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Civic participation: working for civil rights Civic participation: Working for civil rights Cooking for today Cooking with Bon appétit Count the critters Ford at Fox collection Green kid's guide to gardening! Looking ahead Looking Glass Library (Magic Wagon (Firm)) Planets (Magic Wagon (Firm))Summary: The story is told through the eyes of teenager Miles 'Pudge' Halter, as he enrolls in boarding school to try to gain a deeper perspective on life. He falls in love with Alaska Young and finds a group of loyal friends. But after an unexpected tragedy, Miles and his friends attempt to make sense of what they've been through.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD LOOCopies Available at Woodmere
2 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV LOOHenry, Linda.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Better Homes and Gardens Books 1993
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.813 SOUMahoney, Emily Jankowski
Summary: The American Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and 1960s marked a shift in how African Americans were treated in the United States. This volume highlights the important events and figures that made this movement successful. The book introduces readers to important activists who fought for civil rights by raising their voices and refusing to accept unfair laws. Photographs and primary sources...
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Publisher / Publication Date: PowerKids Press 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 323 MAHMachajewski, Sarah
Summary: American Indians have faced injustice from the moment Europeans came to the Americas to claim land and resources. This volume traces the history of injustice against American Indians, from losing their land, to moving to reservations, to having their culture stolen from them. Readers will learn how the movement for rights began, and the challenges and successes activists faced. Primary sources...
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Publisher / Publication Date: PowerKids Press 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 323 MACHonders, Christine
Summary: Since the days of westward expansion and the U.S.-Mexican War, people of Mexican descent have faced great discrimination in the United States. This volume introduces readers to the historical background of the Mexican American civil rights movement, as well as its key figures and events. Photographs and primary sources will transport readers back in time to truly grasp the importance of this...
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Publisher / Publication Date: PowerKids Press 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 323 HONHayes, Amy
Summary: People with disabilities have faced great struggle and inequality. This volume explores the ways in which people with disabilities have fought for their right to equal access, equal opportunities, and equal treatment. Key figures and events are highlighted to give readers a well-rounded sense of the movement. Photographs and primary sources bring the movement to life. Readers are challenged to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: PowerKids Press 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 323 HAYMorlock, Theresa
Summary: People who identify as LGBTQ are often treated with inequality and violence. Until recently, they were viewed as sick or even criminals. This volume gives important insight into the injustices faced by LGBTQ individuals, and the activists and groups that have fought for equal rights. Photographs and primary sources help readers grasp and connect with information in the text. Readers will learn...
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Publisher / Publication Date: PowerKids Press 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 306.7 MORKeppeler, Jill.
Summary: For most of history, women have been confined to their households, and to lives without equal rights or equal opportunities. This volume introduces readers to the women of the suffrage movement, the defining movement for women’s rights, especially the right to vote. Primary sources and photographs will show readers firsthand how the challenges and successes of this movement shaped the lives of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Merit Press 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 324.6 KEPZuchora-Walske, Christine.
Summary: Describes such characteristics of the Earth as the prevalence of water, its chemical composition, its orbiting moon and the seasons, and explains how scientists know so much about these topics.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Magic Wagon 2012
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1 available in J Non Fic Series, Call number: J 525 ZUCZuchora-Walske, Christine.
Summary: An imaginary journey to Mercury provides facts about the planet's size, year, appearance, gravity, temperature, and core, and suggests some of the questions scientists would want to answer if it really were possible to travel there.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Magic Wagon 2012
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1 available in J Non Fic Series, Call number: J 523.41 ZUCZuchora-Walske, Christine.
Summary: An imaginary journey to Venus provides facts about the planet's gravity, year, days, atmosphere, temperature, and surface, and suggests some of the questions scientists would want to answer if it really were possible to travel there.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Magic Wagon 2012
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1 available in J Non Fic Series, Call number: J 523 ZUCCosson, M. J.
Summary: An imaginary journey to Saturn provides facts about the planet's rings, moon, composition, years, days, and storms, and suggests some of the questions scientists would want to answer if it really were possible to travel there.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Magic Wagon 2012
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1 available in J Non Fic Series, Call number: J 523.46 COSHiggins, Nadia.
Summary: An imaginary journey to Jupiter provides facts about the planet's size, year, composition, atmosphere, and moons, and suggests some of the questions scientists would want to answer if it really were possible to travel there.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Magic Wagon 2012
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1 available in J Non Fic Series, Call number: J 523.45 HIGTourville, Amanda Doering
Summary: Using pairie dogs living on the wild prairies of North America, guides young readers to count by threes, from three prairie dogs building tunnels to thirty babies being born.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Magic Wagon 2009
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1 available in JE Concept Crates, Call number: JE TOUTourville, Amanda Doering
Summary: Learn odd numbers up to nineteen, mathematical terms, and counting concepts.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Magic Wagon 2009
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1 available in JE Concept Crates, Call number: JE TOUCarlson, Sally Kephart
Summary: An imaginary journey to Neptune provides facts about the planet's size, composition, temperature, winds, year, rings, and moons, and suggests some of the questions scientists would want to answer if it really were possible to travel there.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Magic Wagon 2012
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1 available in J Non Fic Series, Call number: J 523 CARCosson, M. J.
Summary: An imaginary journey to Mars provides facts about the planet's year, atmosphere, size, gravity and geography, and suggests some of the questions scientists would want to answer if they were to travel there.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Magic Wagon 2012
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 523.43 COSTourville, Amanda Doering
Summary: Penguin graphics help children learn to count by twos, and to learn new vocabulary as well.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Magic Wagon 2009
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1 available in JE Concept Crates, Call number: JE TOUSummary: This program explores emerging technologies that are revolutionizing how surgeons perform operations and deliver critical care. Featured modalities include the gamma knife, a viable alternative to invasive brain surgery for a growing list of conditions, as well as telementoring and robotic surgery, high-tech approaches to delivering specialized healthcare to remote regions. Clinical footage...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Summary: A man travels the Mississippi on a steamboat, making money to hire a lawyer to clear his nephew's name; upholding the law in a small southern town, Judge Billy Priest also plays matchmaker for his nephew; a country doctor upsets his small town when he has an affair with a widow; a young man's efforts to become a hero are thwarted when he joins the Armed Forces but is posted in his home town;...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment 2007
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY JOHSummary: In the era of Big Pharma, why are researchers looking more and more to nature-and the human body itself-to provide tomorrow's medical cures? This program illustrates how scientists are growing and harvesting pharmaceuticals from common plants and farm animals, attempting to replicate organs, and transferring much-needed islet cells to patients with diabetes. The next big breakthrough in medical...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006