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K-Gr 4A true story about legendary hiker Emma Gatewood ("Grandma Gatewood"), who solo hiked the entire Appalachian Trail at the age of 67 in 1955. Readers will learn a bit about Gatewood's early life, but the text is almost entirely dedicated to her later years and her decision to take on the more than 2,000-mile-long ...
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Book by Vavva, Richard, Morrow, Leslie Mandel; Title: Sadlier Word Study
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Book by McDonnell, Rose A., Le Tourneau, Catherine D., Burrows, Anne V., Ford, Elinor R.; Title: Progress in Mathematics
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GREAT TEACHING TOOL; Title: Progress in Mathematics: Grade 3
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Grade 5 Grammar Workshop offers a complete course in grammar, usage and mechanics skills with an emphasis on the application of these skills to student writing.; Title: Grammar Workshop: Grade 5, Level Blue
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Book by McDonnell, Rose A., Le Tourneau, Catherine D., Burrows, Anne V.; Title: Progress in Mathematics - Grade 6
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Julie K. Rubini is the founder of Claires Day, a childrens book festival in honor of her late daughter. She is the author of Hidden Ohio, Missing Millie Benson: The Secret Case of the Nancy Drew Ghostwriter and Journalist and Virginia Hamilton: America's Storyteller. But most of all, she cherishes her roles as wife to ...
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Book by McDonnell, Rose A., Le Tourneau, Catherine D., Burrows, Anne V., Ford, Elinor R.; Title: Progress In Mathematics, Grade 2 Workbook
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Gr 1-3-The Hewetts return with a book about a Bengal tiger cub growing up in captivity. Clear, full-color photos and very simple text suitable for beginning readers show Tara as a blind newborn in the nursery of the wild-animal park where she lives, going home with Mary so that she can get late-night feedings, at three...
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Grade 1-3-These books follow three animals that live on nature preserves from birth to independence. Each page includes a few sentences of large-print type about the featured animal's life and development and a full-color photo. Puck, a Caribbean flamingo living at Busch Gardens in Tampa, FL, has parents that take turn...
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Judith Jango-Cohen's career began in the classroom, where she created lessons to excite her students' interest in science. Eleven years later, after the birth of her two children, she turned to writing full time. Her adventures as a naturalist and photographer have inspired her forty-two books, which cover an assortmen...
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Kristin L. Nelson loves writing books for children. She has written several titles on animals, famous places, and other topics of interest to young readers.; Title: Farm Tractors (Pull Ahead Books) (Pull Ahead Transportation)
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Kristin L. Nelson loves writing books for children. She has written several titles on animals, famous places, and other topics of interest to young readers.; Title: Monster Trucks (Pull Ahead Books)
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Janet Piehl lives in Evanston, Illinois, and is a children's librarian. She grew up in Shorewood, Wisconsin, and attended Macalester College. Janet has lived, among other places, in the Twin Cities and France. She got her start as a writer working in the editorial department of Lerner. Janet liked the research aspect o...
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Robin Nelson's careers have always kept her surrounded by books--as an elementary teacher, working at a publishing company, and now working as a school library media specialist. But her favorite job is writing books for kids. She has written many nonfiction books for children. She lives with her family in Minneapolis.;...
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Robin Nelson's careers have always kept her surrounded by books--as an elementary teacher, working at a publishing company, and now working as a school library media specialist. But her favorite job is writing books for kids. She has written many nonfiction books for children. She lives with her family in Minneapolis.;...
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Robin Nelson's careers have always kept her surrounded by books--as an elementary teacher, working at a publishing company, and now working as a school library media specialist. But her favorite job is writing books for kids. She has written many nonfiction books for children. She lives with her family in Minneapolis.;...
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Robin Nelson is Professor of Theatre and TV Drama in the Department of Contemporary Arts at Manchester Metropolitan University.; Title: Library Book: Where Is My State? (First Step Nonfiction)
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Robin Nelson's careers have always kept her surrounded by books--as an elementary teacher, working at a publishing company, and now working as a school library media specialist. But her favorite job is writing books for kids. She has written many nonfiction books for children. She lives with her family in Minneapolis.;...
