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Race and police brutality : roots of an urban dilemma /

Holmes, Malcolm D.


The nature of police brutality -- Social threat and police violence -- Social identity and ingroup bias -- Stereotyping and outgroup bias -- The emotional roots of intergroup relations -- Translating intergroup biases into intergroup aggression -- A social, emotional, and cognitive theory of excessive force -- Can popular policies reduce police brutality? -- Roots of an urban dilemma. An examination of incidents of police brutality that take place in urban environments, exploring why minority citizens appear to be the primary targets, and discussing how theories and research on social identity, stereotypes, and emotions can allow the complex social issue to be effectively addressed.
Date Published:2008

The nature of police brutality -- Social threat and police violence -- Social identity and ingroup bias -- Stereotyping and outgroup bias -- The emotional roots of intergroup relations -- Translating intergroup biases into intergroup aggression -- A social, emotional, and cognitive theory of excessive force -- Can popular policies reduce police brutality? -- Roots of an urban dilemma. An examination of incidents of police brutality that take place in urban environments, exploring why minority citizens appear to be the primary targets, and discussing how theories and research on social identity, stereotypes, and emotions can allow the complex social issue to be effectively addressed.

Date Published:2008

Pieces of why

Going, K. L. (Kelly L.)


Title proper from title frame. School Library Journal, July 2015. Publisher's Weekly, July 2015. Booklist, July 2015. Bulletin (Center for Children's books), December 2015. Voice of Youth Advocates (V.O.Y.A.), October 2015. Library Media Connection, February 2016. Twelve-year-old Tia lives in a white slum in New Orleans with her mother, and her whole world revolves around singing in the gospel choir with her best friend, Keisha--but when practice is interrupted by a shooting outside the church, and a baby is killed, Tia finds that she cannot sing, and she is forced to confront her feelings about her incarcerated father who killed a girl in a failed robbery years before.
Date Published:2015

Title proper from title frame. School Library Journal, July 2015. Publisher's Weekly, July 2015. Booklist, July 2015. Bulletin (Center for Children's books), December 2015. Voice of Youth Advocates (V.O.Y.A.), October 2015. Library Media Connection, February 2016. Twelve-year-old Tia lives in a white slum in New Orleans with her mother, and her whole world revolves around singing in the gospel choir with her best friend, Keisha--but when practice is interrupted by a shooting outside the church, and a baby is killed, Tia finds that she cannot sing, and she is forced to confront her feelings about her incarcerated father who killed a girl in a failed robbery years before.

Date Published:2015

Balto of the blue dawn

Osborne, Mary Pope.


The #1 bestselling chapter book series of all time celebrates 25 years with new covers and a new, easy-to-use numbering system! The magic tree house has returned and itâ€™s taking Jack and Annie back in time to Alaska, 1925. There they meet Balto, a jet-black Siberian husky destined to save victims of the diphtheria epidemic. But the trail isnâ€™t easy, and Balto is going to need Jack and Annieâ€™s help! Formerly numbered as Magic Tree House #54, the title of this book is now Magic Tree House Merlin Mission #26: Â Balto of the Blue Dawn . Did you know that thereâ€™s a Magic Tree House book for every kid? Magic Tree House: Adventures with Jack and Annie, perfect for readers who are just beginning chapter books Merlin Missions: More challenging adventures for the experienced reader Super Edition: A longer and more dangerous adventure Fact Trackers: Nonfiction companions to your favorite Magic Tree House adventures Have more fun with Jack and Annie at MagicTreeHouse.com!
Date Published:2016

The #1 bestselling chapter book series of all time celebrates 25 years with new covers and a new, easy-to-use numbering system! The magic tree house has returned and itâ€™s taking Jack and Annie back in time to Alaska, 1925. There they meet Balto, a jet-black Siberian husky destined to save victims of the diphtheria epidemic. But the trail isnâ€™t easy, and Balto is going to need Jack and Annieâ€™s help! Formerly numbered as Magic Tree House #54, the title of this book is now Magic Tree House Merlin Mission #26: Â Balto of the Blue Dawn . Did you know that thereâ€™s a Magic Tree House book for every kid? Magic Tree House: Adventures with Jack and Annie, perfect for readers who are just beginning chapter books Merlin Missions: More challenging adventures for the experienced reader Super Edition: A longer and more dangerous adventure Fact Trackers: Nonfiction companions to your favorite Magic Tree House adventures Have more fun with Jack and Annie at MagicTreeHouse.com!

