Stewart, Melissa
Summary: "Animals adapt their behavior to the different phases of the moon"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE STEElliott, Carl
Summary: "Shocking cases of abusive medical research and the whistleblowers who spoke out against them, sometimes at the expense of their careers. The Occasional Human Sacrifice is an intellectual inquiry into the moral struggle that whistleblowers face, and why it is not the kind of struggle that most people imagine. Carl Elliott is a bioethicist at the University of Minnesota who was trained in...
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Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton & Company 2024
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Summary: "Timed to the start of the first trial in March 2024, this essential volume collects the four unprecedented indictments against Donald Trump and features extensive commentary by NYU law professors and MSNBC contributors Melissa Murray and Andrew Weissmann. In the long span of American history, Donald Trump is the first former president to face criminal indictment. He is the subject of a series...
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Publisher / Publication Date: W. W. Norton & Company 2024
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.933 MURAckerman, Jennifer
Summary: "Jennifer Ackerman illuminates the rich biology and natural history of owls and reveals remarkable new scientific discoveries about their brains and behavior. She joins scientists in the field and explores how researchers are using modern technology and tools to learn how owls communicate, hunt, court, mate, raise their young, and move about from season to season. We now know that the hoots,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2023
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Summary: "Every major American city has a highway tearing through its center. Seventy years ago, planners sold these highways as progress, essential to our future prosperity. The automobile promised freedom, and highways were going to take us there. Instead, they divided cities, displaced people from their homes, chained us to our cars, and locked us into a high-emissions future. And the more highways...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crown 2024
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Summary: "Disinformation made possible by rapid advances in cheap, digital technology, and promoted by organized networks, thrives in the toxic political environment that exists within the United States and around the world. In Lies that Kill, two noted experts take readers inside the world of disinformation campaigns to show concerned citizens how to recognize disinformation, understand it, and protect...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Brookings Institution Press 2024
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1 available in New Non-fiction, Call number: 320.973 KAMGall, 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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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE GALSorell, Traci
Summary: Too often, Native American history is treated as a finished chapter instead of relevant and ongoing. This companion book to the award-winning We Are Grateful: Otsaliheliga offers readers everything they never learned in school about Native American people's past, present, and future. Precise, lyrical writing presents topics including: forced assimilation (such as boarding schools), land...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Charlesbridge 2021
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J973.04 SORLanan, Jessica
Summary: "What if you were as small as a bean and could walk on the walls and ceiling, sense vibrations through your elbows, jump five times your body length, see the world through eight eyes, and hear using tiny hairs all over your body? That is Jumper's world. Open this book and discover the fascinating hidden life of a backyard jumping spider."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Roaring Brook Press 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE LANLehman-Wilzig, Tami
Summary: Every Shabbat, Jacob and Soosie the horse set out to deliver Ezra and Esther's delicious challahs to their Jerusalem neighbors. But what happens when Jacob is sick? Will everyone get their challah in time for Shabbat? This heartwarming story highlights the friendship between a boy and a horse. Charming illustrations capture early twentieth century Jerusalem and its diverse residents from all...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kalaniot Books, an imprint of Endless Mountains Publishing 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE LEHCox, Lynne
Summary: "A picture book about a sea turtle named Yoshi who has traveled further than any other living animal"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Anne Schwartz Books 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 597.92 COXGianferrari, Maria
Summary: Bread, milk, wool, fruits, and vegetables: things that fill our day to day lives. But where, and who, do they come from? Across wheat fields and city rooftop gardens, mushroom beds and maple forests, Thank a Farmer traces the food and clothing that a family uses back to the people who harvested and created them. With Maria Gianferrari's informed and poetic text and monumental artwork from...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Norton Young Readers 2023
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Summary: "An inspiring guide packed with simple explanations of of how kids and their families can reduce, re-use, and recycle to help clean up our planet"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury Children's Books 2022
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Summary: "A stunning picture book for young nature lovers about starlings and the fascinating phenomenon of murmurations"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Studio 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 598.8 FURBodden, Valerie
Summary: A basic exploration of the appearance, behavior, and habitat of seahorses, the small, snouted fish of the oceans. Also included is a story from folklore explaining how seahorses became fish.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Creative Education and Creative Paperbacks, an imprint of the Creative Company 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 597 BODCushman, Abi
Summary: "Wombats are elusive, burrowing marsupials. Their teeth never stop growing, they have backwards pouches, and they're the only known animal to have cube-shaped poop. And if you ask their friend Snake, those aren't the only things that are weird about wombats!"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Greenwillow Books, an Imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 599.2 CUSFadeeva, Olʹga (Olga Alekseevna)
Summary: "This browsable book explores the wind's role in our planet and its history, from carrying pollen to shaping sand dunes to pushing record-breaking ships across the ocean"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Eerdmans Books for Young Readers 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 551.51 FADMucha, Laura
Summary: "Find out what children eat all around the world in this beautifully illustrated book, written by bestselling poet and author Laura Mucha, alongside trained chef and food writer Ed Smith. From biltong to biryani, papaya to passionfruit, and ramen to roti, there are so many different dishes and delicacies all around the world. In this fascinating book, young children can learn all about what...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Nosy Crow Inc. 2023
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1 available in New Youth Materials, Call number: J 641.5 MUCRooney, Anne
Summary: Young people often have many questions about their bodies, and they'll find many answers in this entertaining volume full of fun facts. They'll learn about various body systems, processes, and parts as they embark on a creative journey through the human body.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Windmill Books, an imprint of Rosen Publishing 2021
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Summary: "Monarch butterflies swooped through and people wondered, "Where do they go?" In 1976 the world learned: after migrating, the monarchs roost by the millions in an oyamel grove in Mexico. This was a mystery that could only be solved when people worked as a team"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sleeping Bear Press 2020
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Summary: There's so much to learn about dinosaurs. Kids often have questions about these prehistoric creatures, and after reading this creative guide to dinosaurs, they'll have the answers.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Windmill Books, an imprint of Rosen Publishing 2021