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EXPLORE NATURAL RESOURCES : WITH 25 GREAT PROJECTS.

Yasuda, Anita.


Front Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Introduction; Let's Explore Natural Resources!; Chapter 1; Amazing Air; Chapter 2; Wonderful Water; Chapter 3; Super Soil; Chapter 4; Mighty Minerals; Chapter 5; Exciting Energy; Chapter 6; Conserving Earth's Resources; Glossary; Resources; Index. What are natural resources? And why is it important to prevent natural resources from being wasted? Explore Natural Resources! answers these questions. The 25 projects inspire young readers ages 6-9 to have fun while learning why natural resources are important to all living things and how every child can take care of the earth's resources through reducing, reusing, and recycling. Kids will read about national parks and early environmentalists, Earth celebrations, and the science behind renewable and nonrenewable resources. With projects and experiments ranging from making a wind-p.
Date Published:2014

Front Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Introduction; Let's Explore Natural Resources!; Chapter 1; Amazing Air; Chapter 2; Wonderful Water; Chapter 3; Super Soil; Chapter 4; Mighty Minerals; Chapter 5; Exciting Energy; Chapter 6; Conserving Earth's Resources; Glossary; Resources; Index. What are natural resources? And why is it important to prevent natural resources from being wasted? Explore Natural Resources! answers these questions. The 25 projects inspire young readers ages 6-9 to have fun while learning why natural resources are important to all living things and how every child can take care of the earth's resources through reducing, reusing, and recycling. Kids will read about national parks and early environmentalists, Earth celebrations, and the science behind renewable and nonrenewable resources. With projects and experiments ranging from making a wind-p.

Date Published:2014

The cat from Hunger Mountain

Young, Ed,


Lord Cat lives a lavish lifestyle until drought strikes Hunger Mountain, but when he goes to seek sustenance, he finds much more than food.
Date Published:2016

Get to work, Hercules

McMullan, Kate


Title proper from title frame. Horn Book, April 2012. In this updated version of Greek mythology, Hades, King of the Underworld, tells the true story of Hercules and his twelve labors.
Date Published:2012

The Albertosaurus mystery : Philip Currie's hunt in the Badlands /

Padma, T. V.


Searching without a map -- Discovery! -- Barnum the bone hunter -- Finding the first T. rex -- Finding many meat-eaters -- A fierce family -- Philip Currie's questions -- The bones in the basement -- The bones in the Badlands -- What may have happened -- More groups of meat-eaters -- Digging deeper -- A trip back in time: who lived with Albertosaurus?. Provides an account of fossil hunter Philip Currie's efforts to locate the fossil field of Albertosaurus bones found by Barnum Brown nearly ninety years earlier, and shares what Currie learned from his investigation of how and why the dinosaurs died.
Date Published:2007

Searching without a map -- Discovery! -- Barnum the bone hunter -- Finding the first T. rex -- Finding many meat-eaters -- A fierce family -- Philip Currie's questions -- The bones in the basement -- The bones in the Badlands -- What may have happened -- More groups of meat-eaters -- Digging deeper -- A trip back in time: who lived with Albertosaurus?. Provides an account of fossil hunter Philip Currie's efforts to locate the fossil field of Albertosaurus bones found by Barnum Brown nearly ninety years earlier, and shares what Currie learned from his investigation of how and why the dinosaurs died.

Date Published:2007

The serpent's secret

DasGupta, Sayantani,


Up until her twelfth birthday, Kiranmala considered herself an ordinary sixth-grader in Parsippany, New Jersey, but then her parents disappear and a drooling rakkhosh demon shows up in her kitchen, and soon she is swept into another dimension, full of magic, winged horses, talking birds (very annoying), and cute princes--and somehow Kiranmala needs to sort it all out, find her parents, and basically save the world.
Date Published:2018

Up until her twelfth birthday, Kiranmala considered herself an ordinary sixth-grader in Parsippany, New Jersey, but then her parents disappear and a drooling rakkhosh demon shows up in her kitchen, and soon she is swept into another dimension, full of magic, winged horses, talking birds (very annoying), and cute princes--and somehow Kiranmala needs to sort it all out, find her parents, and basically save the world.

