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What Are Inclined Planes?
Helen Frost
Library Binding (Capstone Press, Jan. 1, 2001)Text and photographs present inclined planes and their function as a simple machine.
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Leaf-Cutting Ants
Helen Frost
Library Binding (Capstone Press, Sept. 1, 2002)Text and photographs introduce the physical characteristics and behavior of leaf-cutting ants that live in tropical rain forests.
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The Dairy Group
Helen Frost
Library Binding (Capstone Press, Jan. 1, 2000)Simple text and photographs present the foods that are part of the dairy group and their nutritional importance.
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Keesha's House
Helen Frost
Hardcover (Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR), April 2, 2003)An unforgettable narrative collage told in poemsKeesha has found a safe place to live, and other kids gravitate to her house when they just can’t make it on their own. They are Stephie – pregnant, trying to make the right decisions for herself and those she cares about; Jason – Stephie’s boyfriend, torn between his responsibility to Stephie and the baby and the promise of a college basketball career; Dontay – in foster care while his parents are in prison, feeling unwanted both inside and outside the system; Carmen – arrested on a DUI charge, waiting in a juvenile detention center for a judge to hear her case; Harris – disowned by his father after disclosing that he’s gay, living in his car, and taking care of himself; Katie – angry at her mother’s loyalty to an abusive stepfather, losing herself in long hours of work and school. Stretching the boundaries of traditional poetic forms – sestinas and sonnets – Helen Frost’s extraordinary debut novel for young adults weaves together the stories of these seven teenagers as they courageously struggle to hold their lives together and overcome their difficulties. Keesha's House is a 2004 Bank Street - Best Children's Book of the Year.
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We Need Plumbers
Helen Frost
Library Binding (Capstone Press, Sept. 1, 2004)Simple text and photographs present plumbers and their role in the community including installing and fixing pipes, sinks, toilets, and bathtubs.
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Boa Constrictors
Helen Frost
Library Binding (Capstone Press, Jan. 1, 2002)Text and photographs introduce the physical characteristics and behavior of boa constrictors that live in tropical rain forests.
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Arctic Hares
Helen Frost
Library Binding (Capstone Press, Sept. 1, 2006)Text and photographs introduce the habitat, appearance and behavior of arctic hares.
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Keesha's House
Helen Frost
Paperback (Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR), Feb. 20, 2007)An unforgettable narrative collage told in poemsKeesha has found a safe place to live, and other kids gravitate to her house when they just can’t make it on their own. They are Stephie – pregnant, trying to make the right decisions for herself and those she cares about; Jason – Stephie’s boyfriend, torn between his responsibility to Stephie and the baby and the promise of a college basketball career; Dontay – in foster care while his parents are in prison, feeling unwanted both inside and outside the system; Carmen – arrested on a DUI charge, waiting in a juvenile detention center for a judge to hear her case; Harris – disowned by his father after disclosing that he’s gay, living in his car, and taking care of himself; Katie – angry at her mother’s loyalty to an abusive stepfather, losing herself in long hours of work and school. Stretching the boundaries of traditional poetic forms – sestinas and sonnets – Helen Frost’s extraordinary debut novel for young adults weaves together the stories of these seven teenagers as they courageously struggle to hold their lives together and overcome their difficulties. Keesha's House is a 2004 Bank Street - Best Children's Book of the Year.
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