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  • How Do We Get to the Moon?

    Robert Rosen, Brett Curzon

    Paperback (Ready Readers, Aug. 1, 2017)
    Barry and Terry want to make a rocket. They decide to recycle household materials for their project. Will they get to the moon? This Ready Readers title targets alphabetic principle and encourages phonemic awareness. Paired to the nonfiction title Our Moon.
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  • Arnold Plays Baseball

    Patricia Whitehead, G. Brian Karas

    Paperback (Troll Communications Llc, Feb. 1, 1986)
    Arnold is unhappy and restless when rainy weather keeps him from playing his favorite game, baseball. A letter of the alphabet appears on each page accompanied by an appropriate word from the text.
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  • DK Adventures: Jungle Adventures

    Katy Lennon

    Hardcover (DK Children, July 7, 2015)
    Is your child interested in surviving in the jungle and learning about jungle animals? DK Adventures: Jungle Adventures is the perfect book for learning more about the jungle! This book combines story and visual elements to appeal to both avid readers and visual learners. With the jungle facts and adventures story in DK Adventures: Jungle Adventure, kids might not realize they're learning at all! In DK Adventures: Jungle Adventure, we join Charlotte and a team of scientists on an expedition to explore Cambodia's wildlife. Learn how to survive and how to find animals in the jungle. Experience the mosquitoes, snakes, and torrential rain of the rainforest, and join the team as they encounter frogs, monkeys, and even a tiger! Kids will be excited about discovering the elusive Siamese crocodile, and will be eager to see if Charlotte can overcome her fear of camping. DK Adventures is a book series that reluctant readers can enjoy as much as bookworms do! This series combines captivating, fictional stories with nonfiction facts to encourage learning and engagement in your child. The stories keep children interested, and the facts teach critical skills and knowledge — the fiction and nonfiction elements work together to keep each child's interest high, to build knowledge, and to enrich the narrative reading experience with fascinating background information. These books are filled with information, but the stories make them incredibly readable. DK Adventures are available in a range of kid-friendly topics, including dinosaurs, cars, and the human body, and each book supports Common Core State Standards and literacy skills.
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  • The Dynamic World of Drones: Max Axiom STEM Adventures

    Nikole Brooks Bethea, Iman Max

    Library Binding (Capstone Press, Aug. 1, 2017)
    Join super scientist Max Axiom as he explores the technology behind and everyday use of drones in our world. Science and engineering content central to the STEM Initiative comes alive in full-color graphic novel format. Max's adventures make it all fun!
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  • DK Adventures: Shipwreck: Surviving the Storm

    Caryn Jenner

    Hardcover (DK Children, Sept. 15, 2015)
    Discover what it's like on board a modern ship and how the weather can affect sailing. Find out about famous shipwrecks, and human and animal survivors' stories.DK Adventures is a nonfiction series for kids ages 8-11 featuring visually rich theme spreads, and fascinating facts that help kids build their skills in vocabulary, grammar, comprehension, and critical thinking while developing a love of reading. Designed to keep interest high, build knowledge, and enrich the reading experience with fascinating background information, each title in the DK Adventures series is filled with information yet eminently accessible, and available in a wide range of kid-favorite topics including rain forests, animals, rocks, and shipwrecks.
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  • DK Adventures: Twister!: A Terrifying Tale of Superstorms

    Samone Bos

    Hardcover (DK Children, April 21, 2014)
    When Jeremy visits his twin cousins Jack and Flash in Oklahoma, he gets a big surprise: they're storm chasers! They live in a region called Tornado Alley, an area with more tornadoes than anywhere else in the world. Jack and Flash travel around Tornado Alley looking for tornadoes, and Jeremy's coming with them on their next mission. In Twister! Jeremy and his cousins encounter giant hailstones, awesome lightning, and funnel clouds, but will they get to see a tornado face-to-face? And will they get sucked up into its trail of destruction? DK Adventures are an innovative mix of narrative and nonfiction for kids ages 8-11 featuring engaging, action-packed stories that help kids build their skills in vocabulary, grammar, comprehension, and critical thinking while developing a love of reading. With diaries, recipes, poetry, instructions, graphics, or songs, the genre spreads in each DK Adventures title enhance the story and reinforce curriculum learning, while the expansive range of entertaining nonfiction subjects will appeal to boys and girls everywhere. Supports the Common Core State Standards.
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  • DK Adventures: Myths and Legends

