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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 0.9 - AR Pts: 1
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Español
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Readers tag along with young Rose and her father as she takes her very first trip to a big city. Traveling from her small hometown by train, Rose is constantly surprised and thrilled to see new sights, such as tall skyscrapers, crowds of people, and lots of traffic. Other new experiences include a trip to a museum and an acrobatic show in the park. The adorable, colorful illustrations are sure to attract young readers and listeners alike. Readers...
82) Glassheart
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Secrets of Eden Eld volume 3
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Now Eleanor and her best friends, Pip and Otto, have one last chance to escape the People Who Look Away. The last of the evil siblings is their most formidable opponent yet,with two vicious hounds at her side and the ability to open roads across time and worlds. When Eleanor and her friends flee into another world to escape her clutches, they accidentally disrupt the flow of time itself, plunging Eden Eld into chaos. Worse, the trio has a second curse...
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"Every great city has a soul. A human avatar that embodies their city's heart and wields its magic. New York? She's got six. But all is not well in the city that never sleeps. Though Brooklyn, Manny, Bronca, Venezia, Padmini, and Neek have temporarily managed to stop the Woman in White from invading--and destroying the entire universe in the process--the mysterious capital "E" Enemy has more subtle powers at her disposal. A new candidate for mayor...
86) All paws on deck
Publisher
Nickelodeon
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Ryder calls on every member of the Paw Patrol to stop a hi-tech kid inventor from demolishing Adventure Bay so she can build her own dream city in its place.?
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Young readers will be introduced to the types of housing, the landscape, and the experiences and opportunities representative of living in a small town. Prompts, call-outs, and questions within the text encourage children to compare and contrast their own day-to-day life experiences with the information presented about small towns and living in them.
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
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Fresh out of New York's Columbia University, Dr. Joel Fleischman is looking forward to his comfortable position in Alaska's largest city. He has to repay his medical intern money by serving four years as a doctor there. Upon his arrival, Joel finds himself a fish-out-of-water as he's instead reassigned to the tiny village of Cicely, Alaska where the offbeat locals would love for him to stay forever.
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English
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"A visionary in responsible urban development and renewal presents an interdisciplinary exploration of the development of cities from the beginning of civilization to the present, revealing the conditions that gave rise to the happiest communities, and the qualities that define them,"--NoveList.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.9 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
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History is dramatic-and the renowned, award-winning authors Christopher Collier and James Lincoln Collier demonstrate this in a compelling series aimed at young readers. Covering American history from the founding of Jamestown through present day, these volumes explore far beyond the dates and events of a historical chronicle to present a moving illumination of the ideas, opinions, attitudes, and tribulations that led to the birth of this great nation....
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"How will climate change affect our lives? Where will its impacts be most deeply felt? Are we doing enough to protect ourselves from the coming chaos? In Extreme Cities, Ashley Dawson argues that cities are ground zero for climate change, contributing the lion's share of carbon to the atmosphere, while also lying on the frontlines of rising sea levels. Today, the majority of the world's megacities are located in coastal zones, yet few of them are...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Shopkeepers, gardeners, families, and police officers: these are just a few of the people who live and work in an urban community. Young readers will get to know all about these people and their role in their community through this engaging, simple text. Interesting facts and full-color photos provide readers with a look at all aspects of the urban community, including what it's like to grow up in a city, who makes sure the city is safe, and places...
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English
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The Art of Urban Sketching is both a comprehensive guide and a showcase of location drawings by artists around the world who draw the cities where they live and travel. Authored by the founder of the nonprofit organization Urban Sketchers, this beautiful, 320-page volume explains urban sketching within the context of a long historical tradition and how it is being practiced today. With profiles of leading practitioners and discussions of the benefits...
97) Jamal's journey
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Jamal the little camel is separated from his mama, baba, and their caravan by a freak sandstorm.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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This newly revised edition of Visiting a Village is an ideal introduction to understanding the concept of community. Children will learn how the people in early communities worked together with a spirit of cooperation by trading their goods and services with each other. Knowing about what they might see on their first visit to an historic site will help spark a child's curiosity.
In this book, they will meet such individuals as: the miller, the sawyer,...
99) Firestick
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English
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In his mountain-man days, Elwood 'Firestick' McQueen was practically a living legend. His hunting, tracking, and trapping skills were known far and wide. But it was his deadly accuracy with a rifle that earned him the Indian name 'Firestick.' His two best buddies are Malachi 'Beartooth' Skinner--whose knife was as fatal as a grizzly's chompers--and Jim 'Moosejaw' Hendricks, who once wielded the jawbone of a moose to crush his enemies in the heat of...
100) Brackenbeast
Author
Series
Secrets of Eden Eld volume 2
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Last Halloween, Eleanor, Pip, and Otto narrowly escaped the clutches of the evil January Society and their leader. But life in the too-quiet Eden Eld isn't safe just yet: according to the bargain they made with Mr. January, it's now his sister's turn to hunt the three of them. And her methods are a bit more treacherous. When their friends and neighbors begin disappearing, abducted by strange, mud-drenched monsters, Elanor and her two best friends...