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All Pigs Are Beautiful with Audio: Read, Listen, & Wonder
Author/Actors/Director/etc.: Anita Jeram
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Candlewick; Pap/Com edition (2008, Aug 12th).
Pages: 32
A great resource for teachers!Introducing READ, LISTEN, & WONDER!This vibrant book-and-CD series brings the best of our Read and Wonder nature stories to life.Each paperback title in the series includes a CD that features:* an engaging read-aloud with sound effects* a read-along opportunity guided by prompts* a segment focusing on fascinating factsOink! Oink! Pigs...beautiful? Who'd have guessed? more
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Pokémon Adventures: Diamond and Pearl/Platinum, Vol. 1
Author/Actors/Director/etc.: Hidenori Kusaka
Format: Paperback
Publisher: VIZ Media LLC; Original edition (2011, Mar 1st).
Pages: 208
Reads R to L (Japanese Style). All your favorite PokÉmon game characters jump out of the screen into the pages of this action-packed manga! more
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Giant Tortoise Adventure (Ready-to-Read. Level 1)
Author/Actors/Director/etc.: Robert Roper
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Simon Spotlight/Nickelodeon (2011, Sep 20th).
Pages: 24
Dora and her cousin, Diego, help a lonely Giant Tortoise find a friend in this Level 1 Ready-to-Read! more
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Claude Debussy (First Discovery: Music)
Author/Actors/Director/etc.: Pierre Babin
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Moonlight Publishing (2008, May 1st).
Pages: 28
As a boy, Debussy wanted to be a sailor. At music college in Paris he used to shock his teachers with the sounds he made on the piano. Children who want to know how to make a glass sing or hear the sound of the sea in a teacup will learn much from Debussy. more
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Who What Wear: The Allegra Biscotti Collection
Author/Actors/Director/etc.: Olivia Bennett
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Sourcebooks Jabberwocky (2011, Jun 1st).
Pages: 240
Emma Rose is SO not famous So how did she score inside information on the most talked-about party of the year? Because Emma is secretly the hottest new fashion designer-Allegra Biscotti-and hired to whip up a Sweet Sixteen dress for the guest of honor. Wait...fashion emergency! How can she create a fiercely fashionable dress and keep her secret? There's only one solution: Emma must go undercover-as her own intern! But when Emma feels the pressure by her BFF to explain how she got an invite from the in-crowd and an ultra-fabulous fashion internship-just when Jackson finally starts paying attention to her-she knows she has to make it work... ...or will it all come apart at the seams? more
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Cabin Creek Mysteries #1: The Secret of Robber's Cave
Author/Actors/Director/etc.: Kristiana Gregory
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Scholastic (2008, Mar 1st).
Pages: 174
Action! Intrigue! Cliff-hangers! With a riveting overarching series storyline and a mini-mystery in each title, Cabin Creek gives readers what they crave: immediate answers AND ongoing suspense. Every book reveals clues, adds layers, and finds the characters investigating, plotting, and unraveling clues. They'll need their wits, their courage, and their gadgets to get to the bottom of the many mysteries of Lost Island. Jeff and David's dad told them they weren't allowed to explore Lost Island until Jeff's twelfth birthday, and that they should never go alone. As soon as they set foot on the marshy ground, they suspect something is not right. What secrets are hidden by the lingering mist and overgrown pines? The brothers had never believed the Legend of Robber's Cave, but now they have to wonder. more
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On Your Mark, Get Set, Grow!: A "What's Happening to My Body?" Book for Younger Boys
Author/Actors/Director/etc.: Lynda Madaras
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Newmarket Press (2008, Feb 15th).
Pages: 123
Recognizing a need for puberty education books for younger children, award-winning author Lynda Madaras published Ready, Set, Grow!: A "What's Happening to My Body?" Book for Younger Girls in 2003 to widespread acclaim. Now, in her uniquely straightforward, warm, and funny style, Madaras introduces On Your Mark, Get Set, Grow!: A "What's Happening to My Body?" Book for Younger Boys. Responding to real-life questions and concerns from younger boys about their changing bodies, Madaras covers a wide range of topics at a reading and understanding level that's just right for them: the growth of sex organs, body hair, and facial hair; weight and height spurts; the unwelcome appearance of acne and body odor; shaving; circumcision; erections and ejaculation; feelings about puberty; and bullying. more
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Scholastic Reader Level 2: Starry, Starry Night
Author/Actors/Director/etc.: Wade Cooper
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Cartwheel Books; 1 edition (2009, May 1st).
Pages: 32
Fabulous photographs, eye-catching design, and simple text constitute this Level 2 reader about our solar system! A $3.99 POB with foil on the cover!Learn fun facts about the Milky Way, and read about the sun, moon, planets, stars, and more! This hardcover nonfiction easy reader has simple text and exciting photographs of outer space! Three pages of fun learning activities are designed to both challenge and entertain new readers. more
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Human Footprint: Everything You Will Eat, Use, Wear, Buy, and Throw Out in Your Lifetime
Author/Actors/Director/etc.: Ellen Kirk
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Human Footprint: Everything You Will Eat, Use, Wear, Buy, and Throw... (2000, Jan 1st).
Pages: 32
What is your human footprint? Well, it's 13,056 pints of milk, 28,433 showers, 12,888 oranges, 14,518 candy bars, and $52,972 worth of clothes, all in one lifetime. Makes you want to step more lightly on the planet! Perfectly timed for Earth Day, this book doesn't preach or judge, but simply shows kids—in an exciting, visual way—how humans interact with the environment and how we can lessen our impact. Astonishing photography captures the full picture of consumption, documenting all the diapers you wore as a baby, the bread you'll eat in a lifetime, and the cans you'll recycle, based on national averages. Tying in with a National Geographic Channel production, Human Footprint is colorful and fun—yet also manages to be a powerful tool for kids to visualize the dimensions of consumption. more
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Raja, Story of a Racehorse
Author/Actors/Director/etc.: Margaret Kauffman
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Old Bow Publishing (2011, Nov 21st).
Pages: 272
IPPY Award Bronze Medalist for Juvenile FictionBenjamin Franklin Award Finalist for Young Readers Fiction (8-12)Winner of Mom's Choice Gold MedalKirkus 2012 Best of Indie Selection Written from the horse’s point of view and filled with authentic details, this young adult novel chronicles the life of a well-bred Thoroughbred racehorse destined for greatness. After a promising—and winning—start on the path to the Triple Crown, a series of bad-luck events end Raja’s racing career, and he finds himself pulled into the random world of off-the-track Thoroughbreds. His odyssey takes him from the breeding farms of Ocala, Florida, to the stakes races on the Kentucky Derby trail; from competing as a show jumper on the “A” show circuit to becoming a member of the New York City Mounted Police and witnessing the horrors of the livestock auction. more
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