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In this book, five young friends -- Nick, Yulee, Pedro, Sally and Martin -- spend the day traveling around their neighborhood and participating in activities designed to raise money for their local library. Along the way, they learn about the people and places that make up their community and what it means to be a part of one.
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Twelve-year-old Nella Sabatini's life is changing too soon, too fast. Her best friend, Clem, doesn't seem concerned; she's busy figuring out the best way to spend the "leap second"-- an extra second about to be added to the world's official clock. The only person who might understand how Nella feels is Angela, but the two of them have gone from being "secret sisters" to not talking at all. Then Angela's idolized big brother makes a terrible, fatal...
43) Communities
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"In simple text and photos, presents communities and the people that live in them"--Provided by publisher.
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Whether you're way up north in Alaska, in sunny southern Florida, or in the western Hawaiian Islands, you are part of a state community. With colorful photographs and accessible language, this engaging and educational book is designed to teach young readers about what it means to be part of a state community. Through real-life examples of active citizenship and cooperative efforts to achieve common goals, children will understand how they each have...
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What does it mean to be a part of a national community? This eye-opening and informative book is designed to help children learn about the values of democracy and community through an age-appropriate lens. Drawing on the fundamental principles of diversity, equality, civic participation, and working together for the common good, the narrative communicates abstract concepts in a relatable way. Readers will gain a feeling of empowerment to take action...
46) Communities
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Presents a discussion of what it means to be part of a community, covering topics such as families, school, friends and neighbors, communication, religion, and mutual understanding.
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Whether you're way up north in Alaska, in sunny southern Florida, or in the western Hawaiian Islands, you are part of a state community. With colorful photographs and accessible language, this engaging and educational book is designed to teach young readers about what it means to be part of a state community. Through real-life examples of active citizenship and cooperative efforts to achieve common goals, children will understand how they each have...
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School administrators, teachers, staff members are all part of a school community. So are students, parents, school boards, and city officials. Through this relatable and informative book, readers will discover how their school community is at work everyday. They'll learn about the importance of active engagement and working together to achieve common goals. With relevant, real-life examples to guide them, readers will be empowered by the knowledge...
49) Ecosystems Q&A
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Examines the habitats of living things from plants to animals to forms of marine life and more. Provides information on how living things survive in their varying habitats and their roles as members of ecosystems.
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A small religious community is living in what were once the fens of eastern England. They are perhaps the world's last human survivors. Now, they find themselves stalked by a force that draws ever closer, a force intent on destroying everything they stand for. Set on the far side of the ecological apocalypse, Paul Kingsnorth's new novel is a mythical, polyphonic drama driven by elemental themes: of community versus the self, the mind versus the body,...
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"When his father falls ill, Andrés, a professor of public health, returns to his suburban hometown to tend to his father's recovery. Reevaluating his rocky marriage in the wake of his husband's infidelity and with little else to do, he decides to attend his twenty-year high school reunion, where he runs into the long-lost characters of his youth. Jeremy, his first love, is now married with two children after having been incarcerated and recovering...
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Students can read People Who Help Us to learn about what a community is, and the different people who help communities around the world. Vivid images and simple text introduce readers to doctors, dentists, teachers, vets, police officers, and firefighters. This Acorn Read-Aloud is an excellent tool for introducing readers to communities and common jobs.
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The epic story and ultimate big history of how human society evolved from intimate chimp communities into the sprawling civilizations of a world-dominating species
If a chimpanzee ventures into the territory of a different group, it will almost certainly be killed. But a New Yorker can fly to Los Angeles—or Borneo—with very little fear. Psychologists have done little to explain this: for years, they have held that our biology...
If a chimpanzee ventures into the territory of a different group, it will almost certainly be killed. But a New Yorker can fly to Los Angeles—or Borneo—with very little fear. Psychologists have done little to explain this: for years, they have held that our biology...
57) Community heroes
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Simple text and photographs introduce readers to different people in their communities who the author calls heroes, celebrating the work of people who take out the garbage, transport sick people, and deliver mail. Includes questions for discussion.
58) What is a biome?
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Introduces biomes, showing and describing the main kinds and discussing their location, climate, and plant and animal life, as well as those developed by humans.
60) Community board
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"A wise, bighearted novel of unplanned isolation and newly forged community, from the New York Times bestselling author of The Last Romantics"--