Various Readers
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Publisher
Millbrook Press
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
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Let's Meet a Vet!
What does a veterinarian do? Let's find out! Dr. Kate is a veterinarian. She visits a school to give Henry, the class guinea pig, a checkup. She shows the class the tools she uses. She tells them about the many things vets do. And the students learn how to take good care of Henry.
Hooray for veterinarians!
"Cartoon-style animated drawings in bright colors introduce diverse characters who will capture children's interest." -School...
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Series
Pigeon (Picture books) volume 5
Publisher
Hyperion Books for Children
Language
English
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Pigeon is very angry when the duckling gets a cookie just by asking politely.
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Series
Publisher
Charlesbridge
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
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"A group of Native American kids from different tribes presents twelve historical and contemporary time periods, struggles, and victories to their classmates, each ending with a powerful refrain: we are still here"--
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English
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"Pulled into a deadly game of deception, secrets, and lies, a woman must find the truth in order to defeat a mysterious opponent, protect her daughter, and save her own life in this dazzling standalone psychological thriller with an unforgettable ending from the New York Times bestselling author of Woman with a Secret and The Monogram Murders. You thought you knew who you were. A stranger knows better. You've left the city and the career that nearly...
27) Pericles
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Publisher
Project Gutenberg
Language
English
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Likely written around 1607 or 1608 and attributed at least in part to Shakespeare, "Pericles, Prince of Tyre" is an adventure-filled play that follows the extended sailing journeys of a young prince. Pericles, a young prince from Phoenicia, is forced to flee Antioch when he correctly guesses a riddle that reveals the incestuous activity of King Antiochus. Unable to stay at home in Tyre because of Antiochus' vengeance, he sails away and ends up shipwrecked...
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Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
To keep herself occupied after recently losing her sight, Zinaida begins a diary in the summer of 1888. When a family rents a guesthouse on her family's estate, Zinaida meets and befriends Anton, the middle son, who is a doctor and a writer. As the summer progresses, Zinaida's diary becomes an intimate, intropective narrative of her singular relationship with Anton. More than a century later, Katya Kendall discovers Zinaida's diary, and in a last...
29) Titus Andronicus
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English
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Classic Books Library presents this new beautiful edition of William Shakespeare's play, "Titus Andronicus" (1594). This edition features a specially commissioned new biography of William Shakespeare. Unlike Shakespeare's other plays based on Roman histories, the story of "Titus Andronicus" is a fictional work. The play dramatises the gruesome events that take place in the battle for a nation between the brutal Roman general Titus and his powerful...
30) Honor girl
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Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Another summer spent at Camp Bellflower for Girls suddenly turns 15-year-old Maggie Thrash's life upside down when a moment of innocent physical contact sparks an unexpected desire for a female camp counselor?a feeling that might just be mutual. But Camp Bellflower is the last place for two girls to fall in love in peace.
32) Henry VI, Part 2
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Series
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Project Gutenberg
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English
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The second play in Shakespeare's "War of the Roses Tetralogy", this work continues Shakespeare's account of King Henry VI's reign. It commences with the marriage of Henry VI with the French noblewoman Margaret of Anjou, whose influence in court is, challenged by Duke Humphrey, the King's Protector. There is a large amount of aristocratic subversion in this play, in which the good Duke Humphrey is fatally, ensnared. Richard, the Duke of York, emerges...
33) Henry VI, Part 3
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Project Gutenberg
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English
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The third play of Shakespeare's "War of the Roses Tetralogy", this "Part III" is widely regarded as the best of the three works on Henry VI. The Bard's skill in producing scenes of moving drama is readily apparent, for Queen Margaret journeys to France in search of military aid, after King Henry brokers a deal with his enemy Richard, Duke of York, for physical protection. Many bloody and heart-rending battles take place in this play as the War of...
34) Henry IV, Part 1
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English
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The second play in William Shakespeare's tetralogy of plays which also includes "Richard II", "Henry IV, Part 2", and "Henry V", "Henry IV, Part 1" is believed to have been written no later than 1597. A history play, the drama concerns the unquiet reign of Henry Bolingbroke. Following the usurpation of the throne, Henry IV is plagued with guilt over his role in the imprisonment and death of King Richard II. In order to resolve himself of this internal...
35) The other woman
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Series
Gabriel Allon novels volume 18
Language
English
Description
In an isolated village in the mountains of Andalusia, a mysterious Frenchwoman begins work on a dangerous memoir. It is the story of a man she once loved in the Beirut of old, and a child taken from her in treason's name. The woman is the keeper of the Kremlin's most closely guarded secret. Long ago, the KGB inserted a mole into the heart of the West -- a mole who stands on the doorstep of ultimate power. Only one man can unravel the conspiracy: Gabriel...
Author
Publisher
Millbrook Press
Pub. Date
c2013
Language
English
Description
Let's Meet a Dentist!
Have you ever had a toothache? Or gotten your teeth cleaned? Dr. Florez could help you out! She's a dentist, and today she has an office full of curious visitors.
They try out her dentist's chair and look at X-rays of teeth. They also learn how she helps patients keep their teeth clean and healthy.
Hooray for dentists!
"Cartoon-style animated drawings in bright colors introduce diverse characters who will capture children's...
Author
Publisher
Lerner Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2019
Language
English
Description
Audisee® eBooks with Audio combine professional narration and sentence highlighting to engage reluctant readers! Hannah's sister, Alexis, has been acting different lately. For one thing, she's constantly on her phone when she never used to care that much about it. But after Hannah discovers that Alexis has developed a relationship with a boy she met online, her strange behavior starts to make sense. What's worse, Alexis plans to skip out on college...
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English
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First published in 1653, Izaak Walton's "The Compleat Angler" is a classic and much-loved treatise on the art of fishing. Immediately popular after its publication, "The Compleat Angler" was reprinted and updated numerous times by Walton. Written as a conversation between the fictional characters of the experienced angler Piscator and his student Viator, which was changed to a hunter named Venator in later editions, the treatise is part an instructional...
Author
Publisher
Millbrook Press
Pub. Date
c2013
Language
English
Description
Let's Meet a Teacher!
Whiteboards, computers, and stickers. What do these things have in common? They're all tools Ms. Crawford uses in her job. Ms. Crawford is a fourth grade teacher.
She invites a group of students learning about community helpers to visit her classroom. She shows them the many ways she helps her students learn.
Hooray for teachers!
"Cartoon-style animated drawings in bright colors introduce diverse characters who will capture...
Author
Publisher
Pegasus Books
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
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An "unputdownable" biography of the future king of England with "intriguing new details" about Kate and Diana by a #1 New York Times–bestselling author (Daily Beast).
His face is recognized the world over, his story is well known. But what is Prince William really like?
As Diana's eldest son, he was her confidant. While the tabloids eagerly lapped up the lurid details of his parents' divorce, William lived
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