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Pub. Date
c 2019, 26 Feb 2021
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Llamas as Pets is a one-stop shop book for everything Llama related. If you are considering owning or have already acquired one of these domesticated, South American Camelids, this book is definitely for you. Widely used as a pack animal since the pre-Columbian era, and prized as both a meat source and for their soft and lanolin-free fleece, these social animals like to live in a herd and although considered by most as livestock, they have very...
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Pub. Date
08 June 2022
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Discover how raising your own goats can be a fun and profitable endeavor. Goats are one of the most versatile animals you can own and they are perfect for dairy, meat, and fiber, whether you're looking to become more self-sufficient or make some money on the side. While raising goats sounds like fun, most people who want to start their own herd simply don't know where to start. Raising Goats for Beginners is a comprehensive, practical guide that...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 9.3 - AR Pts: 16
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"Jan and Antonina Zabinski were Polish Christian zookeepers horrified by Nazi racism, who managed to save over three hundred people. Yet their story has fallen between the seams of history." "Drawing on Antonina's diary and other historical sources, Diane Ackerman re-creates Antonina's life as "the zookeeper's wife," responsible for her own family, the zoo animals, and their "Guests" - Resistance activists and refugee Jews, many of whom Jan had smuggled...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 7
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"I Am Malala. This is my story. Malala Yousafzai was only ten years old when the Taliban took control of her region. They said music was a crime. They said women weren't allowed to go to the market. They said girls couldn't go to school. Raised in a once-peaceful area of Pakistan transformed by terrorism, Malala was taught to stand up for what she believes. So she fought for her right to be educated. And on October 9, 2012, she nearly lost her life...
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2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 7.1 - AR Pts: 7
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"The true story of a group of boy resistance fighters in Denmark after the Nazi invasion"--
"At the outset of World War II, Denmark did not resist German occupation. Deeply ashamed of his nation's leaders, fifteen-year-old Knud Pedersen resolved with his brother and a handful of schoolmates to take action against the Nazis if the adults would not. Naming their secret club after the fiery British leader, the young patriots in the Churchill Club committed...
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In today's political and media environment, people are more divided than ever... Have we as a people changed that much? Has the flow of information from which we form our opinions changed? What happened in the last two years that led to this all-out social war? It wasn't Trump; he was a symptom of a larger issue. The division was already there, lurking under the surface from the Obama era, following one of the most divisive administrations this...
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Historian Goodwin illuminates Lincoln's political genius, as the one-term congressman rises from obscurity to prevail over three gifted rivals to become president. On May 18, 1860, everyone waited for the results from the Republican National Convention. Lincoln won, Goodwin demonstrates, because of his extraordinary ability to put himself in the place of other men. It was this capacity that enabled Lincoln as president to bring his disgruntled opponents...
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2022.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
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"Discover the magical depths of the kelp forest, and all the fascinating creatures living just a paddle's length away-both over and under the waves"--
A girl and her parents paddle into the bay. Over the water pelicans fly; under the water all kinds of sealife go through their daily life. Discover the magical depths of the kelp forest and all the fascinating creatures living just over and under the waves. - adapted from jacket and perusal of book....
59) Airplanes
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.4 - AR Pts: 1
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Text and illustrations teach young children about different types of airplanes and their parts.
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2018.
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*The basis for the wonderfully funny and moving TV series developed by Amy Poehler and Scout Productions*
A charming, practical, and unsentimental approach to putting a home in order while reflecting on the tiny joys that make up a long life.
In Sweden there is a kind of decluttering called döstädning, dö meaning "death" and städning meaning "cleaning." This surprising and invigorating...
A charming, practical, and unsentimental approach to putting a home in order while reflecting on the tiny joys that make up a long life.
In Sweden there is a kind of decluttering called döstädning, dö meaning "death" and städning meaning "cleaning." This surprising and invigorating...