Blankenship, Loyd
Summary: Learning to be a maker has never been more fun. Full-color cartoons and drawings lead you through the steps needed for making a wizard wand, a sanding block, a charging station for your phone or tablet, and a sturdy box with a hidden compartment. You'll learn how to choose and use the right tools, measure and cut properly, sand, glue, and finish your woodworking projects to make them look great.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: MakerMedia 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 684 BLASchatz, Dennis
Summary: The Uncover series combines the best elements of a book with plastic model elements embedded in cutaway pages to help readers truly "uncover" the mysteries of what makes things work. A fascinating three-dimensional presentation allows in-depth, hands-on exploration of the subject at hand. This unique "model" is easily observed, layer by layer, system by system just by turning a page, until an...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Silver Dolphin 2018
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1 available in JT Non-Fiction, Call number: JT Nature UncoverFloyd, Ted
Summary: Become a better birder with brief portraits of 200 top North American birds. This friendly, relatable book is a celebration of the art, science, and delights of bird-watching. How to Know the Birds introduces a new, holistic approach to bird-watching, by noting how behaviors, settings, and seasonal cycles connect with shape, song, color, gender, age distinctions, and other features...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 598.072 FLOSwartz, Sarah Silberstein
Summary: "Discover nine ordinary women who took extraordinary measures to save lives during the Holocaust, resisting terror and torture while undercover or in hiding, in concentration camps, in forests, and in exile."--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Second Story Press 2022
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 920 SWASchwartz, Heather E.
Summary: "Former Vice President Joe Biden played an essential role in the Obama administration. Follow his career from Delaware's longest-serving senator to his race back to the White House"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Lerner Publications 2021
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JB BIDEN SCHJones, Rob Lloyd
Summary: This history of the world covers 100 fascinating historical subjects, including Ancient Egypt, Alexander the Great, the start of Islam, the Aztecs, the French Revolution, the first computer, Albert Einstein and the Space Race. Each topic is brought to life by photographs, easy-to-read text and colourful, modern illustrations.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J Around JonesKyi, Tanya Lloyd
Summary: "Double Take is a fact-packed look at how science is tackling stereotypes. In the intermediate grades, students are likely to encounter and recognize all kinds of stereotypes. Our brains constantly use categories to sort and label the things (and people) around us -- both with good results and frightening ones. This book explores how we all use stereotypes and how science can help us to build...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Kids Can Press 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 303.3 KYIJones, Rob Lloyd
Summary: A fascinating flap book packed with interesting information about how lots of things work. Discover the inner workings of cars and boats, farm and building site machines, everyday household items including vacuum cleaners, computers and fridges, and much more.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J Set Look Inside 620 Jones 2018Jones, Rob Lloyd.
Summary: This swashbuckling puzzle book is packed with things to find and count. Search pirate ports, stormy seas, and sunken ships to see if you can spot all the hidden treasure. Just look out for the sea monsters!
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: EDC 2007
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Summary: "Kids 3 to 6 will be inspired to ask their own big questions after reading about the mysteries that scientists have yet to discover. This celebration of curiosity is an excellent resource for fostering an interest in STEM. Sometimes, it seems as if scientists know everything about the world. They've recorded the songs of humpback whales, dug up the bones of dinosaurs, and even tracked the...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Greystone Kids 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE KYISchwartz, Heather E.
Summary: "This fun, friendly title based on the Cookie Monster's Foodie Truck segment serves as an introduction to the basics of food literacy"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Lerner Publications 2020
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2 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 641.5 SCHSchwartz, Corey Rosen
Summary: "Two tough trucks -- the fastest of friends -- love racing and chasing and zipping 'round bends. But when they chase and zip without paying attention... Mack and Rig get separated! Will they find their way back to each other, and to their parents?" --
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic 2020
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Summary: "Uses primary sources to tell the story of the Freedom Riders during the U.S. Civil Rights Movement"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Press, a Capstone imprint 2015
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 323.11 SCHCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in JT Non-Fiction, Call number: JT Blk Civil SchwartzSchwartz, Heather E.
Summary: "Senator Kamala Harris is known as a tough prosecutor. She made history as the first Black and Indian woman to lead a major ticket. Follow her fight to the White House!"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Lerner Publications 2021
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JB HARRIS SCHKelly, James F. (James Floyd)
Summary: Presents a history and description of computer programming, or coding, noting such figures as Charles Babbage and Ada Lovelace, and provides a parent guide, tips, and a quiz.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: DK Publishing 2017
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Transitional Reader (Blue), Call number: JBR BLUE KELGoing, K. L. (Kelly L.)
Summary: "A little boy who loves to find shapes in nature grows up to be one of America's greatest architects, Frank Lloyd Wright"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Beach Lane Books 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 WRILeach, Michael
Summary: Students will learn about the role food plays in the animal kingdom and understand why different animals have different feeding habits.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Enslow Publishers 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 591.53 LEAFraknoi, Andrew
Summary: This illustrated book is a fun way to get young astronomers ready for August 2017, when millions of North Americans will have the rare chance to witness a solar eclipse. The book tells how two curious children and their grandparents re-create eclipses in their living room using a lamp, a tennis ball, two Hula Hoops, and Ping-Pong balls. Later, in the backyard and around the house, the family...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: National Science Teachers Association 2017
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2 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 523.7 FRALeach, Michael
Summary: Introduces readers to many fascinating mammals that either hunt for their food or are related to animals that do.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Enslow Publishers 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 599.7 LEAThompson, Kim Mitzo.
Summary: Learn the names of the zoo animals and practice counting, too. Listen along to the CD, and you will feel you are right there at the zoo! Read the entire story in Spanish. Then, flip over the book and read the entire story in English!
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Twin Sisters IP, LLC 2007
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1 available in Juvenile World Languages, Call number: JN Spanish ThompsonSummary: Contains: Down on the Farm - discover what life on the farm is all about; Barnyard Friends - find out where barnyard animals come from and how they became our helpers; and The Horse of Course - discover what makes a horse a horse!
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: NCircle Entertainment 2011
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1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV ANIJaggar, Louisa
Summary: "The true story of James Herman Banning, the first African American pilot to fly across the United States"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Crown Books for Young Readers 2021
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2 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 BANGeorge, Isabel.
Summary: From horses and elephants carrying armies, to dogs parachuting from planes and dolphins detecting mines, animals have played a part in some of the bloodiest battles in history. Their stories are as compelling and tragic as those of the soldiers they served.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Usborne 2006
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 355.4 GEOSummary: When an evil business developer threatens to tear down the neighboorhood to build a shopping mall, Arnold - together with Helga, his annoying secret admirer, and Gerald, his best friend - comes to the rescue.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Paramount Pictures 2002