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Toning the sweep
Angela Johnson's Coretta Scott King Award winning novel that traces three generations of African American women as they learn one another's truths. Three generations of African American women, each holding on to a separate truth. Their story -- encompassing racism and murder as well as the family commonplaces that make a life -- is one that readers will never forget.
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- 9780590481427
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- 103 pages : illustration ; 17 cm
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- J
Deserts
What's the difference between a lizard and a salamander? Can you guess why poison dart frogs are so colorful? What's so funny about a clown fish? And what in the world is an anemone? REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS and OCEAN LIFE are the newest titles in the Blue Zoo Guides series. Close-up photos, charming illustrations, and a clever ruler for measuring the animals will make these big books a sure-fir…
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- 042799004241
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- 44 pages : illustration ; 30 cm
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- Discover
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- 551.41 VOG
The desert is theirs
You may think of the desert as a harsh, dry place where no one would ever want to live -- but think again. The Desert People know. so do the animals. Both love the land, and "share the feeling of being brothers in the desert, of being desert creatures together." Byrd Baylor's spare, poetic text and Peter Parnall's striking illustrations lime the sky, stone and sand of the desert in this haunt…
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- 9780689711053
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- 32 pages : illustration : 25 cm
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- 551.41 BAY
I wonder why the Sahara is cold at night, and other questions about deserts
Children love asking questions. The answers to all those questions about the desert, such as "Who ate ants?", "How do plants survive in the desert?", and "Where do cars race across the desert? are answered in this fabulous book.
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- 9780753408049
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- 32 pages : illustration : 28 cm
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- 551.41 GAF
Earth's changing deserts
This series allows readers to see how earth's landforms have developed over millions of years. This exciting new geography series introduces some of the earths major landforms, including all key characteristics of their physical geography and how they have come to look the way they do. An examination through case studies, maps, and aerial photographs, illustrates the affects humans have had on …
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- 9781410901767
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- 32 pages : illustration : 26 cm
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- Landscape and people
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- 551.41 MOR
Desert life
Vivid full-color photographs accompany informative text describing plant, animal, and Native American life in the extreme heat of America's Sonoran Desert. A fact-filled book that is great for supporting social studies.
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- 9780439355209
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- 16 pages : illustration ; 17 cm
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- 551.41 MAN
Life in the deserts
Kids are deeply concerned about the state of their world. These titles show how the environment was damaged and how it can be repaired.
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- 9780590461290
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- 31 pages : illustration ; 26 cm
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- 551.41 BAK
The tortoise and the jackrabbit
The Tortoise and the Hare with a southwestern flair. Tortoise, living comfortably in her home on Slow Lane, awakens one morning feeling good and challenges cocky Jackrabbit to a race. Patiently bumping her way through the desert landscape, Tortoise heads for the finish line as Jackrabbit cheerfully skips―and sleeps. Roadrunner, Tarantula, Gila Monster and even a Javelina or three cheer them o…
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- 9780873585866
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- 32 pages : illustration : 23 cm
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- 398.24 LOW
I live in the desert
The Where I Live series provides a glimpse of everyday life in a variety of settings. Each book introduces a different type of location from the viewpoints of children who live there. The interesting, on-level information satisfies beginning readers' curiosity and the simple language satisfies their desire to read on their own.
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- 9780836840872
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- 24 pages : illustration ; 17 cm
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- Where I Live
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- 307.7 HOL
Living in a desert
This series meets National Curriculum Standards for: Science: Earth and Space Science Life Science. Social Studies: Culture People, Places, & Environments.
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- 0516270494
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- 31 pages : illustration ; 17 cm
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- Rookie Read-About Geography
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- 307 FOW
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