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The Los Angeles Lakers

Stewart, Mark, 1960-


Library Media Connection, November 2006. Reviews the history, accomplishments, and key personalities of the Los Angeles Lakers basketball team, and includes a time line, photographs, a glossary, and team facts and statistics.
Date Published:2007

The Chicago White Sox

Stewart, Mark, 1960-


Meet the White Sox -- Way back when -- The team today -- Home turf -- Dressed for success -- We won! -- Go-to guys -- On the sidelines -- Great day -- Legend has it -- It really happened -- Team spirit -- Timeline -- Fun facts -- Talking baseball -- For the record -- Pinpoints -- Play ball. Library Media Connection, November 2006. Presents an overview of the history of the Chicago White Sox, in simple text with illustrations, tracing their accomplishments and key personalities through their 2005 World Series title.
Date Published:2006

Meet the White Sox -- Way back when -- The team today -- Home turf -- Dressed for success -- We won! -- Go-to guys -- On the sidelines -- Great day -- Legend has it -- It really happened -- Team spirit -- Timeline -- Fun facts -- Talking baseball -- For the record -- Pinpoints -- Play ball. Library Media Connection, November 2006. Presents an overview of the history of the Chicago White Sox, in simple text with illustrations, tracing their accomplishments and key personalities through their 2005 World Series title.

Date Published:2006

Squirting squids

Lunis, Natalie


Horn Book, April 2008. Library Media Connection, March 2008. Photographs and simple text describe the characteristics and behaviors of squids.
Date Published:2008

Slimy sea slugs

Lunis, Natalie


Horn Book, April 2008. Library Media Connection, March 2008. Colorful photographs and simple text describe the physical characteristics and behaviors of sea slugs.
Date Published:2008

Food chains

Ganeri, Anita, 1961-


Library Media Connection, February 2005. Science Books & Films (A.A.A.S.), November 2004. Explains what a food chain is, and looks at how the pattern of the food chain is followed in the sea, rain forest, desert, and other environments.
Date Published:2004

Bar graphs

Bodach, Vijaya.


Wilson's Children, January 2009. School Library Journal, February 2008. Booklist, October 2007. Horn Book, April 2008. Library Media Connection, February 2008. Color photographs and simple text introduces bar graphs along with examples of bar graphs in the real world.
Date Published:2008

The power of guidance : teaching social-emotional skills in early childhood classrooms /

Gartrell, Daniel.


"NAEYC"--Cover. Patience or understanding? -- Misbehavior or mistaken behavior? -- Beyond discipline to guidance -- The guidance premise : family-teacher partnerships -- Using guidance to build an encouraging classroom : beyond time-out -- Using guidance to maintain an encouraging classroom : four intervention alternatives -- Sustaining the encouraging classroom : class meetings -- Guidance with boys in early childhood classrooms -- Societal violence and guidance : liberation teaching -- Strong needs, mistaken behavior : strategies for crisis management and comprehensive guidance -- Using the booklet, "Developmentally appropriate guidance," as a training tool -- Developmentally appropriate guidance of young children, third edition. A collection of writings by Daniel Gartrell that examine various approaches to young child guidance and behavior management in the classroom.
Date Published:2004

"NAEYC"--Cover. Patience or understanding? -- Misbehavior or mistaken behavior? -- Beyond discipline to guidance -- The guidance premise : family-teacher partnerships -- Using guidance to build an encouraging classroom : beyond time-out -- Using guidance to maintain an encouraging classroom : four intervention alternatives -- Sustaining the encouraging classroom : class meetings -- Guidance with boys in early childhood classrooms -- Societal violence and guidance : liberation teaching -- Strong needs, mistaken behavior : strategies for crisis management and comprehensive guidance -- Using the booklet, "Developmentally appropriate guidance," as a training tool -- Developmentally appropriate guidance of young children, third edition. A collection of writings by Daniel Gartrell that examine various approaches to young child guidance and behavior management in the classroom.

Date Published:2004

Cell of cells : the global race to capture and control the stem cell /

Fox, Cynthia.


Science Books & Films (A.A.A.S.), March 2007. Explores stem cell research around the world; discussing the ongoing debate and governmental policies in the United States; providing insight into stem cell therapy in China, Japan, Israel, Turkey, and the United Kingdom; and addressing the controversy in South Korea over fraudulent claims of scientific breakthroughs.
Date Published:2007

Ghosts don't eat potato chips

Jones, Marcia Thornton,


Eddie and Howie go to visit Eddie's great-aunt Mathilda. But when Howie sees a shadowy face in the window -- and when his potato chips start to form mysterious trails -- the Bailey School kids are spooked. Could a ghost be living in the attic? In graphic novel format.
Date Published:2023

Monday with a mad genius

Osborne, Mary Pope


"A Merlin Mission." "A Stepping Stone book." Horn Book, April 2008. Jack and Annie travel 500 years back in time to Florence, Italy, and spend a day helping Leonardo da Vinci in the hope of learning another secret of happiness.
Date Published:2007

Same-day resume : write an effective resume in an hour /

Farr, Michael.