    DK Publishing

    Hardcover (DK Children, Oct. 6, 2015)
    Let your imaginations soar and be whisked away on a magical journey around the world, retelling myths and legends from long ago. Meet the mischievous tricksters, the brave heroes and the all-powerful creator gods from ancient cultures and find out how they overcome the giants, the shapeshifters and the lure of sea-maidens in DK Adventures: Myths and Legends.DK Adventures is a nonfiction series for kids ages 8-11 featuring visually rich theme spreads, and fascinating facts that help kids build their skills in vocabulary, grammar, comprehension, and critical thinking while developing a love of reading. Designed to keep interest high, build knowledge, and enrich the reading experience with fascinating background information, each title in the DK Adventures series is filled with information yet eminently accessible, and available in a wide range of kid-favorite topics including rain forests, animals, rocks, and shipwrecks.
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  • DK Adventures: The First Telephone

    DK Publishing

    Hardcover (DK Children, Oct. 6, 2015)
    In The First Telephone, discover Alexander Graham Bell's story and his determination to be the first to invent a transmitter to carry a spoken message that would transform communications. With the help of Thomas Watson, Bell perseveres and records his step-by-step progress against the wishes of his sponsors. With Elisha Gray and many others are submitting patents too, the race is on.DK Adventures is a nonfiction series for kids ages 8-11 featuring visually rich theme spreads, and fascinating facts that help kids build their skills in vocabulary, grammar, comprehension, and critical thinking while developing a love of reading. Designed to keep interest high, build knowledge, and enrich the reading experience with fascinating background information, each title in the DK Adventures series is filled with information yet eminently accessible, and available in a wide range of kid-favorite topics including rain forests, animals, rocks, and shipwrecks.
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  • The Remarkable World of Robots: Max Axiom STEM Adventures

    Agnieszka Jòzefina Biskup, Iman Max

    Library Binding (Capstone Press, Aug. 1, 2017)
    Join super scientist Max Axiom as he explores the technology behind and everyday use of robots in our world. Science and engineering content central to the STEM Initiative comes alive in full-color graphic novel format. Max's adventures make it all fun!
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  • Perfect Jack-O'-Lantern

    Victoria Abbott, Marcin Piwowarski

    Paperback (Ready Readers, Aug. 1, 2017)
    How do you make the perfect jack-o-lantern? With the right pumpkin and some help from your mom, that’s how.
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  • DK Adventures: Bug Hunters

    DK

    Hardcover (DK Children, Aug. 4, 2015)
    Investigate the amazing variety of insects and creepy crawlies of the Amazon, and observe the many wonders of the rainforest habitat. The rain forest comes alive and bugs have the right of way.DK Adventures is a nonfiction series for kids ages 8-11 featuring visually rich theme spreads, and fascinating facts that help kids build their skills in vocabulary, grammar, comprehension, and critical thinking while developing a love of reading. Designed to keep interest high, build knowledge, and enrich the reading experience with fascinating background information, each title in the DK Adventures series is filled with information yet eminently accessible, and available in a wide range of kid-favorite topics including rain forests, animals, rocks, and shipwrecks.
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  • Animal Adventures: Dinosaurs

    Sarah Albee

    Paperback (Silver Dolphin Books, Aug. 4, 2020)
    This unique learning experience lets kids meet dinosaurs face-to-face.Animal Adventures: Dinosaurs will take you on a journey to explore the world of dinosaurs. Have fun while learning and see all of your favorites like you never have before—with colorful illustrations and fascinating facts, and then by building a diorama. Everything you need to dive into the world of dinos is right here! This unique set includes a book full of colorful illustrations and intriguing facts about dinosaurs, plus three-dimensional dinosaur models and a diorama with reusable stickers.Journey to the Age of Dinosaurs to learn everything you need to know about these remarkable creatures.
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