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Astrophysicist and author Mario Livio investigates perhaps the most human of all our characteristics—curiosity—in this "lively, expert, and definitely not dumbed-down account" (Kirkus Reviews) as he explores our innate desire to know why.
Experiments demonstrate that people are more distracted when they overhear a phone conversation—where they can know only one side of the dialogue—than when they overhear...
Experiments demonstrate that people are more distracted when they overhear a phone conversation—where they can know only one side of the dialogue—than when they overhear...
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Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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"Not all questions have answers. Some have more than one answer. And others have endless answers, unfolding out to the edges of the world. In this spare yet expansive narrative, acclaimed author Mac Barnett poses twenty questions both playful and profound. Some make us giggle. Others challenge our assumptions. The result is a quirky, wandering exploration of where the best questions lead--to stories. Intriguing, richly interactive, and brought to...
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Series
Questioneers volume 3
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
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Ada Twist is a very curious girl who shows perseverance by asking questions and performing experiments to find things out and understand the world.
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Series
Ginny Goblin volume 1
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Ginny tries to reach and open a box using a chair, then a grappling hook, then a catapult, while the narrator suggests ways to keep her away from it.
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Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Description
"In this specially combined edition with a new foreword, Academy Award-winning producer and New York Times bestselling author Brian Grazer, with Charles Fishman, offers a definitive take on curiosity. Deemed "a captivating account of how the simple act of asking questions can change your life" by Malcolm Gladwell, this expanded edition of A Curious Mind blends insights from Face to Face to transform the art of conncting with and through curiosity....
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Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
Unlike the other mechanical bears in the village clock tower, Elbert can't help but notice all the marvelous things around him--snow falling in winter, fireworks in the night sky, the magnificent stag standing in the cobbled street below. But when Elbert's growing curiosity threatens to disrupt the orderly life of the clock tower, the other bears decide Elbert must go. What's a small bear with a big curiosity to do? Explore, of course! And maybe even...
11) Maybe
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Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Three little monkeys, and their big monkey, are sat high up on their branch in the forest canopy. Ok, monkeys! I'm off, says the big monkey. Now remember. Whatever you do, do NOT go down to the mango tree. There are tigers down there. Mmm ... mangoes! think the little monkeys. They LOVE mangoes. Hmm ... maybe ... maybe they could just look at the mangoes? That'd be ok, right?
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Publisher
Delacorte
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Stephen Albie Bright leads a happy, normal life. Well, as normal as it gets with two astrophysicist parents who named their son after their favorite scientists, Stephen Hawking and Albert Einstein. But then Albie's mother dies of cancer, and his world is shattered. When his father explains that she might be alive in a parallel universe, Albie knows he has to find her. So, armed with a box, a laptop, and a banana, Albie sets out to do just that....
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Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
When Alice and Jack are out playing, they hear a strange noise. Alice wants to know what it is, but Jack is afraid. He thinks it might be the Wicked Wolf with big, bad claws and snap-trap jaws. But Alice takes his hand and they follow the noise, right into the heart of the forest...Just what will they discover there?
Publisher
Magic Light Pictures Ltd
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
The Gruffalo: A cunning mouse goes for a walk in the forest and outwits a succession of predators. Mouse invents a frightening creature, The Gruffalo, to scare them away; but what happens when he comes face-to-face with his own creation?
The Gruffalo's child: A little Gruffalo ignores her father's warnings and tiptoes out into the snow in search of the Big Bad Mouse.
18) Quizás
Author
Publisher
NubeOcho
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
Español
Description
¡Chris Haughton nos presenta a 3 monitos muy traviesos! A los monitos les encantan los mangos, pero hay tigres cerca. ¿Y si bajan del r̀bol con cuidado?Ummm...Quiz̀s... Los monitos saben que hay muchos tigres cerca del r̀bol. Pero ellos quieren comer un mango. ¡Les encantan los mangos! ¿Y si bajan con cuidado y tan r̀pidos como el rayo? S̤lo por mirar no pasar̕a nada, ¿no? Ummm... Quizás...
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Maybe you remember when a little robotic spacecraft landed on a far-off planet. On August 6, 2012, the rover Curiosity touched down on the rocky surface of Mars and now she s ready to guide you through her journey firsthand. From idea to creation and beyond, this fact-filled, stylish book introduces readers to Curiosity and her mission: to discover more about the red planet and search for evidence of life.--from dust jacket.
20) The Curiosities
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English
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"When the Curiosities choose Miro as the one they nest on, Miro is led to discover all the marvels waiting in the shadows where no one else looks. Sometimes though, the Curiosities can make Miro feel alone and invisible in the darkness. But perhaps Miro isn't as alone as he thinks..."--
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