Lassieur, Allison
Summary: This encyclopedia offers readers the chance to explore the 63 national parks in the United States and its territories. Alongside photos of the parks, the text highlights each park's history, points of interest, and things to do. Features include glossary, additional resources, and an index. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Encyclopedias, an imprint of Abdo Reference 2023
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Presents an illustrated version of the traditional song along with some discussion of its folk origins.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Picture Window Books 2003
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Summary: Every day we throw things away, but is everything we throw out really garbage? Can it be reused or made into something different? Learn how to "Reduce, Reuse, Recycle" in this catchy song from the Me, My Friends, My Community series.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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Summary: Retells, through song, the tale of a frog which, in return for retrieving the princess's golden ball, exacts a promise she is reluctant to fulfill. Includes glossary, guided reading activities, and sheet music.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Cantata Learning 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE HIGOwens, R. J.
Summary: "The song "Say It Loud (I'm Black and I'm Proud)" is personified, describing the Black history and culture that inspired its creation. Written in 1968 by singer James Brown after the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr, the song became an anthem for the civil rights movement"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sleeping Bear Press 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE OWEDeRogatis, Jim.
Summary: "Let It Blurt is the biography of Lester Bangs (1949-82) - the gonzo journalist, gutter poet, and romantic visionary of rock criticism. He lived the rock 'n' roll lifestyle, guzzling booze and Romilar like water, matching its energy in prose that erupted from the pages of Rolling Stone, Creem, and The Village Voice. Bangs agitated in the seventies for sounds that were harsher, louder, more...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Broadway Books 2000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 BANGS, LESTER DERHiggins, Nadia
Summary: Retells, through song, the tale of two abandoned children that come upon a gingerbread cottage inhabited by a cruel witch who wants to eat them. Includes glossary, guided reading activities, and sheet music.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Cantata Learning 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE HIGKelly, Casey.
Summary: Songwriting is an art, but fortunately it's an art you can learn. This guide is packed with everything a beginning songwriter needs to know to hit all the right notes.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alpha 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 782.42 KELHiggins, Nadia
Summary: Retells, through song, the tale of three billy goats who trick a troll that lives under the bridge. Includes glossary, guided reading activities, and sheet music.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Cantata Learning 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE HIGWoods, Vanessa
Summary: Traces how a Discovery Channel writer and her scientist fianc šettled in a Bonobo sanctuary in war-torn Congo, where their research enabled greater understanding of the characteristics and largely peaceful culture of the rare ape that shares 98.7 percent of human DNA.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Gotham Books 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 599 WOOReid, Stuart A.
Summary: "A spellbinding work of history that reads like a Cold War spy thriller-about the US-sanctioned plot to assassinate the democratically elected leader of the newly independent Congo"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 967.51031 REIAyers, Mike
Summary: "A collection of the songs that have moved us, changed us, or amplified our lives. . .Highlights some of the most emotionally resonant music ever created, in the words of more than thirty musical legends and up-and-comers. Weaving together their explanations with evocative illustrations and poignant interludes, these essays encourage us to examine the soundtracks of our own experiences and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Abrams Image 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 782.42 AYEAnderson, Steven C
Summary: A twist on the classic song now features five frogs jumping from log to log, trying to catch a dragonfly.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Cantata Learning 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE ANDEyre, Makana
Summary: Drawing on oral history and testimony, as well as extensive archival research, this powerful story recounts the transformation of Polish nationalist Aleksander Kulisiewicz after an unlikely friendship with a Jewish conductor in Sachsenhausen who tasked him with a mission: to save the musical heritage of the victims of the Nazi camps.
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Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton & Company 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 KULISIEWICZ, ALEKSANDER TYTUS EYRPetelinsek, Kathleen
Summary: "Learn how to create sock puppets and put on shows for your friends and family with these fun activities"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Cherry Lake Publishing 2015
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Presents an illustrated version of the traditional song along with some discussion of its folk origins.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Picture Window Books 2003
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Summary: "From their inception in 1903, the New York Yankees were a floundering team that played as second-class citizens to the New York Giants. With four winning seasons to date, the team was purchased in 1915 by Jacob Ruppert and his partner, Cap "Til" Huston.Three years later, when Ruppert hired Miller Huggins as manager, the unlikely partnership of two figures began, one that set into motion the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: University of Nebraska Press 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 796.357 STEVan Sciver, Noah
Summary: "In a humorous graphic novel set in Minnesota around 1914, we see W. B. Laughead, an advertising manager for a lumber company, spin the Paul Bunyan tall tales. Highlights the impact of clear-cutting old-growth forests. With contributions by Native authors as well as historical maps, photos, and a bibliography."
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Publisher / Publication Date: Toon Books 2023
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Presents an illustrated version of the traditional song along with some discussion of its folk origins. Includes music and words to four verses.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Picture Window Books 2003
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 782.4216 CLESummary: Presents an illustrated version of the traditional song along with some discussion of its folk origins. Includes music and the words to nine verses.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Picture Window Books 2003
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 782.4216 WHESummary: Presents an illustrated version of the traditional song along with some discussion of its folk origins. Includes music and the words to ten verses.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Picture Window Books 2003
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 782.4216 ANTLynskey, Dorian.
Summary: A history of protest music embodied in 33 songs since the 1930s.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ecco 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 782.42 LYNWeatherford, Carole Boston
Summary: "On August 28, 1963, a quarter of a million activists and demonstrators from every corner of the United States convened for the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. It was there that they raised their voices in unison to call for racial and economic justice for all Black Americans, to call out inequities, and ultimately to advance the Civil Rights Movement. Every movement has its unsung...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt and Company 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 RUSWenk, Elizabeth
Summary: "The John Muir Trail contains the information you need for hiking or backpacking the route. The comprehensive guide describes the entire passage, with detailed directions as well as UTM coordinates for important junctions, lateral trails, campsites, food-storage boxes, and other points of interest. The book divides the trail into 13 sections, and each section includes an elevation profile and a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wilderness Press 2022