David Roberts
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Language
English
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The riveting story of one of the greatest but least-known sagas in the history of exploration from David Roberts, the "dean of adventure writing"By 1930, no place in the world was less well explored than Greenland. The native Inuit had occupied the relatively accessible west coast for centuries. The east coast, however, was another story. In August 1930, Henry George Watkins (nicknamed "Gino"), a twenty-three-year-old British explorer, led thirteen...
Author
Publisher
Defiance Press
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
In 1776, the colonists declared Independence from England in large part due to the many onerous Acts thrust upon them by Parliament including the Stamp Act in 1765 the Tea Act in 1773. The combination of these burdensome Acts on the colonies coupled with "Intolerable Acts" that severely limited the colonists Liberties, America rebelled. America won her liberty finally in 1783, only to see American's freedoms put in a permanent state of peril with...
Author
Publisher
Defiance Press
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
Iconic lawman and Texas Ranger Pops Younger has never relied on "Conspiracy Theories" when it came to solving crimes. But the murder of a Texas State Senator was beginning to look more and more like a conspiracy. When former CIA operate and Special Forces veteran Zach Turner divulges reliable intelligence to Younger that the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court was secretly assassinated and made to look like an accident, Younger's instincts immediately...
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English
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When Lila, a worrier, moves to a new town, the what ifs only grow, and she feels alone and invisible until her teacher finds a creative and kind way to make Lila feel welcome and open to new experiences, a lesson that will stay with her long after second grade.
Author
Publisher
Beascoa
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
Primera edici©đn.
Language
Español
Description
Rosa Pionera so©łaba con ser una gran ingeniera... Sola en el desv©Łn, bajo la luz de la luna, montaba chismes y artefactos como ninguna. Por timidez no se atrev©Ưa a decir nada, rebuscaba en la basura y recog©Ưa cachivaches que atesoraba. Con ellos constru©Ưa sus inventos, pero nadie pod©Ưa ver sus descubrimientos. Todo sigui©đ igual hasta que el oto©ło lleg©đ y su pariente m©Łs antiguo se present©đ. ℗ŁSu t©Ưa abuela Rosie!...
Author
Series
Questioneers volume 5
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
Español
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Description
Blue River Creek tiene un problema: ¡hay un ladrón de mascotas suelto! O al menos, Sofía e Iggy están convencidas de que lo hay, cuando sus mascotas desaparecen. Pero como científica, Ada sabe que es importante no sacar conclusiones precipitadas y en vez, tomar en cuenta los hechos reales. ¿Cómo descubrirán lo que realmente sucedió con las mascotas del pueblo? ¡Usando el método científico, por supuesto! ¡Formando una hipótesis, recopilando...
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Series
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Vintage Español , una división de Penguin Random House Group Editorial
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
Español
Description
Eva Delgado está llena de preocupaciones. Hasta las situaciones más pequeñas la inundan de temores: ¿Y si hace una tontería? ¿Y si todo sale mal? Después de que su familia decidió hacer un gran cambio y mudarse a una nueva ciudad, sus preguntas se han multiplicado: ¿Y si no le cae bien a los niños de la escuela? En su nuevo hogar, todo parece extraño y se siente sola e invisible. Pero una persona la entiende: su maestra de segundo grado....
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Publisher
Abrams Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
Creativity meets curiosity and critical thinking in Iggy Peck’s Big Project Book for Amazing Architects, the new hands-on STEM project book from the #1 New York Times bestselling team behind Iggy Peck, Architect; Rosie Revere, Engineer; and Ada Twist, Scientist.
Iggy Peck has one passion: building. His parents are proud of his fabulous creations, though they’re sometimes surprised
...Iggy Peck has one passion: building. His parents are proud of his fabulous creations, though they’re sometimes surprised
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Series
Publisher
Abrams Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
Along the way, Ada Twist will help her fellow young scientists solve mysteries big and small and show how the powerful impact of scientific research is felt all around us. Do you ask questions? Is why your favorite word? Do you like to search for answers and conduct experiments? Then you’re a scientist, just like Ada Twist, and this book is for you! Here young scientists have the opportunity to explore all of Ada’s favorite sciences—from
...Author
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Publisher
Abrams Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
With more than 40 things to invent, draw, and make, featuring art from the beloved New York Times bestselling picture book Rosie Revere, Engineer, this activity book contains kid-friendly projects of all kinds and is the perfect gift for curious young readers! Soon enough children will be engineering whizzes just like Rosie, and along the way she’ll reassure them that failure, flops, mess-ups and cross-outs are part of the process. Do you like
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Publisher
Abrams Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
“An eminently stylish tale” from the creators of Ada Twist, Scientist, the #1 New York Times bestseller that’s now a Netflix series (Publishers Weekly).
In a three-story house with a shop down below,
lived the world’s finest hat maker, Madame Chapeau.
Like the Lady herself, all her hats were refined.
Brilliantly singular. One of a kind.
...In a three-story house with a shop down below,
lived the world’s finest hat maker, Madame Chapeau.
Like the Lady herself, all her hats were refined.
Brilliantly singular. One of a kind.
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Publisher
Abrams Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Description
An empowering, hands-on look at activism and the democratic process-featuring the newest Questioneer, Sofia Valdez
Get inspired to make a change in this project book from the team behind the bestselling Questioneers series. Sofia Valdez will take readers through more than 40 different activities that are all about activism, politics, and the governmental process. The youngest go-getters and change makers will learn what it takes to make a difference...
Author
Publisher
ABRAMS
Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
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A new addition to the Questioneers series, a full-color nonfiction early reader series based on the new Ada Twist, Scientist Netflix series!
Why do airplanes look the way they do? Why can't birds fly when they're first born? And why do some paper planes fly farther than others?
Ada Twist, Scientist: The Why Files is the perfect nonfiction resource for all these questions and more. Discover everything there is...
Why do airplanes look the way they do? Why can't birds fly when they're first born? And why do some paper planes fly farther than others?
Ada Twist, Scientist: The Why Files is the perfect nonfiction resource for all these questions and more. Discover everything there is...