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Stephen Biesty's incredible cross-sections
This children's book explores the innermost workings of some extraordinary buildings and machines. From helicopters to submarines, skyscrapers to coal mines, open up a fascinating world packed with unique and detailed cutaway drawings. Whether it's a Spanish galleon or a medieval castle, each cross-section slice or exploded view reveals what's going on inside. See the people swarming inside …
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- 9781465483898
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- 48 pages : illustration ; 30 cm
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- 620 BIE
Arms & Armor
See the very first weapons ever made, the armor worn by medieval knights, the battledress of a Japanese samurai, the guns used by the soldiers, frontiersmen, and outlaws of the Wild West. Discover what weapons were carried by the first police officers, how sword and pistol duels were fought, when the first firearms were invented and how they worked, and much, much more!
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- 9780329554941
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- 72 pages : illustration ; 27 cm
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- Dorling kindersley eyewitness books
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- 623.4 BYA
Dig a tunnel
Learn about the history and engineering of tunnels, how they are used, and the machines that build them. Simply describes a variety of tunnels, how they are built and how they are used.
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- 0439176727
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- 32 pages : illustration ; 20 cm
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- 624 HUN
Big wonders of the world
This guide provides an insight into the wonders of the world and includes a fold-out frieze. Temple of Angkor Wat, Easter Is., Grand Canyon, Great Wall of China, Hanging Gardens of Babylon, Niagara Falls, Stonehenge, Temple of Ramesses, City of Testihuacan. Fold out page. Index. Illus. 24p. 7-10 yrs.
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- 9780721496597
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- 24 pages : illustration ; 22 cm
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- 624 ELL
Cross a bridge
Offers young readers a fact-filled book on the many types of bridges that are built, including information on draw bridges, pontoon bridges, trestle bridges, and more.
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- 9780439108355
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- 32 pages : illustration ; 20 cm
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- 624.2 HUN
The car washing street
Every Saturday morning, something special happens on Matthew's block. When neighbors, cars, and buckets of water all come together on the hottest day of the year, a city street is a very special place to be. Full-color illustrations.
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- 0590543490
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- 30 pages : illustration ; 27 cm
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- P
Earthquack!
They heard the ground grumble. Then they felt the ground rumble. And before they knew it, they were all taking a tumble! "The earth is crumbling! The earth is crumbling! It's a quake!" quacked the duck. In this inspired take on Henny Penny, who thought the sky was falling, Chucky Ducky, Lucy Goosey, and Vickie, Nickie, and Rickie Chickie spread the alarm that the earth is quaking. But just li…
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- 9781416902607
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- 32 pages : illustration ; 27 cm
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Giant treasury of Beatrix Potter
Five children's classics from the creator of Peter Rabbit, enhanced by more than 120 of her illustrations in color and black-and-white. Features The Story of a Fierce Bad Rabbit, The Story of Miss Moppet, The Tale of Tom Kitten, The Tale of Jemima Puddle Duck, The Roly-Poly Pudding.
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- 0517431211
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- 51 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm
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Just plain fancy
Naomi Vlecke lives with her farming family in an Amish community in Pennsylvania. The Amish first came to Pennsylvania in the early 1700s, and to this day preserve a religious and "plain" life-style. As part of her household chores, Naomi looks after the chickens with her little sister, Ruth. One day Naomi and Ruth find an abandoned egg near the road. This is no ordinary chicken egg, though.…
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- 059009842X
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- 32 pages : illustration ; 27 cm
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- P
Thank you, Mr. Falker
Patricia Polacco is now one of America's most loved children's book creators, but once upon a time, she was a little girl named Trisha starting school. Trisha could paint and draw beautifully, but when she looked at words on a page, all she could see was jumble. It took a very special teacher to recognize little Trisha's dyslexia: Mr. Falker, who encouraged her to overcome her reading disabilit…
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- 043909836X
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- 40 pages : illustration ; 27 cm
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- P
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