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Author
Series
Publisher
Candlewick Entertainment
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"It's a sleepover party! Peg and Cat and four Pirates (plus the parrot) are happily drawing, playing games, and watching a video. But when the Pirates start feeling sad and homesick, it's a really big problem. Four sleeping bags (plus a sleeping sock), four pillows (plus a beanbag), and four blankets (plus a hankie) help them all feel cozy enough to go to sleep. But when the parrot's "AWK!" wakes them up again, what can they count on to return to...
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
Jenny Chow, determined to hold her own in her family's annual chopsticks challenge, creates a solution through STEAM trial and error to master those slippery, oh-so-tricky chopsticks. Includes instructions on how to make DIY chopstick tongs.
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
It all begins when Drew and Jonathan are doing what they do best--thinking up big plans for even bigger projects. Will they build a treehouse? A castle? A catapult? They have a whole lot of big ideas, but no one thinks they can do any of them! The twins brainstorm, scribble, and tinker until they have the perfect big plan. They'll save every last penny, sketch out some designs, and make a whole lot of noise--builders aren't known for being quiet--because...
26) The camp problem
Author
Series
Publisher
Candlewick Entertainment
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
It's summertime at Camp Niniwawa. Peg, Cat, and their friends Aki and Richard are in the Gopher bunk - Gophers, they always go for it! Arts and crafts is a welcome distraction from homesickness for Richard, whose love of patterns helps him build a red-and-blue Popsicle-stick ladder. When the Raccoon bunk challenges the Gophers to a friendly battle of the bunks, it's on! Winning a contest earns a bunk ten points - but being a good sport is also important,...
Author
Series
Publisher
QEB Pubishing an imprint of the Quarto Group
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Sammy finds map-reading hard. But when his group loses their map during a flag hunt at scout camp, it's up to Sammy to use his SEN superpowers and find another way to lead them back to the campsite.
Author
Series
Max Einstein volume 4
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Formats
Description
Taking on her biggest challenge yet--preventing climate change from destroying the earth--Max Einstein is pitted against a new evil group that would rather let the whole world crumble than allow her to save the planet.
Author
Publisher
Norton Young Readers, an imprint of W. W. Norton and Company
Pub. Date
[2022]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Rat, Squirrel, Rabbit, and Mouse want to cross the bayou, but next to the log they are considering as a bridge is a sneaky tail, which may be attached to someone dangerous--each of the four approach the problem with a different strategy, with varying results.
Author
Series
Publisher
Candlewick Entertainment
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"When Peg and Cat encounter hungry pirates by the seashore, they've got to think fast. Pirates get cranky when they're hungry, and when pirates are cranky, they sing -- really badly! To spare their ears, Peg and Cat must make sure each pirate gets his fair share of fruit -- the same amount for everyone. And when a sneaky monkey steals a few peaches, Peg and Cat have to divide the fruit up all over again. Will they be able to give everyone an equal...
Author
Series
Publisher
Candlewick Entertainment
Pub. Date
2016.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"It's lunchtime at Peg's Pizza Place! Peg and Cat are excited to take their first order -- from the Teens! -- only to learn that some of their customers want a whole pizza while one of them wants half a pie. How can Peg and Cat make half a pie when they don't know what half is? Luckily, Ramone and Mac are there to help, with a slice up the middle of the pizza. As more customers come in, things get entertaining, with Peg singing a jazzy song and Cat...
Author
Publisher
Make Me a World/Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
From Ashima Shiraishi, one of the world's youngest and most skilled climbers, comes a true story of strength and perseverance--in rock climbing and in life. To a rock climber, a boulder is called a "problem," and you solve it by climbing to the top. There are twists and turns, falls and scrapes, and obstacles that seem insurmountable until you learn to see the possibilities within them. And then there is the moment of triumph, when there's nothing...
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
A fascinating exploration of how insights from computer algorithms can be applied to our everyday lives, helping to solve common decision-making problems and illuminate the workings of the human mind. All our lives are constrained by limited space and time, limits that give rise to a particular set of problems. What should we do, or leave undone, in a day or a lifetime? How much messiness should we accept? What balance of new activities and familiar...
Author
Publisher
RBA Libros
Pub. Date
2019
Language
Español
Description
Vivimos en un mundo tan acelerado que casi siempre buscamos la solución rápida para resolverlo todo. La cruda realidad es que esa solución precipitada no suele arreglar nada. Incluso a veces empeora las cosas. Ha llegado la hora de asumir que los parches no sirven para solventar los grandes problemas y que debemos afrontarlos de una forma meditada y paciente. En esta obra, Carl Honoré ofrece las claves para tomarnos la vida con calma y aprender...
Author
Publisher
Simon Spotlight
Pub. Date
2016.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Daniel Tiger and Miss Elaina learn to compromise when they want to do different things while playing together and receive Teacher Harriet's gentle encouragement to try to fix the problem themselves.
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
A rival group of adults that calls itself Weird Team arrives with a gadget that fixes any odd problem. As a result, Odd Squad is run out of business and all the agents are forced to disband and go back to their lives as regular kids. Using math skills and teamwork, the kids discover Weird Team isn't actually solving problems, but just covering them up.
Author
Publisher
Avid Reader Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"So often in life, we get stuck in a cycle of response. We put out fires. We deal with emergencies. We stay downstream, handling one problem after another, but we never make our way upstream to fix the systems that caused the problems ... [This book] probes the psychological forces that push us downstream--including 'problem blindness,' which can leave us oblivious to serious problems in our midst. And Heath introduces us to the thinkers who have...
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