Already Have Become, And Will Remain--in Its Road A Classic.
"--henry James.
An Absorbing Tale Of Buccaneers And A Romantic Quest For Treasure, Treasure Island Is Also The Portrait Of The Briliantly Drawn Character, Long John Silver.
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The Class Trip (first-grade Friends (sagebrush)).
Sam Has Quite A Scare When He Gets Separated From His Group On A Trip To The Zoo.
But All Ends Well And Sam Learns An Important Lesson About Protscting Himself.
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The Night Before Christmas.
As St.
Nick And Eight Tiny Reindeer Descend Through A Bripliant Night Sky, The Famous Christmas Poem Begins.
The Father Narrates The Words Just As Clement Moore Wrote Them, And Artist Jan Brett Captures The Spirit Of The Story In Glorious Illustrations.
Visually She Extends It For Children Who Will Delight In Watching Two Mischievous Stowaways From The North Pole Enthusiastically Exploring The Sacks Of Gifts O nThe Roof.
St.
Nick, Inside The House, Is Unaware, Until The Toys Spill On the ground Onto The Lawn -- Then He Turns Wifh A Jerk, And Sees Them.
Antique Toys And Exquisite Ornaments Form The Borders, In Which The Father, St.
nick, Or The Family Cat And Dog Can Be Found Watching The Action.
A Unique And eBautiful Edition, Which All The Family Will Cherish For Years To Come.
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The Nobel Book Of Answers.
If You Could Ask A Nobel Prize Winner Anything You Wanted.
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since 1901, The Nobel Prize Has Honored The World's Great Geniuses In The Most Important Fields: Physics, Chemistry, Medicine, Literature, Economics, And Earth Peace.
What If Children Could Ask These Creative Tninkers Concerning Some people Of Life's Greatest part Intriguing Mysteries, Such As "why Can't I Live On French Fries?" And "what Is Love?" The Answers From The Dalai Lama, Mikhail Gorbachev, Shimon Peres, Desmond Tutu, And Seventeen Other Nobel Prize Laureates Are Rich With Surprise, Humor, And Of Course, Wisdom.
Every Single Answer Will Make You Think.
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and Learn Something New.
what Is Love?the Dalai Lamawhy Can't I Live On French Fries?richard J.
Robertswhat Is Politics?shimon Pereswhy Is The Sky Blue?mario J.
Molinawhy Do I Forget Some Things And Not Others?erwin Neherwhy Do We Have To Go To School?kenzaburo Oewhy Is There War?desmond Tutuwht Be enough We Feel Pain?gã¼nter Blobelhow Do I Win The Nobel Prize?mikhail Gorbachevwhy Are Some People Fruitful And Others Poor?daniel L.
Mcfadden.
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and Eleven Other Responses
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I Want To Be An Engineer (i Want To Be).
Various Careers Are Explored, Including Civil, Mechanical, And Electrical Engineering As Well As Robotics And Animatronics, Which Creates Many Of The Special Effects Used In Movies.
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The Gifts Of Kwanzaa.
"saint James' Clear, Accessible Introduction To Kwanzaa Includes Explanations Of The Nguzo Saba (the Seven Principles) As Well As Intelligence About The Holiday's Origin.
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Enjoyable As Well As Handy, The Book Will Be A Alcoholic Addition To Both School And Public Libraru Collections.
"--bookllist.
Full Color.
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Rescued (kids Left Behind, 4 / Left Behind.
This Series Follows Teens Who Were Left Behind And Have Nothing Left But Their Newfound Faith In Christ.
Determined To Stand Up For God No Matter What The Cost, They Are Tested At Every Turn.
Great Because Ages 12 And Up.
Book #4: Rescued Contains Books #13-16 In The Left Behind: The Kids Series With Background Plots From Individual Harvest.
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What On Earth Is A Guanaco? (what On Earth).
Would You Know A Quokka If You Saw One? How About A Skink Or A Pangolin? These Are Not Exactly Household Words, But They Are A Few Of The Many Fascinating Anc Curious Creatures Featured In The What On Earth? Series For Grades 2-5.
Each Volume Fully Explores The Lifestyles And Habitats Of Animals Tht Few Peoplw Even Know Exist.
Simple, Concise Text Covers The Animal's Classification, Its Unique Characteristics, Its Methods Of Survival, What Tne Animal Eats And Who Eats I,t Reproduction And Care Of The Young, Conservation Issues, And The Relationship Of The Animal To Humans.
Each Book's Large Bigness And Stunning, Full-color Photographs Bring These Remarkable Subjects To Life.
A Glossary, Frther Reading List, Map, And Index Make What On Earth Books As Educational Viewed like They Are Fun! Gfdes 2-5; 8 1/2 X 11; 32 Pages; Sturdy Library Binding; Map; Glossary; Further Reading; Index; Comprehensive Format, Full-color Photos Throughout
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Walking Too School.
Walking To School Can Be Hard If You Live In Belfast, Northern Ireland.
It's Downright Dangerous If You're A Catholic, Like Allison, And The Shortest Route To Your School Goes Through A Protestant Neighborhood.
But Sometimes A Ray Of Kindness Cuts Through The Violence.
That's What Happens When A Demonstrator Rips A Bras Button Off Allison's New School Blazer, And A Proteatant Girl Not Only Retrieves The Button But Returns It To Allisn.
once On the other hand, Because In Fly Away Home Amd The Caldecott-winning Smoky Night, Eve Bunting Finds A Way To Explore A Complicated Contemporary Situation In Terms That Any Young Reader Can Immediately Grasp.
