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The griffin's feather

Funke, Cornelia, 1958-,


Translation of: Feder eines Greifs. Ben and his adopted parents are devoting their lives to protecting rare and fabulous creatures (like dragons) and at the moment they are trying to save the last of the winged horses, Pegasus unicus; there are three eggs, but without their mother they will not survive and the only hope is to obtain a Griffin feather--but Griffins are enemies of the dragons, and may not be willing to help.
Date Published:2018

Translation of: Feder eines Greifs. Ben and his adopted parents are devoting their lives to protecting rare and fabulous creatures (like dragons) and at the moment they are trying to save the last of the winged horses, Pegasus unicus; there are three eggs, but without their mother they will not survive and the only hope is to obtain a Griffin feather--but Griffins are enemies of the dragons, and may not be willing to help.

Date Published:2018

I do not like books anymore!

Hirst, Daisy,


"Lovable monster siblings Natalie and Alphonse are back with big plans in a second surprisingly touching tale in which Natalie is ready to learn how to read. Natalie and Alphonse REALLY like books. Picture books with Dad, scary stories with Mom, and especially stories they remember or make up themselves. So when it's time for Natalie to learn to read, she thinks it will be exciting -- she can have all the stories in the world now, and even read them to Alphonse. But when Natalie gets her first reading book, the letters look like squiggles and it isn't even a good story; it's just about a cat that can sit. "I do not like books anymore!" Natalie declares. But she still wants to make up stories. With Alphonse's help, can she find a way to turn a love of telling stories into a love of reading stories? With her one-of-a-kind voice and wonderfully droll artwork, Daisy Hirst captures the familiar frustration of struggling to learn something new -- and the particular pride that comes when you finally succeed." -- Amazon.com.
Date Published:2018

"Lovable monster siblings Natalie and Alphonse are back with big plans in a second surprisingly touching tale in which Natalie is ready to learn how to read. Natalie and Alphonse REALLY like books. Picture books with Dad, scary stories with Mom, and especially stories they remember or make up themselves. So when it's time for Natalie to learn to read, she thinks it will be exciting -- she can have all the stories in the world now, and even read them to Alphonse. But when Natalie gets her first reading book, the letters look like squiggles and it isn't even a good story; it's just about a cat that can sit. "I do not like books anymore!" Natalie declares. But she still wants to make up stories. With Alphonse's help, can she find a way to turn a love of telling stories into a love of reading stories? With her one-of-a-kind voice and wonderfully droll artwork, Daisy Hirst captures the familiar frustration of struggling to learn something new -- and the particular pride that comes when you finally succeed." -- Amazon.com.

Date Published:2018

Tar Beach

Ringgold, Faith, http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n84150479


Art techniques used: Vibrant paintings in the native style of african american folk art. Includes swatches of fabric pointing to the quilt story it's based on A young girl dreams of flying above her Harlem home, claiming all she sees for herself and her family. Based on the author's quilt story of the same name.
Date Published:1991

Eric

Tan, Shaun


When a foreign exchange student comes to live with a typical suburban family, he brings with him a boundless sense of curiosity -- and a stream of unexpected questions (which his hosts are never quite sure how to answer). But when the moment comes to say good-bye, a beautiful surprise awaits, and a gift the family will never forget. .
Date Published:2020

Diary of a wimpy kid : old school

Kinney, Jeff.


"Life was better in the old days. Or was it? That's the question Greg Heffley is asking as his town voluntarily unplugs and goes electronics-free. But modern life has its conveniences, and Greg isn't cut out for an old-fashioned world. With tension building inside and outside the Heffley home, will Greg find a way to survive?"--
Date Published:2015

Monster Power : Magic school bus: rides again.

Katschke, Judy.


Professor Frizzle's kid sister Fiona, the new teacher at Walkerville Elementary, takes the class camping. Arnold's been having trouble going to sleep at night. What will he do without a night light? The class thinks fast and learns a ton about renewable energy.
Date Published:2018

Tales from a not-so-happy birthday

Russell, Rachel Renée,


It's Nikki's birthday, and it is up to her whether it is a blast or a bust.
Date Published:2018

Periodic table : the definitive visual catalog of the building blocks of the universe

Callery, Sean,


Subtitle from cover. Includes index. Looking at the periodic table can be a bit daunting ... how can you possibly remember what 118 different elements do? The Periodic Table takes a new approach to this important science topic by offering a fully visual guide to the elements. Featuring eye-popping photography and an enormous wealth of cool facts, this is the only book you'll need to help you learn about the basic building blocks that make up everything in our world.--
Date Published:2017

Subtitle from cover. Includes index. Looking at the periodic table can be a bit daunting ... how can you possibly remember what 118 different elements do? The Periodic Table takes a new approach to this important science topic by offering a fully visual guide to the elements. Featuring eye-popping photography and an enormous wealth of cool facts, this is the only book you'll need to help you learn about the basic building blocks that make up everything in our world.--

Date Published:2017

This is MY fort!