Date Published:2018

NanoBots

Gall, Chris,


A young inventor accidentally creates a group of tiny robots that employ their unique abilities and teamwork to become incredibly useful--and maybe even change the world. Includes author's note on the science and uses of nano-robotics.
Date Published:2016

The circulatory system

Olien, Rebecca


"Bridgestone books." Your heartbeat -- Blood and waste -- Parts of the circulatory system -- Parts of blood -- Your amazing heart -- How the heart works -- Calcium from blood to bones -- Circulatory problems -- Keeping a healthy heart. Explains how the circulatory system works, and discusses its role in the human body, problems that can affect the circulatory system, and how to stay healthy.
Date Published:2006

Mayflower treasure hunt

Roy, Ron, 1940-


"A Stepping Stone book." When Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose visit Plymouth, Massachusetts for Thanksgiving, they uncover a mystery that dates back to the landing of the Pilgrims.
Date Published:2007

Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens agenda

Albertalli, Becky,


"Sixteen-year-old, not-so-openly-gay Simon Spier is blackmailed into playing wingman for his classmate or else his sexual identity--and that of his pen pal--will be revealed"--
Date Published:2015

The secret of the crystal fairies : Thea stilton special edition series, book 7 /

Stilton, Thea.


The Thea Sisters are just about to head off on their separate family vacations when they receive a call from Will Mystery. Once again, there is trouble in one of the imaginary kingdoms! A crack has been discovered in one of the maps in the Hall of Roses. The girls head to the Crystal Kingdom to help uncover the mystery. There, they find that a dragon has been wreaking havoc all over the kingdom. He has been turning all of their precious gems into stone and leaving a path of destruction where ever he goes. The sisters figure out why and help break the spell.
Date Published:2018

The Thea Sisters are just about to head off on their separate family vacations when they receive a call from Will Mystery. Once again, there is trouble in one of the imaginary kingdoms! A crack has been discovered in one of the maps in the Hall of Roses. The girls head to the Crystal Kingdom to help uncover the mystery. There, they find that a dragon has been wreaking havoc all over the kingdom. He has been turning all of their precious gems into stone and leaving a path of destruction where ever he goes. The sisters figure out why and help break the spell.

Date Published:2018

The phoenix of destiny : Geronimo stilton and the kingdom of fantasy special edition series, book 1 /

Stilton, Geronimo.


I, Geronimo Stilton, had returned to the Kingdom of Fantasy on the wings of the Phoenix of Destiny! Blossom, Queen of the Fairies, needed my help once again. But Blossom was behaving strangely. She sent me off on quest after magical quest, each one more bizarre and dangerous than the last. It felt like my missions were building up to something truly terrible right under my snout. Could my friends and I put things right again? It's a story full of twists and turns, mazes and puzzles, and tons of fantastical creatures!
Date Published:2015

I, Geronimo Stilton, had returned to the Kingdom of Fantasy on the wings of the Phoenix of Destiny! Blossom, Queen of the Fairies, needed my help once again. But Blossom was behaving strangely. She sent me off on quest after magical quest, each one more bizarre and dangerous than the last. It felt like my missions were building up to something truly terrible right under my snout. Could my friends and I put things right again? It's a story full of twists and turns, mazes and puzzles, and tons of fantastical creatures!

Date Published:2015

Babe Ruth saves baseball

Murphy, Frank, 1966-


Batter up! It's 1919 and baseball is in trouble! All across the country, people are throwing down their bats, and giving up America's national pastime. It's up to Babe Ruth to win back fans and save baseball! Can he do it, or will he strike out?
Date Published:2005

Ain't burned all the bright

Reynolds, Jason.