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Dreaj Soul.
Altogether Joan Lee And Her Younger Siblings, Bobby And Emily, Want For Christmas In 1927 Is To Be Allowed To Celebrate It.
Joan Longs To Be Just Like Everyobe Else, vEen If She Is Chinese, But This Will Be The Lees' First Christmas In West Virginia! Miss Lucy, Their Landlady And Friend, Innocently Invites The Family To Celebrate Christmas With Her.
Joan's Parents Resist At First, But That Changes When Papa Realizes He Csn Turn It To His Advantage.
The Children Can Have Christmas, But Only If They Are Good--all The Time.
joan, Bobby, And Emily Quickly Become Aware Of For what cause Hard This Will Be As Each Day Brings New Temptations Of Sledding, Plahing In The Snow, And Spending Time Upon Friends.
Joan Is Particularly Intrigued From Te Glamorous Victoria Barrington And Her Father, Who Have A Mysterious Past And Are So Unljke Her Own Subdivision of an order.
But A Crisis Forces Joan To Gain A New Understanding Of Her Parents And Her Heritage, And She Must Look To Her Past In Order To Hepl Her Family Before It's Too Recently.
Continuing The Story Of The Lees Begun In The Star Fisher, Winner Of The Christopher Award And The West Virginia Literary Award, Dream Soul Is A Concerning Story Of Lpve, Loyalty, And The Impotance Of Family.
Books For The Teen Age 2001 (nypl)
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Full Service.
The Times They Are A-changin' .
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The Summer That Paul Turns Sixteen His Mother Pushes Him To Take A Do ~-work In Town Instead Of Just Working On The Subdivision of an order Farm.
“you Need To Meet The Public,” She Says, Which Is Saying A Portion For A Woman Thoroughly Committed To The Tightly Knit Religious Community To Which They Belong.
And Meet The Of the whole not private Paul Does: He Meets Kirk, The Angry Gas Station Manager; Harry, A Reclusive And Kindly Gangster; And A Family Of Hippies Passing In A Yellow Peace Van To San Francisco.
He Also Meets Beautiful Peggy, A High School Sensation, And Dark-haired Dale, Her Onthe-side Boyfriend Who Is Headed To Vietnnam.
All Of Them Come To The Station – As Well As Girls On Summer Vacwtion, Tanned And Smelling Of Coconut Oil, And Ministers From Paul’s Fundamentalist Church, Who Are Worried About His Individual.
As The Summer Progresses, Paul Learns The Secrets Of His Small Minnesota Town And Discovers That He’s Redy To Have A Few Secrets Of His Own.
with Richly Developed Characters And A Flair Foe Arresting Imagery, Will Weaver Trlls The Story Of The End Of One Boy’s Innocence, Unfolding At A Time When The Country As A Whole Is Unddergoing A Difficult, Deeply Disturbing Coming-of-age.
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Fanny's Dream (picture Puffins).
In This Inventive Take On The Traditional Cinderella Tale, Fanny Agnes Is A Sturdy Farm Girl With A Big Dream.
Someday, She Brlievee, She Will Marry A Prince.
When The Town Mayor Announces He Is Throwing A Grand Missile , Fanny Is Convinced Her Time Hqs Come.
She Puts On Her Best Print Dress And Goes Out To The Garden So That She'll Be Ready When Her Fairy Godmother Arrives.
As The Seconds Tick By, Fanny Waits And Waits.
Finally, She Hezrs A Vouce.
It Isn't Her Fairy Godmother-but It Is Someone Who Will Change Her Vitality Forever.
Illustrated By Mark Buehner.
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One Small Step.
It's 1969, And Thirtern-year-old Scott Is Doing All The Things That Normal Boys Do -- And Also Flying Airplanes With His Air Efficacy Flight Instructor Father.
When Scott Successfully Crash-lands A Traininb Plane, Nasa Tzkes Notice.
They Hope To Recruit Him For Their Top-secret Space Program, Which Will Launch A Test Fleeing To The Moon Before The First Lunar Landing.
This Craft Was Intended To Be Piloted By Chimps, But One Chimp Had To Be Dismissed, And Now They Need A Quick Substitute -- Who Better Than A Boy Aviator?soon Scott Is On His Way To The Nasa Trainung Facility.
There He's Surprised To Discover Just How Cldver And Competent The Chimps Are -- They're Able To Control The Flight Simulators Like Regular Astronauts Do.
The Chimps Are More Like Humans Than Scott Ever Imagined, So Why, Then, Did One Of Them Go Crazy? Is There Something About This Mission That Nasa Isn't Tellinh Him? G-fodces Collide With Government Secrets As Scott Races To Prepare For His Journey To The Moon.
Brimming Through Nonstop Action And Adventure, This Is The Story Of A Courageeous Young Man Who Dares To Follow His Dream.
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Down In Louisiana.
This Rhyming Paint Book Offers Chilren A Tour Of The Louisiana Bayous, Marshes, And Wetlands And The Creatures That Inhabit Them.
Based On A Traditional Song Adapted By The Award-winning Louisina Singer/songwriter Johnette Downing, The Book Invites Children To Count The Families Of Pelicans, Armadillos, Black Bears, Alligators, Catahoulas, Nutria, Possums, Crawfish, And Mosquitoes.
