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Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 9
Lexile measure
870L
Language
English
Formats
Description
In the fourth book in Lloyd Alexander's The Chronicles of Prydain, Taran must go on yet another journey to find out who he really is. Taran is an Assistant Pig-Keeper no longer he has become a hero. Now he dreams of winning the hand of Princess Eilonwy, but how can someone who has spent his whole life caring for a pig hope to marry royalty? Eager to learn his origins and hoping to discover noble roots, Taran sets off with the faithful Gurgi.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
From the pioneering New York Times bestselling author who brought us Sex and the City comes a wry, witty, and wise look at sex, dating and friendship in New York City after fifty. Twenty years after her sharp, seminal first book Sex and the City reshaped the landscape of pop culture and dating with its fly on the wall look at the mating rituals of the Manhattan elite, the trailblazing Candace Bushnell delivers a new book on the wilds and lows of sex...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 5
Lexile measure
650L
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Marcel loves riding his bicycle, and dreams of competing in the Tour de France, but it is 1942 and German soldiers are everywhere, stopping him as he delivers bread from his parents' bakery around Aucoin--then one day he discovers that it is not just bread he is delivering, and suddenly he finds himself in position of dangerous secrets about his parents and his new friend from Paris, Delphine.
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2011]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
142 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Working long and unforgiving hours on their blizzard-stricken Wyoming range, Spencer Davis and his sons, Luke and Whitney, oversee the life cycles of their horses until headstrong Luke falls in love and begins to assert his independence.
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
A field guide to butterflies and moths around the world, each depicted by a full-color photograph with a caption that describes key features and points of differentiation. The Dorling Kindersley handbooks are the most visually appealing guides on the natural world in the book marketplace. Featuring more than 500 full-color illustrations and photographs, along with detailed annotations. Dorling Kindersley Handbooks make identification easy and accurate....
7) Arañas hobo
Author
Series
Publisher
Gareth Stevens Pub
Pub. Date
2004
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
24 p. : col. ill ; 19 cm.
Language
Español
Description
An introduction to the physical characteristics, behavior, and life cycle of hobo spiders, also known as aggressive house spiders.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"A deluxe hardcover edition of the queen of science fiction's trailblazing novel about a planet full of genderless beings--part of Penguin Galaxy, a collectible series of six sci-fi/fantasy classics, featuring a series introduction by Neil Gaiman. A groundbreaking work of science fiction, The Left Hand of Darkness tells the story of a lone human emissary's mission to Winter, an unknown alien world whose inhabitants can choose--and change--their gender....
10) Shy salamanders
Author
Publisher
Carolrhoda Books
Pub. Date
c1995
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
40 p. : col. ill. ; 20 x 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Describes the physical characteristics, habitat, and life cycle of salamanders, members of one of the three major groups of amphibians.
11) Seals =: Focas
Author
Series
Publisher
PowerKids Press & Editorial Buenas Letras
Pub. Date
[2008]
Edition
First edition, bilingual edition = edition bilingüe.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
24 pages : color illustrations ; 19 x 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Describes the life cycle of a seal, from the birth of a pup to adult.
13) Adding with apes
Author
Publisher
Gareth Stevens Pub
Pub. Date
2012.
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
430L
Physical Desc
24 pages : color illustrations ; 19 cm.
Language
English
Description
Helps early readers learn about basic addition and presents simple facts about apes, their life cycle, behavior, and habitat.
15) Reptiles
Publisher
Gareth Stevens Pub
Pub. Date
2002.
Edition
U.S. edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
32 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color map ; 26 cm.
Language
English
Description
Presents information about various types of reptiles, creatures who have lived on earth for almost 300 million years, including their evolutionary history, physical characteristics, behavior, habitat, life cycle, and more.
Author
Series
Publisher
Dorling Kindersley
Pub. Date
[2002]
Edition
2nd American ed.
Physical Desc
255 pages : color illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Collects annotated photographs and descriptions of over 300 species of insects, crustaceans, and arachnids, such as mayflies, bees, isopods, scorpions, and spiders.
Series
Criterion collection volume 374
Publisher
Image Entertainment [distributor
Pub. Date
2007]
Edition
Restored, digitally transferred version.
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (89 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 guide (75 p.)
Language
Italiano
Description
In postwar, poverty-stricken Rome, a man, hoping to support his desperate family with a new job, loses his bicycle and main means of transportation to work. With his wide-eyed young son in tow, he sets off to track down the thief.
Author
Publisher
Penguin Books
Pub. Date
2013.
Physical Desc
xiv, 270 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"Written with remarkable grace and empathy, The Forest Unseen is a grand tour of nature in all its profundity. Biologist David George Haskell uses a one-square-meter patch of old-growth Tennessee forest as a window onto the entire natural world. Visiting it almost daily for one year to trace nature's path through the seasons, he brings the forest and its inhabitants to vivid life. Beginning with simple observations--a salamander scuttling across the...
Author
Publisher
W.W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
[2015]
Edition
Fifth edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (various pagings): color illustrations, color maps; 28 cm
Language
English
Description
This text features stunning art, the most up-to-date science, and a wealth of online learning tools, all developed under the critical eyes of Stephen Marshak. Heavily revised with remarkably detailed photographs, animations, and maps, the text offers rich and engaging pedagogy, an expanded chapter on energy, and coverage of recent global events, from Hurricane Sandy and the Washington Landslide to Typhoon Haiyan and the Japanese Tsunami.
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