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Grade 3-8-A lovely portrayal of the art of the Inuit people, especially those in Cape Dorset on Baffin Island and in Nunavut, Canada's northern-most province. The only quarrel with this book is that the subtitle leads readers to think that all Inuit art is represented, whereas only one group of Eskimos is featured. Tha...
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Grade 5 Up-Finley examines paintings of several clans and regions of Australia. Artistic methods and the use of materials such as wood, bark, and rock are carefully explained. Because Aboriginal myth and views about land are tied directly to the art, the author includes a discussion of these beliefs and their relations...
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Lee Sullivan Hill has written over twenty books for children.; Title: Earthmovers (Pull Ahead Books) (Pull Ahead Transportation)
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Jeff Savage has written dozens of books for young readers, many of them sports related. His other Amazing Athlete titles include LeBron James, Peyton Manning, Tom Brady, Dale Earnhardt Jr., Danica Patrick, and Travis Pastrana. He frequently visits schools around the country to talk to kids about his work. Jeff Savage h...
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Jeffrey Kuehlke has written many nonfiction books for young readers.; Title: Pickup Trucks (Pull Ahead Books)
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Jeffrey Kuehlke has written many nonfiction books for young readers.; Title: Buses (Pull Ahead Books)
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Robin Nelson's careers have always kept her surrounded by books--as an elementary teacher, working at a publishing company, and now working as a school library media specialist. But her favorite job is writing books for kids. She has written many nonfiction books for children. She lives with her family in Minneapolis.;...
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Grade 5 Up-Although this topic is touched upon in many books about Africa, it is rare to find a whole volume devoted to the subject. Finley focuses on the regions where mask making is most prevalent: the Western Sudan, the Guinea Coast, and Central Africa. The cultures and countries where it was practiced in the past a...
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Lee Sullivan Hill has written over twenty books for children.; Title: Jets (Pull Ahead Books)
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Grade 2-6?A warm-hearted but not prettified view of adoption. Carolyn, nine, narrates this attractive photo-essay about her life in Minneapolis as an adoptee from Honduras. Her brother is also from Honduras; when she was two, she went there with her parents to pick him up. Carolyn experiences the tension between wantin...
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Matt Doeden began his career as a sports writer. Since then, he's spent more than a decade writing and editing children's nonfiction. Matt lives in Minnesota with his family.; Title: Submarines (Pull Ahead Books)
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Jeffrey Kuehlke has written many nonfiction books for young readers.; Title: Warships (Pull Ahead Books)
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Jeffrey Kuehlke has written many nonfiction books for young readers.; Title: Tanks (Pull Ahead Books)
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Grade 6-9-These two titles adapted from the author's Secrets of the Universe: Discovering the Universal Laws of Science (Atheneum, 1987; o.p.) explain the basic principles of matter, thermodynamics, and modern physics. Beginning with Einstein's equation of E=mc2 as the basis of physics, the introduction in both books d...
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Jeff Savage has written dozens of books for young readers. He lives in California and frequently visits schools around the country to talk to kids about his work.; Title: Carly Patterson (Amazing Athletes)
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Gr 5-8-This lively and informative overview includes a general chapter on the Stone Age as well as chapters on ancient America, Greece, and Rome. The writing is lucid and tight, providing well-organized coverage of and focus on the basic agricultural information while offering plenty of interesting and detailed asides....
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Jeffrey Kuehlke has written many nonfiction books for young readers.; Title: Helicopters (Pull Ahead Books)
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Janet Piehl lives in Evanston, Illinois, and is a children's librarian. She grew up in Shorewood, Wisconsin, and attended Macalester College. Janet has lived, among other places, in the Twin Cities and France. She got her start as a writer working in the editorial department of Lerner. Janet liked the research aspect o...
