Theule, Larissa
Summary: "From a lowly mixture of stone, sand, water, and cement have sprung sidewalks, streets, and skyscrapers, . . . lighthouses and . . . palaces, long bridges and massive dams. In ancient building practices, in modern engineering, and in the architecture of the future, humble concrete plays a mighty role in the creation of the human-made world. With facts and . . . running narrative in the form of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2022
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Summary: "From bestselling and award-winning author-illustrator Marissa Moss, praised for her accessible blend of narrative nonfiction with graphic novel-style chapter openers in The Woman Who Split the Atom: The Life of Lise Meitner, comes another fascinating story of a groundbreaking woman in STEM. One of the founders of U.S. cryptology who would eventually become one of the world's greatest code...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Abrams Books for Young Readers 2024
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 FRIGall, Chris
Summary: Released in conjunction with the 50th anniversary of the moon landing, this nonfiction picture book offers a step-by-step explanation of how the Apollo 11 spacecraft worked, as told by a young enthusiast. Includes glossary.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Roaring Brook Press 2019
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Summary: From Paleolithic loincloths to Henry VII's wives wearing underwear on their heads and beyond, this hilarious--and accurate--history of underwear (as comically modeled by chickens), tells the fascinating story of our most private clothing.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Roaring Brook Press 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 391.4 HOLGuglielmo, Amy
Summary: "Lucy was not a proper little girl. She was sassy. She was bold. She was funny. She was a rule-breaking, chance-taking, comedy pioneer. Can't act? Can't sing? Can't dance? Lucy proves them all wrong - and then has the last laugh when she finally lets her inner funny girl shine. In 1951, the hit show I Love Lucy took television by storm, and has made millions laugh ever since. Lucy! is the true...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Abrams Books for Young Readers 2024
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 BALAbramson, Jill
Summary: "Best-selling author, former executive editor of the New York Times, and self-confessed political junkie, Jill Abramson has written a detailed and fascinating book that explains how the highest court in the United States works, who gets to serve on it, which cases have had the greatest impact on the country, and why the US justice system is so vital to democracy"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Workshop 2022
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Summary: Profiles the legendary country music artist, reading advocate, and philanthropist who has sent over one hundred fifty million free books to children through her Imagination Library, and describes the hardships she overcame.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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Summary: "A kids' guide to dinosaurs and the Mesozoic era"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday Books for Young Readers 2023
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Summary: "A kids' guide to the planets in our solar system"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday Books for Young Readers 2022