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The ethics of biotechnology

Morris, Jonathan, PhD.


Introduction: what world will you live in? -- Why think about ethics? -- A brave new world of clones -- Human cloning: should humans be cloned? -- Stem cell research -- GM foods: what are they doing to our dinner?. Library Media Connection starred, October 2006. Horn Book, October 2006. Voice of Youth Advocates (V.O.Y.A.), August 2006. The Science Teacher (N.S.T.A.), April 2007. Presents an examination of the issues related to the ethics of biotechnology, providing information on healthcare, agriculture, data processing, and more, considering the debates of the moral and ethical implications of each.
Date Published:2006

Introduction: what world will you live in? -- Why think about ethics? -- A brave new world of clones -- Human cloning: should humans be cloned? -- Stem cell research -- GM foods: what are they doing to our dinner?. Library Media Connection starred, October 2006. Horn Book, October 2006. Voice of Youth Advocates (V.O.Y.A.), August 2006. The Science Teacher (N.S.T.A.), April 2007. Presents an examination of the issues related to the ethics of biotechnology, providing information on healthcare, agriculture, data processing, and more, considering the debates of the moral and ethical implications of each.

Date Published:2006

AI in the workplace

Gregory, Josh,


"In AI in the Workplace, readers will learn about job automation, data collection in the workplace, and what an AI-influenced workplace may look like in the future. Engaging text allows readers to connect new technology concepts to what they already know"--
Date Published:2025

Who could that be at this hour?

Snicket, Lemony.


Booklist, September 2012. Kirkus Starred, September 2012. Pub Weekly, August 2012. Thirteen-year-old Lemony Snicket begins his apprenticeship with S. Theodora Markson of the secretive V.F.D. in the tiny dot of a town called Stain'd By The Sea, where he helps investigate the theft of a statue. In a fading town, far from anyone he knew or trusted, a young Lemony Snicket began his apprenticeship in an organization nobody knows about. He started by asking questions that shouldn't have been on his mind. Now he has written an account that should not be published, in four volumes that shouldn't be read. This is the first volume.
Date Published:2012

Booklist, September 2012. Kirkus Starred, September 2012. Pub Weekly, August 2012. Thirteen-year-old Lemony Snicket begins his apprenticeship with S. Theodora Markson of the secretive V.F.D. in the tiny dot of a town called Stain'd By The Sea, where he helps investigate the theft of a statue. In a fading town, far from anyone he knew or trusted, a young Lemony Snicket began his apprenticeship in an organization nobody knows about. He started by asking questions that shouldn't have been on his mind. Now he has written an account that should not be published, in four volumes that shouldn't be read. This is the first volume.

Date Published:2012

The history of the car

Raum, Elizabeth.


School Library Journal, November 2007. Describes the creation of the first car, the changes automobiles have seen over the course of more than a century, and how the car has changed the world.
Date Published:2008

The history of the telephone

Raum, Elizabeth.


School Library Journal, November 2007. Describes the invention of the telephone, the ways phones and phone technology have changed over the course of more than a century, and how the phone has changed the world.
Date Published:2008

Boss for a day

DePaola, Tomie, 1934-


School Library Journal, February 2002. Booklist, February 2002. Moffie, ten minutes older than her twin brother Morgie, is reprimanded by her mother for being too bossy, so she decides to let Morgie take a turn at being the boss.
Date Published:2001

The Berenstain Bears go to camp

Berenstain, Stan, 1923-2005.


School Library Journal. The Berenstain cubs enjoy day camp, although they are dubious about the end-of-season pow-wow and sleep-out at the top of Skull Rock.
Date Published:1982

Secondhand dogs

Crimi, Carolyn.


School Library Journal, July 2021. Kirkus Review, June 2021. Publishers Weekly Annex, July 2021. "When a new dog named Decker arrives in Miss Lottie's home and convinces Moon Pie to embark on an impossible journey, Gus, the insecure pack leader, must gather his courage to bring Moon Pie home"--OCLC.
Date Published:2021

The three little wolves and the big bad pig

Trivizas, Eugenios.


Wilson's Children, October 2010. Elem. School Library Collection, June 2000. School Library Journal starred, December 1993. School Library Journal, November 1997. Library Journal Starred. Booklist starred, September 1993. Publisher's Weekly. New York Times. Horn Book. Bulletin (Center for Children's books). An altered retelling of the traditional tale about the conflict between pig and wolf--with a surprise ending.
Date Published:1993

Wilson's Children, October 2010. Elem. School Library Collection, June 2000. School Library Journal starred, December 1993. School Library Journal, November 1997. Library Journal Starred. Booklist starred, September 1993. Publisher's Weekly. New York Times. Horn Book. Bulletin (Center for Children's books). An altered retelling of the traditional tale about the conflict between pig and wolf--with a surprise ending.

Date Published:1993

Tacky the penguin

Lester, Helen


Book Links (A.L.A.), February 2002. Booklist. Horn Book, April 2009. Bulletin (Center for Children's books). Tacky the penguin does not fit in with his sleek and graceful companions, but his odd behavior comes in handy when hunters come with maps and traps.
Date Published:1988

Happily ever after.

Quindlen, Anna


When a girl who loves to read fairy tales is transported back to medieval times, she finds that the life of a princess in a castle is less fun than she imagined.
Date Published:1997

Read-aloud rhymes for the very young


Includes indexes. Elem. School Library Collection, June 2000. School Library Journal. Booklist. Horn Book, October 2004. Kirkus Review. A collection of more than 200 short poems by both known and anonymous American and English authors.
Date Published:1986

Imogene's antlers

Small, David, 1945-


"Dragonfly books." Elem. School Library Collection, March 1998. School Library Journal. Publisher's Weekly. Booklist. Horn Book. Bulletin (Center for Children's books). One Thursday, Imogene wakes up with a pair of antlers growing out of her head and causes a sensation wherever she goes.
Date Published:1985

Snowflake Bentley

Martin, Jacqueline Briggs


This is a biography of a self-taught scientist who photographed thousands of individual snowflakes in order to study their unique formations.
Date Published:1998

Piggie pie!