A Caldecott Honor winner! Prepare yourself for something unlike anything: A smash-up of art and text for teens that viscerally captures what it is to be Black. In America. Right Now. Written by #1 New York Times bestselling and award-winning author Jason Reynolds. Jason Reynolds and his best bud, Jason Griffin, had a mind-meld. And they decided to tackle it, in one fell swoop, in about ten sentences, and 300 pages of art, this piece, this contemplation-manifesto-fierce-vulnerable-gorgeous-terrifying-WhatIsWrongWithHumans-hope-filled-hopeful-searing-Eye-Poppingly-Illustrated-tender-heartbreaking-how-The-HECK-did-They-Come-UP-with-This project about oxygen. And all of the symbolism attached to that word, especially NOW. And so for anyone who didn't really know what it means to not be able to breathe, REALLY breathe, for generation s , now you know. And those who already do, you'll be nodding yep yep, that is exactly how it is.
Date Published:2022

A Caldecott Honor winner! Prepare yourself for something unlike anything: A smash-up of art and text for teens that viscerally captures what it is to be Black. In America. Right Now. Written by #1 New York Times bestselling and award-winning author Jason Reynolds. Jason Reynolds and his best bud, Jason Griffin, had a mind-meld. And they decided to tackle it, in one fell swoop, in about ten sentences, and 300 pages of art, this piece, this contemplation-manifesto-fierce-vulnerable-gorgeous-terrifying-WhatIsWrongWithHumans-hope-filled-hopeful-searing-Eye-Poppingly-Illustrated-tender-heartbreaking-how-The-HECK-did-They-Come-UP-with-This project about oxygen. And all of the symbolism attached to that word, especially NOW. And so for anyone who didn't really know what it means to not be able to breathe, REALLY breathe, for generation s , now you know. And those who already do, you'll be nodding yep yep, that is exactly how it is.

Date Published:2022

I am number four

Lore, Pittacus.


Title proper from title frame. Wilson's Senior High School, October 2011. Publisher's Weekly, July 2010. Booklist, June 2010. Horn Book, September 2010. Bulletin (Center for Children's books), October 2010. Voice of Youth Advocates (V.O.Y.A.), December 2010. In rural Ohio, friendships and a beautiful girl prove distracting to a fifteen-year-old who has hidden on Earth for ten years waiting to develop the Legacies, or powers, he will need to rejoin the other six surviving Garde members and fight the Mogadorians who destroyed their planet, Lorien.
Date Published:2010

Title proper from title frame. Wilson's Senior High School, October 2011. Publisher's Weekly, July 2010. Booklist, June 2010. Horn Book, September 2010. Bulletin (Center for Children's books), October 2010. Voice of Youth Advocates (V.O.Y.A.), December 2010. In rural Ohio, friendships and a beautiful girl prove distracting to a fifteen-year-old who has hidden on Earth for ten years waiting to develop the Legacies, or powers, he will need to rejoin the other six surviving Garde members and fight the Mogadorians who destroyed their planet, Lorien.

Date Published:2010

A lesson before dying

Gaines, Ernest J., 1933-


Originally published: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 1993. A Lesson before dying, is set in a small Cajun community in the late 1940s. Jefferson, a young black man, is an unwitting party to a liquor store shoot out in which three men are killed; the only survivor, he is convicted of murder and sentenced to death. Grant Wiggins, who left his hometown for the university, has returned to the plantation school to teach. As he struggles with his decision whether to stay or escape to another state, his aunt and Jefferson's godmother persuade him to visit Jefferson in his cell and impart his learning and his pride to Jefferson before his death. In the end, the two men forge a bond as they both come to understand the simple heroism of resisting--and defying--the expected.
Date Published:1994

Originally published: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 1993. A Lesson before dying, is set in a small Cajun community in the late 1940s. Jefferson, a young black man, is an unwitting party to a liquor store shoot out in which three men are killed; the only survivor, he is convicted of murder and sentenced to death. Grant Wiggins, who left his hometown for the university, has returned to the plantation school to teach. As he struggles with his decision whether to stay or escape to another state, his aunt and Jefferson's godmother persuade him to visit Jefferson in his cell and impart his learning and his pride to Jefferson before his death. In the end, the two men forge a bond as they both come to understand the simple heroism of resisting--and defying--the expected.

