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This picture book follows one color's journey throughout history -- from ancient Afghan painters to 1905, when a chemical blue dye was created -- and around the world, as it becomes the blue we know today.
"For centuries, blue powders and dyes were some of the most sought-after materials in the world. Ancient Afghan painters ground mass quantities of sapphire rocks to use for their paints, while snails were harvested in Eurasia for the tiny amounts...
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"The most powerful pirate in history was a woman who was born into poverty in Guangzhou, China, in the early 1800s. When pirates attacked her town and the captain took a liking to her, she saw a way out. Zheng Yi Sao agreed to marry him only if she got an equal share of his business. When her husband died six years later, she took command of the fleet. Over the next decade, the pirate queen built a fleet of over 1,800 ships and 70,000 men. On land...
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[2020]
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
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The students of Stanton Elementary School, which is a polling place, find out all they can about voting and then encourage everyone in their neighborhoods to cast their ballots. Creative nonfiction picture book: includes additional facts and historical details.
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2022
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 21 x 25 cm
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"Ruby and Ned gather eggs from their hens and ride their red truck to deliver the eggs--to the farmer's market, the restaurant, the school, the grocery story, and the bakery. The baker uses the eggs in her yummiest cookies--and gives them to Ruby and Ned!" -- Amazon.com.
"A fun story with maps and mazes shows children where their food comes from"--
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2020.
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"For African American women, the fight for the right to vote was only one battle. An eye-opening book that tells the important, overlooked story of Black women as a force in the suffrage movement--when fellow suffragists did not accept them as equal partners in the struggle."--Publisher's description.
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[2019]
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 cm
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"The celebrated Secret Life series continues with a determined mother skunk and her five kits. Young readers will learn about their hidden lives as the skunk kits grow and explore their world, escape predators, and hunt for food. Renowned science author Laurence Pringle provides a story of family and survival packed with science terminology, depictions of skunk behavior, and information about skunks' habitats, diets, and sounds. And Kate Garchinsky's...
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[2021]
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 21 x 26 cm
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"Cleve Jones' extraordinary life was pieced together, then stitched tightly into different types of quilts. From the blanket that his great-grandmother made for him as a boy, to the friends he gathered in San Francisco as young man, it is almost as if he was destined to bring the art of quilting to a new public awareness. Mentored by Harvey Milk, Jones debuted idea for the AIDS Memorial Quilt during a candlelight memorial for Milk in 1985 and created...
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2019.
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266 pages ; 23 cm.
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"For many the phrase "Native nonfiction" inspires thoughts of the past, of timeless oral history transcriptions and dry 19th century autobiographies. In Shapes of Native Nonfiction, Washuta and Warburton explode this perspective by showcasing 22 contemporary Native writers and their provocative approaches to form. While exploring familiar legacies of personal and collective trauma and violence, these writers push, pull and break the conventional essay...
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2023.
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 26 cm.
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"Hot diggity dog! Meet Pluto! The runt of a litter of eight planets. Pluto may not be the biggest or fastest planet to revolve around the Sun, but it has a unique story to tell. From the tale of how it was found by humans to its naming as a dwarf planet, it's Pluto's turn to take the spotlight and properly re-introduce itself."--Publisher marketing.
94) Hello, puddle!
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[2022]
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm
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"A nonfiction picture book exploring a deceptively simple but unexpectedly crucial resource for wildlife: puddles! This lyrical, gorgeously illustrated nonfiction picture book is perfect for young science learners and nature lovers. A normal everyday puddle may not seem very special. But for a mother turtle, it might be the perfect place to lay her eggs. For a squirrel, it might be the only spot to cool off and get a drink when the sun is shining...
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2023.
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 23 x 29 cm
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"Do you know the difference between an alpaca and a llama? How about a crocodile and an alligator? A frog and a toad? Test your knowledge and learn exciting facts in this charming book about animal look alikes!"--
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2022.
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 32 cm.
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"The remarkable true story of the world's first giraffologist. At three years old, Anne Dagg saw her first giraffe and never stopped thinking about it. Her desire to study the world's tallest animal followed her from preschool to graduate school, from Canada to South Africa. And often, people laughed at her quest. The scientific study of giraffes was non-existent at the time. And by a woman? Unheard of. But by following her love of giraffes, Dr. Anne...
98) I am the shark
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[2021]
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm
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"Humorously illustrated sharks introduce themselves and the characteristics that make them special, in a child-friendly, fish-out-of-water tale that includes profiles of species ranging from the Great White and Greenland to the Mako and Hammerhead"--
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2021.
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm
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"This moving, beautifully illustrated biography tells the remarkable story of how model and teacher Luz Jiménez became "the soul of Mexico"--a living link between the indigenous Nahua and the rest of the world. Through her deep pride in her roots and her unshakeable spirit, the world came to recognize the beauty and strength of her people."
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Invention hunters volume 3
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2020.
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 22 x 28 cm
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"When the Invention Hunters, a group of globe-trotting invention collectors, visit a school in their flying museum, a student helps them by explaining how common concepts related to light, like refraction, magnification, and reflection, and objects, like cameras and televisions, work."--
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