Archives: Books
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Children of the Midnight Sun
For Native children, growing up in Alaska today means dwelling in a place where traditional practices sometimes mix oddly with modern conveniences. Children of the Midnight Sun explores the lives …
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It’s Almost Time
Big clocks! Little clocks! Clocks that bong, and clocks that chime! A countdown to the hour celebrating the wonderful world of clocks!
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Seasons
The simple, poetic text and crisp, delicate illustrations of Seasons create a unique sensory journey through the year, evoking the joy and pleasures of each season.
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The Key & The Flame
Eleven-year-old Holly Shepard longs for adventure, some escape from her humdrum life. That is precisely what she gets when she is given an old iron key that unlocks a door—in …
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Sharkabet: A Sea of Sharks from A to Z
A thrilling, chilling book for children of all ages. Featuring Ray Troll’s spectacular fishy art, this book portrays sharks both living and extinct. “An extraordinary alphabet of chondrichthyans from …
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Emerald Green
Gwen has a destiny to fulfill, but no one will tell her what it is. She’s only recently learned that she is the Ruby, the final member of the time-traveling …
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Kennedy’s Last Days: The Assassination that Defined a Generation
On a sunny day in Dallas, Texas, at the end of a campaign trip, President John Fitzgerald Kennedy is assassinated by an angry, lonely drifter named Lee Harvey Oswald. The …
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Hi, Koo!: A Year of Seasons
Caldecott Honoree and NEW YORK TIMES bestselling author/artist Jon J Muth takes a fresh and exciting new look at the four seasons! With a featherlight touch and disarming charm, Jon …
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Whistle in the Dark
What Clem wants for his thirteenth birthday is a dog. What he gets is a miner’s cap. It’s the 1920s in Leadanna, Missouri, and money is tight in the Harding …
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Ideas That Changed the World
From bicycles to umbrellas, the Walkman to bar codes, innovative ideas can mold the world in unexpected, fantastical ways. Ideas that Changed The World takes some of the most important …
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Timelines of Science
From the discovery of penicillin to the advent of the Internet, science has been an invaluable part of the human experience. Produced in association with the Smithsonian Institution and highlighting …
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My Tourist Guide to the Prehistoric World
Blast back in time when Earth was ruled by lumbering Triceratops and spiny Stegosauruses — the prehistoric world will be a vacation destination to remember! My Tourist Guide to the …
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A City Through Time
In the bestselling A City Through Time, readers are invited to follow the progress of an imaginary city through six key periods of time, each captured by a scene of …
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Persephone
On a warm spring day, the beautiful young goddess Persephone is snatched from her home by Hades, god of the Underworld, and taken away to live underground and become his …
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Now It Is Winter
As the young mouse yearns for the sun, the ducks, and the flowers, his mother gently reminds him of snowflakes and sleds, hot oatmeal and warm beds — the wonders …
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Prairie Storms
Cozy up for this great rainy day read! Prairie Storms gives you a front row seat to learn about a year of ever-changing prairie weather, and how the animals living …
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Desert Baths
Watch the vulture bask in the morning sun, the roadrunner kick up a cloud of dust, the javelina wallow, and the bobcat give her cub a licking with a rough …
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Ocean Seasons
Seasons change in the ocean much as they do on land. Spring brings new plants and baby animals, while summer oceans are aglow with sparkly plankton lights, and autumn winds …
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One World, One Day
One World, One Day uses exquisite, moving photographs and Barbara Kerley’s poetic text to convey a simple yet profound concept: we are one global family. This is a sophisticated concept …
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Ocean Counting
Throughout our world’s oceans live wild animals that swim, leap, and dive through the pages of this charming title. The photography in this book presents young readers with a foundation …
