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Author
Publisher
Clarion Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
127 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
A city ruined. In once quiet residential streets, two armies battle, driving people into cellars and basements with little food or water. No lights or heat. Dwindling medical supplies. Shells and bullets deliver cruel, random death to the young and old, men, women, and children.
This is Mariupol, a Ukrainian city and early target of Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Bordering Russian-occupied territory, the coastal city seemed doomed to a defeat that...
Author
Publisher
Blackstone Publishing
Pub. Date
[2019]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
273 pages : photographs ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
This true-life wilderness survival epic recounts seventeen-year-old Alex Messenger's near-lethal encounter with a grizzly bear during a canoe trip in the Canadian tundra. The story follows Alex and his five companions as they paddle north through harrowing rapids and stunning terrain. Twenty-nine days into the trip, while out hiking alone, Alex is attacked by a barren-ground grizzly. Left for dead, he wakes to find that his summer adventure has become...
Author
Pub. Date
2024
Physical Desc
1 volume (unnumbered pages) : color illustrations 21 cm
Language
English
Description
This colorful book uses basic numbers (1-10) to help tell engaging stories from the life of Jesus, each containing an important lesson for little ones about who He is and how they can follow Him. Do you want to instill a love for Jesus in your little one? It's as easy as 1, 2, 3! As children practice counting from 1 to 10, they will be introduced to short stories from Jesus's life that reveal who He is and why kids can believe in Him. The vivid...
Author
Publisher
Adventure Publications, an imprint of AdventureKEEN
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
130 pages : color photographs ; 19 cm.
Language
English
Description
Become a young ornithologist. Learn all about the scientific study of birds. Author, birder, and outdoors researcher Erika Zambello presents a kids' introduction to bird-watching. With fascinating information for beginners, the book provides readers with an understanding of bird anatomy, life cycles, habitat, and 60 species of backyard birds!
5) Go Canoeing!
Author
Series
Publisher
Capstone Press, an imprint of Capstone
Pub. Date
[2023]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
32 pages : color photographs ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Step into the wild outdoors! Wait! What was that? The call of a bird? Maybe it was a fish jumping or the splash of a canoe paddle. From camping and canoeing to geocaching and snowshoeing, learn all about the gear, rules, and best places to safely enjoy your favorite outdoor sports and activities!
Get out on the water and enjoy the sights and sounds of the great outdoors! Learn about planning, paddling, and the gear you need to take a canoe trip. You'll...
Author
Series
Publisher
Capstone Press, an imprint of Capstone
Pub. Date
[2023]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
32 pages : color photographs ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Step into the wild outdoors! Wait! What was that? The call of a bird? Maybe it was a fish jumping or the splash of a canoe paddle. From camping and canoeing to geocaching and snowshoeing, learn all about the gear, rules, and best places to safely enjoy your favorite outdoor sports and activities!
Enjoy calm waters and a warm, sunny day on a paddleboard! Readers will learn about the skills and equipment they need to go paddleboarding. Find out important...
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
[2024]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
The world is filled with GREEN! On land and in the seas, green plants make the oxygen and food that animals--including us--need to survive. From the evolution of the very first plants billions of years ago to the secret workings of trees and leaves, this is a lush and fascinating look at plant science from the award-winning creators of Tiny Creatures: The World of Microbes, Many: The Diversity of Life on Earth, and Grow: Secrets of Our DNA.
Author
Publisher
Ten Speed Press, an imprint of the Crown Publishing Group, a division of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
[2017]
Edition
First printing.
Physical Desc
185 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
With a few glowing pixels, an electronic display, and a joystick, a "d-pad," or even just the touch screen of your smartphone, you can immerse yourself in other worlds and make all the right moves to level up or blunder into a death trap where it's instantly "Game Over." How did we get from primitive yet compelling games like Pong to the reality-hijacking Pokemon Go app, which sent people all over the globe stumbling around their neighborhoods in...
9) The Wild River and the Great Dam : The Construction of Hoover Dam and the Vanishing Colorado River
Author
Publisher
Christy Ottaviano Books, an imprint of Hachette Book Group
Pub. Date
[2024]
Edition
First edition ;
Physical Desc
242 pages : photographs ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
At the time of its completion in 1936, Hoover Dam was the biggest dam in the world and the largest feat of architecture and engineering in the country--a statement of national ambition and technical achievement. It turned the wild Colorado River into a tame and securely managed water source, transforming millions of acres of desert into farmland while also providing water and to the fast-growing population of the Southwest. The concrete monolith quickly...