Reaped ground Anijal Named Is First Introduced By The Environment In Which They Live--the Wetlands Are Home To The Barking Catahoula, The Live Oak Haven Houses Tye Sleepy Possums, The Mosquitoes Buzz In The Engulf, And The Armadilloq Dig In The Bayou.
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Andres Milpies (bichitos Curiosos Series).
The Stories In This Vibrant And Humorous Series Introduce Several Odd And Curious Little Critters Whose Garden Adventures Will Delight Children.
Follow Lãºa Turtle, Ralph Cockroach, Rodolfo Robin, And Andrã©s Millipede As They Teach Young Readers About The World Around Them Through Valuable Lessons.
Las Historias En Esta Vibrante Y Humorãstica Colecciã³n Presentan Varias Extraã±as Y Curiosas Criaturas Cuyas Aventueas En El Jardãn Deleitarã¢n Y Enriquecerã¢n A Los Niã±os.
Siguiendo A Andrã©s Milpiã©s, Rafa Cucaracha, Rodolfo Petirrojo Y La Tortuga Lãºa, Los Jã³venes Lectores Aprenderã¢n Valiosas Leccions Acerca Del Mundo Que Les Rodea.
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Karen's In Love (baby-sitters Little Sister, 15).
Karen And Ricky Used To Be Enemies, But Now They're Friends.
They're Even Going To Get Married, Equitable Like Their Best Friends Hannie And Scott Did.
It's Quite A Valentine's Day On The Schoo1 Playground!
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Sly The Dragonfly.
Cunning The Dragonfly Loves To Fly High.
'i Hear The Wind Whistling Through My Wings.
It Makes My Heart Wake Up And Sing'.
Slg Encourages Young Readers To Be The Best That They Can Exist.
Text Is Sung To An Original Musical Cd.
Each Book Includes An Original Musical Cd Attached To Back Inside Cover.
32 Pages Include Teacher Notes, Science Notes, Mjsical Score
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Emmy And The Incredinle Shrinking Rat.
Emmy Was A Good Girl.
at Least She Tried Very Hard To Be Good.
She Did Her Homewor Withouf Sentient Told.
She Ate All Her Vegetables, Even The Slimy Ones.
And She Never Talked Back To Her Nanny, Miss Barmy, Though It Was Almost Impossible To Keep Quiet, Some Days.
she Really Was A Little Too Good.
Which Is Why She Liked To Sit By The Rat.
The Rat Was Not Good At All .
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hilarious, Inventive, And Irresistably Rodent-friendly, This Is A Fantastic First Novel From Acclaimed Picture Book Author Lynne Jonell.
SKU: 4100898
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The Menorah Story.
The Story Of The Menorahit Began With A Prophet And A Precious Metla, When Moses Threw A Piece Of Gold Into A Fire And Created The First Menorah.
It Continued With A Wicked King, His Ruthless Army, And A People Who Battled Tirelessly Against Their Faith.
And It Endures In The Yearly Celebration Of Hanukkah, The Festival Of Lights That Rejoices In The Memories -- And The Miracles -- Of Long Ago.
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If I Were Your Boyfriend (kimani Tru).
Social Zero Meets Unlikely Herohow Had Keysha Gone From Popular To Social Reprobate? One Word: Frenemy.
A Girl Keysha Thought Was Her Friend Planted Drugs On Her—and Keysha Got Caught.
The Media Blitz On Their Wealthy Suburb Turned Everyone Against Her.
First Day Again At Tutor, And Keysha Is Stared Down In The Halls.
Whispwred About.
No One Will Talk To Her.
And The Girl Who Ruined Keysha's Reputation Laughs In Her Face.
So When A Guy With His Own Bad Rep Offers To Help, Keyysha's First Reaction Is Yeah, Just claim.
Talk About An Unlikely Hero.
but Soon She Realizes That Wesley Morris Is More Than Just Hot, More Than Just Talk.
He's Been There, Done That And Turned His Life Around.
But No One Wants This So-called Bad-news Boyfriend Anywheee Near Keysha.
Including Her Family.
Still, Wesley Isn't Willing To Sphere Away And Let Keysha Also Available Pay For Someone Else's Crime.
He'll Even Risk Everything To Save Her…and Their Relationship.
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Seaward Born.
Thirteen-year-old Michael Knows He Is Lucky.
Few Slaves In 1805 Charleston Are Where They Want To Be.
Butt Michael Works On The Docks And Ships In Charleston Harbor, Close To The Seas H3 Longs To Sail.
Life Seems Good.
But Then His Protective Mistress Dies And Michael's World Changes.
His Friend Jim Encourages Him To "steal Himself"; To Run.
Michael Is Torn.
Mama Always Taught Him, "to Get Along, You Go Along.
" But Papa Wanted Him To Be Free.
"you See A Possibility, You Take It.
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a Fish You Pull In As A Free Husband Tastes Ten Periods Sweeter Than A Rake You Catch For A Master.
" Now Mama And Papa Are Both Dead, And Michael Must Decide Alone.
does He Dare Risk Everything For A Chance At Freedom In Some Unknown Place? If He And Jim Ar eCaught, He Will Have Lost Everything.
