Archives: Books
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Everything Spring
Surround yourself in Everything Spring. Stunning photography and detailed imagery capture the uplifting spirit of our favorite season in this counterpart to the National Geographic bestseller A Tree for All …
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Winter Wonderland
Each year, as days grow shorter and trees become bare, the world outside seems to slow and darken. But for children, this time of year is magical. The frosty air …
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Master George’s People
As the first President of the United States of America and the Commander in Chief who led a rebel army to victory in the Revolutionary War, George Washington was a …
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A Tree for All Seasons
This eye-catching, large format, photographic picture book will delight beginning readers. All the vocabulary, language, and concepts in this carefully researched, 16-page book is geared to young children so that …
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We Shall Overcome
It only takes a few words to create change. It only takes a few people to believe that change is possible. And when those people sing out, they can change …
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Oh No! Not Again! (Or How I Built a Time Machine to save History) (Or at Least My History Grade)
Some kids are too smart for their own good…and maybe for everybody else’s good. The overly ambitious little girl from Oh No! is back for more. But this time, she …
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WARP: The Reluctant Assassin
This first book in a new series by the internationally best-selling Eoin Colfer is a high-stakes, high-tech pursuit through time. Think “Oliver Twist” meets “The Matrix.” Riley, a teen …
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Hand in Hand: Ten Black Men Who Changed America
Hand in Hand presents the stories of ten men from different eras in American history, organized chronologically to provide a scope from slavery to the modern day. The stories are …
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Time Between Us
Anna and Bennett were never supposed to meet: she lives in 1995 Chicago and he lives in 2012 San Francisco. But Bennett’s unique ability to travel through time and space …
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Surviving the Angel of Death: The True Story of a Mengele Twin in Auschwitz
Eva Mozes Kor was ten years old when she arrived in Auschwitz. While her parents and two older sisters were taken to the gas chamber, she and her twin, Mirriam, …
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Chengli and the Silk Road Caravan
Chengli is an orphaned errand boy who lives in Chang’an, China, in 630 A.D. His mother has died from illness, and his father is presumed dead after disappearing into the …
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Steampunk: H.G. Wells
H.G. Wells’ tales of time travel and scientific romance, The Time Machine, The War of the Worlds, and “The Country of the Blind, are accompanied by lush four-color illustrations of …
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The New Big Book of Presidents: Fascinating Facts about Each and Every President, Including an American History Timeline
Relive the course of American history through a detailed timeline, more than 50 vivid photographs and illustrations, information about each president’s term in office, and the major political issues of …
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Soup For One
Shoo, fly, shoo! One little fly thinks he’s getting a big bowl of hot soup all to himself. Little does he know, interlopers wait around every corner. Help him to …
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Journey Through Time Doodles : Famous Moments in Full-Color to Complete and Create
From cave drawings to gladiator arenas to the Mayflower, Journey Through Time Doodles depicts historical moments and people spanning across centuries and continents. Dates at the top of each spread …
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Lidia’s Family Kitchen: Nonna’s Birthday Surprise
It’s Nonna Mima’s birthday, and Nonna Lidia and her grandkids are determined to throw her a surprise feast! While planning the evening’s menu, Nonna Lidia shares her memories of growing …
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If You Hold A Seed
As a young boy holds a seed, followed by sowing it in the ground, we journey through the rainy seasons of spring, the bright sunny days of summer, the windy …
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Lives of the Writers
In a dynamic offering from the Lives of . . . series, Krull and Hewitt tell all in an assortment of brief biographies of some of literature’s most famous and …
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Chronal Engine
This uniquely illustrated, middle grade time-travel adventure has siblings Max, Kyle and Emma travelling back in time to the Cretaceous era. A mix of Manga and American comics by artist …
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Matilda Bone
Another winning medieval era novel with an incomparable heroine by the Newbery medalist Karen Cushman. With witty dialogue and richly authentic detail, Cushman tells the story of a girl who …
