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An updated version of the original Sesame Street classic introduces young enthusiasts to such characters as Ernie, Grover, Big Bird, Zoe, Elmo, Telly, Rosita, and the Squirrelles while encouraging recognition with simple clues.
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- ISBN/ISSN
- 0307121240
- Collation
- 22 pages : illustration ; 25 cm
- Series Title
- Sesame Street
- Call Number
- F37
The journey
Beginning in the dark hours of morning, an Amish girl, along with two adult companions, sets off for the big city for the first time. The reader receives nightly reports through young Hannah's diary, in which, with tireless awe, she relates the significant events of the day. Each experience is decidedly new to Hannah -- a trip to the top of a skyscraper, a visit to the aquarium -- yet in each s…
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- ISBN/ISSN
- 9780374400101
- Collation
- 40 pages : illustration ; 29 cm
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- S
The little house
Virginia Lee Burton won the Caldecott Medal in 1943 for her memorable picture book The Little House, a poignant story of a cute country cottage that becomes engulfed by the city that grows up around it. The house has an expressive face of windows and doors, and even the feelings of a person, so she’s sad when she’s surrounded by the dirty, noisy city’s hustle and bustle: “She missed the…
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- ISBN/ISSN
- 9780395259382
- Collation
- 40 pages : illustration ; 22 cm
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- BU
Something beautiful
A little girl longs to see beyond the scary sights on the sidewalk and the angry scribbling in the halls of her building. When her teacher writes the word beautiful on the blackboard, the girl decides to look for something beautiful in her neighborhood. Her neighbors tell her about their own beautiful things. Miss Delphine serves her a “beautiful” fried fish sandwich at her diner. At Mr. Le…
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- ISBN/ISSN
- 9780440412106
- Collation
- 32 pages : illustration ; 24 cm
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- W
City green
Celebrate the 25th anniversary of City Green—the environmentally and community-conscious classic that shows the wonderful things kids can do when they put their minds to it—with this new paperback edition. Right in the middle of Marcy’s city block is a vacant lot, littered and forlorn. Sometimes just looking at it makes Marcy feel sad. Then one spring, Marcy has a wonderful idea: Inste…
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- ISBN/ISSN
- 0590622188
- Collation
- 31 pages : illustration ; 26 cm
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- D
Round trip
Black and white illustrations and text record the sights on a day trip to the city and back home again to the country. The trip to the city is read from front to back and the return trip from back to front, upside down.
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- ISBN/ISSN
- 9780688099862
- Collation
- 32 pages : illustration ; 25 cm
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- J
Weather in the city
Think and discuss: What was the weather like on Friday
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- ISBN/ISSN
- 9781740650373
- Collation
- 16 pages : illustration ; 15 cm
- Series Title
- National Geographic Windows on Literacy
- Call Number
- ECC15
A good place to live
Think and discuss: Why is your town a good place to live?
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- ISBN/ISSN
- 9781740650564
- Collation
- 12 pages : illustration ; 20 cm
- Series Title
- National Geographic Windows on Literacy
- Call Number
- ECC15
The cities book : a journey through 86 of the world's greatest cities
Do you know where in the world you can buy drinkable gold; why an 'elephant's foot' is one of the most dangerous objects in the world; or where you might have to swim to school? Discover the answers to these questions and loads more mindblowing facts in The Cities Book, where readers aged 8+ are taken on an incredible world tour through 86 of the world's greatest cities. Sister title to the …
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- ISBN/ISSN
- 9781786570185
- Collation
- 207 pages : illustration ; 30 cm
- Series Title
- Lonely Planet Kids
- Call Number
- 910.91732 GOS
Castle
The word itself conjures up mystery, romance, intrigue, and grandeur. What could be more perfect for an author/illustrator who has continually stripped away the mystique of architectural structures that have long fascinated modern man? With typical zest and wry sense of humor punctuating his drawings, David Macaulay traces the step-by-step planning and construction of both castle and town.
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- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9780544102262
- Collation
- 80 pages : illustration ; 28 cm
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- 623.19 MAC
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