Date Published:2016

The everything kids' science experiments book : boil ice, float water, measure gravity- challenge the world around you! /

Robinson, Tom, (Tom Mark), 1968-


Includes index. Biology: Water colors -- Falling leaves -- Hole-y walls -- Animals: Light fright -- Animal camouflage -- Science fair project: biology -- Chemistry: Chemical properties: Boiling ice -- Floating grape -- Floating water -- Chemical reactions: Red cabbage indicator -- Raw egg peeler -- Foaming at the mouth -- Cleaning pennies -- Science fair project: chemistry -- Physics: Motion: Seesaw -- Water balloon toss -- Corners -- Balloon rocket -- Energy: Magnetic electricity -- Bird cage -- Colors of light -- Science fair project: physics -- The planet Earth: Acid rain -- Mini volcano -- Land warmer -- The sky above us: Space of air -- Seasons in the sun -- Science fair project: earth science -- The human body: The five senses: Hot and cold -- Tasteless medicine -- Cyan, black, and yellow -- Human machine: Deep breath -- Action-reaction -- Blind balance -- Science fair project: human body. Science has never been so easy-or so much fun! With The Everything Kids Science Experiments Book, all you need to do is gather a few household items and you can recreate dozens of mind-blowing, kid-tested science experiments. High school science teacher Tom Robinson shows you how to expand your scientific horizons-from biology to chemistry to physics to outer space. You'll discover answers to questions like: Is it possible to blow up a balloon without actually blowing into it? What is inside coins? Can a magnet ever be "turned off"? Do toilets always flush in the same direction? Can a swim.
Date Published:2001

Includes index. Biology: Water colors -- Falling leaves -- Hole-y walls -- Animals: Light fright -- Animal camouflage -- Science fair project: biology -- Chemistry: Chemical properties: Boiling ice -- Floating grape -- Floating water -- Chemical reactions: Red cabbage indicator -- Raw egg peeler -- Foaming at the mouth -- Cleaning pennies -- Science fair project: chemistry -- Physics: Motion: Seesaw -- Water balloon toss -- Corners -- Balloon rocket -- Energy: Magnetic electricity -- Bird cage -- Colors of light -- Science fair project: physics -- The planet Earth: Acid rain -- Mini volcano -- Land warmer -- The sky above us: Space of air -- Seasons in the sun -- Science fair project: earth science -- The human body: The five senses: Hot and cold -- Tasteless medicine -- Cyan, black, and yellow -- Human machine: Deep breath -- Action-reaction -- Blind balance -- Science fair project: human body. Science has never been so easy-or so much fun! With The Everything Kids Science Experiments Book, all you need to do is gather a few household items and you can recreate dozens of mind-blowing, kid-tested science experiments. High school science teacher Tom Robinson shows you how to expand your scientific horizons-from biology to chemistry to physics to outer space. You'll discover answers to questions like: Is it possible to blow up a balloon without actually blowing into it? What is inside coins? Can a magnet ever be "turned off"? Do toilets always flush in the same direction? Can a swim.

Date Published:2001

Crocodile encounters : and more true stories of adventures with animals /

Barr, Brady, 1963-


Follow along with National Geographic explorer Brady Barr as he crawls into a muddy hole just barely big enough for his shoulders, and comes face to face with thirteen crocodiles! Laugh out loud as you learn how to catch a crocodile using shoe laces and underpants. Read in anticipation to find out what happens when you put a 600-lb crocodile on an airplane in just a flimsy wooden crate. These action-packed stories and more will engage readers and inspire them to go out and explore their own world.
Date Published:2012

Follow along with National Geographic explorer Brady Barr as he crawls into a muddy hole just barely big enough for his shoulders, and comes face to face with thirteen crocodiles! Laugh out loud as you learn how to catch a crocodile using shoe laces and underpants. Read in anticipation to find out what happens when you put a 600-lb crocodile on an airplane in just a flimsy wooden crate. These action-packed stories and more will engage readers and inspire them to go out and explore their own world.

