Brett Helquist
21) The Mona Lisa vanishes: a legendary painter, a shocking heist, and the birth of a global celebrity
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Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
276 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
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"On a hot August day in Paris, just over a century ago, a desperate guard burst into the office of the director of the Louvre and shouted, La Joconde, c'est partie! The Mona Lisa, she's gone! No one knew who was behind the heist. Was it an international gang of thieves? Was it an art-hungry American millionaire? Was it the young Spanish painter Pablo Picasso, who was about to remake the very art of painting? Travel back to an extraordinary period...
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Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 25 cm
Description
This is the story of how Les Paul created the world's first solid- body electric guitar, countless other inventions that changed modern music, and one truly epic career in rock and roll. How to make a microphone? A broomstick, a cinderblock, a telephone, a radio. How to make an electric guitar? A record player's arm, a speaker, some tape. How to make a legendary inventor? A few tools, a lot of curiosity, and an endless faith in what is possible. Featuring...
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Series
Scary stories to tell in the dark volume 3
Pub. Date
2011.
Physical Desc
109 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Description
Features twenty-five chilling tales of prophetic dreams, feral children raised by wild animals, swamp creatures, and other terrifying phenomena.
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Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
40 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 30 cm
Description
Traces the friendship and rivalry of tennis stars Martina Navratilova and Chris Evert.
This nonfiction picture book takes you behind the scenes of the friendship and rivalry of tennis stars Martina Navratilova and Chris Evert. In the 1970s and 1980s they faced off in epic duels and classic showdowns. Since their retirements from tennis, they have remained friends and support each others in their efforts and endeavors.
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Series
Scary stories to tell in the dark volume 1
Pub. Date
2010
Physical Desc
113 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Description
Tapped from the oral traditions of American folklore, these ghost stories and tales of weird happenings, witches, and graveyards have startling, funny, or surprising endings.
27) The Storm Makers
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Pub. Date
2012
Physical Desc
374 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
Description
Twelve-year-olds Ruby and Simon have been growing apart since their parents moved them to a Wisconsin farm, but weird weather events that seem tied to Simon's emotions bring a stranger into their lives who introduces them to the Makers of Storms Society, strengthening the bond between the twins.
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Series
Vengekeep prophecies volume 3
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
421 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Description
When the Palatinate Mages unveil their plot to take over the Five Provinces, thirteen-year-old Jaxter Grimjinx and his family of thieves must lead the rebellion to overthrow them.
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Series
Tales from the House of Bunnicula volume 3
Pub. Date
2002
Physical Desc
90 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Description
Continuing his search for fame as a writer, Howie the wire-haired dachshund creates a story remarkably similar to the popular one he has heard about a heroic boy wizard.
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Series
Vengekeep prophecies volume 1
Pub. Date
c2012
Physical Desc
390 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Description
"A magical tapestry prophesies doom for the town of Vengekeep, and to everyone's surprise twelve-year-old Jaxter Grimjinx and his family of con artists appear to be the town's saviors"--
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Series
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
229 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Description
When a glowing lost and found box appears and stranger-than-normal things begin to happen at Strangeville School, it is up to Harvey and his friends to solve the mystery of a fifty-year-old curse before it is too late.
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Series
Vengekeep prophecies volume 2
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
375 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Description
Twelve-year-old Jaxter Grimjinx finds himself caught in a conspiracy when he is tapped for a mission by the notorious clan of thieves known as the Shadowhands.
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Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Description
Things go awry when Annabelle, a fragile, timid porcelain doll who lives in a Victorian dollhouse, tries to share some of her Christmas traditions with best friend Tiffany, a sturdy, adventurous plastic doll who lives in a modern dollhouse.
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Series
Doll people volume 4
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
277 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Description
"Annabelle Doll, Tiffany Funcraft, and their families journey far from home"--
38) The Mona Lisa Vanishes: A Legendary Painter, a Shocking Heist, and the Birth of a Global Celebrity
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Pub. Date
2023
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A “witty thriller” (The New York Times) for middle-grade readers about how the Mona Lisa was stolen from the Louvre, how the robbery made the portrait the most famous artwork in the world—and how the painting by Leonardo da Vinci should never have existed at all.
SIBERT MEDAL WINNER • NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY Publishers Weekly • School Library Journal •...
SIBERT MEDAL WINNER • NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY Publishers Weekly • School Library Journal •...
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Martina Navratilova and Chris Evert come from completely different places and play tennis in completely different ways. Chrissie is the all-American girl: practiced, poised, with perfect technique. Martina hails from Czechoslovakia, a Communist country, and her game is ruled by emotion. Everything about them is different, except for one thing: they both want to be the best. But as their intense rivalry grows, something else begins to swing into place,...
Author
Description
Martina Navratilova and Chris Evert come from completely different places and play tennis in completely different ways. Chrissie is the all-American girl: practiced, poised, with perfect technique. Martina hails from Czechoslovakia, a Communist country, and her game is ruled by emotion. Everything about them is different, except for one thing: they both want to be the best. But as their intense rivalry grows, something else begins to swing into place,...