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Grade 4-7. A readable, personal travelogue of the experiences, hardships, and triumphs of a bicycle trip from the northern coast of Africa to the continent's southernmost tip. In 1992, Dan Buettner and his brother, Steve, assembled a multiracial and multinational team of bikers to accompany them on their journey from T...
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Grade 6 Up-Adapted from the author's Secrets of the Universe: Discovering the Universal Laws of Science (Atheneum, 1987; o.p.), these titles each provide a brief introduction to the laws and principles governing a specific area of science. The clean layout and concise coverage include activities for further study, alth...
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Grade 3-5-An excellent introductory guide to an amazing plant-it is inviting in appearance, fun to read, and the information is carefully and logically organized. Starting with a map and a short list of scientific terms, Storad gives a vivid picture of cacti in general, with an emphasis on how they adapt to their seemi...
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Gr 2-5-A basic introduction to these crustaceans, related in an easy-to-read, large-type text and illustrated with full-color photos. Unfortunately, the pictures are often flat and hazy, and the diagram shows only this creature's external parts. The book will fulfill assignment needs, but the format cries out "classroo...
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Grade 2-4-An up-close look at an often-maligned plant. Its life cycle and history are clearly explained and illuminated with labeled drawings and beautiful full-color photographs. "Each tuft of dandelion fluff has a tiny stem. A seed hangs from the end of this stem." And there it is, magnified and ready to fly. The tit...
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Grade 3-5-This concisely written introduction focuses on a common type of beetle with the uncommon ability to produce cold light. The text describes the basic anatomy of all insects, general characteristics of beetles, special physical and behavioral characteristics of fireflies, their natural habitat, life cycle, diet...
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Grade 2-4?In this photo-filled nature book, children get a grand picture of the largest living trees in the world. Wadsworth provides a sharply focused and visually captivating portrayal of the parts, the environment, the life cycle, and the death of a sequoia. The clear, full-color photographs provide graphic illustra...
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Reviewed with Markel's Your Travel Guide to America's Old West.Gr. 4-6. Markel takes on the role of armchair guide, dispatching kids on self-directed tours of the past, using a mix of historical snippets and jaunty observations on typical dress, diet, hazards, and accepted behavior. Cribbing rubrics from modern travel ...
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Gr 5-8-Series titles that provide brief data, full-color photos, and physical maps for the countries on each continent. Both books include information on topography and histories for some of the countries. In Central and South America, text and fact boxes succinctly cover the basics. The maps reflect the political chan...
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"Judith Jango-Cohen's career began in the classroom, where she created lessons to excite her students' interest in science. Eleven years later, after the birth of her two children, she turned to writing full time. Her adventures as a naturalist and photographer have inspired her forty-two books, which cover an asso...
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Kristin L. Nelson loves writing books for children. She has written several titles on animals, famous places, and other topics of interest to young readers.; Title: The Alamo (Pull Ahead Books)
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PreS-Gr 2-Both titles introduce children to the physical characteristics, behaviors, and habitats of a North American species. The books do a nice job of conveying the animals' traits as well as their daily routines. Both books have two to three lines of lively text per page. On each page, a clear, full-color photograp...
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Kristin L. Nelson loves writing books for children. She has written several titles on animals, famous places, and other topics of interest to young readers.; Title: The Lincoln Memorial (Pull Ahead Books)
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Kristin L. Nelson loves writing books for children. She has written several titles on animals, famous places, and other topics of interest to young readers.; Title: The Washington Monument (Pull Ahead Books)
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Gr 5-8-These titles will be appreciated by both report writers and leisure readers. Both books approach their subject by culture and/or period, covering the Stone Age, Middle East, Egypt, China, Greece, and Rome. In the first, Woods discusses the invention and use of six simple machines, establishing a connection betwe...
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Judith Jango-Cohen's career began in the classroom, where she created lessons to excite her students' interest in science. Eleven years later, after the birth of her two children, she turned to writing full time. Her adventures as a naturalist and photographer have inspired her forty-two books, which cover an assortmen...