Palatini, Margie


Wilson's Children, October 2010. Elem. School Library Collection, June 2000. School Library Journal starred, November 1995. Notable/Best Books (A.L.A.), January 1996. Book Links (A.L.A.), March 2007. Booklist starred, September 1995. Horn Book, March 1996. Kirkus Review, August 1995. Library Talk, May 1996. Gritch the witch flies to Old MacDonald's farm for some pigs to make a piggie pie, but when she arrives she can't find a single porker.
Date Published:1995

Wilson's Children, October 2010. Elem. School Library Collection, June 2000. School Library Journal starred, November 1995. Notable/Best Books (A.L.A.), January 1996. Book Links (A.L.A.), March 2007. Booklist starred, September 1995. Horn Book, March 1996. Kirkus Review, August 1995. Library Talk, May 1996. Gritch the witch flies to Old MacDonald's farm for some pigs to make a piggie pie, but when she arrives she can't find a single porker.

Date Published:1995

Journey to Ellis Island : how my father came to America /

Bierman, Carol


"A Hyperion/Madison Press book." Wilson's Children, June 1999. School Library Journal, May 1999. Multicultural Review, June 1999. An account of the ocean voyage and arrival at Ellis Island of twelve-year-old Julius Weinstein who, along with his mother and younger sister, immigrated from Russia in 1922.
Date Published:1998

All my rage : A novel /

Tahir, Sabaa.


Unabridged. National Book Award WINNER An INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER! An INSTANT INDIE BESTSELLER! " All My Rage is a love story, a tragedy and an infectious teenage fever dream about what home means when you feel you donâ€™t fit in." â€” New York Times Book Review From #1 New York Times bestselling author Sabaa Tahir comes a brilliant, unforgettable, and heart-wrenching contemporary novel about family and forgiveness, love and loss, in a sweeping story that crosses generations and continents. Lahore, Pakistan. Then. Misbah is a dreamer and storyteller, newly married to Toufiq in an arranged match. After their young life is shaken by tragedy, they come to the United States and open the Clouds' Rest Inn Motel, hoping for a new start. Â Juniper, California. Now. Salahudin and Noor are more than best friends; they are family. Growing up as outcasts in the small desert town of Juniper, California, they understand each other the way no one else does. Until The Fight, which destroys their bond with the swift fury of a star exploding. Â Â Now, Sal scrambles to run the family motel as his mother Misbahâ€™s health fails and his grieving father loses himself to alcoholism. Noor, meanwhile, walks a harrowing tightrope: working at her wrathful uncleâ€™s liquor store while hiding the fact that sheâ€™s applying to college so she can escape himâ€”and Juniperâ€”forever. Â When Salâ€™s attempts to save the motel spiral out of control, he and Noor must ask themselves what friendship is worthâ€”and what it takes to defeat the monsters in their pasts and the ones in their midst. Â Â From one of todayâ€™s most cherished and bestselling young adult authors comes a breathtaking novel of young love, old regrets, and forgivenessâ€”one thatâ€™s both tragic and poignant in its tender ferocity.
Date Published:2022

Unabridged. National Book Award WINNER An INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER! An INSTANT INDIE BESTSELLER! " All My Rage is a love story, a tragedy and an infectious teenage fever dream about what home means when you feel you donâ€™t fit in." â€” New York Times Book Review From #1 New York Times bestselling author Sabaa Tahir comes a brilliant, unforgettable, and heart-wrenching contemporary novel about family and forgiveness, love and loss, in a sweeping story that crosses generations and continents. Lahore, Pakistan. Then. Misbah is a dreamer and storyteller, newly married to Toufiq in an arranged match. After their young life is shaken by tragedy, they come to the United States and open the Clouds' Rest Inn Motel, hoping for a new start. Â Juniper, California. Now. Salahudin and Noor are more than best friends; they are family. Growing up as outcasts in the small desert town of Juniper, California, they understand each other the way no one else does. Until The Fight, which destroys their bond with the swift fury of a star exploding. Â Â Now, Sal scrambles to run the family motel as his mother Misbahâ€™s health fails and his grieving father loses himself to alcoholism. Noor, meanwhile, walks a harrowing tightrope: working at her wrathful uncleâ€™s liquor store while hiding the fact that sheâ€™s applying to college so she can escape himâ€”and Juniperâ€”forever. Â When Salâ€™s attempts to save the motel spiral out of control, he and Noor must ask themselves what friendship is worthâ€”and what it takes to defeat the monsters in their pasts and the ones in their midst. Â Â From one of todayâ€™s most cherished and bestselling young adult authors comes a breathtaking novel of young love, old regrets, and forgivenessâ€”one thatâ€™s both tragic and poignant in its tender ferocity.

Date Published:2022

Water is water : a book about the water cycle /

Paul, Miranda.,


"A Neal Porter book." "A spare, poetic picture book exploring the different phases of the water cycle in surprising and engaging ways"--
Date Published:2015

The little engine that could

Piper, Watty, pseud.


Wilson's Children, October 2010. Elem. School Library Collection, June 2000. Book Links (A.L.A.), July 2006. A little blue engine comes to the rescue of a train that is loaded with toys, dolls, and good things to eat, but cannot get over the mountains to deliver the cargo to waiting children.
Date Published:1976

Colombia

Fox, Mary Virginia


Text and color photos describe Colombia, including its land, landmarks, language, culture, leisure, and everyday life.
Date Published:2001