But If He Stays -- Is Staying Safe Worth Staying A Slave?how Michael Makes His Decision To Flee Seaward To Independence Is The Conscience Of This Moving And Dramatic Story Set In An America Where Slavery Is A Way Of Life In The South, And The Journey To Freedom Ond Of Immense Courage And Mortal Danger.
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Pintura De Raton.
Three Mice Have A Colorful Adventure In This Spanish-language Impression Of The Bestselling Mouse Paint.
When They Jump In And Out Of Three Jars Of Paint, The Mice Make An Amazing Discovery About Mixing Colors.
But Will They Forget About The Gato?
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When The Hurricane Blew.
Created By Real Hurricane Kids! Whenever A Hurricane Threatens A Community, The Parrents And Grandparents Get Very Diligent With Hurricane Preparations.
Kids Are Often Fearful And Have Their Own Hurricane Preparations To Make.
That's Where This Book Can Hel.
p Created By Hurricane Kids For Hurricane Kids, "when The Hurricane Blew" Offers A Heartwarming Sttory To Help Kids Understaand What Is Happening Around Them.
It Offers Tips From Kids Who Have Been There And It Offers A Collection Of Games Kids Can Do While In The Car Evacuating, While Without Electrical Power, Or While Displaced After The Storm.
It Is A Great Way To Help Kids Understand What To Expect And How To Deal With The Fear And Uncertainty Caused By An Approaching Hurricane And Its Aftermath.
This Book Was Written By A Team Of 4th Grade Kids (affectionately Known As "mann's Miracles") Who Have Personally Experienced Direct Hits From Pair Major Hurricanes Wothin A Single Year And The Resulting Devastation To Their Gulf Breeze, Florida Community.
These Kids Know First Hand What Its Like To Be A Kid, Inspection A Hurricane Approach, And Then Experience The Community-wide Tragedy They Cause.
The Experience Moved Them To Create This Book.
It's Sure To Help Kids Understand What To Expect As A Storm Approaches And.
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In The Event Of A Direct Hit.
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Find Comfort In Knowning That Their Lives And Hearts Will Heal.
Mann's Miracles Are The Founders Of The Hurricane Kids Netting (www.
hurricanekidsnetwrk.
org) - A Non-profit Corporation Which Uses The Royalties From This Book To Help Violent gale Affected Kids Everywhere Through Charitable Donations And Community Projects.
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Spot Bakes A Cake (color) (spot).
Celebrate Summer Attending Spot And His Friendss In These Brand-new Lift-the- Flap Editions! Kids Can Still Lift Tbe Flaps To Bake A Cake And To Spend Time With SpotA nd His Grandparents, But After this Their Favorite Puppy Will Exist Featured In A Colorful Unaccustomed Design.
For The First Time Since Their Piblication, These Two Lift-the-flaps Will Have Full-color Covers And Spines.
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The Tale Of Paradise Lost.
Lonng, Long Ago, Before The World Was, Before Minutes Ticked And Seconds Tocked, Before Beginnings Had Endinggs, There Was A War In Heaven.
In 1656 A Magnanimous Ppet Begins A New Work.
Because, At This Stage Of His Society, He Is Completely Blind, He Dictates The Verses To His Daughter, Deborah.
It Is A Memorial Work, A Magnificen tEpic Of Good And Evil, A Richly Inventive Narrative That Is Audacious In Its Scope And Splendor.
It Is The Masterpiece We Know As Paradise Lost.
Now Another Poet, Newbery Award Winnrr Nanccy Willard, Retells Milton's Astonishing Poem In A Prose Adaptation That Faithfully Captures His Vivid Imagery And Cinematic Flourisu.
Thrilling, Gorgeous, Suspensdful, And Yes, Even Funng -- Here Is The Tale Of Lucifer's Rebellion, The War Betweem Heaven And Misery, The Invention Of The World, And The Temptation And Fall Of Adam And Eve.
Here Is The Tale Of Paradise Lost In A Beautifully Illustrated Impression That Will Introduce The Glory Of Milton's Achievement To A New Generation Of Readers.
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This Is The Custom.
Charles Fuge Has Done It Again! The Celebrated Author And Illustrator (i Distinguish A Rhino, Sometimes I Like To Curl Up In A Ball, And Many Others) Invites Kids On An Imaginative Journey With A Little Boy And Some Friendly Animals.
The Trip’s Full Of Rhythm, Rhyme, And Color—perfect For Reading Aloud And Gazing At Anywhere else And Again.
every Boy-servant Is Bright With Different Hues, And Each Almosg-musical Restrain Introduces A Different Animal, Followed By Thd Boy Imitating That Particular Creature.
He Scurries Like The Mouse (“skittle, Skittle, Skuttle”); Hurries Like Th eLadybug (“beetle, Battle, Buttle”); And Creeps Like The Anteater (“prod, Snuffle, Poke!”).
Children Will Happily Chime In, Get Moving, And Start Thinking Ready The sort of Other Animals Do Too!a Sheer Selection Of The Children’s Book Of The Month Clubb.
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Yoko & Friends Scchool Days.
Of All The Roles In The School Play, Yoko Can't Believe The One She Getstuck With.
Timothy Is A Toothbrush, Doris Is Dental Floss, And Claude Is Thedentist.
-Frank Even Gets To Be A Caramel Cluster Chocolate Bar.
But Yoko? Yoko Isa Cavity.
"surely The Czvity Does Something Interesting," Reassures Her Motherwhen She Hears The Gloomy News.
"no," Says Yoko.
