Sirett, Dawn
Summary: Presents information about farms and farm animals and encourages young readers to move their fingers along special trails in the book.
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Publisher / Publication Date: DK 2018
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1 available in Board Books, Call number: JE SIRTonkin, Rachel
Summary: "How does a butterfly grow? Follow the journey through a butterfly's life cycle, from the time the egg is laid, through hatching as a caterpillar, to forming a cocoon and emerging as a fully grown butterfly."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crabtree Publishing Company 2020
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Before detectives set foot on a crime scene, forensic scientists must first painstakingly glean every bit of evidence. In this program, Professor Margot of the Forensic Science Institute of Lausanne describes advances in criminal science. New technology has made it possible to capture footprints with Mylar and static electricity rather than plaster; to cause fingerprints on a shell casing to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: Longevity may or may not come from one's family tree-but with the help of science, could it one day be "inserted" into our genes? This program looks at research in genetic modification that might help extend human life spans. Spotlighting recent DNA experiments on the C. elegans worm, the program also describes longevity studies in mice, mollusks, and fungi-all of which shed light on...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009
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Summary: By refining and expanding on the work of the founders of criminology, today's forensic scientists link crime victims to perpetrators in ways that almost defy belief. In this program, Professor Matile of France's Museum of Natural History; Professor Evenot, expert in odontology; and noted anthropologist Professor Perrot discuss the ways in which microscopy, entomology, dental records, and facial...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009
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Summary: Once a case goes to trial, evidence is put to its greatest test as it undergoes the scrutiny of cross-examination. In this program, Professors Leriche and Cassiman, genetics experts, examine the ability of lucomalakite green to obtain DNA samples from minute quantities of bodily fluids and discuss the RFLP and PCR tests used to analyze them. In addition, the value of serology-forerunner of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2008
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Wiley, Jesse
Summary: It's 1845 and your family is fleeing Florida with hopes of starting fresh out west. You'll encounter sudden snowstorms that will overwhelm your wagon train en route to the Oregon Trail. Food will become scarce--and you'll get lost. Can you survive the unseasonably cold climates? If you make the right choices, you could find the Lewis-Clark Trail, which would lead back to the Oregon...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC WILSummary: How well do we understand the neurology of learning? Why does the brain's ability to learn diminish as we age? Can science find a way to extend brain "fitness," even for the very old? This program addresses those questions as it describes important medical experiments and studies. Topics include the central role of nerve cell connections in learning and cognitive development; cerebral...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009
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Summary: Are exercise and smart eating the best tools for staying youthful and attractive? Or is there a third ingredient in the fountain of youth-namely, clinical adjustments to the body's chemistry, perhaps with drugs derived from other creatures' hormones? This program examines the subject of hormone therapy and its link to longevity studies. Outlining the role hormones play in sexual attraction, the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2010
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Johnstone, William W.
Summary: "When Dooley Monahan saves Buffalo Bill Cody's life, Cody grubstakes him to purchase of a silver mine in the lawless, violent boomtown of Leadville, Colorado. When he guns down three outlaws, the grateful townsfolk make Dooley sheriff. Then he discovers a town tradition: if a sheriff's no good, they hang him. And fingers are starting to point"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2018
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC JOHJohnstone, William W.
Summary: "When the trigger-happy Dobbs-Queeg gang holds up the Omaha bank, Dooley Monahan is mistaken for one of the robbers. With a price on his head and every lawman in the territory hot on his trail, Dooley has no choice but to join up with the murderous outlaws"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2017
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC JOHScherer, Glenn.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Stackpole Books 2013
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Summary: "It's 1849. You and your family are at the halfway mark on your 2,000-mile journey West. You've set up camp near South Pass, Wyoming. A powerful storm strikes. Your wagon train must ford the river immediately. When crossing the wild water, the current pulls you in and separates you from your family. You wake up on a riverbank--lost and disoriented. You have no other choice by to find your way...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC WILTonkin, Rachel
Summary: "How does an oak tree grow? Follow the journey through an oak tre's life cycle, from an acorn to becoming a fully grown tree."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crabtree Publishing 2020
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Summary: "How does a frog grow? Follow the journey through a frog's life cycle, from the time the egg is laid, through it stage as a tadpole to becoming a fully grown frog"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crabtree Publishing 2020
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Summary: Abraham Setrakian, a former professor and survivor of the holocaust, joins forces with CDC specialist Eph Goodweather to battle a vampiric virus that has infected New York in this first installment in a thrilling trilogy about a horrifying battle between man and vampire that threatens all humanity.
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Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow 2009
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC TORCapucilli, Alyssa Satin
Summary: A collection of ten previously published stories featuring Biscuit, a small and mischievous yellow dog.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperFestival 2005
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: How do carpenters turn building materials into buildings? To find out, this program takes a look at the tools and construction materials carpenters depend on every day. After a rundown on manufactured wood products like plywood, OSB, I-beam joists, and glu-lams as well as the fasteners that hold them all together, the video covers a variety of carpentry tools divided into four groups: planning...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2007
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Hanson, Anders
Summary: Explains what a drill is, reviews the history of the tools, and provides photographs and descriptions of several different kinds of drills.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Abdo Pub. Co. 2010
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 621.952 HANHanson, Anders
Summary: Provides basic information about a hammer, including its history and four popular variants of the tool.
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Publisher / Publication Date: ABDO Pub. 2010
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 621.973 HANBrendan, Maggie
Summary: Set in 1880s Colorado, a mail order bride is full of doubts when another mail order bride arrives to marry the same man.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Revell 2012
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BREHarrison, Kim
Summary: "Rachel Morgan's come a long way from the clutzy runner of Dead Witch Walking. She's faced vampires and werewolves, banshees, witchs, and soul-eating demons. She's crossed worlds, channeled gods, and accepted her place as a day-walking demon. She's lost friends and lovers and family, and an old enemy has become something much more. But power demands responsibility, and world-changers must...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Voyager 2014
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HARMacDonald, John D
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 1985
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP M MACDHanson, Anders
Summary: This image-filled title defines pliers and its history. The four popular variants of the pliers explored in this title are the lineman's pliers, slip-joint pliers, locking pliers and needle-nose pliers. Straightforward definitions along with labeled images will help kids understand the uses and value of each device.
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Publisher / Publication Date: ABDO Pub. 2010