Date Published:2012

Miss Spider treasury

Kirk, David, 1955-


Miss Spider's ABC -- Miss Spider's tea party -- Miss Spider's wedding -- Miss Spider's new car. Presents a collection of previously published tales featuring Miss Spider, as she celebrates her birthday, hosts a tea party, gets married, and shops for a car.
Date Published:2006

The French and Indian War

Santella, Andrew.


Library Media Connection starred, April 2005. Offers a brief overview of the French and Indian War.
Date Published:2004

Horrid Henry and the abominable snowman

Simon, Francesca


Originally published: London : Orion Children's Books, 2007. Horrid Henry and the abominable snowman -- Horrid Henry's rainy day -- Moody Margaret's makeover -- Horrid Henry's author visit. Horrid Henry builds a big, mean monster snowman in order to win the snowman competition against Moody Margaret's ballerina snowgirl, and claim the prize--a year's supply of ice cream--all for himself.
Date Published:2010

Alexander Graham Bell

Strand, Jennifer,


Includes index. "Abdo Zoom" -- Back cover. OverDrive (READ) format features optional read-along narration. Introduction -- Early life -- Leader -- History maker -- Legacy -- Quick stats -- Key dates -- Glossary -- Booklinks -- Index.
Date Published:2017

I am number four

Lore, Pittacus.


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

100 things you should know about birds of prey

De la Bedoyere, Camilla.


Title from Web page (viewed on August 22, 2013). Includes index. Details the life cycle, physical characteristics, habitat, and diet of birds of prey throughout the world.
Date Published:2011

In the garden of beasts : love, terror, and an American family in Hitler's Berlin /

Larson, Erik.


Das Vorspiel -- The man behind the curtain -- Into the wood -- House hunting in the Third Reich -- Lucifer in the garden -- How the skeleton arches -- Disquiet -- Berlin at dusk -- When everything changed -- The queer bird in exile -- "Table talk.". The bestselling author of "Devil in the White City" turns his hand to a remarkable story set during Hitler's rise to power. The time is 1933, the place, Berlin, when William E. Dodd becomes America's first ambassador to Hitler's Germany in a year that proved to be a turning point in history.
Date Published:2011

Das Vorspiel -- The man behind the curtain -- Into the wood -- House hunting in the Third Reich -- Lucifer in the garden -- How the skeleton arches -- Disquiet -- Berlin at dusk -- When everything changed -- The queer bird in exile -- "Table talk.". The bestselling author of "Devil in the White City" turns his hand to a remarkable story set during Hitler's rise to power. The time is 1933, the place, Berlin, when William E. Dodd becomes America's first ambassador to Hitler's Germany in a year that proved to be a turning point in history.

Date Published:2011

Rock art rebel

Cosson, M. J.


School Library Journal, January 2007. As punishment for painting on public property in Chicago, Beto is sent to spend the summer with relatives in Fremont, Utah, where he discovers that rock paintings are being looted and decides to do something about it.
Date Published:2007

Empire of ancient Greece

Williams, Jean Kinney.


The beginnings of classical Greece -- The Athenian empire -- The final years of classical Greece -- Society and culture -- Politics and society in ancient Greece -- Everyday life in ancient Greece -- Greek art, philosophy, and science. Library Media Connection, October 2005. Presents a comprehensive history of the growth of the Empire of ancient Greece, its political and social culture, its thriving democracy, and its eventual decline.
Date Published:2005

The beginnings of classical Greece -- The Athenian empire -- The final years of classical Greece -- Society and culture -- Politics and society in ancient Greece -- Everyday life in ancient Greece -- Greek art, philosophy, and science. Library Media Connection, October 2005. Presents a comprehensive history of the growth of the Empire of ancient Greece, its political and social culture, its thriving democracy, and its eventual decline.

