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  • Math Adventures Grade 4: Wizard School

    Linda Bertola, Agnese Baruzzi

    Paperback (Flash Kids, April 17, 2018)
    Every kid can go on a fun math adventure!Come along with the wizard's apprentice as he guides you through a very special castle. There you’ll discover powerful potions, secret passages, mazes, and more. But it seems the apprentice needs a little help remembering his magic formulas. Using a little addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, and other math skills, fourth-graders can save the day! Through this combination of storytelling and entertaining activities, even reluctant learners can grasp basic mathematical principles and begin to love the world of numbers. Each book has colorful stickers to place on the pages.An addition to the bestselling Flash Kids line of books.
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  • DK Adventures: The First Telephone: Alexander Graham Bell's Amazing Invention

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    Paperback (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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  • Arthur's New Puppy: An Arthur Adventure

    Marc Brown

    Paperback (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, Sept. 1, 1995)
    Arthur's new puppy causes problems when it tears the living room apart, wets on everything, and refuses to wear a leash. Arthur is thrilled when he gets a new puppy. He's had a lot of experience with pets so he knows they're as much work as they are fun. Even so, when Pal tears the living room apart, wets on everything, and refuses to wear his leash, Arthur gets worried. His parents are unhappy with Pal's behavior and even D.W. seems ready to banish the boisterous puppy to the garage. What if Arthur can't control Pal-and Pal gets sent away to live on a farm?Readers of all ages will laugh out loud as they follow Pal's progress from mischievious scamp to dog show material under the loving guidance of his owner, Arthur.
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  • Level 2B - Sightreading Book: Piano Adventures

    Nancy Faber, Randall Faber

    Paperback (FABER PIANO INSTITUTE, Feb. 1, 2013)
    (Faber Piano Adventures ). Good sightreading skill is a powerful asset for the developing musician. Carefully composed variations of the Level 2B Lesson Book pieces help the student see the "new" against the backdrop of the "familiar." Fun, lively characters instruct students and motivate sightreading with a spirit of adventure and fun.
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  • Arthur's Teacher Trouble

    Marc Brown

    Paperback (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, April 3, 1989)
    On the first day of school Arthur discovers he's got the toughest teacher in the third grade! The pressure is on to study hard for the all-school Spellathon. Can Arthur beat last year's champion speller? Or will he let Mr. Ratburn d-o-w-n?
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  • Arthur's Underwear

    Marc Brown

    Paperback (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, Sept. 1, 2001)
    Arthur is having nightmares about showing up to school in his underwear! So he tries all sorts of tricks to stay awake. If he stops sleeping, the bad dreams will stop too... right?
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  • DK Adventures: Terrors of the Deep

    Deborah Lock

    Paperback (DK Children, Dec. 23, 2013)
    After years of planning, marine biologists Dom Marlin and Jake Sturgeon set off to explore Mariana Trench in the Pacific Ocean — the deepest ocean trench in the world in DK Adventures: Terrors of the Deep. Join them from pre-launch checks in the submersible Orion, to their encounters with great white sharks, big red jellyfish, a dumbo octopus and more, to the end of their journey, all while supported on the surface by a crew on the ship Andromeda. Discover what life is like 6,000 fathoms deep, plus learn about the history of submersibles, facts about megalodons, what coral reefs are made of, what zooplankton eat and more in DK Adventures: Terrors of the Deep. 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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  • Three-Dimensional Art Adventures: 36 Creative, Artist-Inspired Projects in Sculpture, Ceramics, Textiles, and More

    Maja Pitamic, Jill Laidlaw

    Paperback (Chicago Review Press, Sept. 1, 2016)
    Three-dimensional art is bold, tactile, and fun—in other words, perfect for children who love to get their hands dirty.Three-Dimensional Art Adventures introduces young artists, ages 6 and up, to groundbreaking masterpieces and fresh techniques, then lets them loose. Children will: - Weave a tapestry using yarn and a shoebox loom - Use found and recycled materials to assemble a still-life collage - Tie-dye a T-shirt using several pattern-creation techniques - Design and build a shadow box on a personal theme - Use modeling clay and pipe cleaners to create a spider sculpture - Create a colorful flower arrangement using wire, tissue paper, and other materials - Fold and cut paper, cardboard, and magazine photos to build an elaborate street scene - Carve a portrait into a clay slab and paint the raised surfaces to enhance the image - and 28 other engaging, hands-on projects.Authors and educators Maja Pitamic and Jill Laidlaw also explore the stories and meanings behind 18 well-known works of three-dimensional art as inspiration for these kid-tested, exciting, and creative projects. No prior knowledge of three-dimensional art is required—just enthusiasm for the subject and a willingness to discover.
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  • Arthur's Eyes: An Arthur Adventure

    Marc Brown

    Paperback (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, May 30, 1986)
    None of Arthur's friends wear glasses and his classmates tease him! But when he stops wearing them, he gets in all kinds of trouble. Maybe four eyes really are better than two.
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  • Arthur Meets the President: An Arthur Adventure

    Marc Brown

    Paperback (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, Sept. 1, 1992)
    BESTSELLING CLASSIC SERIES! More than 5 million Arthur Adventure books sold!Follow Arthur on the adventure of a lifetime, during a trip to Washington, D.C. to meet the President of the United States! When Arthur is invited to meet the President after winning an essay contest, he can't wait explore the nation's capitol with his family and friends. There's just one problem: he's got stage fright! Will he be able to overcome his fear and deliver the perfect speech in front of everyone?
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  • DK Adventures: Marvel's Spider-Man: Adventures of the Web-Slinger

    Simon Hugo

    Hardcover (DK Children, April 5, 2016)
    Swing through New York City with your friendly neighborhood Spider-Man in DK Adventures: Marvel's Spider-Man: Adventures of the Web-Slinger.Join Peter Parker he fights to stop crime throughout the city and faces off against villains determined to defeat him, all while maintaining his day job at The Daily Bugle as a photographer.Keep your Spidey senses sharp in DK Adventures: Marvel's Spider-Man: Adventures of the Web-Slinger!© 2016 MARVEL
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  • DK Adventures: Marvel's Spider-Man: Adventures of the Web-Slinger

    Simon Hugo

    Paperback (DK Children, April 5, 2016)
    Swing through New York City with your friendly neighborhood Spider-Man in DK Adventures: Marvel's Spider-Man: Adventures of the Web-Slinger.Join Peter Parker he fights to stop crime throughout the city and faces off against villains determined to defeat him, all while maintaining his day job at The Daily Bugle as a photographer.Keep your Spidey senses sharp in DK Adventures: Marvel's Spider-Man: Adventures of the Web-Slinger!© 2016 MARVEL
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