Date Published:1994

Who was Franklin Roosevelt?

Frith, Margaret.


Who was Franklin Delano Roosevelt? -- Growing up in Hyde Park -- Meeting Eleanor -- Running for office -- Facing a crisis -- Struggling to walk -- Becoming president -- Living in the White House -- Going to war -- Saying good-bye. An illustrated biography of Franklin Delano Roosevelt that provides information on his childhood in Hyde Park, marriage to Eleanor, political career, years as president, and influence on American history.
Date Published:2010

Who was Franklin Delano Roosevelt? -- Growing up in Hyde Park -- Meeting Eleanor -- Running for office -- Facing a crisis -- Struggling to walk -- Becoming president -- Living in the White House -- Going to war -- Saying good-bye. An illustrated biography of Franklin Delano Roosevelt that provides information on his childhood in Hyde Park, marriage to Eleanor, political career, years as president, and influence on American history.

Date Published:2010

Fowl Play

Tubb, Kristin O'Donnell,


Chloe Alvarez has never been to the reading of a last will and testament before, but she hopes it is just like the movies. Lies! Intrigue! The reading of her Uncle Will's will is standard, until he announces his gift for Chloe: his African grey parrot, Charlie. Uncle Will was Chloe's best friend. Without him, she's left with only her memories of them together--which come to her in snapshots--and her new friend, Charlie. The parrot has a vast vocabulary, and soon Chloe hears her say something odd: 'It was murder,' followed by 'homicide' and 'cyanide.' Chloe becomes convinced her uncle Will's death was foul play. Why else wouldn't he have told anyone in the family--especially Chloe--that he was sick? With the help of her family, Chloe begins the investigation to uncover Uncle Will's murderer. The suspects: His nosy neighbor. An ex-girlfriend. A rude landlord. A loan shark. But it all leads to more questions than answers. Did someone really kill Uncle Will? Or could this journey help reunite Chloe's grieving family?
Date Published:2024

Chloe Alvarez has never been to the reading of a last will and testament before, but she hopes it is just like the movies. Lies! Intrigue! The reading of her Uncle Will's will is standard, until he announces his gift for Chloe: his African grey parrot, Charlie. Uncle Will was Chloe's best friend. Without him, she's left with only her memories of them together--which come to her in snapshots--and her new friend, Charlie. The parrot has a vast vocabulary, and soon Chloe hears her say something odd: 'It was murder,' followed by 'homicide' and 'cyanide.' Chloe becomes convinced her uncle Will's death was foul play. Why else wouldn't he have told anyone in the family--especially Chloe--that he was sick? With the help of her family, Chloe begins the investigation to uncover Uncle Will's murderer. The suspects: His nosy neighbor. An ex-girlfriend. A rude landlord. A loan shark. But it all leads to more questions than answers. Did someone really kill Uncle Will? Or could this journey help reunite Chloe's grieving family?

Date Published:2024

City critters : wildlife in the urban jungle /

Read, Nicholas, 1956-


An entertaining and informative look at the many wild animals that share the North American urban environment.
Date Published:2012

Gregory, the terrible eater

Sharmat, Mitchell


A very picky eater, Gregory the goat refuses the usual goat diet staples of shoes and tin cans in favor of fruits, vegetables, eggs, and orange juice.
Date Published:1980

Washington, D.C

Moussavi, Sam.


EPIC Escape. EPIC Press eBook. Youth Services Book Review, October 2015. When "Hoop City" High head coach Tony Wilson gets cancer, Julius Dunbar, an unknown coaching circles, is chosen by the athletic director to take over the team. Can coach Dunbar carry on coach Wilson's legacy and write a new chapter in the school's rich history?
Date Published:2016