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1) Denmark
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Introduces the geography, food, and culture of Denmark, including information about the capital Copenhagen and author Hans Christian Andersen.
5) 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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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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"Attention, reader: You're going to LOVE this book! No, really, you are. It's got everything you could ever want: comedy, drama, action, heart. Plus--are you ready? It's got homework! Ahh yeah! And a trip to the best place ever, the dentist! Ahhhh yeahhh! Additionally--brace yourself--it's got raisins! Nature's candy. AHH YEAHHH! This book is so great, you won't be able to stop reading it. I DARE you not to have fun"--
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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...
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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.
12) Sally Ride
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A brief, illustrated biography and celebration of the life of Sally Ride, the first American woman to fly into space as a NASA astronaut. Includes fun facts and a selection of photographs.
13) Fox versus fox
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When a newcomer arrives, Fox demonstrates all his foxy skills, but when the other creature can do all the same things, he wonders if it really is another fox - and possibly a new friend!
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Presents a picture book introduction to simple machines that depicts two mice, Ginger and Mac, who devise a way to reach a vanilla cupcake on the kitchen counter. They create a blueprint and use six simple machines to avoid the home's cat and dog, and reach the treat. Includes informative sidebars, a glossary, a diagram of complex machines, and suggested activities.
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A picture book relating the true story of Leona Tate, Gail Etienne, and Tessie Prevost--three young Black girls who, on November 14, 1960, became the first Black students to integrate into a previously whites-only school after desegregation legislation. Celebrates the legacy of this moment and the lives the three girls went on to live.
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About every seventy-six years, Halley's Comet passes by the Earth. Throughout the centuries, the comet witness the development of humanity and how humans have transformed the planet, in both good ways and bad. Includes back matter on Halley's Comet and human history, an author's note, and additional resources.
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Provides a picture book biography of Italian American painter Ralph Fasanella, describing his childhood, the influence of his labor organizer mother, and how he began painting scenes of American laborers at the age of thirty-one. Includes back matter, images of his most famous paintings, and a timeline.