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<DIV>Beverly Gherman has written biographies about authors, dancers, presidents, scientists, and artists. Her engaging child-accessible style has won her many fans and many awards, including a California Library Beatty Award, a Booklist Editor's Choice, an SCBWI Golden Kite Honor, a Smithsonian Notable Book, an...
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Judith Jango-Cohen's career began in the classroom, where she created lessons to excite her students' interest in science. Eleven years later, after the birth of her two children, she turned to writing full time. Her adventures as a naturalist and photographer have inspired her forty-two books, which cover an assortmen...
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PreSchool-Grade 2-Both titles introduce children to the physical characteristics, behaviors, and habitats of a North American species. The books do a nice job of conveying the animals' traits as well as their daily routines. Both books have two to three lines of lively text per page. On each page, a clear, full-color p...
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Jill Braithwaite has written many nonfiction books for children. She lives in Minneapolis.; Title: The White House (Pull Ahead Books) (Pull Ahead Books: American Symbols)
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Grade 9 UpFrom small family burial plots to the full-service corporate cemeteries of today, Americans' burial and funeral traditions have shifted over time. This detailed book traces those changes in a scholarly way, and includes traditions of Native Americans, slaves, and various ethnic communities. Sepia-toned illust...
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Robin Nelson's careers have always kept her surrounded by books--as an elementary teacher, working at a publishing company, and now working as a school library media specialist. But her favorite job is writing books for kids. She has written many nonfiction books for children. She lives with her family in Minneapolis.;...
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FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. With large, vivid photographs that correspond to simple, short sentences, books in this series reveal the life cycles and processes behind the common, everyday things that beginning readers see in the world around them.; Title: From Wax to Crayon (Start to Finish)
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Grade 4-7-Both authors are sympathetic to their subjects and include a good deal of information about the mistreatment of these indigenous groups by those in authority. The geography of the people's homeland-the climate, the landforms, the flora and fauna, and so forth-is elaborated on, with a focus on how strong an in...
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Robin Nelson's careers have always kept her surrounded by books--as an elementary teacher, working at a publishing company, and now working as a school library media specialist. But her favorite job is writing books for kids. She has written many nonfiction books for children. She lives with her family in Minneapolis.;...
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Grade 4-6-Colorfully bordered spreads introduce each group, the habitat in which they live, the plants and animals native to the region, and early contacts with outsiders. Later spreads consider traditional and modern lifestyles: home construction, foods, clothing and fashion, languages, performing arts, crafts, recrea...
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Grade 3-6-These books focus on the indigenous people of Australia and East Africa. Appealing cover photographs feature an adult and child and the pages are framed to create a photo-album look. The texts begin with information on the land, plants, and animals to set a framework for how people live before moving on to hi...
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Gr 5-7-A travel-guide approach to introducing fifth-century B.C.E. Greece that provides general background, cultural influences, climate, cities to visit, monetary system, local customs, food, accommodations, shopping, etc. A short who's who of famous people and some simple activities wrap up this clever, readable volu...
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Jill Braithwaite has written many nonfiction books for children. She lives in Minneapolis.; Title: The Statue of Liberty (Pull Ahead Books)
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Grade 6 Up. An account of the life and work of the outspoken labor organizer and reformer loaded with her own fiery words and indomitable spirit. Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc.Gr. 6^-10. Like Betsy Harvey Kraft's Mother Jones (1995) and Susan Bartoletti's Growing Up in Coal Country (1996), this account ...
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Grade 5-9-Determined to make a life for herself and help her family out of financial problems, Bly started her reporting career in Pittsburgh, PA, in 1885 for the Dispatch and went on to work for the New York World. Seemingly fearless, she traveled all over the world, most notably around it in 72 days, which Fredeen co...
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Grade 4-6-Colorfully bordered spreads introduce each group, the habitat in which they live, the plants and animals native to the region, and early contacts with outsiders. Later spreads consider traditional and modern lifestyles: home construction, foods, clothing and fashion, languages, performing arts, crafts, recrea...
