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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
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English
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All his life, Dawson has been inventing things, repairing toys in unusual ways, and helping clean up his neighborhood by reusing discarded objects, but when his Vacu-Maniac malfunctions it is his friend Mooey whose brainpower saves the day.
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25 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 30 cm
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English
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Once a month--every week in the summer--Steve the electrician dons special gear and, with the help of youngsters who live in his building, dives into a dumpster seeking useful objects that they can transform into imaginative new ones.
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"In this futuristic high-stakes adventure, humanity clings to cities on the highest mountain peaks above the deadly Fog, and airships transport the pirates of the skies. Daring 13-year-old tetherboy Chess and his salvage crew must face the dark plans of Lord Kodoc and work to save their beloved Mrs. E"--
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm
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English
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Bugs happily living in an empty lot are in trouble when a gang of rats moves in and takes over, but when a group of volunteers arrives to clean up, not only do the bugs get their lot back, they learn about recycling, composting, and garbage dumps. Includes facts about dumps, littering, and recycling.
10) Ship breaker
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English
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In a futuristic world, teenaged Nailer scavenges copper wiring from grounded oil tankers for a living, but when he finds a beached clipper ship with a girl in the wreckage, he has to decide if he should strip the ship for its wealth or rescue the girl.
11) Bailey & Blanket
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 26 cm
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English
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"Everywhere Bailey goes, Blanket goes too. They love to adventure together. Until an uninvited guest joins the family picnic, and . . . disaster strikes. What will life be like without Blanket? Determined to keep the duo on their path of adventure, Dad crafts a plan."--
13) The lost compass
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"Thirteen-year-old tetherboy Chess and his crew may have escaped the slums, but they cannot escape the Fog. When they retreat to the mountaintop sanctuary of Port Oro, they discover that the deadly white mist will soon swallow the entire city. Will the slumkids be able to save Port Oro, or will they run out of time?"--
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 21 cm
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English
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"The Berenstain Bears live in a wonderful place filled with green grass, blue skies, and lots of furry friends. But on a fishing trip at the creek, the Bear family discovers that the town dump is overflowing. It's spilling garbage and oil into the water! Can the Berenstain Bears find a pollution solution before their beloved county is filled with garbage?"--P. [4] of cover.
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"Maggie finds treasure wherever she goes. Whether it's a button, a feather or a shiny stone, she picks it up and takes it home. At first the neighbors and city workers are grateful to Maggie for cleaning up; the mayor even gives her an award. But over time Maggie's collection grows bigger and bigger, until it spills out of her house and garden in an unsightly mess. Her parents tell her "Enough treasure!" and eventually even Maggie realizes that something...
16) Maya's blanket
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 28 cm.
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English
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"When a little girl's cherished baby blanket becomes old and worn, it is made into a dress, and over the years it is made into even smaller and smaller items, eventually ending up as a bookmark and inspiring the creation of a book. Includes an author's note and a glossary"--
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 23 x 29 cm
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English
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Francisco misses his village in El Salvador, and especially flying a kite with his friends, but Mamá can't afford to buy a kite, so he gathers discarded materials around his apartment building and makes his own, which catches the eye of a store owner and leads to a wonderful project.
Francisco extraña a su pueblo en El Salvador, y especialmente volar una cometa con sus amigos, pero Mamá no puede permitirse el lujo de comprar una cometa, por lo...
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34 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 27 cm
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Español
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Ixchel, a young Mayan girl who is not allowed to use her mother's thread to weave, exercises her ingenuity and repurposes plastic bags to create colorful weavings. Includes glossary and author's note.
Ixchel, una joven muchacha maya a la que no se le permite usar el hilo de su madre para tejer, ejerce su ingenio y reutiliza las bolsas de plástico para crear tejidos de colores. Incluye el glosario y la nota del autor.
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77 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 24 cm.
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English
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After a mechanical mishap, studious environmentalist Charlie and artistic Oliver travel back through time and must gather information on recycling throughout the ages to return to the present day.
"Studious environmentalist Charlie is stuck with a science fair partner who seems like her complete opposite: Charlie wants to save the planet, and all Oliver wants is to doodle in his notebook. But when a mechanical mishap sends the two traveling back...
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 28 cm
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English
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"Ahora disponible por primera vez en una edición en español, una historia conmovedora y sencilla que muestra el ingenio de los niños golpeados por la pobreza en todo el mundo. Pablo y su hermana pasan cada día en" Treasure Mountain ", el basurero local. Allí , hurgan en los montículos de basura en busca de artículos que su madre pueda vender para proveer comida para la familia. Ocasionalmente, encuentran un tesoro "real" como una comida aún...
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