Date Published:2005

Irving Berlin : America's songwriter /

Gillis, Jennifer Blizin, 1950-


America's songwriter -- Coming to America -- Poor childhood -- Young man -- Tin Pan Alley -- Success and sadness -- Broadway -- A new life -- The great depression -- War! -- Long life -- Learning more about Irving Berlin -- Fact file -- Timeline. Chronicles the life and career of songwriter Irving Berlin, from his birth in Russia in 1888 to his death in the United States at the age of 101, discussing his work on Broadway and in Hollywood, and identifying some of his most famous hits.
Date Published:2006

America's songwriter -- Coming to America -- Poor childhood -- Young man -- Tin Pan Alley -- Success and sadness -- Broadway -- A new life -- The great depression -- War! -- Long life -- Learning more about Irving Berlin -- Fact file -- Timeline. Chronicles the life and career of songwriter Irving Berlin, from his birth in Russia in 1888 to his death in the United States at the age of 101, discussing his work on Broadway and in Hollywood, and identifying some of his most famous hits.

Date Published:2006

Dog Man : fetch-22 /

Pilkey, Dav, 1966-


Petey the Cat is out of jail, and he has a brand-new lease on life. While Petey's reevaluated what matters most, Li'l Petey is struggling to find the good in the world. Can Petey and Dog Man stop fighting like cats and dogs long enough to put their paws together and work as a team? They need each other now more than ever -- Li'l Petey (and the world) is counting on them!
Date Published:2019

Baby-sitters little sister. 2, Karen's roller skates

Martin, Ann M.


"Based on the novel by Ann M. Martin"--Cover. Chiefly illustrations. It's going to be a great weekend! Karen has new roller skates and is a very good skater. She's looking forward to trying some new tricks. But, oh no! Karen falls down and has to go to the hospital. Her wrist is broken! Karen is determined to get everyone she knows -- plus someone famous -- to sign her cast.
Date Published:2020

Diary of a wimpy kid : double down /

Kinney, Jeff.


The pressure's really piling up on Greg Heffley. The only thing he's good at is playing video games, but his mother wants him to broaden his horizons by doing something--anything!--else. When Greg finds an old video camera in his basement, he thinks he may have discovered just the thing to prove he's got big-time talent. With the help of his best friend, Rowley, Greg hatches a plan to make a scary movie . . . and to become rich and famous in the process. But is doubling down on moviemaking a smart plan? Or is it just a recipe for doubling Greg's troubles?
Date Published:2016

The pressure's really piling up on Greg Heffley. The only thing he's good at is playing video games, but his mother wants him to broaden his horizons by doing something--anything!--else. When Greg finds an old video camera in his basement, he thinks he may have discovered just the thing to prove he's got big-time talent. With the help of his best friend, Rowley, Greg hatches a plan to make a scary movie . . . and to become rich and famous in the process. But is doubling down on moviemaking a smart plan? Or is it just a recipe for doubling Greg's troubles?

Date Published:2016

Creepy carrots

Reynolds, Aaron.


Embedded sound file. In this Caldecott Honorâ€“winning picture book, The Twilight Zone comes to the carrot patch as a rabbit fears his favorite treats are out to get him. Includes audio! Jasper Rabbit loves carrotsâ€”especially Crackenhopper Field carrots. He eats them on the way to school. He eats them going to Little League. He eats them walking home. Until the day the carrots start following him...or are they? Celebrated artist Peter Brown's stylish illustrations pair perfectly with Aaron Reynold's text in this hilarious picture book that shows it's all fun and games...until you get too greedy.
Date Published:2012

Embedded sound file. In this Caldecott Honorâ€“winning picture book, The Twilight Zone comes to the carrot patch as a rabbit fears his favorite treats are out to get him. Includes audio! Jasper Rabbit loves carrotsâ€”especially Crackenhopper Field carrots. He eats them on the way to school. He eats them going to Little League. He eats them walking home. Until the day the carrots start following him...or are they? Celebrated artist Peter Brown's stylish illustrations pair perfectly with Aaron Reynold's text in this hilarious picture book that shows it's all fun and games...until you get too greedy.

Date Published:2012

Big road machines


Cover title. On board pages. Demonstrates how the asphalt drum compactor, paver, motor grader, and other Caterpillar machines work together to build and repair roads.
Date Published:2002