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Author
Series
Magic tree house fact trackers volume 30
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
What did it mean to be a ninja or a samurai? Did they really have special abilities? What was life like for them in ancient Japan? Find out the answers to these questions and more as Jack and Annie track the facts behind some of history's most intriguing and secretive figures.
83) Sharks and other predators: a nonfiction companion to Magic tree house, #53 : Shadow of the shark
Author
Series
Magic tree house fact trackers volume 32
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
When Jack and Annie came back from their adventure in Magic Tree House #53: Shadow of the shark, they had lots of questions. This book answers their -- and your -- questions about sharks!
Author
Series
Magic tree house fact trackers volume 34
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"A nonfiction companion to Magic Tree House #54: Balto of the Blue dawn."--
Author
Series
Magic tree house fact trackers volume 36
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
2017.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Get up close and personal with Apis, one honeybee, as she embarks on her journey through life, complete with exquisitely detailed illustrations. Beginning at birth, the honeybee emerges through the wax cap of her cell and is driven to protect and take care of her hive. She cleans the nursery and feeds the larvae and the queen. But is she strong enough to fly? Not yet! She builds wax comb to store honey, and transfers pollen from other bees into the...
Author
Publisher
Scribner
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"Dazzlingly, daringly written, marrying the thoughtful originality of Maggie Nelson's The Argonauts with the revelatory power of Neurotribes and The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down, this propulsive, stunning book illuminates the experience of living with schizophrenia like never before. Sandra Allen did not know her uncle Bob very well. As a child, she had been told he was "crazy," that he had spent time in mental hospitals while growing up in...
Author
Series
Magic tree house fact trackers volume 22
Publisher
Random House Children's Books
Pub. Date
2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
The #1 bestselling chapter book series of all time celebrates 25 years with new covers and a new, easy-to-use numbering system! Getting the facts behind the fiction has never looked better. Track the facts with Jack and Annie!!
When Jack and Annie got back from their adventure in Magic Tree House Merlin Mission #16: A Ghost Tale for Christmas Time, they had lots of questions. Why did Charles Dickens write A Christmas...
When Jack and Annie got back from their adventure in Magic Tree House Merlin Mission #16: A Ghost Tale for Christmas Time, they had lots of questions. Why did Charles Dickens write A Christmas...
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"The Shell Game is an anthology of magical essays that borrow their structures from ordinary, everyday sources : a recipe, a crossword puzzle, a Craig's List ad. This volume contains a carefully chosen selection of beautifully written, thought-provoking hybrid essays tackling a broad range of subjects"--
Author
Publisher
Harper Perennial
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
The New York Times bestselling author of How to Read Literature Like a Professor uses the same skills to teach how to access accurate information in a rapidly changing 24/7 news cycle and become better readers, thinkers, and consumers of media.
Author
Publisher
Gecko Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"We live in our bodies for life, so it's a good idea to understand them. Any Body looks from the outside and the inside, answering questions about our bodies and how we feel about them. It looks at how our bodies change and how we can change our bodies. It includes interesting facts about skin, hair, and body functions alongside the questions that may affect us from puberty and beyond - gender identity, beauty, self-confidence, how other people react...
95) Why we swim
Author
Publisher
Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"Bonnie Tsui looks at our love affair with the water, from evolution to mythology, from survival and well-being, from community swim clubs to competitive races, and she goes around the world to explore its significance in many cultures"--
Author
Series
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2014].
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A companion book to "Day of the Dragon King" presents facts about the real dragon king, the construction of the Great Wall of China, and the traditions associated with Chinese New Year.
Author
Publisher
Ten Speed Press
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
"This irreverent guide to crafting personal essays and creative nonfiction takes inspiration from the father of the essay, Michele de Montaigne, using lively essays to answer writing questions from top writers like Cheryl Strayed and Philip Lopate"--
Author
Series
Publisher
Tundra Books
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Meet Frank. He's a 300-pound python with 100 pointy teeth, night vision and a killer squeeze. And he wants you to join him for a moonlight walk. I hope he's not hungry. But don't be afraid to say yes. If you follow my expert advice, you'll survive with style! Trust me. I'm a classy cockroach. What could possibly go wrong?
100) 24 hours in space
Author
Publisher
Usborne Publishing Limited
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Join an astronaut for a day as she goes on her first ever spacewalk, and new crew members arrive. Find out how she trained for her mission and what it's like living and working in space. How do you eat and drink at zero gravity? How do space toilets work? What are space suits designed for?"--Provided by publisher.
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