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The important book: and 3 more stories
By Margaret Wise Brown. 1977
Children will find answers to questions like "What is the important thing about rain?" Grades P-2. 1977. Taped with: The…
Runaway Bunny, by Margaret Wise Brown. In an imaginary game of hide-and-seek, a little rabbit keeps running away from his mother, but she finds him every time. Grades P-2. 1970. Taped with: Goodnight Moon, by Margaret Wise Brown. A little rabbit says goodnight to all the things in his bedroom. Grades P-2. 1975. Taped with: A Little Fir Tree, by Margaret Wise Brown. A little fir tree is uprooted and moved to spend Christmas and winters with a young boy who is confined to his bed and cannot visit the tree himself. Grades P-2. 1985.Battle for the Nether: an unofficial Minecrafter's adventure (Gameknight999 Series #Bk. 2)
By Mark Cheverton. 2014
Trapped inside Minecraft, player Gameknight999 and his friend Crafter have been transported to a new server. Knowing that Malacoda, King…
of the Nether, plans to destroy Minecraft, the duo searches the land to recruit an army. Sequel to Invasion of the Overworld (DB 81527). For grades 4-7. 2014After discovering that zombies have destroyed his Minecraft village, Steve embarks on a mission to mine forty diamonds in order…
to make a diamond sword that he can use against the walking-dead menace. For grades 3-6. 2014Invasion of the Overworld: an unofficial minecrafter's adventure (Gameknight999 Series #Bk. 1)
By Mark Cheverton. 2014
Minecraft player Gameknight999 intentionally harasses other players and delights in ruining their campaigns and buildings. When he's transported into the…
game, however, he discovers that everything inside Minecraft is real. He must cooperate with others in order to stay alive. For grades 4-7. 2013Papa's mechanical fish
By Candace Fleming, Boris Kulikov. 2013
In the summer of 1851, with encouragement and ideas provided by his family, an inventor builds a working submarine and…
takes his family for a ride. Includes notes about Lodner Phillips, the real inventor on whom the story is based. For grades K-3 and older readers. 2013En busca de Klingsor: Novela (Esenciales)
By Jorge Volpi, Jorge Volpi Escalante. 2008
El matemático Gustav Links relata la historia del teniente Francis P. Bacon, enviado por los aliados en los tribunales de…
Nuremberg para encontrar y llevar a la justicia a Klingsor, un científico atómico nazi. Con su conocimiento de la matemática y la física, Bacon tiene que encontrar el paradero del misterioso Klingsor con poca informaciónA spotlight for Harry (A Stepping Stone Book(TM))
By Eric A. Kimmel, Jim Madsen. 2009
Story based on childhood events of Harry Houdini (1874-1926), who became a famous magician and escape artist. Describes Harry and…
his brother Dash learning to walk a tightrope after going to the circus with their family for the first time. For grades 2-4. 2009Our neighbor is a strange, strange man (Orchard HC Picture Books)
By Inc. Staff Scholastic, Tres Seymour. 1999
Words with wings
By Nikki Grimes. 2013
When Gabby's parents separate, her tendency to daydream becomes essential to coping with life's difficulties, which only increase when she…
moves with her mother to a new home and a new school. For grades 3-6Wild science: amazing encounters between animals and the people who study them
By Martin Kratt, Victoria Miles. 2004
Ten wildlife biologists describe their adventures studying and rescuing a blue whale, marmot, polar bear, sea otter, manatee, silver-haired bat,…
northern gannet, leatherback sea turtle, grizzly bear, and grey wolf. They discuss their career interests, research projects, and facts about the animals. For grades 5-8. 2004The boy who drew birds: a story of John James Audubon / by Jacqueline Davies
By Jacqueline Davies, Melissa Sweet. 2004
Recounts how passionately the young Frenchman who made his home in America loved birds. Describes the numerous drawings and paintings…
he made of birds, their nests, and eggs and reveals the way he determined whether migrating birds return to the same place in the spring. For grades 2-4. 2004Wings of madness: Alberto Santos-Dumont and the invention of flight
By Paul Hoffman. 2003
Author of The Man Who Loved Only Numbers (RC 48056) examines the life and work of Alberto Santos-Dumont (1873-1932), the…
Brazilian-born aeronautical pioneer whose dirigibles captivated Paris. Hoffman highlights Santos-Dumont's aerial accomplishments, role in the race for manned flight, and despair at the destructive power of militarized aircraft during World War I. 2003The president's lady: a novel about Rachel and Andrew Jackson
By Irving Stone. 1996
Rachel Donelson Robards first meets lawyer Andrew Jackson when she is separated from her abusive husband, Lewis. After they fall…
in love they travel to the Spanish territories to obtain her divorce in order to marry. When war hero Jackson later ventures into politics, his wife's scandalous past creates a crisis. 1951Do you remember the color blue?: and other questions kids ask about blindness
By Sally Hobart Alexander. 2000
A writer who went blind at age twenty-six answers questions that children have frequently asked during her visits to schools.…
She discusses reading, working with her guide dog, meeting her husband, and parenting her two children, as well as her reactions to being blind. For grades 4-7. 2000I gave Thomas Edison my sandwich
By Floyd C Moore, Floyd C. Moore, Donna K. Nelson. 1995
It's a very special day for Floyd when the train carrying William Taft, Henry Ford, and Thomas Edison pulls into…
Iron City. Floyd's class goes to greet the important men, and he gets a great spot in the crowd. He is so excited he can barely talk when Thomas Edison speaks to him! Floyd gets a chance to do something nice for Edison, an incident that Floyd remembers for the rest of his life. For grades 2-4When angels sing: a Christmas story
By Turk Pipkin. 1999
When Michael Walker was a child, he'd wished that every day could be Christmas. But that was thirty years ago,…
before a tragic accident changed his life one Christmas morning. He still can't muster any spirit for the holidays. For him, it will always be a time of pain, a memory of that day. But when his young son faces a sadness as profound as his own, Michael is the only one who can save him. It takes nothing short of a miracle to give Michael the courage to make peace with his past and find the hope, joy, and spirit he lostMy mastodon
By Barbara Lowell, Antonio Marinoni. 2020
Ben Franklin and the Magic Squares (Step into Reading)
By Richard Walz, Frank Murphy. 2001
A funny, entertaining introduction to Ben Franklin and his many inventions, including the story of how he created the "magic…
square." A magic square is a box of nine numbers arranged so that any line of three numbers adds up to the same number, including on the diagonal! Teachers and kids will love finding out about this popular teaching tool that is still used in elementary schools today!Caroline's Halloween Spell (Sweet Valley Kids #33)
By Molly Mia Stewart, Francine Pascal. 1992
Elizabeth Wakefield is scared! Halloween is only a few days away, and Elizabeth suspects that Caroline Pearce may be a…
witch -- a bad witch. When Caroline catches Elizabeth spying on her, Elizabeth really starts to worry. Is Caroline truly a witch? And if she is, is she going to cast a nasty Halloween spell on Elizabeth?Way Out in the Desert
By Jennifer Ward, T. J. Marsh. 1998
This toe-tapping text will have you singing along with the lovable creatures of the desert in no time! Filled with…
vibrant illustrations of many of the charming plants and animals that call the Sonoran Desert home, Way Out in the Desert is a wonderful teaching tool that takes you on a trip down memory lane. If you remember singing Over in the Meadow as a child, now you can give your children their own memories of this timeless tune. So take a child on a trip where Way out in the desert having fun in the sun lived a mother horned toad and her little toady one...