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Knots in my yo-yo string : the autobiography of a kid
Newbery medalist Jerry Spinelli has penned his early autobiography with all the warmth, humor, and drama of his best-selling fiction. And don't miss the author's highly anticipated new novel, Dead Wednesday! A master of those embarrassing, gloppy, painful, and suddenly wonderful things that happen on the razor's edge between childhood and full-fledged adolescence --The Washington Post Fro…
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- 0439162203
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- 148 pages : illustration ; 19 cm
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- 928 SPI
Feast for 10
A counting book that features an African-American family shopping for food, preparing dinner, and sitting down to eat. Lively read-aloud text paired with bright collage illustrations.
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- 9780590484664
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- 32 pages : illustration : 26 cm
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- 513.2 FAL
Simple signs
Demonstrates through illustrations and brief text twenty-nine American Sign Language signs for words such as hello, cry, dog, and love
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- 9780329634247
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- 32 pages : illustration : 18 cm
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- 419 WHE
Handsigns : a sign language alphabet
This clever and unusual book is both a simple alphabet book for very young children and an introduction to American Sign Language for readers of all ages. The easy to follow format presents 26 full color illustrations, each revealing not only one, but sometimes two or three animals that begin with a particular letter. An inset picture of a human hand showing the sign for that same letter also a…
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- 0590489984
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- 34 pages : illustration ; 25 cm
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- 419 FAI
A computer called Katherine : how Katherine Johnson helped put America on the…
This book tells the inspiring true story of mathematician Katherine Johnson – made famous by the award-winning film Hidden Figures – who counted and computed her way to NASA and helped put a man on the Moon. Katherine knew it was wrong that African Americans didn’t have the same rights as others – as wrong as 5+5=12. She knew it was wrong that people thought women could only be teachers…
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- 9780316435178
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- 34 pages : illustration ; 26 cm
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- 510.92 SLA
Everett Anderson's year
Everett Anderson, a young African-American boy living in the city, experiences the joys that each month of the year has to offer, playing in the February snow and enjoying his freedom on a June afternoon. Reissue.
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- 9780805022476
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- 30 pages : illustration ; 21 cm
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- 529 CLI
Counting on Katherine
The bold story of Katherine Johnson, an African-American mathematician who worked for NASA during the space race and was depicted in the film Hidden Figures. You've likely heard of the historic Apollo 13 moon landing. But do you know about the mathematical genius who made sure that Apollo 13 returned safely home? As a child, Katherine Johnson loved to count. She counted the steps on the roa…
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- 9781250137524
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- 36 pages : illustration ; 28 cm
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- 925 BEC
The magic school bus : in the time of the dinosaurs
To celebrate its 20th anniversary, Scholastic is re-releasing the ten original Magic School Bus titles in paperback. With updated scientific information, the bestselling science series ever is back! The classroom is decorated as Dinosaur Land, but Ms. Frizzle-inspired by an archeological dig-craves a more authentic experience. The Magic School Bus turns into a time machine and transports the c…
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- 9780590446891
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- 48 pages : illustration ; 21 cm
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- 567.9 COL
The coin counting book
The Coin Counting Book is the perfect introduction to counting, addition, and identifying American money. From one penny to one-dollar readers will learn the various coins, their mathematical relationships, and how to add them all together once their piggybanks are full. Detailed photos of real money against colorful and bold backgrounds depict each coin along with their value. Rozanne Lanczak…
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- 0439404789
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- 32 pages : illustration : 21 cm
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- 513.2 WIL
The girl who loved wild horses
"There was a girl in the village who loved horses... She led the horses to drink at the river. She spoke softly and they followed. People noticed that she understood horses in a special way." And so begins the story of a young Native American girl devoted to the care of her tribe's horses. With simple text and brilliant illustrations. Paul Goble tells how she eventually becomes one of them to …
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- 9780689716966
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- 32 pages : illustration : 25 cm
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- 398.21 GOB
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