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Gr. 5^-7. Beginning with Montessori's childhood, this biography describes her struggle to become Italy's first female student of medicine, her development of a new method of education, and the challenges she faced as she traveled throughout the world to spread her way of teaching. In creating a verbal portrait of this ...
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Judith Jango-Cohen's career began in the classroom, where she created lessons to excite her students' interest in science. Eleven years later, after the birth of her two children, she turned to writing full time. Her adventures as a naturalist and photographer have inspired her forty-two books, which cover an assortmen...
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Marlene is an award-winning author of almost 70 titles for readers preschool through adult. She began writing while teaching children with disabilities, producing materials to help her students learn. With time, the desire to write grew stronger. Soon she was writing for a variety of formats--magazines, internet, newsp...
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Grade 6-10-DuTemple covers Cousteau's childhood, education, his many inventions, his work with the French Resistance during World War II, and his lifelong interests in oceanography and photography. The author discusses the dangers Cousteau encountered while diving and filming underwater, and the Calypso, his famous shi...
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Grade 1-2Bullard describes different types of cranes and explains how they are used in construction and other jobs. The average-quality color photographs are informative and help to elucidate the text. A page of facts about cranes and a drawing of a tower crane with the parts labeled are appended. An easy-to-read addit...
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Jennifer S. Larson has written many nonfiction books for young readers.; Title: Mighty Bison (Pull Ahead Books)
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Twisted Journeys(tm) In this Graphic Universe(tm) series, YOU choose what happens next in these full-color, action-packed graphic novels. Throughout the story, the reader selects from several options that determine where the plot will go. Every book has dozens of combinations to explore. Which twists and turns will YOU...
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Nancy Carlson is the author and illustrator of over 60 picture books including bestseller I Like Me! Nancy graduated from the Minneapolis College of Art and Design. When Nancy is not drawing pictures and writing stories you can find her hiking, biking, or playing golf!; Title: Louanne Pig in Witch Lady (Revised Edition...
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Robin Nelson's careers have always kept her surrounded by books--as an elementary teacher, working at a publishing company, and now working as a school library media specialist. But her favorite job is writing books for kids. She has written many nonfiction books for children. She lives with her family in Minneapolis.;...
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PreSchool-Grade 2This ambitious book provides colorful collages, hidden letters, word pictures, and alphabet sentences presented in rhyme while avoiding many of the pitfalls of the genre. By melding together nonsensical sentences that are as wacky as the illustrations, Cleary opens up the field to using verbs and adjec...
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Candice Ransom is the author of more than 120 books for children. Her books have won several awards and have been nominated to many state lists, including the William Allen White Award and the Texas Bluebonnet Award. She holds an MFA in writing for children from Vermont College and an MA in children's literature from H...
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The best-selling Words Are CATegorical(tm) series introduces young readers to different types of words through rhyming verse and illustrations of comical cartoon cats. Offering a lighthearted perspective, each title shows readers the fun and entertaining world of language.Brian P. Cleary is the creator of the best-sell...
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PreSchool-Grade 2While the piggies in the original nursery rhyme number only five, this tale does not end with the unfortunate one who went wee, wee, wee/all the way home. Instead, the imaginative Harris duo envision a new, fun-filled scene and delight readers with the news that Fifth little piggy went,/'We, we, we/We ...
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Gr 4-8-A straightforward, factual biography that begins with Fitzgerald's years as a struggling, homeless teenager who entered singing contests in Harlem. The author continues with descriptions of her subject's early career as the lead vocalist with Chick Webb and His Orchestra; her rise to celebrity status in 1938 at ...
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A former elementary school teacher, Jennifer Boothroyd has written many nonfiction books for children.; Title: Galileo Galilei: A Life of Curiosity (Pull Ahead Books-Biographies)
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Stephen Krensky did not have the kind of childhood anyone would choose to write books about. It was happy and uneventful, with only the occasional bump in the night to keep him on his toes. He started writing at Hamilton College in upstate New York where he graduated in 1975. His first book, A Big Day for Scepters, was...
