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"The Anthropocene is the current geological age, in which human activity has profoundly shaped the planet and its biodiversity. In this remarkable symphony of essays adapted and expanded from his groundbreaking podcast, John Green reviews different facets of the human-centered planet-from the QWERTY keyboard and Staphylococcus aureus to the Taco Bell breakfast menu-on a five-star scale. John Green's gift for storytelling shines throughout this artfully...
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In July 2015, a young black woman named Sandra Bland was pulled over for a minor traffic violation in rural Texas. Minutes later she was arrested and jailed. Three days later, she committed suicide in her cell. What went wrong? Talking to Strangers is all about what happens when we encounter people we don't know, why it often goes awry, and what it says about us. How do we make sense of the unfamiliar? Why are we so bad at judging someone, reading...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 1
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730L
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English
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Presents an assortment of facts about the qualifications and characteristics of U.S. presidents, from George Washington to Barack Obama.
This new version of the Caldecott-winning classic by illustrator David Small and author Judith St. George is updated with current facts and new illustrations to include our forty-second president, George W. Bush. Hilariously illustrated by Small, this celebration by St. George shows us the foibles, quirks and humanity...
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2012.
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"Life can be hard: your lover cheats on you; you lose a family member; you can't pay the bills. And it can be great: you've had the hottest sex of your life; you get that plum job; you muster the courage to write your novel. Sugar--the once-anonymous online columnist at The Rumpus, now revealed as Cheryl Strayed, author of the bestselling memoir Wild--is the person thousands turn to for advice. [This book] brings the best of Dear Sugar together in...
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Millions of people visit xkcd.com each week to read Randall Munroe's iconic webcomic. His stick-figure drawings about science, technology, language, and love have a large and passionate following. Fans of xkcd ask Munroe a lot of strange questions. What if you tried to hit a baseball pitched at 90 percent the speed of light? How fast can you hit a speed bump while driving and live? If there was a robot apocalypse, how long would humanity last? In...
6) Actual size
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Discusses and gives examples of the size and weight of various animals and parts of animals.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 9.6 - AR Pts: 13
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English
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Whether investigating a solution to global warming or explaining why the price of oral sex has fallen so drastically, Levitt and Dubner mix smart thinking and great storytelling to show how people respond to incentives.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
510L
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English
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Animals can do amazing things with their ears, eyes, mouths, noses, feet, and tails. Some of the skills are highlighted in this interactive guessing book. What bird has blue feet and what does he do with them that's special?
10) Star Wars
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Look and Find is everyone's favorite! Search busy scenes for colorful characters, and have hours of quiet fun. In each of the eight full-spread scenes based on the Star Wars films, children look for six to eight "find'ems." The last spread of the book contains bonus find'ems for each scene.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 1
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860L
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English
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Presents facts about the lack of sanitation, personal hygiene, dental care, antibiotics, and insecticides in eighteenth-century America and the unfortunate results this had on everyday living conditions.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.8 - AR Pts: 2
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English
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Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, Newt Scamander's classic compendium of magical creatures, has delighted generations of wizarding readers. With this new edition, Muggles too will have the chance to discover where the Runespoor lives, what the Puffskein eats, and why shiny objects should always be kept away from the Niffler.
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National Geographic
Pub. Date
[2013]
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English
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"National Geographic answers all the questions about how things work--the science, technology, biology, chemistry, physics, and mechanics--in an indispensible book that reveals the science behind virtually everything. How does the voice of a distant radio announcer make it through your alarm clock in the morning? How does your gas stove work? How does the remote control open your garage door? What happens when you turn the key in the ignition? What...
19) Space
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IG 1050L
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English
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Contains facts about and photographs of space-related topics, such as shuttles, planets, meteorites, and astronauts.
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Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
1995.
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IL: LG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 1
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 20 x 24 cm
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English
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The magic school bus changes into a hot-air balloon and then an airplane as Ms. Frizzle takes her class on a field trip into the eye of a hurricane for a lesson in meteorology.
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