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1) Chipmunks
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 0.9 - AR Pts: 1
Description
"This search-and-find book invites early readers to look for new vocabulary words and pictures while giving simple facts about a chipmunk's backyard habitat, body parts, and behaviors"--
2) Opossums
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Series
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 1
Description
"Simple text and full-color photography introduce beginning readers to opossums. Developed by literacy experts for students in kindergarten through third grade"--
3) Wolverines
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2018
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
Description
"Simple text and full-color photography introduce beginning readers to wolverines. Developed by literacy experts for students in kindergarten through third grade"--
5) Rays
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
Description
From flightless, long-legged ostriches to winged rays, and from elusive, long-tailed snow leopards to wily foxes, the world of animals is wonderfully diverse. This popular and newly expanded series continues traveling the planet to study these and other fascinating mammals, birds, reptiles, fish, and invertebrates. Beautiful photos are paired with STEM-appropriate text to examine the featured creatures appearance, habitat, behaviors, and life cycle....
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Pub. Date
[2018]
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How do children thrive? As a parent, you probably think about this all the time. You want your children to have happy, healthy, and meaningful lives—but what’s the best way to support them? In How Children Thrive, developmental pediatrician and parent Dr. Mark Bertin provides a positive, simple, and empowering approach for raising children of all ages. Bringing together mindfulness, new science on brain development, and the messy reality of being...
8) Armadillos
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
Description
"Meet the armadillo! Learn about how this unique mammal uses its boney shell for protection. Elementary-aged readers will discover armadillos of all shapes and sizes, ranging from tiny pups to the adult giant armadillo. Full color images and clear explanations highlight the habitat, diet, and lifestyle of these fascinating creatures. A South American folktale explains how the armadillo's shell became a musical instrument. Includes table of contents,...
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Dead Sea squirrels volume 3
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Michael learns that--like the Thessalonians in the Bible--he will prosper if he works hard when Pearl the 2,000-year-old squirrel helps him study for his math test.
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"In the aftermath of the Civil War, an aging itinerant news reader agrees to transport a young captive of the Kiowa back to her people in this exquisitely rendered, morally complex, multilayered novel of historical fiction from the author of Enemy Women that explores the boundaries of family, responsibility, honor, and trust.In the wake of the Civil War, Captain Jefferson Kyle Kidd travels through northern Texas, giving live readings from newspapers...
11) Ostriches
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
Description
From flightless, long-legged ostriches to winged rays, and from elusive, long-tailed snow leopards to wily foxes, the world of animals is wonderfully diverse. This popular and newly expanded series continues traveling the planet to study these and other fascinating mammals, birds, reptiles, fish, and invertebrates. Beautiful photos are paired with STEM-appropriate text to examine the featured creatures appearance, habitat, behaviors, and life cycle....
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 1
Description
"The Earth introduces readers to key moments in the planet's life, from its formation over four billion years ago to the present, including the Earth's position in the solar system, its layers, and when plants and animals began to inhabit the planet."--OCLC.
13) Squirrelnapped!
Author
Series
Dead Sea squirrels volume 4
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
Description
When Pearl Squirrel is abducted, Michael's family bands together to rescue her, and the Squirrels teach Michael about honesty and responsibility by sharing stories of the Apostle Paul's life.
14) Under my skin
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It's been a year since Poppy's husband, Jack, was brutally murdered during his morning run through Manhattan's Riverside Park. In the immediate aftermath, Poppy spiralled into an oblivion of grief, disappearing for several days only to turn up ragged and confused and wearing a tight red dress she didn't recognise. What happened to Poppy during those lost days? And more importantly, what happened to Jack? The case was never solved, and Poppy has finally...
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Wake the dragon novels volume 1
Pub. Date
2019
Description
Thousands of years ago, the god Kur created the first race, the wreth, who were beautiful and powerful in magic. But when Kur discovered his world was flawed, he commanded the wreth to destroy Ossus, the dragon at the heart of the world. Kur disappeared, telling them that only when the dragon was destroyed would he return and remake the world; he would save those wreths who were victorious. This command launched countless centuries of devastating...
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Dotan Naor novels volume 1
Pub. Date
2018
Description
Ex-Israeli operative turned private investigator, Dotan Naor-- to settle a bet-- agrees to locate the missing son of former acquaintance, now ruthless Israeli arms merchant, Willy Mizrachi. Willy, who does not hesitate to sell killing machines to the most heinous players in the world, is desperate to find his only son, Itiel, who has headed to an ashram in the Himalayas. The Himalayas are also host to groups of young Israelis who have completed their...
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Publisher Marketing: From an award-winning, "meticulously observant" ( The New Yorker) writer comes a powerful and moving account of how refugee teenagers at a Denver public high school learn English and become Americans, in the care of a compassionate teacher. The Newcomers follows the lives of twenty-two immigrant teenagers throughout the course of the 2015-2016 school year as they land at South High School in Denver, Colorado, in an English Language...
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2017.
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"We were eight years in power" was the lament of Reconstruction-era black politicians as the American experiment in multiracial democracy ended with the return of white supremacist rule in the South. In this sweeping collection of new and selected essays, Ta-Nehisi Coates explores the tragic echoes of that history in our own time: the unprecedented election of a black president followed by a vicious backlash that fueled the election of the man Coates...
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Pub. Date
2018.
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"Four-time New York Times bestselling author Gary Vaynerchuk offers new lessons and inspiration drawn from the experiences of dozens of influencers and entrepreneurs who rejected the predictable corporate path in favor of pursuing their dreams by building thriving businesses and extraordinary personal brands. In his 2009 international bestseller Crush It, Gary insisted that a vibrant personal brand was crucial to entrepreneurial success, In Crushing...
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This is a tale set in Kerala, in southern India, in 1969. The lives of twins Rahel and Esthappen are changed forever when their English cousin and her mother arrive on a Christmas visit. The story unfolds with foreboding and takes on big themes like love, madness, hope and joy.