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1) Baseball
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72 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 cm + 1 CD-ROM (4 3/4 in.) + 1 folded-out wall chart.
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English
Description
Text and detailed photographs present the history, techniques, and interesting facts of baseball.
2) Snakes!
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Animal Planet chapter books volume 4
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111 pages : color illustrations ; 20 cm.
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English
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Introduces snakes from around the world, from massive anacondas and pythons to fierce vipers and cobras.
3) Bugs!
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Animal Planet chapter books volume 3
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111 pages : color illustrations ; 21 cm.
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English
Description
Presents facts about insects, covering their anatomy, senses, eating behavior, and reproduction.
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128 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 20 cm.
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English
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"Alexander Hamilton is known not only for his political brilliance, but also for his strong principles and astonishing achievements. In this biography for kids 8-12, read about how, from humble beginnings as an orphan, Hamilton defied all the odds and made a lasting name for himself in many arenas, including politics, finance, and the military."--
8) Who is Pele?
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106 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
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English
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Presents the life of the soccer star, discussing his childhood in Brazil, his relationship with his father, who taught him the sport, his role on the first Brazilian team to win the World Cup, and scoring his thousandth goal.
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105 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
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Español
Description
Traces the life and accomplishments of the professional baseball player, from his heroics on the field to his humanitarian efforts and his untimely death.
Growing up the youngest of seven children in Puerto Rico, Roberto Clemente had a talent for baseball. His incredible skill soon got him drafted into the big leagues where he spent 18 seasons playing right field for the Pittsburgh Pirates. Who Was Roberto Clemente? tells the story of this remarkable...
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108 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
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English
Description
African American educator, author, speaker, and advisor to presidents of the United States, Booker Taliaferro Washington was the leading voice of former slaves and their descendants during the late 1800s. As part of the last generation of leaders born into slavery, Booker believed that blacks could better progress in society through education and entrepreneurship, rather than trying to directly challenge the Jim Crow segregation.
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103 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
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English
Description
"As a boy he preferred reading sea stories to doing homework and, at age 16, became an apprentice seaman. Subsequently, Ernest Shackleton's incredible journeys to the South Pole in the early 1900s made him one of the most famous explorers of modern times. His courage in the face of dangerous conditions and unforeseeable tragedies reveal the great leader that he was. His historic 1914 journey aboard the Endurance has all the drama of an action movie."--...
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108 pages : illustrations, map ; 20 cm.
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English
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"By the time the United States joined the Second World War in 1941, the fight against Nazi and Axis powers had already been under way for two years. In order to win the war and protect its soldiers, the US Marines recruited twenty-nine Navajo men to create a secret code that could be used to send military messages quickly and safely across battlefields. Author James Buckley Jr. explains how these brave and intelligent men developed their amazing code,...
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103 pages : illustrations, map ; 20 cm.
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Español
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Presents the lives and accomplishments of the Wright brothers, high school dropouts from Dayton, Ohio, who started out repairing bicycles and went on to build and fly the first successful airplane.
Presenta la vida y los logros de los hermanos Wright, abandonan la escuela secundaria de Dayton, Ohio, que comenzó a cabo la reparación de bicicletas y pasó a construir y volar el primer avión con éxito.
14) A batboy's day
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32 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Describes the duties of a batboy for the Anaheim Angels baseball team.
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