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Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2005
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
[38] p. : col. ill. ; 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
"If you decide to go to the moon," writes Faith McNulty, "read this book first. It will tell you how to get there and what to do after you land. The most important part tells you how to get home." Written in the second person, the text allows the reader to participate in every aspect of the journey, from packing ("don't forget your diary and plenty of food") to liftoff (at first you'll feel heavy; don't worry") to traveling through space (where "the...
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2013.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 26 cm.
Language
English
Description
Follows a bear from the time she emerges from her den in April after four months without food, through months of eating fish, ants, and huckleberries, to midwinter when the arrival of two cubs interrupts her long winter's rest. Includes facts about brown (grizzly) bears of the Yellowstone National Park/Glacier National Park region.
8) Art & Max
Author
Publisher
Clarion Books / Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
2010
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 24 x 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
Max wants to be an artist like Arthur, but his first attempt at using a paintbrush sends the two friends on a whirlwind trip through various media, with unexpected consequences.
10) Skin again
Author
Publisher
Jump at the Sun/Hyperion Books for Children
Pub. Date
c2004
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
[32] p. : col. ill. ; 28 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Celebrating all that makes us unique and different, Skin Again offers new ways to talk about race and identity. Race matters, but only so much--what's most important is who we are on the inside."--
11) The crane wife
Author
Publisher
Harcourt Brace
Pub. Date
c1998
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) col. ill. 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
A retelling of the traditional Japanese tale about a poor sail maker who gains a beautiful but mysterious wife skilled at weaving magical sails.
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
c2005
Physical Desc
[34] p. : col. ill. ; 24 x 30 cm.
Language
English
Description
Contains the story of an artist who teaches Asian elephants to paint and raise funds and awareness for their endangered plight. Presented in simple text with illustrations.
14) Larky Mavis
Author
Publisher
Recorded Books
Pub. Date
p2002, c2001
Edition
Unabridged ed.
Physical Desc
1 sound cassette (.25 hrs.) : analog. + 1 book ([32 p.] : col. ill. ; 24 x 25 cm.)
Language
English
Description
Having found a tiny baby in a peanut shell, Larky Mavis calls him Heart's Delight and carries him around as he grows bigger, to the confusion and anger of the adults around her.
17) Boxes for Katje
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2003
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
[34] p. : col. ill. ; 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
After a young Dutch girl writes to her new American friend in thanks for the care package sent after World War II, she begins to receive increasingly larger boxes.
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