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Graphic Myths and LegendsThe Graphic Myths and Legends series brings to life some of the most enduring tales from a variety of cultures. Action-packed and richly illustrated, the age-old stories will engage readers in new ways.From the heights of Mount Olympus... ...to the depths of the underworld.The goddess Demeter i...
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"Along with 'celebrity' heroes like Hercules and King Arthur, these mythology-based titles delve into less obvious areas, focusing on figures such as Atalanta, Ali Baba, Isis and Osiris, and Sunjata, a warrior king of Mali. This mythological series is among the most varied and mixes fast-paced storytelling with pertine...
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"Maintains the tone and look of an old Chinese tale . . . with the dynamic art and feel of a contemporary comic book." -- Booklist"This book will be great for those students who are accelerated and looking for more information outside the typical textbook." -- The Graphic ClassroomGraphic Myths and LegendsThe Graphic M...
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Sally M. Walker has been a children's book writer for over 20 years. Most of her books are nonfiction and present various science topics to young readers. Fossil Fish Found Alive is the story of the hunt for the elusive fish called the coelacanth. Sally also enjoys combining science investigation with historical topics...
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Grade 5-9-A readable, reasonably detailed biography of the marine biologist and deep-sea diver who, like Jacques Cousteau, has been a major guardian voice for our planetary ocean. Baker's rather staid text accurately follows Earle's career, from her childhood fascination with a backyard pond to her many projects and ex...
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Stephen Krensky did not have the kind of childhood anyone would choose to write books about. It was happy and uneventful, with only the occasional bump in the night to keep him on his toes. He started writing at Hamilton College in upstate New York where he graduated in 1975. His first book, A Big Day for Scepters, was...
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Deborah Underwood has written many books for children. She lives in San Francisco. www DeborahUnderwoodBooks com.; Title: Colorful Peacocks (Pull Ahead Books)
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This Trailblazer Biographies entry profiles Marshall Taylor, an African American bicyclist who, despite facing prejudice in racing and in life, achieved world renown at the turn of the last century. Following an introductory author's note, Brill's accessible, personable prose vividly relates Taylor's experiences, from ...
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Robin Nelson's careers have always kept her surrounded by books--as an elementary teacher, working at a publishing company, and now working as a school library media specialist. But her favorite job is writing books for kids. She has written many nonfiction books for children. She lives with her family in Minneapolis.;...
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"Along with 'celebrity' heroes like Hercules and King Arthur, these mythology-based titles delve into less obvious areas, focusing on figures such as Atalanta, Ali Baba, Isis and Osiris, and Sunjata, a warrior king of Mali. This mythological series is among the most varied and mixes fast-paced storytelling with pertine...
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"Fast and simple . . . all action, right to the end." -- Library Media Connection"Thor and Loki come through with their humor, hubris, and strength." --BayViewGraphic Myths and LegendsThe Graphic Myths and Legends series brings to life some of the most enduring tales from a variety of cultures. Action-packed and richly...
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Peninnah Schram is a storyteller, teacher, author, a recording artist, and a professor at Stern College of Yeshiva University. She is the author of many books of Jewish folktales and has recorded a CD of folktales, The Minstrel and the Storyteller. She has received many awards for her work including the Covenant Award ...
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Krensky's retelling is simple and fast-moving, ably supported by Reeves's illustrations. --School Library JournalStephen Krensky is the author of many fiction and nonfiction books for children, including the On My Own Folklore and Monster Chronicles series. He has written over sixty children's books. Mr. Krensky lives ...
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"Mallory's enthusiasm is infectious. . . Cartoonlike drawings and large print make the story accessible to early chapter-book readers." -- School Library JournalLaurie Friedman is the author of the popular Mallory series, The Mostly Miserable Life of April Sinclair series, and many award-winning picture books. ...
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"Colorful cartoonlike cats, mice, and other animals present the measurements, using examples such as a desk, door, headboard, and dime." --School Library JournalFrom the author and illustrator duo of the best-selling Words Are Categorical(tm) series, Math Is Categorical(tm) introduces basic math concepts for young read...
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