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2019.
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Carlyn Beccia presents werewolves, vampires, zombies and more as you've never seen them. Discover the origins of eight scream-worthy monsters, find out how major historical events shaped their creation, and delve into the science behind these fearful beasts. Engrossing (and gross!) timelines, maps, and infographics offer essential information--including the zombie virus life cycle and how to survive Godzilla's nuclear breath.
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Pub. Date
2019.
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Just when you think that you know everything there is to know about mummies, new ones are discovered! Packed with facts but light in tone, this book introduces young readers to the most compelling examples of mummies from all over the world. There are many books about Egyptian mummies, but Mummies Exposed! goes beyond what you expect and uncovers both old favorites and recent discoveries; among them a Moche princess in Peru, the bog people of England...
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Pub. Date
[2016]
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111 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm
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The first children's cookbook from New York Times bestselling author and popular food blogger Erin Gleeson, The Forest Feast for Kids, serves up kid-friendly vegetarian recipes that are quick, easy, and fun to make.
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2018.
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333 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm
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Contains 366 nature poems--one for every day of the year. Filled with familiar favorites and new discoveries by a vast array of poets, including Langston Hughes, Lilian Moore, Emily Dickinson, Jack Prelutsky, William Shakespeare, N.M. Bodecker, Kanoko Okamoto, and many more.
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2022.
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301 pages : color illustrations, color photographs ; 31 cm
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Libraries are so much more than collections of books. They are archives of knowledge, spaces of study, sources of inspiration and connection. Among the world's most universal and democratic places, they are also outstanding icons of architecture that represent the societies that built them.Temples of Books celebrates the world's oldest and grandest shrines to the written word, as well as new and tiny ones: from baroque palaces to micro-libraries made...
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[2020]
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104 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
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"Bees pollinate 75 percent of the fruits, vegetables, and nuts grown in the United States. Around the world, bees pollinate $24 billion worth of crops each year. Without bees, humans would face a drastically reduced diet. We need bees to grow the foods that keep us healthy. Bu tnumbers of bees are falling, and that has scientists alarmed. What's causing the decline? Diseases, pesticides, climate change, and loss of habitat are all threatening bee...
10) Sunny
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Pub. Date
2020.
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 21 x 27 cm
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Most people would say there is nothing good about trudging to school on a rainy day. Most people would say that being carried away by the wind and dropped into the middle of a tumultuous sea is a very bad sort of situation. No, most people wouldn't like that at all. But, Sunny isn't most people. Sunny likes to look on the bright side. And when things get exceedingly bleak? Well, isn't that what friends are for?--
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Pub. Date
2020.
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xiii, 210 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cm
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A lavishly photographed motivational treasury of true bedtime tales shares events in the lives of 100 diverse women who have shaped the world, from Asma Khan and Madeline Albright to Rihanna and Josephine Baker.
14) I love trucks!
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Pub. Date
©1999
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26 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 23 x 26 cm.
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Vroom vroom! Beep beep! Woo woo! As a boy plays in his sandbox with a bright yellow bulldozer and a sand-filled dump truck, he sees lots of trucks zoom by. From cherry pickers to steamrollers, each has a special job. But one truck does the best thing of all. Can you guess which one?
15) Glamorous Living
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Pub. Date
2020.
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224 pages : color illustrations ; 32 cm
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A room-by-room journey through some of the most luxurious and glamorous homes in America. Jan Showers takes the reader through luxurious private residences across the United States room by room. This book invites readers into 20 never-before-photographed homes, in some of America's most idyllic locales, including a glamorous New York apartment, a London townhouse in Belgravia, an architecturally signifiant house in Paradise Valley, Scottsdale, a historic...
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[2022]
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x, 420 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 23 cm
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"A fascinating page-a-day collection profiling extraordinary women of all races, eras, and nationalities. Our past is full of influential women. Whether politicians, troublemakers, explorers, artists, and even the odd murderer, women have shaped society around the globe. But too often, these women have been unfairly confined to the margins of history. On This Day She: Putting Women Back into History One Day at a Time corrects this imbalance. A day-by-day...
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Pub. Date
2019.
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192 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm.
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A unique guide to the extraordinary world of plants, from the smallest seeds to the tallest trees. We couldn't live without plants. We need them for food, shelter, and even the air we breathe, yet we know surprisingly little about them. Why do thistles bristle with spines? How do some plants trap and eat insects? Did you know there are trees that are 5,000 years old? Trees, Leaves, Flowers & Seeds explores the mysterious world of plants to find the...
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[2020]
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125 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm
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"A collection of speeches that showcases the voices of those at the reins of power and of those who are not. Read the original words, sometimes abridged and sometimes in their entirety, that have shaped our cultural fabric. Introductions provide historical context and critical insights into the meaning and impact of every speech. For each speech, writer and history lover Tonya Bolden provides an introduction-- telling us what was going on at the time,...
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