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Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Out in the desert in a place called the Palace, a young man tends to a dying soul, someone he once knew briefly but who has haunted the edges of his life: Juan Gay. Playful raconteur, child lost and found and lost, guardian of the institutionalized, Juan has a project to pass along, one built around a true artifact of a book—Sex Variants: A Study of Homosexual Patterns—and its devastating history. This book contains accounts collected in the early...
2) Oregon
Author
Series
Publisher
Crabtree Publishing
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"Welcome to Oregon! Let Lina show you around the state where she lives. Learn about her state's flag, animal, and flower. Find out her favorite activities too!"--
3) The planets
Author
Publisher
Holiday House
Language
English
Formats
Description
Describes the sun and each planet of the solar system and introduces concepts such as a day, a year, orbit, and rotation.
Author
Series
Publisher
Twenty-First Century Books
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"Approximately 20 percent of Americans have had a sexually transmitted infection. This timely and informative book outlines symptoms, treatment, and risk reduction practices for common STIs in the United States"--
Author
Publisher
Roca Audiolibros
Pub. Date
2019
Edition
Unabridged
Language
Español
Description
Un hombre tiene un cuaderno viejo, traído y llevado mil veces, en su regazo. Una mujer a su lado escucha lo que él le lee cada mañana, aunque no acaba de entender.
Muchos años antes, Noah Calhoun vuelve a casa, a Carolina del Norte, después de la Segunda Guerra Mundial. Noah intenta que la plantación de la que procede vuelva a su antigua gloria, pero las imágenes de la preciosa joven que conoció catorce años antes -una mujer a la que amó...
Author
Series
Publisher
Penguin Workshop
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Imagine over three million square miles of sand dunes that are as tall as a ten-story building. That place is real--it's the Sahara Desert! Vast, yes! And home to fascinating creatures such as ostriches and fennec foxes as well as amazing plant life. Readers will also learn about the famous trade routes of the past with caravans of up to 10,000 camels, European explorers to the region (some very unlucky ones), and native populations like the Imazighen"--...
Author
Publisher
Catapult
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Shunned by the literary establishment, Anna, following Ayn Rand's theory of rational selfishness, is offered a chance to kill the ego causing her pain at a mysterious commune on the island of Lesbos where she explores a very different kind of freedom-communal love.
9) Iceland
Author
Publisher
Lightbox Learning Inc
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"Iceland is often called the Land of Fire and Ice. While the country has multiple hot springs, its land is covered in glaciers. Find out more about Iceland's geography, economy, history, and more"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Meticulously researched and drawn from numerous primary sources, this biography-in-verse tells the story of racism in the U.S. through six important Black Americans from different eras who struggled for justice, chronicling how much — and how little — racism has changed since our country’s founding.
Author
Publisher
Zahorí Books
Pub. Date
2022
Edition
Primera edición
Language
Español
Description
Los dientes son todo un misterio: ¿por qué primero tenemos los de leche y luego otros más grandes? ¿Por qué un ratón nos trae un regalo cuando se nos caen? ¿Por qué hay que lavarlos tan a menudo? ¿Y por qué nos duelen cuando comemos helado? En este libro encontrarás las respuestas a estos y otros «misterios»: ¿Sabías que el esmalte del diente es el material más duro del cuerpo, incluso más resistente que los huesos? ¿O que los dientes...
Author
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Formats
Description
A New York Times Editors’ Choice
A USA TODAY Bestseller
A Booklist Editor’s Choice
A Goodreads Choice Award Nominee
A “beautifully written” (Anthony Doerr, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of All the Light We Cannot See) debut novel of marriage, motherhood, metamorphosis, and letting go, this intergenerational love story begins with newlyweds...
A USA TODAY Bestseller
A Booklist Editor’s Choice
A Goodreads Choice Award Nominee
A “beautifully written” (Anthony Doerr, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of All the Light We Cannot See) debut novel of marriage, motherhood, metamorphosis, and letting go, this intergenerational love story begins with newlyweds...
13) Puerto Rico
Author
Series
Publisher
Crabtree Publishing
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"Welcome to Puerto Rico! Let Angel show you around where he lives. Learn about Puerto Rico's flag, animal, and flower. Find out his favorite activities too!"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Publisher
Calkins Creek
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"In 1971, Alan Shepard and his fellow astronauts made their way to the Moon in the cramped Apollo 14 capsule. Their mission: Study the moon in more detail than ever before. While the world watched on TV, Shepard and Edgar Mitchell gathered rock and soil samples wearing stiff, heavy spacesuits. But Alan Shepard had a secret hidden in his sock: two tiny golf balls. Golf was Shepard’s favorite sport. And since the moon has virtually no atmosphere and...
Author
Series
Publisher
Abdo Kids
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Learn all about the history and cultural significance that the exciting Taiwan Lantern Festival event holds around the world today. This title is complete with historical and modern illustrations and photographs, as well as a glossary and a look at the Chinese Zodiac.
Author
Publisher
Rise x Penguin Workshop
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"This delightfully fun exploration into the moon both informs and entertains, and helps young readers make sense of the world around them. The charming protagonist, Moon, sparsely narrates her story in eleven short chapters with text bubbles and vignettes sprinkled in to provide wit, style, and humor. Young audiences will immediately connect to the colorful, whimsical art and welcome a sense of accomplishment in devouring this unexpected, yet wholly...
Author
Publisher
Picarona
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
Español
Description
"Meet Sun: He's a star! And not just any star--he's one in a billion. He lights up our solar system and makes life possible. With characteristic humor and charm [the author] channels the voice of Sun in this celestial 'autobiography' rich with kid-friendly facts"-- Amazon.
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