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61) 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.
63) The broker
Author
Language
English
Description
John Grisham, delivers another legal thriller of unparalled suspense. With fourteen years left on a twenty-year sentence, notorious Washington power broker, Joel Blackman, receives a surprise pardon from a lame-duck president. He is smuggled out of the country on a military cargo plane, given a new identity, and tucked away in a small town in Italy. But Blackman has serious enemies from his past. As the CIA watches him closely, the question is not...
64) World War II
Author
Series
Publisher
Dorling Kindersley Pub
Pub. Date
2000
Edition
1st American ed.
Physical Desc
63 p. : chiefly ill. (chiefly col.), 2 col. maps ; 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
Photographs and illustrations describe the events of World War II, from the British, French, Italian, and German pre-war preparations to the atomic bomb and defeat of Japan and the German surrender.
65) The toolbox
Author
Publisher
Walker
Pub. Date
2006, c1971
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 16 x 17 cm.
Language
English
Description
An easy-to-read description of the basic tools found in a toolbox.
Author
Publisher
Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
29 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
""What do you like? How do you feel? Who are you? This brightly illustrated children's book provides a straightforward introduction to gender for anyone aged 5+. It presents clear and direct language for understanding and talking about how we experience gender: our bodies, our expression and our identity. An interactive three-layered wheel included in the book is a simple, yet powerful, tool to clearly demonstrate the difference between our body,...
67) Spiders
Author
Publisher
Holiday House
Language
English
Description
Examines the physical characteristics, behavior, habitats, and different kinds of spiders.
Author
Publisher
Greenwillow Books, an Imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2019]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 28 cm
Language
English
Description
A polar bear waits patiently for spring when the ice breaks up, but after months of hunting, paddling, and resting on ice floes, summer ends and the bear must swim very far to find land. Includes facts about polar bears and the effect of climate change on their environment.
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[1957]
Physical Desc
1 volume, unpaged : color illustrations ; 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
The Grinch tries to stop Christmas from arriving by stealing all the presents and food from Who-ville, but much to his surprise, it comes anyway. "Now readers can SEE the Grinch's heart grow and his frown turn into a smile with this very special, very moving 3-D cover."--Page [4] of cover.
Author
Publisher
Dutton Children's Books
Pub. Date
c2008
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 24 x 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
For over a century, wolves were persecuted in the United States and nearly became extinct. Gradually reintroduced, they are thriving again in the West, much to the benefit of the ecosystem.
71) Lizards
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic Nonfiction
Pub. Date
c2010
Physical Desc
48 p. : col. ill. ; 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
"With breathtaking full-page images, including a double-gatefold spread, Sibert-Honor photographer Nic Bishop introduces the beauty and diversity of lizards.The simple, engaging text presents both basic information and fun, quirky facts about the appearance, habits, and life cycle of these amazing reptiles."--Amazon.com.
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Language
English
Formats
Description
"This nonfiction reader compares and contrasts 16 ferocious ocean creatures. Readers will learn about each animal's anatomy, behavior, and more. Then compare and contrast the battling animals before finally discovering the winner!" -- Amazon.com.
What would happen if sixteen sea creatures met in a tournament? Who will be the ocean champion? Who do you think would win? --
Author
Publisher
Vermont Humanities Council
Pub. Date
2005
Physical Desc
320 pages ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
"A guide to fiction set in Vermont" presents readers with 484 concise, yet comprehensive, summary descriptions of novels and short stories set in the Green Mountain State from 1835 to today. An author bibliography and multiple appencices and indexes make the guide an ideal tool for anyone seeking to learn more about Vermont through the lens of literature.
75) This book is gay
Author
Language
English
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Description
"There's a long-running joke that, after coming out as a lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or intersex person, you should receive a membership card and instruction manual. This is that instruction manual. You're welcome. Inside this revised and updated edition, you'll find the answers to all the questions you ever wanted to ask: from sex to politics, hooking up to stereotypes, coming out and more. This candid, funny, and uncensored exploration...
Author
Language
English
Appears on list
Formats
Description
Title on accompanying disc: The people could fly : an American-African folktale.Narrated by James Earl Jones and Virginia Hamilton. Pea-pod man: Raven the creator -- Finding night: Quat the creator -- Endless sea of mud: Death the creator -- Bursting from the hen's egg: Phan Ku the creator -- Traveling to form the world: Old Man the creator -- First man becomes the devil: Ulgen the creator -- Turtle dives to the bottom of the sea: Earth Starter the...
Author
Publisher
The Unnamed Press
Pub. Date
2018
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Lisa Pearl is an American teaching English in Japan and the situation there--thanks mostly to her spontaneous, hard-partying ways--has become problematic. Now she's in Seoul, South Korea, with her childhood best-friend Mindy. The young women share a special bond: they are both Korean-born adoptees into white American families. Mindy is in Seoul to track down her birth mom, and wants Lisa to do the same. Trouble is, Lisa isn't convinced she needs...
80) Animal farm
Author
Series
Language
English
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Description
Orwell's 1945 fable about the power struggles among animals on a farm parallels the situation in Russia at the time as Orwell saw it; the characters include the ruthless pig Stalin, his idealistic Trotsky-like adversary, and the simple, kindly horse who represents the common man. All animals are equals but some animals are more equal than others. George Orwell's classic satire of the Russian Revolution is the account of the bold struggle, initiated...
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