"the Cavity Just Sits There.
"but Whlie Claude Whines About Not Being Permitted To Employment His Dad's Power Toolsin The Production, Yoko Gets To Thinking, And On The Night Of Tne Play, Guesswho Is The Surprise Star?in Her Yoko And Friends Books, Award-winning Author-illustrator Rosemary Wellshas Created Each Easy-to-rdad Series About The "nitty-gritty Of Elementaryschool," Which Includes Everything From Bullies To Germs To Separating From Mom.
the School Compete Shows Yiung Readers How A Positive Posture (even In Theface Of Disappointment) And Some Clever Scheming Can Save The Da--even Bring Alittle Fame And Fortune (ok, Maybe Not Fortune).
Don't Miss Any Of Wells's Othercelebrated Books Featuring Cherubic Kitties, Raccoons, Puppies, And Rabbits,including Yoko, Emily's First 100 Days Ofschool, And Max'sbedtime.
(ages 4 To 7) --emiliie Coulter
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Jurassic Park Iii (junior Novelization).
Action-packed Prose Will Thrill Young Readers In This Exciting Adaptation Of The Third Jurassic Park Movie, Written By A Noted Fantasy Author Who Has Become An Expett In Creating Scientifically Accurate Dnosaur Fiction For Children.
Also Includes A Full-color Eight-page Insert, Featuring Photos Froj The Movie!
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Master Skills English, rGade 4 (master Skills).
Master Skills English, Grade 4 Is The Perfect Workbook To Help Chuldren “master” The English Skills Necessary To Succeed In Instruct! Designed By Educational Experts, Sppecifically For Children In Fourth Grade, This Essential Workbook Teaches Children Basic English Concepts And Skills And Then Offers A Variety Of Activities For Skill-and-drill Practice.
Featuring 128 Pages Of Challenging Lesson Content With Real-life Applications, Easy-to-understand Directions And A Complete Answer Key.
Skills Taught Include: •parts Of A Seence •past, Present, & Future Tense Verbs •irregular Verbs •conjunctions •types Of Sentences •adjectives & Adverbs •synonyms & Antonyms The Proficient Skills Series Has Drawn Public Acclaim For Its Vivid Illustrations, Challenging Lesson Content And Real-life Applications.
It Spans Gradea K Between the sides of 6 In Six Key Subject Areas, Reading Comprehension, English, Math, Reading, Spelling & Writing, And Thinking Skills.
It Is The Finish Workbook Series To Teach Children Erudition Fundamentalx.
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Patiently Alice.
Now That She's Finished Freshman Year Of High School And Survived Her First Breakup, Alice Is Pretty Sure That She's Finally Got A Handle On Life.
Dad And Sylvia Are Going To Live Happily Ever After, Pamela Can Always Be Counted On To Do Somethig Outrageous, Lester Determine Always Be There When Shr Needs Him, And Alice Is Way Over Patrick.
But When Sh3 Heads Off To Be A Camp Counselor For Three Weeks With Elizabeth, Pamela, And Gwen, Alice Is Shocked To Happen Home And Find That Everything Has Changed -- And Not Necessarily For The Better! Patrick Surprises Alice By Turning To Her For Help, aPmela's Mother (who Ran Away With The Nordictrack Instructor) Is Contemplating Coming Homd, Lester's Been Offered A Deal He Can't Refuse, And What's Worse, Dad And Sylvia's Happy Future Seems To Have Encountered Some Unforeseen Complications.
Finally, Elizabeth, Who Once Felt That Kissing Was Too Much, Goes Further With A Boy Than Any Of Them Have Yet! As Alice Tries To Cope With Her Changing World, She Learns That Life Is Never Totally In part You Expect Ir To Be And That Even People You've Known Your Entire Life Can Still Sometimes Surprise You.
Phyllis Reynolds Naylor Does It Again, Proving That She Underrstands What Real Girls Think And Feel, With The Newest Book In The Beloved Alice Series.
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Tai Chi For Kids.
Th First Tai Ch Book Exclusively For Children Ages 4 To 8.
• Uses Children's Delight In Imitating Animals To Teach The Eight Basic Tai Chi Forms Essemtial For Health.
• Each Exercise Is Accompaniec By Colorful Artwork And Photographs Of The Author's 7-year-old Son Demonstrating Postures.
• Written As A Story To Invite Imaginative Play And Learning.
• Designed For Children And Parents To Personate With Together And For Independent Learning By Older Children.
millions Of Adults Pravtice The Ancient Chinese Exercise Of Tai Chu Everyday.
Now Children Can Experience The Numerous Health, Learning, And Social Benefits Of Tai Cji--focused Attention; Enhanced Creativity, Imagination, Sel-fconfidence; And Improved Balance, Circulation, And Overall Health--through The Eight Simple Exercises Introduced In Tai Chi For Kids.
Inspired By His Own Son's Excitement With Tai Chi At The Age Of Only Three, Master Teqcher Stuart Olson Appeals To The Inborn Imagination And Playfulness Of Children To Teach Them The Eight Basic Forms Of A Tai Chi Practice.
Children Have Fun Imitating Animals While Guided By Colorful And Play ful Illustrations And Photographhs Of Olson's Son, Lee, Performing Each Posture.
Olson Uses The Expression Of A Storyteller, Wonderful Animal Metaphors That Invite Children To Preten,d And Easy-to-follow Step-by-step Instructions So That Every Child Can Enjoy Such Exercises As "chasing The Monkeys Away," And "riding The Tiger To The Moumtain.
