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41) Buddha stories
Author
Language
English
Description
Relates Buddha's birth, boyhood, and search for enlightenment and the findings of this quest which became the bases of one of the world's great religions.
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
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Description
With a masterful mix of comic timing and disarming poignancy, a Newbery Honoree charmingly recounts his childhood growing up in Cold War Russia.
43) The Amazon
Author
Publisher
DK Publishing
Pub. Date
[2022]
Edition
Revised edition.
Physical Desc
72 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 28 cm.
Language
English
Description
Introduces the Amazon River and the rain forest that surrounds it, describing their physical characteristics and the plants and animals that live there, and discusses its people, their history, economic and social conditions, and other details --
44) Reptile
Author
Series
Publisher
DK Publishing
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
72 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color map ; 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
Become an eyewitness to how reptiles sense the world, move and use camouflage in this picture-led reference guide that will take you on a visual tour of these scaly creatures. Children will be mesmerized by the many different types of reptile species, from small pets to large crocodiles.
45) Soccer
Author
Series
Publisher
DK Publishing
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
Revised edition, American edition.
Physical Desc
72 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
Examines all aspects of the game of soccer, including its history, rules, soccer skills, tactics, equipment, famous players, and playing fields.
48) Arms & armor
Author
Series
Publisher
Distributed by Random House
Pub. Date
1988
Edition
1st American ed.
Physical Desc
63 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
A photo essay examining the design, construction, and uses of hand weapons and armor from a Stone Age axe to the revolvers and rifles of the Wild West.
49) Bird
Author
Series
Publisher
DK Pub, Inc
Pub. Date
2008
Physical Desc
72 p. : col. ill. ; 29 cm. + 1 CD-ROM (4 3/4 in.), Bird expert files (64 p. ; 22 cm.), wall chart, map, profile cards, and model.
Language
English
Description
A photo essay on the world of birds examining such topics as body construction, feathers and flight, the adaptation of beaks and feet, feeding habits, courtship, nests and eggs, and bird watching.
50) An egg is quiet
Author
Publisher
Chronicle Books
Pub. Date
c2006
Physical Desc
[32] pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
Presents an introduction to eggs in nature, detailing their variety of sizes, shapes, and colors, and including such examples as the eggs of birds, frogs, snakes, ostriches, and dinosuars.
51) Ancient Greece
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
"Step back in time to an ancient world of mythical beasts, bow down to gods and goddesses, and take a trip to the first Olympics in this illustrated guide. Become an eyewitness to the glory of ancient Greece in this picture-led reference guide that will take you on a visual tour of what classical Greece was like. Children will be mesmerized by striking photography, maps, paintings, and lots of artefacts to help understand what life was like at this...
Author
Series
Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle volume 4
Language
English
Formats
Description
A woman with a magic way of curing children's bad habits tries her hand with a bully, a whisperer, and a slowpoke and formulates cures for a show-off and a crybaby.
Author
Series
Publisher
Dorling Kindersley
Pub. Date
c2010
Physical Desc
71 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 29 cm. + 1 clip-art CD-ROM.
Language
English
Description
Describes rockets, exploratory vehicles, and other technological aspects of space exploration, satellites, space stations, and the life and work of astronauts.
Author
Language
English
Description
"Olivia McAfee knows what it feels like to start over. Her picture-perfect life-living in Boston, married to a brilliant cardiothoracic surgeon, raising a beautiful son, Asher-was upended when her husband revealed a darker side. She never imagined she would end up back in her sleepy New Hampshire hometown, living in the house she grew up in, and taking over her father's beekeeping business. Lily Campanello is familiar with do-overs, too. When she...
55) The partner
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Once he was a well-liked, well-paid young partner in a thriving Mississippi law firm. Then Patrick Lanigan stole ninety million dollars from his own firm—and ran for his life. For four years, he evaded men who were rich and powerful, and who would stop at nothing to find him. Then, inevitably, on the edge of the Brazilian jungle, they finally tracked him down.
Now Patrick is coming home. And in the Mississippi city where it all began, an extraordinary...
Author
Publisher
Neal Porter Books/Holiday House
Pub. Date
[2020]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 3 cm
Language
English
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Description
Publisher Annotation: Get up close and personal with Apis, one honeybee, as she embarks on her journey through life, complete with exquisitely detailed illustrations. 40pp.
58) Ancient Egypt
Author
Series
Publisher
DK
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
72 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
A photo essay on ancient Egypt and the people who lived there, documented through the mummies, pottery, weapons, and other objects they left behind. Describes their society, religion, obsession with the afterlife, and methods of mummification.
60) The tiny seed
Author
Publisher
Simon Spotlight
Pub. Date
2015.
Edition
First Simon spotlight ready-to-read edition.
Physical Desc
24 un-numbered pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Join the tiny seed on an adventure as it becomes a giant flower!"--Cover back.
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