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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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The Little Guys might be small, but they aim to be mighty. As they head off to find breakfast, they can conquer anything through teamwork-cross deep waters, dig through obstacles, and climb the tallest trees. Nothing can stop them! But as they begin to amass more than they need, the creatures in the forest ponder-what happens when no one can stop the Little Guys?
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Language
English
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Kids - Unity, Peace, & Kindness: Books to Help Children Understand Difficult Times
Kids - Unity, Peace, & Kindness: Books to Help Children Understand Difficult Times
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In this wordless retelling of an Aesop fable set in the African Serengeti, an adventuresome mouse proves that even small creatures are capable of great deeds when she rescues the King of the Jungle.
Author
Publisher
University of California Press
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
1 online resource (xiii, 227 pages)
Language
English
Description
"International Water Scarcity and Variability considers international water management challenges created by water scarcity and environmental change. Although media coverage and some scholarship tend to cast natural resource shortages as leading inexorably toward war, Shlomi Dinar and Ariel Dinar prove that there are many examples of and mechanisms for more peaceful dispute resolution regarding natural resources, even in the face of water paucity...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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"How do nonprofits and charities work? What problems do they need to solve? In Greenpeace Fund, readers will discover the ways this organization contributes positively to the world. Sidebars and backmatter ask questions for text-dependent analysis. Photos, a glossary, and additional resources are included."--Amazon.com.
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English
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Spying has never been more ubiquitous--or less understood. The world is drowning in spy movies, TV shows, and novels, but universities offer more courses on rock and roll than on the CIA and there are more congressional experts on powdered milk than espionage. This crisis in intelligence education is distorting public opinion, fueling conspiracy theories, and hurting intelligence policy. Amy Zegart separates fact from fiction as she offers an engaging...
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Language
English
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"In this taut and suspenseful medical drama, Richard Preston deeply chronicles the outbreak, in which we saw for the first time the specter of Ebola jumping continents, crossing the Atlantic, and infecting people in America. Rich in characters and conflict-physical, emotional, and ethical-Crisis in the Red Zone is an immersion in one of the great public health calamities of our time."--Amazon.com.
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Publisher
McGraw-Hill
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
1 online resource
Language
English
Description
The dynamic, collaborative management model that saved a U.S. manufacturing city When car-making giant General Motors decided to close its plant in Lansing, Michigan, in 1996, one person-the city's newly elected mayor-stood up and said "no." Initially, it was the cry of a man in the wilderness. Not once in its century-long history had GM reversed a decision to close a plant. But Mayor David Hollister quietly went to work building the Lansing Works!...
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Publisher
Inkyard Press
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
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Trust neither thin-bottomed frying pans nor Molinas. Lari Ramires has always known this to be true. In Olinda, Brazil, her family's bakery, Salt, has been at war with the Molinas' bakery across the street, Sugar, for generations. But Lari's world turns upside down when her beloved grandmother passes away. On top of that, a big supermarket chain has moved to town, forcing many of the small businesses to close. Determined to protect her home, Lari does...
9) Swimmy
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Publisher
Distributed by Random House
Pub. Date
[1991], c1963
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
[32] p. : col. ill. ; 28 cm.
Language
English
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Swimmy, a small orphaned fish, shows his friends how--with ingenuity and hard work--they can conquer their fears and overcome the dangers of the wet world.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Description
Lucy's grandmother Poh Poh and her poodle Fluffy arrive for a visit, and Fluffy immediately begins building a doomsday machine that will hypnotize humans and turn them into agents of chaos--can Ember work with the other neighborhood pets to outsmart this evil genius?
Publisher
Buena Vista Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2003]
Edition
Special ed.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (92 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Share in the fun as Belle and all her friends work side-by-side with charming new friends to bring new happiness to the castle and all its inhabitants. Discover how true friendship and cooperation can turn a gloomy castle into an enchanted palace fit for a princess.
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Series
Publisher
Amazon Childrens Pub
Pub. Date
2020.
Lexile measure
AD 220L
Physical Desc
32 pages
Language
English
Description
"Two fuzzy creatures are happily putting the finishing touches on their sandcastle when each of them thinks of something that would make it even better. As they work furiously to incorporate each new change, their tiny sandcastle becomes an over-the-top palace...but is it really perfect?"--Amazon.com.
13) Rainstack!
Author
Publisher
Amazon Children's Publishing
Pub. Date
[2013]
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
64 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
When a terrible drought struck, the animals in the valley turned to a rabbit inventor who said he could invent a robot to make it rain.
Language
English
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When Nanny McPhee appears at the farmhouse door of busy young mother, Isabel Green (Maggie Gyllenhaal), she discovers that Mrs. Green's children are in an all-out household war with their two spoiled city cousins. Relying on everything from a flying motorcycle and a statue that comes to life to a tree-climbing piglet and an elephant that turns up in the oddest places, Nanny McPhee uses her magic to show the children five valuable lessons, the most...
Author
Publisher
Albert Whitman & Company
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
While five elephants race to see which one can claim a hard-to-reach fruit high up in a tree first, the fruit is whisked away by a five mice working together and the elephants realize they have a lot to learn from the cooperative bunch.
Series
Publisher
Buena Vista Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2006
Physical Desc
1 DVD (69 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
This new series takes you on a whirlwind voyage around the globe; experience close encounters with a bald eagle, an erupting volcano, and friendly whales to learn how teamwork can save the day. As a member of the team, you'll sing, clap, pat, dance, laugh, and problem solve right along with the Little Einsteins.
20) Mattland
Author
Publisher
Annick Press
Pub. Date
c2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
[30] p. : col. ill. ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
Matt's new subdivision is nothing but rocks and mud, but with help from his imagination and friends he maps out a new world.
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