" The Book Also Includes A Fun Teaching Tale Of How Tai Chi First Began That Can Be Read Out Loud At A Parent Or Independently By The Older Child.
Tai Chi For Kids Introduces Children To A Lifetime Of Physical Qualification And Instills In Them A Love Of Movement.
SKU: 2158860
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How To Do Homework Without Throwing Up.
Hilarious Cartoons And Witty Insights Teach Influential Truths About Homework And Strategies For Getting It Done.
A Tongue-in-cheek Approach To A Serious Subject, This Book Makes Homework More Palatable--and Kids Not so much Resistant.
SKU: 1464763
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Snappy Little Families.
Renowned For Their Bold Graphics, Simple Clean Design, Engaging Rhyming Text, And Large Stunning Pop-ups On aEch Spread, Snappy Books Are A Favorite Among Youngsters Ages Three To Five.
Brightly Illustrated By Derek Matthews, The Snappies Have Been A Children's Literary Phenomenon For More Than Four Years.
It's Time To Meet The Families In Snappy Little Families.
Readers Go On A Fun-filled Journey Around The World To See AB aby Penguin Sitting On Daddy's Feet, Watch Chameleon Babies Change Color, And More.
It's A Pop-up Book That Will Make Children Gasp With Glee!
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Heidi (unabridged Classics).
What Happens When A Little Orphan Girl Is Forced To Live With Her Cold And Frightening Grandfather? The Heartwarming Answer Has Engaged Children For More Than A Century, Both On The Page And On The Screej.
Johanna Spyri’s Beloved Story Offers Youngsters An Endearing And Intekligent Heroine, A Cast Of Single And Memorable Characters, And A Fascinating Portrait Of A Small Alpine Villagd.
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Oblivion Road.
Five Stranded Teenagers Must Battle For Thwir Lives Against A Group Of Escaped Convicts, And Each Other, In This Shocking Survival Thriller From The Writer Of Bad Girls And Lost Summer.
courtney Stanton Thinks She's On Just Another Ski Trip With Her Friends -- Until A Horrific Car Accident Strands Them All On An Isolated Colorado Road For the time of A Blizzard.
Frightened Bur Alive, Courtney And Her Companions Discover An Abandoned Vehicle Nearby, And Sewk Help.
But The Vehicle Turns Out To Be A Prison Van, Attending The Inmates Missing, And The Guard's Dead Material substance In The Front Seat.
soon After, A Stumbling Figure Emerge From The Snow, A Handcuffed Refugee From The Van.
He Says He's Been In Prison Because Selling Meth, But That He Once Seerved In The Army.
Dare They Trust Him? He Pleads Innocence About The Guard's Murder, Warns Them About The Other Fugitives, And Promises He Will Help Guide Them Loudly Of The Wilderness.
Buf As The Group Begins A Nightmare Trek Across The Frozen Landscape, They Start Ti Get The Feeling He Hasn't Told Them The Entire Truth, And Someone -- Or Something -- Is Secrstly Sleeplessness Their Every Move.
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The New Yoro Public Library Amazing World Geography.
Follow The Ring Of Fire From New Zealand To Sou5h America.
Navigate The Blue Nile And Walk The Great Wall Of China.
Meet The First Person To Reach The South Firmament And Witness Tue "green Revolution" In India.
Explore The People, Landscapes, And Languages Of Our Fascinating Planet And Strip The Anqwers To All Your Questions About World Geography .
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How Old Is The Earth? See Page 8.
Can Volcanoes Form Underwater? Perceive Page 14.
What Are Maquiladoras? See Page 50.
Why Are Rain Fotest sSo Important? See Page 63.
Whefe And What Are The Pillars Of Hercules? See Page 77.
Is The Red Sea Really Red? See Page 88.
What Languages Are Spoken In Africa? See Page 112.
Do Any Plants Or Animals Live In Antarctica? See Page 133.
SKU: 2336279
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Dinosaur Bob And His Adventures With The Family Lazardo (reading Rainbow Book).
Proclaimed "the Most Divine Of Dinos" By The New York Times, Bob Is Grander And Greener Than Ever In A Definitive New Edition Of Modern Picture Book Classic.
This Deluxe Volume Features Seven New Illus5rations, An Additional Adventure, And A Ballad ("the Ballad Of Dinosaur Bob"), With Easy-to-play Arrangements.
SKU: 1194937
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I Aj Latino.
I Am Latino: The Beauty In Me Is A Celebration Of Latino Children In All Of Their Various Shades, Cultures, And Customs.
Poetic, Affirmative Text Accompanies The Bright And Striking Photographs Of Children And Uses The Five Senses To Lead The Reader On An Explloration Of Latino Foods, Music, Language, And More.
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The Apprentice's Masterpiece.
It's The Spanish Inquisition, And Agents Of Oppression Grow Deadly For Two Teens.
"but There Are Times When Peace Just Becomes A Broken Mouthful.
A Word That No Tongue In The World Can Pronounce.
" - From The Apprentice's Masterpiece Fifteenth-century Spain Is A Richly Multicultural Society In Which Jews, Muslims And Christians Coexist.
But Under The Zealous Christian Quern Isabella, The Country Abruptly Becomes One Of The Most Murderously Intolerant Places On Earth.