Daywalt, Drew,


Monkey and Cake are normally good friends, but today Cake is building a no-Monkey fort--until Monkey teaches him a lesson about being alone and he realizes that forts (and other things) are much better when they are shared.
Date Published:2019

Born to rock

Patterson, James, 1947-,


When her favorite rock band Lulu and the Handbags announces a contest, Georgia is determined the all-girl rock band she is in will win--even if she has to ask her brother Rafe for help.
Date Published:2019

Tyrannosaurus rex vs. velociraptor

Pallotta, Jerry.


"This edition is available for distribution only through the school market"--P. [4] of cover. Contains facts about the tyrannosaurus rex and the velociraptor, comparing such aspects as their sizes, body types, and abilities--
Date Published:2010

Tarantula vs. scorpion

Pallotta, Jerry.


At head of title: Who would win? Contains facts about the tarantula and the scorpion, comparing such aspects as their sizes, brain structure, and abilities.
Date Published:2012

The Wright brothers : nose-diving into history

Slader, Erik,


Failure at Kitty Hawk -- Learning to fall -- The problem with gravity -- Orville and Wilbur -- Destiny calls -- The first attempt -- A flight of failure -- If at first you don't succeed -- Fourth time's a charm -- It's a bird, it's a biplane! -- The Wright stuff, pioneers of the sky. Describes the lives of the two American brothers who designed, built, and flew the first heavier-than-air aircraft to fly successfully, detailing the many mishaps and misadventures that preceded it.
Date Published:2018

Failure at Kitty Hawk -- Learning to fall -- The problem with gravity -- Orville and Wilbur -- Destiny calls -- The first attempt -- A flight of failure -- If at first you don't succeed -- Fourth time's a charm -- It's a bird, it's a biplane! -- The Wright stuff, pioneers of the sky. Describes the lives of the two American brothers who designed, built, and flew the first heavier-than-air aircraft to fly successfully, detailing the many mishaps and misadventures that preceded it.

Date Published:2018

Pig the stinker

Blabey, Aaron,


"Pig the Stinker was first published in Australia in 2018 by Scholastic Press, an imprint of Scholastic Australia Pty Ltd., under the title Pig the Grub"--Copyright page. Pig the Pug loves to roll in all sorts of disgusting garbage, and track dirty paw prints all over the house; he does not like the idea of a bath, but when his plan the stop up the tub seriously backfires he decides that bath time must be endured--after all he can always find some more garbage to roll in.
Date Published:2019

"Pig the Stinker was first published in Australia in 2018 by Scholastic Press, an imprint of Scholastic Australia Pty Ltd., under the title Pig the Grub"--Copyright page. Pig the Pug loves to roll in all sorts of disgusting garbage, and track dirty paw prints all over the house; he does not like the idea of a bath, but when his plan the stop up the tub seriously backfires he decides that bath time must be endured--after all he can always find some more garbage to roll in.

Date Published:2019

The Monuments Men : Allied heroes, Nazi thieves, and the greatest treasure hunt in history

Edsel, Robert M., http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nr2006017005,


Originally published: New York : Center Street, Â©2009. Author's note -- Main characters -- Map -- The Mission. Out of Germany ; Hitler's dream ; The call to arms ; A dull and empty world ; Leptis magna ; The first campaign ; Monte Cassino ; Monuments, fine arts, and archives ; The task. -- Northern Europe. Winning respect ; A meeting in the field ; Michaelangelo's Madonna ; The cathedral and the masterpiece ; Van Eyck's Mystic Lamb ; James Rorimer visits the Louvre ; Entering Germany ; A field trip ; Tapestry ; Christmas wishes ; The Madonna of La Gleize ; The train ; The Bulge ; Champagne. -- Germany. A German Jew in the U.S. Army ; Coming through the battle ; The new monuments man ; George Stout with his maps ; Art on the move ; Two turning points ; Hitler's Nero decree ; First army across the Rhine ; Treasure map ; Frustration ; Inside the mountain ; Lost ; A week to remember. -- The Void. Salt ; Horror ; The Gauleiter ; The battered mine ; Last birthday ; Plans ; The noose ; Discoveries ; The noose tightens ; The race ; Final days ; The translator ; The sound of music ; End of the road. -- The Aftermath: Understanding Altaussee ; Evacuation ; The journey home ; Heroes of civilization ; -- Cast of characters -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Acknowledgments -- What is your connection to the story? -- Index. In a race against time, a group of American and British museum directors, curators, art historians, and others, called the Monuments Men, risked their lives scouring Europe to prevent the destruction of thousands of years of culture. Focusing on the period between D-Day and V-E Day, this book follows the Monuments Men on their impossible mission to save the world's great art from the Nazis. These unlikely heroes, mostly middle-aged family men, walked away from successful careers into the epicenter of the war risking and some losing their lives. They included: Ronald Edmund Balfour, Henry Ettlinger, Walker Hancock, Walter Huchthausen, Jacques Jaujard, Lincoln Kirstein, Robert Posey, James J. Rorimer, George Stout, and Rose Valland. -- Provided by the publisher.
Date Published:2019

