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Overview of Día de los Muertos, also known as the Day of the Dead, a festive Mexican holiday for celebrating…
the lives of departed family and friends on November 1st and 2nd. Includes glossary of Spanish terms. For grades K-3 and older readers. 2015
Profiles the work and conditions of three extreme scientists: a meteorologist who flies into the eyes of hurricanes to gather…
data, a microbiologist who searches unexplored underground caves for microbes, and an ecologist who climbs giant redwoods to study the canopy. For grades 4-7. 2009
The carrots that grow in Crackenhopper Field are the fattest and crispiest around and Jasper Rabbit cannot resist pulling some…
to eat each time he passes by, until he begins hearing and seeing creepy carrots wherever he goes. For preschool-grade 2
Halloween is the Bad Seed's favorite holiday of the year. But what's a seed to do when he can't find…
a show-stopping costume for the big night? Postpone trick-or-treating for everyone, of course! Can he get a costume together in time? Or will this seed return to his baaaaaaaaad ways? Find out in this hilarious, charming, and thought-provoking continuation of Jory John's bestselling series.
Le lac Adélard a toujours eu la réputation d'être hanté. Certains prétendent y avoir aperçu une étrange fillette portant une…
cage d'oiseau. D'autres y auraient vu une jeune femme couverte de sang. Élie ne sait pas trop s'il doit croire ces histoires. Ce qu'il sait, en revanche, c'est qu'une petite balade en quatre roues près du lac est un excellent prétexte pour inviter la belle Anna. Il est loin d'imaginer que cette expédition leur permettra de découvrir une partie de l'horrible histoire que cache cet endroit à la réputation inquiétante
Inspired by the childhood of real-life astronaut Chris Hadfield and brought to life by Terry and Eric Fan's lush, evocative…
illustrations, The Darkest Dark will encourage readers to dream the impossible. Chris loves rockets and planets and pretending he's a brave astronaut, exploring the universe. Only one problem--at night, Chris doesn't feel so brave. He's afraid of the dark. But when he watches the groundbreaking moon landing on TV, he realizes that space is the darkest dark there is--and the dark is beautiful and exciting, especially when you have big dreams to keep you company.
One by one, three young bears crawl into Bear and Mrs. Bear's bed during a thunderstorm, certain they hear monsters…
outside, and although Bear tells each that monsters are not real, he later changes his mind. Grades K-3. 2008.
Bear's gone for a walk in the woods. When he decides to turn back, a rainy storm kicks up and…
Bear just can't find his way. Bear feels scared! Grades K-3. 2008.
Sue and her brother Eddie are visiting London. They can't find their tour group, but there's no reason to panic.…
Their tour guide wouldn't just leave them all alone in a gloomy old prison tower. And they certainly won't get locked inside, after dark. And there couldn't be anyone in the tower, anyone who would want to do them harm. Sequel to "My Hairiest Adventure". Followed by "The Cuckoo Clock of Doom". Grades 5-8. (Goosebumps ; 27) 1995.
Empiler quelques livres poussiéreux dans des boîtes, ça ne semble pas très sorcier. Quand le vieux bibliothécaire de son collège…
lui propose cet emploi de fin de semaine, Mathieu n'hésite pas très longtemps avant d'accepter. Une fois seul dans les sombres sous-sols de l'école, il réalise cependant assez vite qu'il a commis une grave erreur.
The iconic anthology series of horror tales that's soon to be a highly anticipated feature film! Walking corpses, dancing bones,…
knife-wielding madmen, and narrow escapes from death-they're all here in this chilling collection of ghost stories, collected and retold by folklorist Alvin Schwartz. Brought to spine-tingling, flesh-crawling life by acclaimed Broadway actor (and master ghoul) George S. Irving, these horrific tales are guaranteed to raise goosebumps. Let the faint of heart beware. Pull up a chair, find a hand to hold, and prepare to be horrified.
Annie Edson Taylor went over Niagara Falls in a barrel. Mabel Stark wrestled with tigers. Sonora Webster Carver plummeted forty…
feet on horseback into a tank of water. These and the eleven other women profiled in this audiobook performed between 1880 and 1929, when females were expected to stay home and raise families, not entertain crowds with acts of derring-do. Their bravado, equal to that of any male thrill-seeker, made them inspiring at a time when women were testing the waters of equality and freedom. Grades 2-4. 2018.
A young boy and his Norwegian grandmother, who is an expert on witches, together foil a witches' plot to destroy…
the world's children by turning them into mice. Grades 5-8. 2006, c1983.