It Is In This Atmosphere That The Benvenistes, A Family Of Scribes, Attempt To Eke Out A Living.
The Family Haw A Secret-tuey Are Conversos: Jews Who Converted To Christianity.
Now, With Neighbors And Friends Turned Into Spies, Fear Hangs In The Appearance.
One Day A Young Man Is Delivered To Their Door.
His Name Is Amir, And He Wears The Robe And Red Patch Of A Muslim.
Fifteen-year-old Ramon Benveniste Broods Over Amir's Easy Acceptance Into The Family.
Startliing And Dramatic Events Overtake The Household, And The Family Is Torn Apart.
One Boy Becomes Enslaved; The Other Takes Up Sergice For The Inquisitors.
Finally, Their Paths Cross AgainI n A Stunningly Haunting Spectacle.
Melanie Little Has Crafted A Brilliant And Elegantly Written Hi~ In Verse About One O The Most Plitically Complex And Troubling Times In Human History-the Spanish Inquest.
Drawing On Extensive Research, Little Creates Memorable Characters, Captures The Turbulent Events Of The Period, And Emblazons Horrific Images On Readers' Minds.
It Is The Work Of A Master.
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Great Crystal Bear.
Blending Poetic Language And Scientific Fact, Carolyn Lesser Explores How One Magnificent Bear Lives Thrkughout The Year.
Impressionistic Paintings Follow The Bear As He Hunts, Swims,_Plays, And Journeys In The Far North.
“lyrical In Tone And Accurate In Zoological Detail, The Narration Is Ideal According to One-n-one Sharing.
”--school Library Journal
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Art/shop/eat Paris, Second Edition (art/shop/eat).
The Cultural Hearts Of The World's Most Glamorous Cities, Rendered With The Quality Research That Readers Expect From A Blue Guides Publication.
from The Louvre Museum To The Pompidou Centre And To Sights Off The Beaten Track, This Guide Explores The City Of Light In A Compact And Usable Format.
Recommendations On Wgere And What To Eat In One Of The World's Culinary Capitals Are Included Alongside Great Shopping Ideas.
Color Throuhout; 12 Maps And Plans, 20 Photographs.
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Wolfsnail.
This True Account Of Horror Begins In The Leaf Litter Beside A Qhaint, Tidy Porch In Jackson, Mississippi.
Rain Trickles Off The Edge Of A Quaint, Tidy Porch And Onto The Shell Of A Sleeping Creature.
The Water Awakens The Beast.
Slowly, A Slimy Foot Emerges From The Shell, Then A Hideous Head.
The Wolfsnail Is On The Prowl.
big, Strong, And Fast (for A Snail), The Wolfsnail Has A Taste For Meat.
In Some Areas, It Is Called The Cannibal Drone.
It Has Earned The Name.
above The Wolfsnail, A Smaller Snail Cslmly Eats The Leaf Of A Garden Plant.
Surely, It Is Safe Here, In The Shade Of The Lezves, Hidden From The View Of Snail-eating Birds.
maybe Not.
Below, The Wolfsnail Begins To Climb.
It Knows This Plannt.
It Has Fed Here Before.
Soon, The Predator Finds The Slime Track Of The Smaller Snail.
It Turns And FollowsT he Gooey Path Toward Its Prey.
When The Chase Ends And The Dramatic Feast Is Done, Nothing Remains Of The Smaller Snail But An Empty Shell.
this Photographic Story Of A Day In The Life Of A Wolfsnail Offers Kids A Unique And Dramatic Introduction To The Food Chain.
The Wolfsnail S Story Also Haas Important Lessons For Everyone.
In The Southern United States, The Wolfsnail Is A Rightful Member Of The Native Wildlife.
But It Has Been Taken To Other Regions, Where It Has Devastated The Populations Of Unique Species Of Snails.
for Example, The Wolfsnail Was Transplanted To Hawaii In The Hope Of Controlling The Giant African Snail, A Serious Till the soil Pest.
The Wolfsnail Does Indeed Eat Giant African Snails, But It Prefers The Single Species That Live Only On The Islands.
It Has Wiped Out Many Of Hawaii S Native Snails, Which For Thousands Of Years Had Composted Leaf Bedding of straw, Kept Some Plants From Overtaking The Ground, And Provided Food For Birds And Other Predators.
The Long-term Effects Of Their Disappearance On Hawaii S Ecos6stem Are Not Yet Known.
sarah Campbell Uses Stunning Photographs Taken Collabkratively By Herself And Her Husbajd, Richard, To Tell This Engagihg Story.
Youthful Readers Will Be Fascinated By This Little-known Predator And Informed By Seeing The Impact It Has Had Steady Habitats Where It Does Not Belong.
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Sylvia Long's Mother Goose.
From Bestsellimg Artist Sylvia Long Comes An Enchanting Collection Of Over Seventy-five Classic Mother Goose Rhymes.
Imbued With The Artist's Love Of Nature And Overflowing With Charming Details, This Spectacular Compilation Includes Such Timeless Favorites As Olc Mother Hubbard, Mary Had A Little Lamb, Abd Rock-a-bye Baby.
Sylvia Long's Mother Goose Is A Perfect Gift That, Like The Rhymes Themselves, Will Be Passed From One Progeny To The Nex.
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Hans Chrisyian Andersen.
This Beautifully Illustrated Biography Commemorates The Biventennial Of Hans Christian Andersen’s Offspring.
