McHale, Brenda
Summary: Understanding climate change is increasingly important as Earth gets warmer. Wind is another side effect of Earth's changing climate and atmosphere that can be harmful. It affects crops, people's homes, and animal habitats.
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Publisher / Publication Date: PowerKids 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 551.55 MCHMartin, Louise
Summary: Discusses the giant panda, why it is an endangered species, and efforts by the World Wildlife Fund and other people to save the giant panda.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rourke Enterprises 1988
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J Animals MartinMcHale, Brenda
Summary: There's no question that storms like hurricanes have gotten stronger around the world in recent years. Many places have more rain at other times too. An increasingly wet climate in some places is yet another side effect of climate change.
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Publisher / Publication Date: PowerKids 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 551.458 MCHMcHale, Brenda
Summary: When people talk about global warming, they mean climate change. Scientists predict that Earth will continue to get warmer if people don't make serious changes to protect Earth. Reducing the use of fossil fuels is one way that young readers are introduced to slowing climate change in this simple book about the warming of Earth.
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Publisher / Publication Date: PowerKids 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 551.5 MCHMcHale, Brenda
Summary: Water is essential for all life on Earth. From irrigating fields to drinking it ourselves, water is the one thing that separates Earth from other uninhabitable planets. But what happens when water dries up? This book provides a simple introduction to climate change and one of its consequences: drier places are getting drier, and places that weren't dry before are also getting drier.
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Publisher / Publication Date: PowerKids 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 551.57 MCHHockensmith, Steve.
Summary: Crime-solving cowboys Gus 'Old Red' and Otto 'Big Red' Amlingmeyer are wandering around San Francisco when they stumble onto another mystery to be solved: the death of their acquaintance, Dr. Chan. It turns out that no one wants this mystery solved, but that doesn't stop the brothers from riling up the locals with their heavy-handed investigations.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tantor Media Inc. 2008
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1 available in Audiobook on MP3 CD, Call number: MP3CD FIC HOCSpilsbury, Louise
Summary: Beautiful coral reefs are teeming with life that's not found anywhere else on the planet. This diverse and fascinating biome is home to thousands of fish, octopi, sea slugs, and sharks. Readers learn about these creatures and many more in this science-rich title that uses age-appropriate language and fun fact boxes to discuss adaptation and survival, ecosystem balance, interdependency, and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: PowerKids Press 2016
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Summary: "Rivers and lakes are home to some of the world's most captivating creatures. Diving beetles, water lilies, salmon, and fish eagles are just some of the diverse life-forms readers will learn about in this information-rich title. Readers learn how creatures adapt and survive in this fascinating biome."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: PowerKids Press 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 577.6 SPIClay, James
Summary: "The wild west becomes even wilder as violence erupts over booze in the Texas town of Red Horse. A play, The Devil's Brew, which demands the abolition of liquor, is greeted with gunfire. The author is brutally murdered, and the cast threatened with death by the appearance of devil dolls. Detective Rance Dehner quickly discovers that no one in the cast of the play believes in abolition. They are...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2024
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Summary: Emphasizing cases that were the first of their kind, new types of crime, and crimes peculiar to certain regions, a geographic overview of crime in America demonstrates how geography, shifting populations, Western expansion, and technology have shaped crime and the development of American society. The Historical Atlas of American Crime presents a geographic overview of the development of crime...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Facts on File 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 364 ROSPerone, James E.
Contents: The young virtuoso, 1962-1964 -- The first three albums -- With a song in my heart and Stevie at the beach -- The soul shouter, 1965-1967 -- Uptight -- Down to earth -- I was made to love her -- Someday at Christmas -- The middle of the road, 1968-1970 -- Eivets rednow -- For once in my life -- My cherie amour -- Signed, sealed & delivered -- The independent artist, 1971-1973 -- Where I'm...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Praeger 2006
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 782.42 PERLawrence, David
Summary: Artie Lieberman tries out for Peabody's lacrosse team. He is excited to make the team! But whe he is bullied by a group of bigger boys, he's not sure he wants to keep playing. Can he stand up to the bullies? Is it even worth it?
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Publisher / Publication Date: Graphic Panet, an imprint of Magic Wagon 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 LAWKidd, J.S.
Summary: Since prehistoric times, humans have used the plant life around them to help cure ailments. In more recent times, researchers and scientists have started to reexamine these early folk remedies in hopes of creating more available forms of treatment. Today, more and more people are attracted to pure forms of these folk medicines, while others hope to gain knowledge from them so that new drugs may...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chelsea House 2006
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 615.321 KIDNewton, Michael
Summary: Historical in scope and international in breadth, this collection of true-crime stories chronicles 15 of the most infamous “extreme killers” who ever lived—those with the largest number of confirmed kills, in many cases more than 50. The subjects range from 15th-century French child killer Gilles de Rais, purportedly the model for the folk legend of “Bluebeard,” to Henry Lee Lucas and Otis...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sterling, an imprint of Sterling Publishing Co., Inc. 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 364.1523 NEWPolinsky, Paige V.
Summary: This book explores the inception and evolution of Fortnite, highlighting the game's key creators, super players, and the cultural crazes inspired by the game. Special features include side-by-side comparisons of the game over time and a behind-the-screen look into the franchise.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Checkerboard Library, an imprint of Abdo Publishing 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 794.8 POLOxlade, Chris.
Summary: Describes the parts of a plane and how they work.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Silver Press 1997
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Summary: "How do the leaders of some cults get such often-unfathomable power over their adherents? Across a series of profiles, Killer Cults reveals the truth behind some of the most mystifying and deadly cults and their leaders, all of whom led their followers down a dark, murderous path"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sterling Publishing Co. 2020
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Summary: "Keith Evans is a talented player on Peabody's basketball team. His father was a great player too. When Keith stops applying himself on the court, his father scolds him. Is Mr. Evans pushing Keith to achieve just to relive his glory days? Or is it something else?"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Graphic Panet, an imprint of Magic Wagon 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 LAWGuillain, Charlotte.
Summary: Read all about different careers that are perfect for art lovers.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Heinemann Library 2013
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 702.3 GUIGuillain, Charlotte.
Summary: Looks at careers involving computers, including website designer, electrical engineer, forensic scientist, and computer graphics animator.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Heinemann Library 2013
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 004.23 GUIRinaldi, Ann.
Summary: A fourteen-year-old indentured servant keeps a journal of his experiences on the Mayflower and during the building of Plymouth in 1620-1621.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic 1900
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J FIC RINPolinsky, Paige V.
Summary: This book explores the inception and evolution of Minecraft, highlighting the game's key creators, super players, and the cultural crazes inspired by the game. Special features include side-by-side comparisons of the game over time and a behind-the-screen look into the franchise.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Checkerboard Library, an imprint of Abdo Publishing 2020
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: J MI ShawOxlade, Chris.
Summary: Describes the parts of a car and how they work.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Silver Press 1997