Includes index. Quick tips for creating and using a resume -- Do a simple resume in about an hour -- Write a skills resume in just a few hours -- The 15-minute cover letter and other job search correspondence -- Use your resume on the internet -- Write a better resume now -- A stupendous collection of professionally written and designed resumes. Provides instructions for creating a résumé, discussing basics, such as what paper to use, length, and appearance; organization; cover letters; using the Internet; and other related topics; and provides worksheets and more than sixty examples.
Date Published:2007

Includes index. Quick tips for creating and using a resume -- Do a simple resume in about an hour -- Write a skills resume in just a few hours -- The 15-minute cover letter and other job search correspondence -- Use your resume on the internet -- Write a better resume now -- A stupendous collection of professionally written and designed resumes. Provides instructions for creating a résumé, discussing basics, such as what paper to use, length, and appearance; organization; cover letters; using the Internet; and other related topics; and provides worksheets and more than sixty examples.

Date Published:2007

The breakup of Yugoslavia : conflict in the Balkans /

Transchel, Kate.


War comes to Yugoslavia -- Fractured empires and troubled borderlands -- Arbitrary Hapsburg and Ottoman borders -- Rising nationalism and the "Eastern question" -- New arbitrary borders and Yugoslav unity -- The first Yugoslavia -- World War and the destruction of the first Yugoslavia -- The second Yugoslavia -- The end of Yugoslavia. Examines how the Balkan Wars of the 1990s tore apart the former Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and helped to create totally separate social, cultural, and ethnic borders.
Date Published:2007

War comes to Yugoslavia -- Fractured empires and troubled borderlands -- Arbitrary Hapsburg and Ottoman borders -- Rising nationalism and the "Eastern question" -- New arbitrary borders and Yugoslav unity -- The first Yugoslavia -- World War and the destruction of the first Yugoslavia -- The second Yugoslavia -- The end of Yugoslavia. Examines how the Balkan Wars of the 1990s tore apart the former Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and helped to create totally separate social, cultural, and ethnic borders.

Date Published:2007

A home in the rain forest

Taylor-Butler, Christine.


Includes index. Word hunt -- What is this place? -- Rain forests -- The tallest trees -- A roof made of leaves -- Shrubs and shady areas -- The forest floor -- An amazing habitat -- A day in the life of a sloth -- Your new words -- Other animals that live in the rain forest. Introduces plants and animals that thrive in the rain forests of South America.
Date Published:2007

Animal


Includes index. "The definitive visual guide to the world's wildlife"--Cover. Comprehensive introduction to the habitats, physical characteristics, and types of mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, fish, and invertebrates of the world.
Date Published:2005

Animals in fall

Rustad, Martha E. H. (Martha Elizabeth Hillman), 1975-


School Library Journal, April 2008. Horn Book, April 2008. Describes the ways animals change in the season of autumn and how they prepare for the winter.
Date Published:2008

Families in many cultures

Adamson, Heather, 1974-


Booklist, October 2007. Horn Book, April 2008. Library Media Connection, April 2008. Multicultural Review, December 2007. Full-color photographs and simple text describe various families and cultures from around the world.
Date Published:2008

Louisiana

Heinrichs, Ann


Takes readers on a tour of Louisiana, visiting fifteen attractions and describing the state's history, culture, and economy along the way; and includes unique facts, color maps and photos, the state song, and lists of state symbols, famous people, and further resources.
Date Published:2006

Writing, producing, and directing movies

Horn, Geoffrey M.


Describes what screenwriters, movie directors, and movie producers do, presenting an overview of the filmmaking process and briefly profiling famous filmmakers.
Date Published:2007

The audacity of hope : thoughts on reclaiming the American dream /

Obama, Barack.


Includes index. Republicans and Democrats -- Values -- Our Constitution -- Politics -- Faith -- Race -- The world beyond our borders -- Markets -- Family. Publisher's Weekly, October 2006. New York Times, December 2006. Senator Barak Obama addresses twenty-first century politics in the United States, commenting on economic insecurities of citizens, race, religion, terrorism, threat of a pandemic, and other related issues.
Date Published:2006

Includes index. Republicans and Democrats -- Values -- Our Constitution -- Politics -- Faith -- Race -- The world beyond our borders -- Markets -- Family. Publisher's Weekly, October 2006. New York Times, December 2006. Senator Barak Obama addresses twenty-first century politics in the United States, commenting on economic insecurities of citizens, race, religion, terrorism, threat of a pandemic, and other related issues.

Date Published:2006

Amy Tan : a literary companion /

Snodgrass, Mary Ellen


Choice, June 2005. Examines the life and writings of twentieth-century novelist Amy Tan and provides an analysis of historical and fictional events, characters, dates, and themes, as well as a list of writing and research topics.
Date Published:2004