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  • The Shoshone

    Christin Ditchfield

    Library Binding (Childrens Pr, Sept. 1, 2003)
    Discusses the history, culture, and contemporary life of the Shoshone Indians of the Great Basin region of the western United States.
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  • Voting

    Sarah De Capua

    Paperback (Childrens Pr, Sept. 1, 2012)
    Whether being used to select a class president or a U.S. president, voting is a crucial part of American life. It can also be a surprisingly complicated process. Readers will learn who is eligible to vote in the United States, how voter registration works, and the importance of choosing carefully between candidates.
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  • Extraordinary People with Disabilities

    Deborah Kent, Kathryn A. Quinlan

    Paperback (Childrens Pr, April 1, 1997)
    Profiles seven dozen people throughout history with various physical or mental disabilities, and provides historical background on the disability rights movement
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  • Microscopes and Telescopes

    Fred Wilkin

    Library Binding (Childrens Pr, Sept. 1, 1983)
    Describes the various parts of a telescope and microscope and their function and discusses the uses of these instruments and how to operate them properly.
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  • The Wampanoags

    Alice K. Flanagan

    Paperback (Childrens Pr, Aug. 1, 1998)
    Presents the cultural, social, and historical achievements of the Wampanoags
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  • The Digestive System

    Christine Taylor-Butler

    Paperback (Childrens Pr, Sept. 1, 2008)
    Introduces the digestive system, including the digestive process, the organs involved in digestion, and common problems and diseases associated with the digestive system.
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  • Oranges

    Inez Snyder

    Library Binding (Childrens Pr, Feb. 1, 2004)
    Introduces the orange, from the time it begins to grow from a seed until it is sold in a farmer's market.
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  • The Industrial Revolution

    Mary Collins

    Library Binding (Childrens Pr, March 1, 2000)
    A history of the Industrial Revolution focusing primarily on the United States during the nineteenth century and on the change from an agrarian society to one based on machines and factories.
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  • James Madison: Fourth President 1809 - 1817

    Mike Venezia

    Library Binding (Childrens Pr, Sept. 1, 2004)
    An introduction to the life of James Madison, a man of poor health who could not fight in the Revolutionary War but whose ideas formed the core of the Constitution and Bill of Rights, and who became the nation's fourth president.
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  • Peter Tchaikovsky

    Mike Venezia

    Paperback (Childrens Pr, March 1, 1995)
    Presents a biography of the nineteenth-century Russian composer who created such ballets as Swan Lake, Sleeping Beauty, and The Nutcracker
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  • Guatemala

    Marion Morrison

    Library Binding (Childrens Pr, Nov. 1, 2005)
    Discusses the geography and climate, history, wildlife, economy, government, people, religion, and culture of Guatemala.
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  • Stingrays

    Jennifer Zeiger

    Paperback (Childrens Pr, Sept. 1, 2012)
    Stingrays wide, flat bodies and long, spiked tails help them stand out from most other fish. Readers will discover how stingrays search for food along the ocean floor, how their flexible bodies make them such good swimmers, and just how deadly their tail spikes can be. They will also find out why certain stingray species are suffering from the pollution humans have brought to their aquatic habitats.
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