Anna Claybourne
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English
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This vividly illustrated book, aimed at children aged 6 and older, shines a light on the animal kingdom like never before. Perfect for young animal lovers, The Surprising Lives of Animals is a captivating reading experience that will amaze children and deepen their understanding of the world around them. Did you know that some animals giggle and play just like us? Or that certain animals build their homes, stockpile their food, and use tools? In this...
2) Ice dancing
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
970L
Language
English
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Learn all about dancing on the ice from those who do it.
Author
Series
Publisher
National Geographic
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
144 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Love to tell scary stories around the camp fire? Like to solve mysteries? Brave enough to hear the truth about some pretty freaky phenomena? Then cuddle up with this spooky spine-tingler, filled with delightfully frightful true stories of real-life monsters, doomed domains, menacing mysteries, strange disappearances, and so much more. Meet ghosts, ghouls, and zombies. Go inside haunted houses, hidden graveyards, and deadly secret passages. The Fright-o-meter...
4) Summer
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Summer is a time for fun in the sun-and summer-focused crafts offer the opportunity to have fun while learning summer STEAM concepts. This motivating volume includes more than 10 craft ideas that connect readers with STEAM-related information about the season. Each craft, produced with readily available materials, is presented with at-level step-by-step instructions accompanied by helpful illustrations. Sidebars elaborate on key concepts, and further...
5) Winter
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English
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Winter can usher in different kinds of weather to different parts of the world. Some may love the activities snow and ice bring, while others barely recognize a difference in the weather. This entertaining volume provides answers to the winter-related queries many have about the season. Readers will delight in not only discovering facts about winter but also learning while completing seasonal crafts. Each activity is presented with easy-to-follow...
6) Spring
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Spring is the season of new beginnings. Green leaves grow on trees, flowers pop up from snowy ground, and rainbows can sometimes be glimpsed after spring showers. This motivating volume uses crafts to teach about the scientific concepts connected to the season. Readers will follow easy-to-understand steps to complete each activity, using readily available materials. Sidebars offer more about the science information behind the crafts, including facts...
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English
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Develop your STEAM skills as you design and build your very own space center! This book contains step-by-step projects that give you clear instructions to make every element a model space center needs, including a rocket and launch pad, Mars rover, and satellite.
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English
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Have you ever made a balloon kebab, written a secret message with invisible ink, or grown crystals in a jar?
Find out how to perform lots of amazing experiments at home and learn all about the super-cool science behind them! Brimming with exciting, easy-to-perform experiments this book guarantees hours of fun for budding scientists aged 7+.
ABOUT THE SERIES: Discovery Pack is a science reference series for kids, focusing on a variety of exciting...
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English
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Build a vending machine like ancient Greek engineer Hero of Alexandria did, or a tentacle prosthetic arm like industrial design student Kaylene Kau. This title gives readers both an understanding of mechanics and the skills to investigate great discoveries and works. Exciting and easy-to-understand experiments encourage budding scientists, inventors, engineers, and artists to stand on the shoulders of the curious and creative people who came before...
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English
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Develop your STEAM skills as you design and build your very own amusement park! This book contains step-by-step projects that give you clear instructions on how to make every element a model amusement park needs, including a merry-go-round, ferris wheel, and roller coaster.
14) Make a Castle
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Series
Language
English
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Develop your STEAM skills as you design and build your very own castle! This book contains step-by-step projects that give you clear instructions on how to make every element a model castle needs, including battlements, jousting grounds, and secret rooms, which are fun to build.
15) Deadly Animals
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
The deadliest animal on Earth is also one of the smallest. The mosquito is a vector, or carrier, of diseases that kill millions of people every year. Readers learn about how and why this is, among other facts about animals with other deadly defenses. Full-color photographs highlight the powerful jaws of the grizzly bear, the huge horn of the rhino, and much more. Readers can see some of the world's predators closer than would be possible, even in...
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English
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Perhaps the most successful way to truly grasp an important science concept is to see it in action. This awesome book invites readers to put on their lab coats and transform into scientists. They'll perform several simple experiments by following step-by-step instructions, accompanied by helpful images, and are encouraged to reflect on their results. By each experiment's end, they'll have discovered an essential principle of science for themselves...
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English
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Energy comes in many forms-including sound, heat, electricity, and light-and is perpetually at work all around us. As the inquisitive scientists in this book, readers will come to recognize some key characteristics of energy. Measuring the speed of sound, investigating reflection and refraction, and examining static electricity are a few of the experiments young scientists will undertake, with the help of boxed instructions and bright illustrations....
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English
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Build your own amplifier like experimenter Athanasius Kircher did, or turn the sound of your voice into unusual patterns of art like singer/composer Megan Watts Hughes. This title gives readers both an understanding of the properties of sound and the skills to investigate great discoveries and works. Exciting and easy-to-understand experiments encourage budding scientists, inventors, engineers, and artists to stand on the shoulders of the curious...
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English
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Here's a book about Tokyo that's seriously streetwise. Lonely Planet Kids' City Trails: Tokyo features colourful themed trails, from history and culture to food and nature that reveal amazing facts and intriguing tales that kids won't find on the tourist routes or inside the average guidebook. We'll show them where to bathe in chocolate, climb Japan's tallest tower, meet a giant robot, and lots more! Join Lonely Planet explorers Marco and Amelia as...