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Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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Description
There are eight species of bear in the world, so which sort is your teddy? Is it white like the polar bear, or have a long tongue like the sloth bear? Is it shaggy like the brown bear, or have markings like the spectacled bear? Let's go on an adventure across ice mountains, deserts, forests, and rivers, to see bears in their natural habitats.
3) Robot basics
Author
Publisher
World Book Inc
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Describes what robots are and how they work.
Author
Publisher
Prestel Publishing
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
How does a plane move through the air? What is turbulence? How do pilots communicate with ground control? How did "flying wings" evolve into the B-2 bomber? This illustrated book about aviation will answer all these questions and more, and give a great overview of aerodynamics, the mechanics of wing shape and lift, runway design, GPS, how ailerons, propellers, and flaps work, record-breaking flights across continents and oceans, and where the world's...
Author
Language
English
Description
Discover the untold yet inspiring story of Amy Beach, musician extraordinaire and the first successful woman composer in America. With perfect pitch and fierce persistence, Amy Beach always knew she had to make music. There was just one BIG problem. Her mother believed it was not proper or suitable for a young lady to draw attention to herself, let alone take on a musical career. But give in or give up? Not Amy Beach. She demanded to play the piano....
Author
Publisher
Gibbs Smith
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Interior designer Ashley Gilbreath's fresh approach to Southern decorating is guided by her respect for family and tradition with an eye on practicality and warmheartedness. Her first book reveals the breadth of her casually elegant style. Whether it's in town, on the water, or in the countryside, each home exhibits thoughtful planning and attention to detail in harmony with the client's vision. Gilbreath gives readers insight into her design process,...
Author
Publisher
Peter Pauper Press, Inc
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
My first baby signs teaches basic signs that provide families with a way to communicate before babies can talk at all. The picture book format keeps the learning fun while introducing over 40 key American Sign Language (ASL) signs in context- each with their own visual and written guide. Your little one will learn to express their needs, wants, and frustrations with simple gestures-and you will understand them better.
Author
Publisher
Fitzhenry & Whiteside
Language
English
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Description
Join the owls in the aspen grove as they nurture and raise their young through winter, spring, and summer. Using their superior eyesight, sound absorbing feathers, and powerful talons they have the hunting skills they need to constantly deliver prey to their young. But the owlets need to be protected as well as fed.The Smallest Owlet is based on a true story that happened in the aspen grove behind Georgia Graham's house where an owlet fell from its...
Author
Publisher
Free Spirit Publishing, an imprint of Teacher Created Materials, Inc
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
This book offers a unique approach for early childhood settings that pairs language and movement by presenting rhythmic chants for children to move and dance to. The chants present many opportunities for children to contribute their own ideas and explore movement possibilities based on those ideas, which helps nurture creative thinking, problem-solving, and self-expression. There are also chants that explore feelings and facial expressions, to encourage...
Author
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Adapted from the edition written and published for adults by Knopf in 2020, this edition adapted for young readers covers more than two hundred species and includes more than 300 illustrations throughout. Author/illustrator David Sibley's exacting artwork and wide-ranging expertise brings observed behaviors vividly to life.
15) Bridges
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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Description
Bridges can be high or low, long or short, straight or curvy. Some are designed to blend in, while others stand out. But each one tells a story: a reminder of our history, a testament to ingenuity and engineering, an invitation to imagine the possibilities of the future. Literally and symbolically, bridges connect us-to new places, new cultures, and new people. With poetic text and sweeping illustrations, Marc Majewski delivers a unique, accessible...
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
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Description
Antarctica is a land of extremes -- the coldest, windiest, highest, and driest place on the planet. It's a world where the sun stays hidden half of the year and where visitors must undergo a week of special training before it's safe to go outside (watch out for lava bombs!). It's also a place of stark beauty, history, and endless scientific research. Join beloved author G. Neri on his long-dreamed-of voyage to the ice, where he taps into his inner...
17) Oceans
Series
Publisher
World Book
Pub. Date
©2012.
Language
English
Description
Oceans cover just over 70% of the Earth's surface, and are home to hundreds of thousands of animals. This illustrated nonfiction volume introduces several ocean animals. Detailed captions describe each animal, while inset maps show where the animals can be found around the world. Features include a glossary, maps, photographs, and an index.
18) Stone age beasts
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Are you brave enough to come face-to-face with the biggest and most awe-inspiring prehistoric beasts? In this dramatic introduction to the Stone Age world, the stupendous giants that shared the earth with our human ancestors--from the woolly mammoth and the fearsome saber-toothed cat to the elephant bird and the giant wombat--leap, slither, and swoop to life on eighteen atmospheric and densely packed double-page spreads spotlighting animals from around...
Author
Publisher
Clarion Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
This affirming and inclusive photographic picture book offers a celebratory and informative look at kids and their wide-ranging gender identities. With the permission of their parents, the children were recorded and transcribed by authors Shelley Rotner and Gwen Agna as they were photographed.
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