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1) Motion
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Engages young readers in a variety of interactive activities to explore the forces of motion, including pushing and pulling and the things that affect them such as friction. Also discusses things that create force, such as wind and vacuums. Includes an activity.
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"Lucy was not a proper little girl. She was sassy. She was bold. She was funny. She was a rule-breaking, chance-taking, comedy pioneer. Can't act? Can't sing? Can't dance? Lucy proves them all wrong -- and then has the last laugh when she finally lets her inner funny girl shine. In 1951, the hit show I Love Lucy took television by storm, and has made millions laugh ever since. Lucy! is the true story of how Lucille Ball overcame the odds to become...
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Tiger expert Samantha Helle invites readers to embark on a research mission to study the physical characteristics, life cycle, behaviors, habitat, and diet of wild tigers. Explores the relationship between humans and tigers, how tigers are threatened by poachers and habitat loss, and what readers can do to help. Includes color illustrations, a map, and a glossary.
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A picture book relating the true story of billy barr--who does not capitalize his name when he writes it--and how he moved to Colorado and lived in a little shack in the Rocky Mountains. Bored one day, he began taking measurements of the yearly snowfall and snow melt, tracking it over decades and inadvertently building a database for tracking climate change.
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A nonfiction picture book depicting the decades-long rivalry between nineteenth century paleontologists O. C. Marsh and Edward Cope, known as the Bone Wars. Describes how Marsh and Cope met in 1863, bonding over their shared love of prehistoric skeletons, and initially collaborated with each other until Marsh discovered an error in Cope's construction of a dinosaur skeleton. Although the resulting war between them lasted until their deaths, the pair's...
15) Solar bear
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"Journey with a solar bear who shines a light on the endangered species around the world and . . . join the cause with your own mighty roar in this hopeful love letter to planet Earth and those who inhabit it"--Provided by publisher.
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"Got ghosts? Then you've come to the right book! Hugo is a ghost expert, and he can tell you exactly how to boot out your boo. After all, he got rid of his ghost, no problem! He knows everything there is to know about ghosts, he has the proper ghost-hunting equipment, and he can offer five handy tips to remove your ghost forever. But has Hugo really gotten rid of his ghost? And are ghosts really that scary? Would it be so bad to keep a ghost around?...
18) Bros
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Celebrating boyhood and friendship, this upbeat picture book follows a group of young Black boys as they spend an adventure-filled day together living their best lives freely in their community.
19) Love, the Earth
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Told from the perspective of the Earth, this marvelous ode to the epic and ordinary wonders of the natural world implores us to help the planet in turn.