Waldron, Melanie
Summary: "Stems carry out vital jobs for all flowering plants, they hold plants up and carry water and food around each plant. This book provides readers with a complete and comprehensive understanding of the role of stems, their structure and how they are brilliantly designed to do these jobs. Clear diagrams, engaging text, and stunning photographs are used to explain the huge variation between stems...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Heinemann Library 2014
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 580 WALSummary: Mickey, Donald and Goofy climb up a fantastic beanstalk into the sky to a place where everything is huge, including the food, a castle and a fearsome giant named Willy who guards a beautiful golden harp. Mickey and his friends will have to outwit Willy in order to make it home safely. Includes 4 other Disney animated films.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment 2009
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2 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV MICRusch, Elizabeth
Summary: "Una historia real sobre un científico contemporáneo que salvó la capa de ozono y el planeta, evitando un desastre en el medioambiente. Mario Molina es un científico mexicoamericano y un héroe de nuestros días que ayudó a resolver la crisis de la capa de ozono de la década de 1980. Se crió en la Ciudad de México y desde niño sintió curiosidad por los mundos ocultos que estudiaba a través de un...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Charlesbridge 2019
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1 available in Juvenile World Languages, Call number: J SPANISH 921 MOLWaldron, Melanie
Summary: "Seeds and fruits carry out vital jobs for all flowering plants. New plants are created from seeds and fruits help to protect and spread those seeds. This book provides readers with a complete and comprehensive understanding of the role of seeds and fruit, their structure and how they are brilliantly designed to do these jobs. Clear diagrams, engaging text, and stunning photographs are used to...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Heinemann Library 2014
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 580 WALTaylor, Charlotte
Summary: "In soccer and baseball, each player has their own job. They each do their part to contribute to the team. Teamwork is also important outside of sports. We use teamwork in our classroom, in our community, and at home with our family. In this book, readers are presented with different scenarios in which young people use teamwork to achieve a certain goal: When Nicole's neighbor becomes ill,...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Gareth Stevens Publishing 2021
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1 available in Juvenile World Languages, Call number: J SPANISH 158.2 TAYIgnotofsky, Rachel
Summary: "In the launch of a new nonfiction picture book series, Rachel Ignotofsky's distinctive art style and engaging, informative text clearly answers any questions a child (or adult) could have about flowers"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Crown Books for Young Readers 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 582.1 IGNCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 582.1 IGNCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 582.1 IGNPortis, Antoinette
Summary: "An educational picture book about the life cycle of a sunflower"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Neal Porter Books/Holiday House 2022
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE PORRodríguez, Patty
Summary: "Inspired by one of the oldest traditional games of chance, this book will introduce your little one to their first English and Spanish words"--Page 4 of cover.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Little Libros 2014
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1 available in Foreign Language, Call number: JE ROD Board BookBrown, Monica
Summary: A powerful and accesible bilingual picture book that highlights "the power and impact of ordinary but dedicated citizens." Every day, thousands of farmworkers harvested the food that ended up on kitchen tables all over the country. But at the end of the day, when the workers sat down to eat, there were only beans on their own tables. Then Dolores Huerta and Cesar Chavez teamed up. Together they...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: [Library Ideas, LLC] 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J READ-ALONG BROCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J READ-ALONG BROLevy, Janice.
Summary: Simple text and color illustrations present the historical background and contemporary celebration of the Cinco de Mayo holiday.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Albert Whitman 2007
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Place a hold to request this item.Mills, Deborah
Summary: Alfredo y su papá deben cruzar la frontera en un viaje difícil de México a los Estados Unidos. ¿Encontrarán el nuevo hogar que están buscando en el otro lado? Basándose en hechos reales, esta historia cobra vida gracias a la ilustradora Mexicana Claudia Navarro, y está repleta de notas al final del texto para iniciar conversaciones sobre inmigración.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Barefoot Books 2018
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1 available in Juvenile World Languages, Call number: J SPANISH 325 MILBeaty, Andrea
Summary: "What do plants eat? Why do some plants have flowers and others don't? And what's the tallest plant out there?"--Amazon.com.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Amulet Books, an imprint of Abrams 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 635 BEACopies Available at Interlochen
2 available in Juvenile- Series, Call number: J Series Ada BeatyDoeden, Matt.
