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Books in Discovery Box series

  • Circulating Life: Blood Transfusion from Ancient Superstition to Modern Medicine

    Cherie Winner

    Library Binding (Twenty-First Century Books, April 1, 2007)
    A history of the art of transfusions and a scientific discourse on the chemistry of blood.
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  • Linda Richards: First American Trained Nurse

    David R. Collins, Louis F. Cary

    Hardcover (Garrard Pub Co, Oct. 1, 1973)
    A young Vermont woman became America's first graduate nurse despite the prejudice of doctors and patients
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  • Knights: Internet Linked

    Rachel Firth

    Hardcover (Usborne Pub Ltd, Jan. 1, 2009)
    Explores the world of medieval knights, including information on their equipment and armor, battle tactics, methods of training, and social customs.
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  • Alexander Graham Bell, man of sound

    Elizabeth Rider Montgomery

    Hardcover (Garrard Pub. Co, March 15, 1963)
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  • Tad Lincoln, Abe's Son

    Lavere Anderson, William M. Hutchinson

    Hardcover (Garrard Pub Co, June 1, 1971)
    Relates the activities of Abraham Lincoln's youngest son during the years he lived in the White House.
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  • Barney & Baby Bop Follow That Cat!

    Stephen White

    Board book (Lyrick Studios, Jan. 1, 1996)
    Whiskers the cat leads Barney and Baby Bop all around the house before they find the surprise she wants to show them
  • Time

    Gallimard Jeunesse, Claire Llewellyn, David McKee

    Hardcover (Scholastic, Aug. 1, 1997)
    Provides a sundial and hourglass in a book-and-novelty package that explains how children can learn how to measure time using the same instruments that our ancestors did.
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  • Wolf Pack: Tracking Wolves in the Wild

    Sylvia A. Johnson, Alice Aamodt

    Library Binding (Lerner Pub Group, Oct. 1, 1985)
    Describes the social interaction of wolves in a pack as they share the work of hunting, maintaining a territory, and raising young
  • Investigating Climate Change: Scientists' Search for Answers in a Warming World

    Rebecca L. Johnson

    Library Binding (Twenty First Century Books, Aug. 8, 2008)
    Follows various scientific investigations looking for the causes and effects of climate change, from examining how man's activities affect Earth's temperature to researching Earth's ice ages, ancient soil, and fossils.
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  • Ernest Thompson Seton, Scout and Naturalist

    Wyatt Blassingame, Frank Vaughn

    Hardcover (Arcade Bks, June 1, 1971)
    An easy-to-read biography of the artist, naturalist, and conservationist who was one of the founders of the Boy Scouts of America.
  • Robert Fulton, Steamboat Builder.

    Joanne Landers Henry

    Hardcover (Garrard Pub Co, May 1, 1975)
    A brief biography of the portrait painter and inventor of the submarine and steamboat.
  • Be a Helper

    Pete Jenkins

    Paperback (Ready Readers, July 1, 2018)
    All kids can be a helper at home. Kids can clean their bedrooms or feed the dog. Learn about how you can be a great helper at home. Paired to the fiction title Cleaning Day.
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