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Author
Series
Curiosity House volume 2
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2016]
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
Just as Pippa, Sam, Thomas, and Max become free from the danger of Nicholas Rattigan, their home, Dumfrey's Dime Museum of Freaks, Oddities, and Wonders, comes under threat of closure and their friend Siegfried Eckleberger is murdered.
Author
Series
Publisher
National Geographic
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
This charming reference introduces young readers to the wider world by exploring languages, landscapes, weather, animals, capital cities, mountains, deserts, and other landscapes and landforms, and more. It encourages kids to get play with activities suchas creating a mini-rainforest in a bottle and singing a simple song in Spanish. More than 100 colorful photos are paired with kid-friendly and age-appropriate maps along with basic facts about each...
Author
Series
Publisher
Abdo Kids
Pub. Date
c2015
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.2 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
320L
Language
English
Description
"This title takes readers around the world showing them some of the most beautiful and amazing places. Vibrant and beautiful images team up with fun and interesting facts to attract those reluctant readers. Complete with a table of contents, glossary, index, and even more facts!"--Provided by the publisher.
Author
Series
Publisher
Abdo Kids
Pub. Date
c2015
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.9 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
460L
Language
English
Description
"This title is filled with fun and interesting science facts that may surprise your little readers! A colorful, full-bleed photograph accompanies each fun fact to attract those reluctant readers. Complete with a table of contents, glossary, index, and even more facts!"--Provided by the publisher.
47) Growing wings
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin
Pub. Date
2000
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
When wings start to appear on her back, eleven-year-old Linnet begins to understand some of her mother's strange behavior, but it isn't until she finds herself at a remote house in Montana with others who also have--or had--wings that she can really come to terms with her situation.
49) Nightstalkers
Author
Series
Publisher
47North
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
"Staff Sergeant Winthrop Carter has just been drafted into the Nightstalkers--an elite group of soldiers that... Actually, he's not quite sure what they do. Born from the Area 51 initiative, the Nightstalkers defy sanity and decorum and include among their ranks Moms, a Black Ops trainee too extreme for Special Forces; Doc, a scientific crackpot; Roland, the weapons enthusiast; and Mac, a contemporary MacGyver. All of them take their orders from the...
50) The sign
Author
Language
English
Description
In this gripping thriller, a scientific expedition in Antarctica stops for a live news feed. As the CNN journalist Gracie Logan begins her report, a massive, shimmering sphere of light suddenly appears in the sky, enveloping the ship in luminous white light before disappearing as mysteriously as it arrived--the entire event witnessed by an incredulous world audience. Meanwhile, a monk in Egypt experiences visions that seemed connected, and back in...
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
A series of investigative specials that take the world's most well-known mysteries, and challenges everything we know about them. Narrated and hosted by Laurence Fishburne, the franchise will delve into a wide array of some of the most historically important mysteries of recent times: what was the true reason the Titanic sank? Where did D.B. Cooper disappear to? Did John Wilkes Booth live? Using fresh, new evidence and perspectives, including never-before-seen...
Author
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press
Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
Description
How do you use your local library? Does it arrive at your door on the back of an elephant? Can it float down the river to you? Or does it occupy a phone booth by the side of the road? Public libraries are a cornerstone of modern civilization, yet like the books in them, libraries face an uncertain future in an increasingly digital world. Undaunted, librarians around the globe are thinking up astonishing ways of reaching those in reading need, whether...
Author
Series
Curiosity House volume 1
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2015
Edition
Unabridged
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
"Orphans Philippa, Sam, Thomas, and Max must find out who stole a valuable artifact in order to save to save their home, Dumfrey's Dime Museum of Freaks, Oddities, and Wonders"--
Author
Series
Publisher
Magic Wagon
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
After an encounter with a fake Bigfoot, the film crew of the Internet series, Discover Cryptids, heads to the Florida swamps to search for the "Skunk Ape"--but find a crooked ranger who hates Florida panthers, instead.
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Dive into the facts behind the most well-known footage of the cryptid and learn about actual scientific studies conducted to learn whether or not Bigfoot actually exists. Filled with accounts of over a century of potential sightings, this book will have every reader looking for footprints on their next hike. Bigfoot has been the star subject of movies, TV shows, books, and more . . . but is he really out there?"--
Author
Publisher
Flatiron Books
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
The duo behind the massively successful podcast "Stuff You Should Know" offers an unexpected look at weird, fascinating, delightful, or unexpected elements of a wide variety of topics, featuring new subjects that they've long wondered about and wanted to explore.
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