Summary: "Describes real-life animals and their similarities to dragons"--Provided by publisher.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J398.24 DOEReynoso, Naibe
Summary: Brief biographies in rhyme of 11 notable Latinos.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Con Todo Press 2020
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2 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 920 REYCall number: J SPANISH 920 REY
Brown, Carron
Summary: Watch as astronauts blast off into space with this beautifully illustrated book. By simply holding the book up to the light, or shining a torch behind each page, young readers will be able to discover how astronauts work, eat and exercise on a space station, and will delight in following a crew from lift-off to touch-down. The innovative see-through feature fulfills a similar function to...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Kane Miller, a division of EDC Publishing 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE SPANISH BRORoesser, Marie
Summary: Identifying attributes of objects is a staple of early elementary education, and one of these attributes is size. This valuable volume provides an excellent opportunity for review and assessment of the appropriate use of size words, such as big, small, large, and little, along with other vocabulary that young readers should become familiar with. The at-level text is specially crafted to be...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Gareth Stevens Publishing 2022
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1 available in Juvenile World Languages, Call number: JE SPANISH ROELevy, Janey
Summary: "There are stories of meat-eating plants, but are they really true? Yes! Plants are just as freaky as animals in many ways. This book dives into jungles, forests, and fields all over the world that contain some of the wildest plants on the planet. From Venus flytraps and pitcher plants to a plant that smells like a rotting corpse, these organisms are as diverse as they are weird. Toxic mosses...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Gareth Stevens Publishing 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 580.2 LEVWaldron, Melanie
Summary: "Roots carry out vital jobs for all flowering plants, they collect water and nutrients and help to hold plants in place. This book provides readers with a complete and comprehensive understanding of the role of roots, their structure and how they are brilliantly designed to do these jobs. Clear diagrams, engaging text, and stunning photographs are used to explain how strong roots can be, how...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Raintree 2014
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 580 WALDoudna, Kelly
Summary: Simple step-by-step text and photographs for seven plant experiments. Includes a materials list.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: ABDO Pub. 2011
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1 available in J Non Fic Series, Call number: J 580.78 DOUSjoberg, Lena
Summary: Celebrates all things that can be seen in the dark, from nocturnal animals, deep-sea fish, glowing plants, and the stars of the night sky.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Thames & Hudson 2019
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Place a hold to request this item.Jenkins, Steve
Summary: "Packed with many cool facts and visuals on where certain animals live and what they eat, this book captures twenty-five humorous--and very true--explanations of why animals look the way they do in order to exist in this world."--Amazon.com.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2014
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 571.3 JENRusick, Jessica
Summary: This title provides an overview of atoms and molecules. Text includes a simple overview of atoms and molecules and examines nuclei, protons, neutrons, electrons, shells, bonds, isomers, and polymers. Includes the periodic table. Information is explained using real-world examples and supported with graphics and photos. This book concludes with two simple, kid-friendly experiments. Aligned to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Checkerboard Library, an imprint of Abdo Publishing 2023
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J540 RUSKuskowski, Alex.
Summary: Introduces making soups and stews; identifies cooking terms, equipment, and ingredients; and shares recipes for such foods as veggie chicken noodle soup, savory potato and ham soup, basic beef stew, and very berry dessert.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Checkerboard Library, an imprint of Abdo Publishing 2015
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 641.81 KUSKimmerer, Robin Wall
Summary: "Botanist Robin Wall Kimmerer's best-selling book Braiding Sweetgrass is adapted for a young adult audience by children's author Monique Gray Smith, bringing Indigenous wisdom, scientific knowledge, and the lessons of plant life to a new generation"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Zest Books, an imprint of Lerner Publishing Group, Inc. 2022