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Series
Chronicles of Narnia volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
Four English schoolchildren find their way through the back of a wardrobe into the magic land of Narnia and assist its ruler, the golden lion Aslan, to triumph over the White Witch, who has cursed the land with eternal winter.
Author
Series
Anansi books volume 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
Anansi the spider plans to trick Turtle into catching a fish for his dinner, but Turtle proves to be smarter and ends up with a free meal. Explains the origin of spider webs.
8) King Lear
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Presents Shakespeare's tragedy of a foolish and self-indulgent king who learns, late in life and after terrible suffering, the value of self-knowledge.
Author
Series
Bryant and May mysteries volume 7
Language
English
Formats
Description
Drawn together by a series of bizarre murders involving beheaded victims, the members of London's Peculiar Crimes Unit search for clues beneath the medieval buildings of St. Pancras Church, where they unearth a disturbing history of Christian rites and pagan rituals.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
In 1979 a secret unit was established by the most gifted minds within the US army. Defying all known accepted military practice, and indeed, the laws of physics, they believed that a soldier could adopt the cloak of invisibility, pass cleanly through walls and, perhaps most chillingly, kill goats just by staring at them. Entrusted with defending America from all known adversaries, they were the First Earth Battalion. And they really weren't joking....
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
"New York Times bestselling and award-winning author Jason Reynolds’s debut picture book is a snappy, joyous ode to Word King, literary genius, and glass-ceiling smasher Langston Hughes and the luminaries he inspired. Back in the day, there was a heckuva party, a jam, for a word-making man. The King of Letters. Langston Hughes. His ABCs became drums, bumping jumping thumping like a heart the size of the whole country. They sent some people yelling...
13) Lithuanian
Series
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
p2006
Language
Lithuanian
Description
Provides the beginning language strategies that will allow you to greet native speakers, to make your needs known, and to satisfy your basic requirements when traveling in Lithuania.
14) Basic Vietnamese
Publisher
Simon & Schuster's Pimsleur
Pub. Date
p2006
Language
English
Description
"The course contains ten 30-minute lessons. Grammar and vocabulary are taught together in everyday conversation. Includes interactive audio-only instruction that teaches the spoken Vietnamese language organically"--Container.
Author
Publisher
Brilliance Audio
Pub. Date
cp2012
Language
English
Description
A chronicle of Lyndon B. Johnson's life from 1958 to 1964, from his presidency campaign to his time as vice president under Kennedy and his eventual becoming of president in the wake of JFK's assassination.
A latest entry in the award-winning series that includes The Path to Power profiles the 36th President's volatile relationships with John Kennedy and Robert Kennedy, describes JFK's assassination from Johnson's viewpoint and recounts his accomplishments...
Author
Series
Skippyjon Jones (Picture books) volume 7
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2012]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Skippyjon Jones, the Siamese cat that thinks he is a Chihuahua dog, joins the Cirque de Olé where his pals, the Chimichango gang, perform feats of derring-do. Who else but Skippito the Strong can perform the trickiest stunt of all.
17) Dream weaver
Author
Series
Publisher
[Library Ideas, LLC]
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Dream Weaver is a vibrantly illustrated picture book based on Gary Wright's 1975 breakout single from his platinum-selling album The Dream Weaver, which has sold over two million copies. 'Dream Weaver' peaked at #2 on Billboard's Hot 100 chart and reached #1 in Canada. The song's popularity continued long after its release, and in 1991, Wright recorded a new version for the Wayne's World soundtrack; the soundtrack reached #1 on Billboard's soundtrack...
Author
Series
Publisher
[Library Ideas, LLC]
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"Fantastic plants cover our world. But which ones are the smelliest, thorniest, or largest? Through easy-to-read text, amazing photos, and a fun activity, beginning readers will learn all about the most extreme plants growing on our planet"--
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