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Rye O'Chanter has seen a lot of strange things happen in Village Drowning. She and her friends have grown up on Drowning's treacherous streets -- its twisted rooftops and forgotten cemeteries are their playground. Now a terrifying encounter on the night of the Black Moon has Rye convinced that the monstrous, supposedly extinct Bog Noblins have returned from the forest Beyond the Shale. There's nobody left who can protect the village. There was once...
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"Born into extreme poverty and emotional deprivation, James Edward Plummer was blessed with a genius I.Q. and a love of science. But in his community, a young bookworm quickly becomes a target for violence and abuse. As he struggles to survive his childhood in some of the toughest cities in the country, and his teenage years in the equally poor backwoods of Mississippi, James adopts the hybrid persona of a “gangsta nerd”–dealing weed in...
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Gareth Stevens Publishing
Pub. Date
2024.
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English
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"Even today we can trace the roots of our civilization to Ancient Greece. Its thousands of years later and kids still learn about it in school-and discoveries about it are still being made! But even as democracy and philosophy grew and then flourished, kids still grew up, learned, ate, and played. In this book, readers walk through the streets of Athens and Sparta, learning about their unique culture through children who lived there. The text covers...
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Phaidon
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[2021]
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English
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A clever, quirky biography of a leading contemporary artist, for children Banksy is a world-famous graffiti artist who secretly spray paints pictures on streets and walls while no one is watching! His works are often about politics, war, and other important things, but he also likes to paint rats. Rats scurry around and hide, often creating a bit of a stir, just like he does! Millions of people know his work but no one really knows who Bansky is -...
8) Sound
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Childrens's Press, an imprint of Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2019.
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English
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Whether youre walking along a busy city street or enjoying the solitude of the wilderness, you are always surrounded by sound. Readers will learn how sound waves are formed and how they change as they move. They will also find out how people hear sound, how sound waves can be used in unexpected ways, how the properties of a sound wave affect the way it is heard, and much more.
9) Families
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Abbeville Press
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2019.
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English
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"The first two volumes in a relaunch of the best-selling series that encourages children to learn about the world by looking at art, and about art by looking at the world How Artists See is a series of interactive, inquiry-based books designed to teach children the art of observation and increase their visual literacy. Each volume presents eighteen diverse works of art, all devoted to a subject that kids know from personal experience. Author Colleen...
10) Kevin Durant
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Aladdin, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing division
Pub. Date
2019.
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English
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"He's 6' 9" with a wingspan of 7' 5", and everyone knows him as KD. He's a two-time NBA champ, two-time finals MVP, and four-time scoring champ. He's Kevin Durant, and the NBA has never seen a player quite like him before. However, as impressive as the stats may be, what's even more impressive is the journey that Kevin Durant took to get to the NBA. Born in a suburb of Washington, DC, Durant quickly discovered basketball as a way off of the dangerous...
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Flatiron Books
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2017.
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English
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Captures the exceptional life, imagination, and passion of the author of "Goodnight Moon," drawing on unpublished manuscripts, songs, personal letters, and diaries that the author discovered in the attic of Margaret Wise Brown's sister.
"The extraordinary life of the woman behind the beloved children's classics Goodnight Moon and The Runaway Bunny comes alive in this fascinating biography of Margaret Wise Brown. Margaret's books have sold millions...
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The University Press of Kentucky
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[2023]
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English
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"The people and places in Appalachia are as rich, multifaceted, and diverse as the region itself. When author Frank X Walker first coined the phrase "Affrilachia," he wanted to ensure that the voices and accomplishments of African Americans in that region were recognized and exalted. A is for Affrilachia not only brings awareness of notable African Americans from this region, but this inspired children's alphabet book is also an exuberant celebration...
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Thomas Nelson
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[2017]
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English
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"As Tsh Oxenreider, author of Notes From a Blue Bike, chronicles her family's adventure around the world--seeing, smelling, and tasting the widely varying cultures along the way--she discovers what it truly means to be at home. In her late thirties and as a mom to three kids under age ten, Tsh Oxenreider and her husband decided to spend a rather ordinary nine months in an extraordinary way: traveling the corners of the earth to see, together, the...
14) Sidewalk games
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Sterling
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2005.
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English
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From Freeze Tag to Double Dutch, from Kick The Can to Snap The Whip, children learn some of the best traditional street and sidewalk activities ever. Each activity lists the minimum and maximum number of players, instructions, tactics, and tips to help provide fun for all.
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Salaam Reads, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Division
Pub. Date
[2022]
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English
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"An inspiring and empowering young readers edition of We Are Not Here to be Bystanders, the memoir by Women's March coorganizer and activist Linda Sarsour. In this middle grade edition of We Are Not Here to be Bystanders, Linda Sarsour shares the memories that shaped her into the activist she is today, and how these pivotal moments in her life led her to being an organizer in one of the largest single-day protests in US history. From the Brooklyn...
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Harper
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[2016]
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English
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In this exhilarating conclusion to the critically acclaimed Luck Uglies series, the final battle between the Luck Uglies and the treacherous Fork-Tongue Charmers comes to Rye O'Chanter's doorstep. Filled with adventure, humor, friendship, and a hint of magic, this fantasy series is an irresistible cross between Chris Colfer's Land of Stories series and Joseph Delaney's Last Apprentice series.When Rye travels back home to Village Drowning to help her...
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