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1) Scaredy cats
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Three kittens ponder what is in a mysterious, gift-wrapped box. They humorously wonder if it's a cake, but it also could be a crocodile, a tiger, or a great white shark! Will any of the scaredy cats have the courage to peek in the box?
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"Since the beginning, humans have created stories about the universe. From early mythology to modern-day science is a long journey, yet 95 percent of the world "out there" remains a mystery. What will we believe tomorrow? Marion Dane Bauer's glowing poetry combines with Hari & Deepti's intricate cut-paper illustrations, dazzling with light and shadow, to celebrate an active, vital, changing, and growing universe. They also show how we humans--the...
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"Tess has a bad habit. She can't stop snooping through her guests' belongings . . . When Tess is forced to rent out her late sister's old room to pay the bills, the urge to rummage through her guests' belongings overtakes her every thought. Teasing herself with forbidden glimpses into the lives of strangers is a momentary thrill, but it's the closest she's felt to anyone since the mysterious death of her sister, Rosie. After her newest lodger, Arran,...
5) Alien tomato
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When a mysterious red orb appears one day, the vegetables are not sure what to make of it and they decide that it must be an alien tomato, but Gopher is not convinced.
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"Sometimes, it seems as if scientists know everything about the world. They've recorded the songs of humpback whales, dug up the bones of dinosaurs, and tracked the storms of Jupiter. But the child scientist in What Will I Discover? knows there is so much more to explore. Do different trees speak different languages to one another through their tangled rainforest roots? Do faraway suns have planets like ours, with air and oceans and land? How do ideas...
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"Too often, we don't find out what others think because we don't know how to ask the right questions in the right ways. Co-founder of Transcend and former Teach for America executive Jeff Wetzler wants to show you how to fix that. In Ask, he brings you a conversation guide based on a simple premise: that learning how to ask other people what they truly think, know, and feeling is game-changing. Wetzler reveals Five Practices, each answering an essential...
11) Just to see
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"There are wonders all around us. Why not go see what you can find? Every day, perched high up in her tree house, a girl surveys the distant forest through her binoculars. She knows every plant and animal. But look! A strange new tree appears, towering above all the others. Where did it come from? Is it really a tree? Intrigued, the girl sets off to take a closer look. Just to see..."--
12) The curious why
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A magical friend called the Curious Why encourages children's imaginations to fly, as they consider "how, what, where and when?" in relation to the world around them.