David Roberts
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Language
English
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Description
"A personal and historical exploration of the Bears Ears country and the fight to save a national monument. The Bears Ears National Monument in southeastern Utah, created by President Obama in 2016 and eviscerated by President Trump in 2017, contains more archaeological sites than any other region in the United States. It's also a spectacularly beautiful landscape, a mosaic of sandstone canyons and bold mesas and buttes. This wilderness, now threatened...
Author
Series
Questioneers (Chapter books) volume 1
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Rosie Revere is no stranger to flops and fails, kerfuffles and catastrophes. After all, engineering is all about perseverance! But this time, Rosie has a really important project to tackle-one that feels much bigger than herself. Rosie's beloved Aunt Rose and her friends, the Raucous Riveters-a group of fun-loving gals who built airplanes during World War II-need help inventing something new. And Rosie is just the engineer for the job! After one...
Author
Series
Questioneers (Chapter books) volume 2
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
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Description
"When Rosie Revere's Uncle Ned gets a little carried away wearing his famous helium pants, it's up to Ada and friends to chase him down. As Uncle Ned floats farther and farther away, Ada starts asking lots of questions: How high can a balloon float? Is it possible for Uncle Ned to float into outer space? And what's the best plan for getting him down?"--
Author
Series
Questioneers volume 3
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
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Description
Ada Twist is a very curious girl who shows perseverance by asking questions and performing experiments to find things out and understand the world.
Author
Series
Questioneers volume 2
Publisher
Abrams Books for Young Readers
Language
English
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Description
A young aspiring engineer comes to realize that failure is necessary for success.
Author
Series
Questioneers (Chapter books) volume 6
Language
English
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When Zookeeper Fred's green snake Vern gets loose in the zoo, the Questioneers need all their talents to help find him, but in the end, it is Aaron's art that leads the way. Includes facts about snakes.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
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Description
"Why do airplanes look the way they do? Why can't birds fly when they're first born? And why do some paper planes fly farther than others? Discover everything there is to know about flight from Ada Twist, Scientist--from information about creatures that fly, to the history of aircrafts, to modern technology that allows us to soar through the air faster than ever!"--Amazon.
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
On one horrible day, a new ruler is born into a young princess's family: a ruler she dubs His Royal Highness, King Baby. This small interloper is so smelly. He is so noisy. And all the talk in the Land is about him (Such a nice burp! Oh, what a lovely poo-poo!), nonstop, ALL THE TIME! Has there ever been such an era of wicked rule?
Author
Series
The Dunderheads volume 2
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
The Dunderheads--a gang of misfits with unique and unusual talents--come to the aid of one of their own when Spider is falsely arrested for stealing jewelry.
12) The Bolds
Author
Series
The Bolds volume 1
Publisher
Carolrhoda Books
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Two hyenas from Africa find a pair of passports (memo: do not go swimming in a crocodile pool), and move to Teddington, England, where they live suburban lives, hold jobs, and raise their children to hide their tails and act human--the only trouble is old Mr. McNumpty, their nosy neighbor, who is hiding a secret of his own.
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury Childrens Books
Pub. Date
©2016.
Language
English
Description
"A young aspiring bear spotter ventures into bear country. But coming face-to-face with the furry creatures themselves, whether black or brown, can be dangerous, and our protagonist, accompanied by a trusty teddy bear, might need to use some unconventional means to stay out of trouble and avoid being (gulp!) eaten"--
Author
Series
The Bolds volume 4
Publisher
Carolrhoda Books
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"Teddington's wildest family are keen to blend in and not raise the suspicions of their human neighbors. But trouble soon arrives when a very sly fox starts making a nuisance of himself. It's up to the Bolds to try and stop him - but the solution has them foxed..."--
Author
Series
The Bolds volume 2
Publisher
Carolrhoda Books
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"The Bolds are a family of hyenas living as humans in a suburban house. But now their kindness to animal waifs and strays has become legendary, and more and more animals keep turning up to stay!"--
Author
Series
Questioneers volume 2
Publisher
Alfaguara Infantil y Juvenil
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
Español
Description
Ada Magnífica es la reina de las preguntas. Científica de corazón, Ada pregunta por qué una y otra vez. Una pregunta siempre lleva a otra, hasta que se embarca en un viaje de descubrimiento.
Author
Series
Questioneers volume 6
Publisher
Alfaguara Infantil, una división de Penguin Random House Grup Editorial
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
Español
Description
"Fred, el cuidador del zoológico, ama las serpientes. Su favorita es verni, dminuta, verde, sigilosa... Un día Verni se escapa y termina aterrizando en la cabeza de un niño. ¡Catástrofe!" ¿Es Verni una amenaza? ¿Quién lo decide? Los Preguntones necesitarán todos sus talentos para ayudar a Fred, pero será Aarón quien tenga la última palabra...--
When Zookeeper Fred's green snake Vern gets loose in the zoo, the Questioneers need all their...
Author
Series
Questioneers volume 4
Publisher
Alfaguara Infantil y Juvenil
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
Español
Description
"Sofía Valdez siempre quiere mejorar las cosas en su comunidad, ya sea haciendo campaña para construir un nuevo parque o enseñando a sus compañeros de clase sobre cómo funciona el gobierno. ¡Y a la señorita Eva Delgado le vendrá muy bien la ayuda de Sofía, porque es momento de que el segundo grado elija una mascota para la clase! El grupo reduce la elección a dos candidatos, el pájaro y la tortuga, y organiza una campaña. Por fin se celebran...
Author
Publisher
Beascoa
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
Español
Description
A Aarón Soñador le encanta escuchar historias y sueña con, algún día, escribirlas él mismo. Pero cuando intenta leer, todas las letras se mezclan y le parecen unos garabatos, así que no tarda en darse cuenta de que tiene más dificultades para aprender que sus compañeros. El día que su maestra pide que cada niño de la clase escriba una historia, Aarón no logra hacerlo. Justo cuando pensaba que ser un gran escritor estaba fuera de su alcance,...
Author
Publisher
Abrams Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Ming Da is only nine years old when he becomes the emperor of China, and his three advisors take advantage of him by stealing his stores of rice, gold, and precious stones. But Ming Da has a plan. With the help of his honest tailors, he comes up with a clever idea to outsmart his devious advisors: He asks his tailors to make "magical" new clothes for him. Anyone who is honest, the young emperor explains, will see the clothes' true splendor, but anyone...
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