David Roberts
Author
Publisher
Walker Books
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
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Description
Imprisonment, hunger strikes, suffrajitsu - the decades-long fight for women's right to vote was at times a ferocious one. Acclaimed artist David Roberts gives these important, socially transformative times their due in a colorfully illustrated history that includes many of the important faces of the movement in portraiture and scenes that both dignify and enliven. He has created a timely and thoroughly engaging resource in his first turn as nonfiction...
Author
Language
English
Description
The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Graham has charmed children and adults for more than a hundred years. Sebastian Meschenmoser's lush and expressive watercolor and oil painting illustrations bring a fresh look to this unabridged and beloved classic about Rat, Mole, Toad, and Badger. Like the gurgling river in the Wild Wood itself, readers will be joyfully swept along to join the antics of these animal friends as they try to keep the irrepressible...
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
Formats
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 (Chapter books) volume 3
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Iggy is delighted when Ada Twist's Aunt Bernice inherits a mansion featuring his favorite architectural periods, but unless the Questioneers can find its missing antiques, the house may be lost forever. Includes information about Art Deco and Art Nouveau, facts about unusual cats, a recipe for ice cream, and a biographical note on Ida B. Wells.
Author
Series
Questioneers volume 2
Publisher
Abrams Books for Young Readers
Language
English
Formats
Description
A young aspiring engineer comes to realize that failure is necessary for success.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Dad has posted a list of chores for the family to do before grandma comes, including bathing the cat; but the cat does not want a bath, so she mixes up the instructions, and soon the family is mowing the floor, vacuuming the lawn, mopping the baby--and the house is in chaos.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Formats
Description
When Lila, a worrier, moves to a new town, the what ifs only grow, and she feels alone and invisible until her teacher finds a creative and kind way to make Lila feel welcome and open to new experiences, a lesson that will stay with her long after second grade.
Author
Series
Questioneers (Project books) volume 1
Publisher
Abrams Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"This is an illustrated book of projects and activities and general information to get young children interested in engineering. It is written by Ann Beaty, the author of the picture book ROSIE REVERE. It is illustrated by David Roberts, the illustrator of the picture book ROSIE REVERE. It is 96 pages and has full-color illustrations."--
Author
Publisher
W.W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
"The extreme climber famed for his solo ascents without ropes, partners or gear describes his seven most significant achievements, including a free-solo climb up Mexico's Sendero Luminoso and the Fitz Traverse ascent in Patagonia,"--NoveList.
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
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
Publisher
Beascoa
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
Español
Description
"¿Por qué las rosas tienen pinchitos? ¿Por qué en la nariz hay tantos pelitos? Ada Magnífica tiene la cabeza llena de preguntas. Como sus compañeros de clase Pedro y Rosa, Ada siempre ha sentido una curiosidad insaciable. Pero cuando lleva demasiado lejos sus exploraciones y sus complicados experimentos científicos, sus padres se cansan y la mandan al rincón de pensar. ¿Tanto pensar le hará cambiar de opinión?"--Page 4 of cover.
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 3
Publisher
Alfaguara
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
Español
Description
"Pedro Perfecto es arquitecto de corazón: cuando no está construyendo casas con su comida, tiene la cabeza en las nubes y sueña con nuevos diseños. Por eso se queda completamente maravillado cuando Bernice, la tía de Ada Magnífica, hereda del magnate heladero Herbert Sherbert una vieja casa llena de habitaciones de todos sus periodos arquitectónicos favoritos, desde la era victoriana hasta el art nouveau. Sin embargo, algo no está bien......
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
Series
Questioneers volume 1
Publisher
Alfaguara Infantil y Juvenil
Pub. Date
©2020.
Language
Español
Description
When Rosie is unable to invent a contraption to help one of Aunt Rose's Raucous Riveters friends, she calls on classmates Iggy Peck and Ada Twist to help.
Author
Series
Publisher
Alfaguara Infantil y Juvenil
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
Español
Description
Blue River Creek tiene un problema: �hay un ladr�on de mascotas suelto! O al menos, Sof�ia e Iggy est�an convencidas de que lo hay, cuando sus mascotas desaparecen. Pero como cient�ifica, Ada sabe que es importante no sacar conclusiones precipitadas y en vez, tomar en cuenta los hechos reales. �C�omo descubrir�an lo que realmente sucedi�o con las mascotas del pueblo? �Usando el m�etodo cient�ifico, por supuesto! �Formando...
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