Originally published: New York : Center Street, Â©2009. Author's note -- Main characters -- Map -- The Mission. Out of Germany ; Hitler's dream ; The call to arms ; A dull and empty world ; Leptis magna ; The first campaign ; Monte Cassino ; Monuments, fine arts, and archives ; The task. -- Northern Europe. Winning respect ; A meeting in the field ; Michaelangelo's Madonna ; The cathedral and the masterpiece ; Van Eyck's Mystic Lamb ; James Rorimer visits the Louvre ; Entering Germany ; A field trip ; Tapestry ; Christmas wishes ; The Madonna of La Gleize ; The train ; The Bulge ; Champagne. -- Germany. A German Jew in the U.S. Army ; Coming through the battle ; The new monuments man ; George Stout with his maps ; Art on the move ; Two turning points ; Hitler's Nero decree ; First army across the Rhine ; Treasure map ; Frustration ; Inside the mountain ; Lost ; A week to remember. -- The Void. Salt ; Horror ; The Gauleiter ; The battered mine ; Last birthday ; Plans ; The noose ; Discoveries ; The noose tightens ; The race ; Final days ; The translator ; The sound of music ; End of the road. -- The Aftermath: Understanding Altaussee ; Evacuation ; The journey home ; Heroes of civilization ; -- Cast of characters -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Acknowledgments -- What is your connection to the story? -- Index. In a race against time, a group of American and British museum directors, curators, art historians, and others, called the Monuments Men, risked their lives scouring Europe to prevent the destruction of thousands of years of culture. Focusing on the period between D-Day and V-E Day, this book follows the Monuments Men on their impossible mission to save the world's great art from the Nazis. These unlikely heroes, mostly middle-aged family men, walked away from successful careers into the epicenter of the war risking and some losing their lives. They included: Ronald Edmund Balfour, Henry Ettlinger, Walker Hancock, Walter Huchthausen, Jacques Jaujard, Lincoln Kirstein, Robert Posey, James J. Rorimer, George Stout, and Rose Valland. -- Provided by the publisher.

Date Published:2019

Lost in the Pacific, 1942 : not a drop to drink

Olson, Tod,


The castaways -- Prologue -- Top secret -- Island eyes -- Impact -- Stranded -- Things that go bump in the night -- Dead calm -- To catch a fish -- Out of the sky -- Not a drop to drink -- Despair -- Letters to snooks -- Daydreams -- Contact -- Race against time -- The ones not taken -- Glossary.
Date Published:2016

There are no bears in this bakery

Sarcone-Roach, Julia,


When Muffin, a cat, hears a suspicious noise at the Little Bear Bakery, his investigation reveals a hungry bear cub.
Date Published:2019

Mr. Lemoncello's great library race

Grabenstein, Chris,


Sequel to: Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics. Booklist, Horn Book Guide, School Library Journal, Game maker Luigi Lemoncello tests out his new game, "Fabulous Fact-Finding Frenzy," sending tester Kyle and other finalists through the first round, then to the race with bicycles, a bookmobile, and even Mr. Lemoncello's corporate banana jet. However, before the testing is over, Mr. Lemoncello may be exposed as a fraud--but not if Kyle can prove his hero is innocent.
Date Published:2017

Sequel to: Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics. Booklist, Horn Book Guide, School Library Journal, Game maker Luigi Lemoncello tests out his new game, "Fabulous Fact-Finding Frenzy," sending tester Kyle and other finalists through the first round, then to the race with bicycles, a bookmobile, and even Mr. Lemoncello's corporate banana jet. However, before the testing is over, Mr. Lemoncello may be exposed as a fraud--but not if Kyle can prove his hero is innocent.

Date Published:2017

What is NASA?

Fabiny, Sarah,


"16 pages of photos inside!"--Cover. "Who HQ. Your headquarters for history. Who? What? Where?"--Back cover. "The National Aeronautics and Space Administration, better known as NASA, began in 1958. With its creation, the United States hoped to ensure it won the space race against the Soviet Union. Author Sarah Fabiny describes the origins of NASA, the launching of the Apollo program that landed the first human on the moon, and the many missions and discoveries that have taken place since then. NASA has a rich history and still plays an important role in uncovering the mysteries of the universe. Readers are sure to get sucked into this book."--
Date Published:2019

"16 pages of photos inside!"--Cover. "Who HQ. Your headquarters for history. Who? What? Where?"--Back cover. "The National Aeronautics and Space Administration, better known as NASA, began in 1958. With its creation, the United States hoped to ensure it won the space race against the Soviet Union. Author Sarah Fabiny describes the origins of NASA, the launching of the Apollo program that landed the first human on the moon, and the many missions and discoveries that have taken place since then. NASA has a rich history and still plays an important role in uncovering the mysteries of the universe. Readers are sure to get sucked into this book."--

Date Published:2019

Astronaut handbook

McCarthy, Meghan


Illustrations rendered using acrylic paint on gessoed paper Discusses the requirements for becoming an astronaut.
Date Published:2008