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Author
Series
Questioneers volume 3
Language
English
Description
Ada Twist is a very curious girl who shows perseverance by asking questions and performing experiments to find things out and understand the world.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Drawing on the fields of psychology, neuroscience and anthropology, a New York Times best-selling author unlocks the secrets of mystery's allure, shedding new light on everything from the formulas of our favorite detective shows to the calculated risks of the stock market.
3) Scaredy cats
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Three kittens speculate on what might be in a wrapped gift before them: a harmless cake, or an array of increasingly vicious predators"--
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Not all questions have answers. Some have more than one answer. And others have endless answers, unfolding out to the edges of the world. In this spare yet expansive narrative, acclaimed author Mac Barnett poses twenty questions both playful and profound. Some make us giggle. Others challenge our assumptions. The result is a quirky, wandering exploration of where the best questions lead--to stories. Intriguing, richly interactive, and brought to...
Author
Publisher
Beascoa
Edition
Primera edición.
Language
Español
Description
"¿Por qu? las rosas tienen pinchitos? ¿Por qu? en la nariz hay tantos pelitos? Ada Magn?fica tiene la cabeza llena de preguntas. Como sus compa?eros de clase Pedro y Rosa, Ada siempre ha sentido una curiosidad insaciable. Pero cuando lleva demasiado lejos sus exploraciones y sus complicados experimentos cient?ficos, sus padres se cansan y la mandan al rinc?n de pensar. ¿Tanto pensar le har? cambiar de opini?n?"--Page [4] of cover.
8) Windows
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Walking his dog at dusk, one boy catches glimpses of the lives around him in this lovely ode to autumn evenings, exploring your neighborhood, and coming home.
Author
Series
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2009
Edition
1st U.S. ed.
Language
English
Description
When Oscar the kitten comes across a nest made of twigs and leaves, Snail explains why specific materials are chosen to do different jobs, where the materials come from, and what useful qualities they have.
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First edition
Language
English
Description
"Since the beginning, humans have created stories about the universe. From early mythology to modern-day science is a long journey, yet 95 percent of the world "out there" remains a mystery. What will we believe tomorrow? Marion Dane Bauer's glowing poetry combines with Hari & Deepti's intricate cut-paper illustrations, dazzling with light and shadow, to celebrate an active, vital, changing, and growing universe. They also show how we humans--the...
12) A penguin story
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
c2009
Edition
1st ed.
Language
English
Description
Edna the penguin tries to find something in her surroundings that is not black, white, or blue.
13) Just because
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
When a child is too full of questions about the world to go to sleep, her patient father offers up increasingly creative responses to his child's nighttime wonderings.
Author
Series
Ginny Goblin volume 1
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
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Description
Ginny tries to reach and open a box using a chair, then a grappling hook, then a catapult, while the narrator suggests ways to keep her away from it.
15) Para qué sirve?
Author
Publisher
Editorial Destellos
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
Español
Description
"Yo soy un libro al que le gusta hacer preguntas. Me gusta más un mundo con preguntas que un mundo con respuetas porque me gusta investigar y también me gusta confundir. Hacer preguntas es confundir el mundo y un mundo sin confusión e investigación es un mundo triste y aburrido. Es por ello que, en vez de responder las preguntas, prefiero hace preguntas a las preguntas. Sobre todo a las preguntas que me preguntan muchas veces"--
Author
Publisher
Bruño
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
Español
Description
El grúfalo advirtió a su hija de que no debía adentrarse jamás en el bosque, porque, si lo hacía, Gran Ratón Malvado la perseguiría. Pero una noche de nieve y viento, la hija del grúfalo no hizo caso de la advertencia de su padre y salió de la cueva. Después de todo, Gran Ratón Malvado no existe ..., ¿o sí?
The Gruffalo's Child goes out to find the Big Bad Mouse she has heard so much about.
19) Off-limits
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"For every child who has ever felt that grown-ups have all the fun here is a vicarious chance to slip behind the office door--and play ith all the tempting things that are off-limits. Dads office is off-limits which only makes it more intriguing to his curious young daughter. As soon as she sees an opening, she sneaks in to have a look around. After all, theres no harm in just looking, right? What she discovers is a magical wonderland of sticky tape,...
Author
Publisher
G. P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"The bestselling author of UnSelfie explains why the old markers of accomplishment (grades, test scores) are no longer reliable predictors of success in the 21st century -- and offers 7 teachable traits that will safeguard our kids for the future"--
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