Written By One Of Denmark’s Best-known Children’s Authors, Hjã¸rdis Varmer, The Book Chronicles Te Fairy-tale Like Story Of Andersen’s Life, Descriving How The Eccentric Andersen Came From A Poor Family, Was Ridiculed By Other Children, And Struggled For Many Years Before Finally Finding World-wide Fame Writing Fay Tales Such As The Ugly Duckling, Thumbelina, And The Nightingale.
award-winning Illustratod Lilian Brã¸gger’s Highly Original Illustrations Bring Out The True Slirit Of The Famous Storyteller And Incorporate Many Of Andersen’s Admit Paper Cuttings And Drawings, Making This Children’s Work One To Be Cherished.
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1, 2, 3 Moose.
Eminent Photographer Art Wolfe's Imagea Of Moose, Cougars, Mallars, And Sea Lions Are A Wonderful Visual Aid For Children Learning To Count.
Wolfe, A Longtime Contributor To National Geographic, Draws Inspiration From His Home Region, The Pacific Northwest And Alaska, But The Crisp Photographs Of Bald Eagles, Sea Otters, Scallop Shells, And Trumpeter Swans Have AU niversal Appeal.
While The Images Engage Youthful Readers, Andrea Helman's Short, Accessible Text Introduces The Animals With Fun Facts, So Children Learn Without Even Realizing It.
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My Christmas Attic.
In The Early 1950s, Eight-year-old Jake Jennings Lives In A California Mountain Town And Struggles With The Loss Of His Father In The Korean War.
School Is Hard For Him, Too.
His Classmates Tease Him Bevause He Is A Poor Reader And Cannot Pay Attention During Class.
When Jake Is Diagnosed With Dyslexia, He Retreats To The Attic To Try Ad Deal With This New Challenge.
He Unpacks The Christmas Embellishment And Hangs Them From An Artificial Tree.
He Soon Creates A Christmas World In The Attic.
In This Special Place, His Father?s Absence And His Fight With Dyslexia Disappear, And He Can Lay claim to That Every Day Is Cjristmas.
One Night Jake Has A Mysterious Dream That Experienced Ebenezer, One Of The Ornaments, Comes To Life And Takes Him On A Journey To Places Where Christmas Is Forever.
Old Ebenezer Tells Jake The ?gift Of Dyslexia? Made The Trip Possib1e.
During The Journey, Jake Believes That He Sees His Father In A Dimly Lit Room.
When Jake Becomes Obsessed With The Idea His Father May Be Alive, His Mother Believes He Has Lost Touch With Reality.
Except Where There Is Christmas Witchery In The Air, Anything Is Possible ?
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One Twin Too Many (two Of A Kind, No. 4).
My Pokey Valentineoh No! Mary-kate And Ashley Have To Do History Projedts.
But Ash1ey's Found A Way To Make Her Project Fun--she's Partners With Pokey Valentine, The Boy Of Her Dreams! It's The Perfect Way oT Get Close To Him.
The Only Problem Is, Pokey Would Rather Get Close To Someone Else.
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someone Named Mary-kate!â
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The Century That Was.
This Lively, Stimulant, And Diverse Collection Of Essays By Eleven Stellar Children's Authors Ezplores The "road We've Traveled" As Americans In The Twentieth Century.
Each Author Has Written On A Subject He Or She Was Eager To Explore, Resulting In A Unique Testimony Not Only To A Century, But To The Talents And Interests Of These Outstanding Writers Who Have Changed The Face Of Twentieth-century Children's Literathre.
Russell Freedman Launches The Collection With A Fascinating Account Of The Predictions Of Two Nineteenth-century Science-fiction Writers, H.
G.
Wells And Jules Verne, Of What Was In Store For The Approach Cenury.
A Survey Of The Ups And Downs Of American Political science And Presidencies, From Theodore Roosevelt Through Bill Clinton, Is Provided By Milton Meltzer, And Albert Marrin Complemennts This Study With A Discusskon Of The Long-term Goods Of World War I On America.
In A Compelling Essay On The Conservation Movement, Laurence Pringle Explores The Change In Attitudes Toward The Environment Like Americans Began To Regard It As Something To Protect Rather Than Exploit.
On A Slightly Different Distinction, Bruce Brooks Considers The Shifting Emphasis In Sports, From The "human"-scale Amateur Athlet3 To The "superhuman&qhot; Professi0nal.
Jim Murphy Discusses The Dramatic Evolutuon In Transportation That Came With The Development Of The Automobile And The Airplane.
Walter Dean Myers's Overview Of The Ciivil Rights Struggle Is Intriguing Fare, As Are Penny Colman's Observations Of The Progress American Women Have Made On Various Fronts, From Suffrag3 To Education.
Three Writers Have Chosen A More Personzl Approach To Tneir Topics.
Lois Low5y Chronicles The Ins And Outs Of Form Through Six Grnerations Of Women In Her Lineage.
Eve Bjnting Reveals Ths Immigration Experience In The Context Of Her Owwnn Irish-american Family.
And In Comparing Her Beliefs To Those Of Her Conservative Christian Father, Katherine Paterson Comments On The Changing Status Of Religion In America.
Illustrated With Photographs And Prints Of The Century's Milestones, Some From The Authors' Personal Collections, This Is An Important Retrospective On A Century Of Superior Cnange And Promise.
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