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1) Powwow Day
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River wants so badly to dance at the powwow as she does every year. But she's recovering from illness and can't this time. Will she ever dance again? Follow River's journey from feeling isolated after an illness to learning the healing power of community. Additional information explains the history and functions of powwows, which are commonplace across the United States and Canada and are open to both Native Americans and non-Native visitors. Author...
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Predators specialize in different strategies of killing techniques. From silent, unseen ambush assassins to immense power, stealth, and camouflage, these creatures are at the top of their game. Equipped with super-senses, ingenious strategies, lightning-fast reactions, and incredible physiological adaptations that have been perfected over millennia, their prey doesn't stand a chance.
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Alone they may be weak, but with strength in numbers, some African creatures are deadly. Wild dogs the size of household pets conquer prey more than ten times their size, and the tiny mongoose's tight family unit keeps it out of trouble. Buffalo travel in herds up to 1,000 strong, and when threatened, they attack in force. During the annual Sardine Run, a super-pod of common dolphins up to 5,000 rely on their military precision to outmaneuver sharks...
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The alienlike jaws of a moray eel and the remarkably fast strike speed of a puff adder are just two of the deadly weapons featured in Africa's Deadliest: Lethal Weapons. During mating season, male elephants duke it out with their massive tusks that grow to ten feet long. A moray eel uses a second set of jaws in the back of its throat to snatch prey. The octopus camouflages itself until a hapless victim wanders too close.
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It's science time! Highlights Explore & Learn! videos combine educational segments with entertaining storytelling that will encourage young children's curiosity around science topics. In A Year Around the Sun, viewers will explore the seasons and how the earth is constantly changing. Highlights is an essential part of childhood, inspiring memorable experiences for generations of families. Highlights' Fun with a Purpose! philosophy has helped children...
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It's science time! Highlights Explore & Learn! videos combine educational segments with entertaining storytelling that will encourage young children's curiosity around science topics. In How Our Bodies Work, viewers will explore the human body and all of the amazing things that it can do! Highlights is an essential part of childhood, inspiring memorable experiences for generations of families. Highlights' Fun with a Purpose! philosophy has helped...
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It's science time! Highlights Explore & Learn! videos combine educational segments with entertaining storytelling that will encourage young children's curiosity around science topics. In Engineering is Everywhere, viewers will explore how force affects us every day and how technology has helped lead us to new discoveries! Highlights is an essential part of childhood, inspiring memorable experiences for generations of families. Highlights' Fun with...
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It's science time! Highlights Explore & Learn! videos combine educational segments with entertaining storytelling that will encourage young children's curiosity around science topics. In Energy and How We Use It, viewers will learn about electricity, wind power, and even robots! Highlights is an essential part of childhood, inspiring memorable experiences for generations of families. Highlights' Fun with a Purpose! philosophy has helped children grow...
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It's science time! Highlights Explore & Learn! videos combine educational segments with entertaining storytelling that will encourage young children's curiosity around science topics. In Planet Earth, Our Home, viewers will learn all about recycling and what we can do to help the environment. Highlights is an essential part of childhood, inspiring memorable experiences for generations of families. Highlights' Fun with a Purpose! philosophy has helped...
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Madagascar's creatures have developed some of the strangest survival methods and physical adaptations Mother Nature has to offer. Rare and spectacularly striking, this curious collection of odd critters is unlike anything else on Earth. Thriving everywhere from the tangled forests of the east to the arid plains of the west, these wonderful creatures raise the bar for the meaning of bizarre.
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The scientific community is convinced that within the next decades, we will unveil one of the greatest mysteries of the universe, and find life beyond Earth. We can't know yet if the discovery of life will happen in our solar system, or in another remote place in the universe, but it's clear that the next generation will witness a finding that challenges our understanding of the universe. Life forms in the most extreme conditions on Earth. Organisms...
12) Kid's Bible CEV
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The Kid's Bible CEV: The Lion of Judah Edition. This Audio Bible is professionally dramatized, with sound effects, and delivers the Bible Word for Word with a cast of narrators. From Matthew to Revelation, the Bible comes to life as your child (and you) experiences all the stories like never before. Every one of these professional performers loves Jesus and desired to bring glory to Him as they present the Holy Bible. Built into this 19-hour long...
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This collection, originally assembled by the author in 1922, features some of F. Scott Fitzgerald's most impressive and recognized pieces of short fiction. Divided into three parts, the tales are a diverse assortment, including the whimsical "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button," the visceral "May Day," and the adventurous "The Diamond as Big as the Ritz."
Although he is better known for novels such as The Great Gatsby and Tender Is the Night, Fitzgerald...
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Classic Books Library presents this new beautiful edition of William Shakespeare's play, "Pericles, Prince of Tyre", featuring a specially commissioned new biography of William Shakespeare. In "Pericles", a father loses his wife, who dies at sea during childbirth. Upon land, Pericles entrusts his new-born daughter, Marina, to the Governor of Tarsus and his wife. Fourteen years later, Marina escapes a deadly plan, devised by the jealous Governor's...
16) Redwall
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Redwall volume 1
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When the peaceful life of ancient Redwall Abbey is shattered by the arrival of the evil rat Cluny and his villainous hordes, Matthias, a young mouse, determines to find the legendary sword of Martin the Warrior which, he is convinced, will help Redwall's inhabitants destroy the enemy.
17) Cry Baby
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Tom Thorne novels volume 17
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In the summer of 1996, two boys run from a playground into the adjoining woods, but only one comes out. DS Tom Thorne takes on the case-which quickly spirals out of control when two people connected to the missing boy are murdered.
As London prepares to host the European Soccer Championships, Thorne fights to keep on top of a baffling investigation while also dealing with the ugly fallout of his broken marriage ...
18) Boston Blackie
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Whether he is fighting the police or the criminal underworld, Boston Blackie always stands up for what's right Sure, Boston Blackie is a jewel thief and a safecracker, but he's a criminal with code. He ensures that the worst villains get what's coming to them while the honorable ones stay out on the street-where, like Blackie, they do more good than harm. In this classic collection of adventures, with his dependable wife and getaway driver, Mary,...
19) Too Many Carrots
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The bestselling picture book that Publisher's Weekly calls "simultaneously sassy and sweet." Rabbit loves carrots and that's a big problem! In this phenomenal bestseller, Rabbit loves carrots a little too much. In fact, his carrots are crowding him out of his cozy burrow. When his friends offer to help, they're just asking for trouble, a lot of trouble! This charming and lovingly illustrated children's book, by acclaimed author Katy Hudson (A Loud...
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Redwall volume 8
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IL: MG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 15
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The destinies of the badger lord dubbed Sunflash and his mortal enemy, the ferret warlord Swartt Sixclaw, are entwined with those of many creatures, particularly the inhabitants of Redwall Abbey.