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1162) Great explorers
Pub. Date
[2011]
Description
Risk Takers/History Makers: John Wesley Powell and his expedition faced starvation, dizzying cliffs, terrifying rapids, and even death to explore tthe Grand Canyon. Magellan's Lost Fleet: A modern-day group of explorers heads to Patagonia, Argentina in search of Magellan's ships.
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Pub. Date
p2009
Description
Apsley "Cherry" Cherry-Garrard shares his adventures as the youngest member of Robert Scott's expedition to Antarctica in the early twentieth century, during which he and Edward Wilson try to learn the evolutionary history of emperor penguins. Includes historical notes.
Pub. Date
[2005]
Description
Daisy, la quinceañera": Dora needs to bring the special crown and shoes to her cousin Daisy's 15th birthday party. "The big piñata": Step right up to the Carnival with Dora and Boots and help them win the Big Piñata by collecting ten yellow tickets. "Surprise!": Dora is throwing a surprise birthday party for Boots. "The fix-it machine": There's a hole in Boots's boot, Tico's tire, Benny's boat, even the Grumpy Old Troll's pants, the fix-it machine...
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Pub. Date
[2010]
Description
A new nation that would stretch from ocean to ocean: this was the dream. Follow it into reality, from Jefferson and Monroe arranging the Louisiana Purchase through the bold explorations of Lewis & Clark, and Sacagawea. Feel the devastating effects faced by proud native American warriors, and witness the mammoth undertaking of the transcontinental railroad. Journey with the brave souls who hung out the sign, "Gone West!"
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