Author
Publisher
Crown
Pub. Date
[2024]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xxii, 242 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"From the bestselling author, media pioneer, and curator of TED, an inspiring book about one of humankind's defining but overlooked impulses, and how we can super-charge its potential to build a hopeful future. Recent years have been tough on optimists. Hopes that the Internet might bring people together have been crushed by the divisiveness of social media. But as head of TED, Chris Anderson has had a ringside view of the world's boldest thinkers...
Author
Publisher
Harpercollins
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
293 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
In The Furies, Elizabeth Flock examines how three real-life women have used violence to fight back, and how views of women who defend their lives are often distorted by their depictions in media and pop culture. These three immersive narratives follow Brittany Smith, a young woman from Stevenson, Alabama, who killed a man she said raped her but was denied the protection of the Stand-Your-Ground law; Angoori Dahariya, leader of a gang in Uttar Pradesh,...
Author
Publisher
Cf4Kids
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged).
Language
English
Description
How do I get to heaven? Can anybody go there? What happens when someone dies? These are all questions that a child will ask at some point in their life. When a relative or close friend comes to the end of their life what does a child need to know? They need to know about Jesus. They need to know about Salvation. They need to know that there really is eternal life but there is only one way to God.
In simple terms, this attractive, full–colour illustrated...
Author
Publisher
Calkins Creek, an imprint of Astra Books for Young Readers, a division of Astra Publishing House
Pub. Date
[2024]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
Minerva Hoyt loved the Mojave Desert. She loved the jackrabbits, the coyotes, the prickly cacti, and especially the weird, spiky Joshua trees. But in the 1920s, most visitors to the desert felt it was a wasteland, a place they could damage or destroy. Minerva was determined to change that. And she had a wild idea--build displays to show people across America the Mojave's beauty. Minerva even later convinced President Franklin D. Roosevelt and the...
Author
Publisher
Avid Reader Press
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
279 pages ; illustrations : 24 cm
Language
English
Description
The world today is undergoing the most rapid environmental transformation in human history—from climate change to deforestation. Scientists, ethnobotanists, indigenous peoples, and collectives of all kinds are closely studying trees and their biology to understand how and why trees function individually and collectively in the ways they do. In Twelve Trees, Daniel Lewis, curator and historian at one of the world’s most renowned research libraries,...
Author
Publisher
Macmillan Australia
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
290 pages ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
Chloë was always good at maths, with feelings 'too big' to be contained. When she reconnects with her childhood boyfriend, it must be fate.
Noor has had a lot on her plate from a young age, especially at home. People-pleasing becomes her survival mode, but Noor can't keep her struggles inside forever.
Jess has spent a lifetime being put into different boxes. Through her strong will and creativity, can she break out and build a life that is truly...
16) Reading Genesis
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
[2024]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
344 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
For generations, the book of Genesis has been treated by scholars as a collection of documents by various hands, expressing different factional interests, with borrowings from other ancient literatures that mark the text as derivative. In other words, academic interpretation of Genesis has centered on the question of its basic coherency, just as fundamentalist interpretation has centered on the question of the appropriateness of reading it as literally...
Author
Publisher
Running Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 online resource
Language
English
Description
"A Kid's Guide to the Chinese Zodiac is a charming, fun-filled introduction to eastern astrology, perfect for discovering what your sign-Rat, Ox, Tiger, Rabbit, Dragon, Snake, Horse, Goat, Monkey, Rooster, Dog, or Pig-says about you. Are you loyal like the Dog? Or stubborn like the Ox? What does the time you were born say about who you are? Can knowing more about your Zodiac empower you in your day to day? A Kid's Guide to the Chinese Zodiac offers...
18) The Big Picture Interactive Bible Stories in 5 Minutes: Connecting Christ Throughout God's Story
Publisher
B&H Kids
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
192 pages ; 28 cm.
Language
English
Description
Give kids the big picture of God's story with the new Big Picture Interactive 5-Minute Bible Stories comprised of 12 different five-minute stories, perfect for before bed reading. Help to shape your child's spiritual growth in an engaging new Big Picture Interactive book that features four-color illustrations, as well as pop-up imaging and story narration with free Augmented Reality app. The Big Picture Interactive 5-Minute Stories is the latest in...
Author
Publisher
Christy Ottaiano Books, an imprint of Little, Brown and Company, trademarks of Hachette Book Group, Inc
Pub. Date
[2024]
Edition
First edition,
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 31 cm.
Language
English
Description
Ida B. Wells grew up during a time when women did not have the right to vote. But Ida aspired for equality; she had learned from her parents to forge a life through hope and bravery, so she worked tirelessly to fight for an America that was fair to everyone regardless of race and gender.
Ida's courageous activism made her one of the most influential civil rights leaders in American history. Here is Ida's story with a specific spotlight on her fearless...