Candace Fleming
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292 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
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English
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From the acclaimed author of Amelia Lost and The Lincolns comes a heartrending narrative nonfiction page-turner -- and a perfect resource for meeting Common Core standards. When Russia's last tsar, Nicholas II, inherited the throne in 1894, he was unprepared to do so. With their four daughters (including Anastasia) and only son, a hemophiliac, Nicholas and his reclusive wife, Alexandra, buried their heads in the sand, living a life of opulence as...
9) Penny & Pip
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 25 cm
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English
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Penny goes on a class field trip to the museum and befriends a baby dinosaur.
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm
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Español
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Después de plantar el jardín que ha soñado durante años, el Sr. McGreely trata de encontrar la forma de evitar que algunos conejitos persistentes coman todas sus verduras.
After planting the garden he has dreamed of for years, Mr. McGreely tries to find a way to keep some persistent bunnies from eating all his vegetables.
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151 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
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Biography of P.T. Barnum, showman and founder of the Barnum & Bailey Circus. Readers can visit Barnum's American Museum; meet Tom Thumb, the miniature man (only 39 in. tall) and his tinier bride (32 in.); experience the thrill Barnum must have felt when, at age 60, he joined the circus; and discover Barnum's legacy.
12) Oh, no!
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 28 cm
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English
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A series of animals falls into a deep hole, only to be saved at last by a very large rescuer.
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40 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 26 x 26 cm
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English
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"Twice a day when the tide goes out, an astonishing world is revealed in the tide pools that form along the Pacific Coast. Some of the creatures that live here look like stone. Others look like plants. Some move so slowly it's hard to tell if they're moving at all, while others are so fast you're not sure you really saw them. The biggest animals in the pool are smaller than your hand, while the smallest can't be seen at all without a microscope....
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xiii, 176 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm
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English
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There has hardly been a life in the last century that Eleanor Roosevelt has not affected, in one way or another. From securing safe, low-cost housing for Kentucky's poor, to helping her grandchildren hang a tire swing on the White House's south lawn, to representing America as the first female delegate to the United Nations, Eleanor rarely kept a second of her life for herself -- and she wouldn't have had it any other way.
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xii, 273 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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English
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"This, the first significant biography of Buffalo Bill Cody for younger readers in many years, explains it all. With copious archival illustrations and a handsome design, "Presenting Buffalo Bill "makes the great showman come alive for new generations. Extensive back matter, bibliography, and source notes complete the package."--