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Series
Publisher
Liitle, Brown
Pub. Date
2012
Edition
Collector's giant facsimile ed.
Language
English
Description
Perfect for collectors--this large format facsimile edition shows off Hergé's artwork as it was meant to be seen. Join Tintin and Snowy--the world's greatest adventurers--as they solve thrilling mysteries around the world! Tintin stumbles across a model ship at the Old Street Market and buys it for his friend Captain Haddock. Only it isn't any model ship-it's the Unicorn, carved by one of Haddock's ancestors, and it holds piece of the puzzle to...
Author
Series
Publisher
Portable Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
By any measure, Albert Einstein changed the ways we understand--and measure--space and time. At first his ideas were ridiculed, but soon they were idolized. Prior to World War II, Einstein was a celebrated figure in Germany, but when the Nazi Party rose to power in the 1930s, he fled for his life and eventually settled in the United States. [This book] recounts the life of the world's most famous scientist--from his youth in Germany to his final years...
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Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
"In 1811, while exploring the cliffs near Lyme Regis, England, 12-year-old Mary Anning made the find of a lifetime. There in the rocks was the skeleton of a strange creature. Mary's find was later named Ichthyosaurus, a reptile that lived more than 250 million years ago. Anning went on to have a long career finding and identifying dinosaur fossils. However, her work often went unrecognized by male scientists of the time, and she received little credit...
Publisher
Vintage Español
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
Primera edición.
Language
Español
Description
En esta colección que mezcla diferentes géneros: cuentos, ensayos personales, poesía y cómics, este grupo célebre de autores comparte las fronteras que han cruzado, los obstáculos que han atravesado y las dos culturas por las que continúan navegando como mexicoamericanos. Más allá de la frontera es a la vez una carta de amor reveladora, desgarradora y esperanzadora de la comunidad mexicoamericana a los lectores jóvenes de hoy. Una poderosa...
Author
Publisher
Owlkids Books
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"[This book] tells the story of the discovery of insulin, a treatment for [diabetes] and one of the . . . milestones in medical science. Frederick Banting was a young doctor who was haunted by the memories of the diabetic children he'd treated at Toronto's Hospital for Sick Children. One night, though, he was struck by inspiration--would it be possible to isolate the mysterious secretions of the pancreas (what we now call insulin) and use this substance...
Author
Series
Publisher
Sterling Children's Books
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First Sterling edition.
Language
English
Description
"A sweet water dragon. A ghost whale. And an irresistible elephant with wings! This fourth book in the Draw Cute series is packed with fantastic creatures from a range of cultures, from giant puffballs to a flying lion. In the hands of author-teacher Angela Nguyen, all the instructions are easy to follow, and even a three-headed dog or a crocodile will have children cooing. Young readers will learn what kawaii is all about, and how to create cute...
Author
Series
Big Nate volume 28
Publisher
Andrews McMeel Publishing
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"You can't win 'em all-- especially when you're slumping sixth-grader Nate Wright. Stuck in a cycle of misfortune, our hero finds an unlikely good luck charm... and suddenly, he can do no wrong! He finds a $20 bill, scores a C+ on his social studies test (nailed it!), and even lands a movie date with the captain of the cheer squad. But the high times can't last forever. Before long, Nate's epic hot streak has gone ice cold, thanks to all-time hair...
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