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Inventions & great ideas
There are so many inventions that we use every day, and yet we probably never think about why or when they were created. In this book you will learn all about the everyday inventions we use and even about some wacky inventions that you'll probably never see!
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- ISBN/ISSN
- 0439202132
- Collation
- 53 pages: illustration ; 17 cm
- Series Title
- Know it all
- Call Number
- 608 DEP
The princess and the pea
A series of popular, traditional tales written in a simple way for children who are learning to read. Once upon a time, there was a prince. When he grew up he wanted to marry a princess. But he wanted her to be a real princess.
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- ISBN/ISSN
- 9780721405919
- Collation
- 51 pages : illustrations ; 17 cm
- Series Title
- Well loved tales
- Call Number
- F23
The two bullies
Two bullies, one from China and one from Japan, inadvertently intimidate one another before meeting face to face and never fight as a result.
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- ISBN/ISSN
- 9780091834722
- Collation
- 32 pages : illustration ; 25 cm
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- M
The last dinosaur
The Dinosaurs Disappear FOR OVER 140 million years, dinosaurs ruled the world. They lived everywhere : in the forest, near swamps and rivers, and on the open plains. So many dinosaurs were around that other types of animals found it hard to exist. For instance, only very small mammals could survive around the dinosaurs, and they spent their lives hiding under bushes or in tall trees.
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- ISBN/ISSN
- 9780590410977
- Collation
- 32 pages : illustration ; 21 cm
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- -
- Call Number
- M
Knots on a counting rope
In Knots on a Counting Rope, Bill Martin, Jr. and John Archambault tell a poignant story about a boy’s emerging confidence in facing his blindness in this beautiful children’s picture book illustrated by Ted Rand. By the warmth of a campfire beneath a starry night sky, a Navajo youth named Boy-Strength-of-Blue-Horses listens to the tale of his birth from his grandfather. Although blind, …
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- ISBN/ISSN
- 0590994484
- Collation
- 32 pages : illustration ; 19 cm
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- -
- Call Number
- M
The man who walked between the towers
The story of a daring tightrope walk between skyscrapers, as seen in Robert Zemeckis' The Walk, starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt. In 1974, French aerialist Philippe Petit threw a tightrope between the two towers of the World Trade Center and spent an hour walking, dancing, and performing high-wire tricks a quarter mile in the sky. This picture book captures the poetry and magic of the event wit…
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- ISBN/ISSN
- 9780312368784
- Collation
- 36 pages : illustration ; 27 cm
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- -
- Call Number
- G
Elmer and the hippos
The elephants are not very happy: the hippos have come to live in their river because their own has dried up. When the elephants complain to Elmer that the river is over-crowded, Elmer sets off to see what he can do. He soon discovers that the problem can easily be solved, but only if the hippos and the elephants work together!
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- ISBN/ISSN
- 9781842709818
- Collation
- 36 pages : illustration ; 27 cm
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- M
Cleo and Cloe's colourful day
Which colour do you like? Green, yellow or white? Follow Cleo and Cloe to the playground and surely your favorite colour will be found.....
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- ISBN/ISSN
- 9789790339866
- Collation
- 28 pages : illustration ; 27 cm
- Series Title
- Bright Child Series
- Call Number
- M
Monster math
One little monster waits for the first birthday guest to arrive. . . . There’s a knock on the door, and now there are two! Now three! Now four! The guests keep arriving until fifty partying monsters wreak havoc and Monster Mom decides that enough is enough. The partygoers reluctantly depart until just that one little monster remains—after the best birthday party ever. Little ones can learn …
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- ISBN/ISSN
- 9780152165307
- Collation
- 32 pages : illustration ; 24 cm
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- M
The 100th day of school
Children learn to count to 100 with various classroom activities. On the 100th day of school, we shout hooray! Then we do everything the 100 way!
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- ISBN/ISSN
- 9780590259446
- Collation
- 32 pages : illustration ; 22 cm
- Series Title
- Developing Level 2 Reader
- Call Number
- M
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