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Trapped: A Whale’s Rescue |
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Heroic story of divers leaping into deep water to rescue a trapped whale off the California coast
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The Adventures of Mark Twain, by Huckleberry Finn |
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Facts and fun join when Twain’s most famous character tells the life story of his creator
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Night Flight (Amelia Earhart Crosses the Atlantic) |
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It's 1932, and Amelia ventures into the skies against great odds
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One Giant Leap |
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A dramatic "you-are-there" story of the famous 1969 moon landing by American astronauts
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Abraham Lincoln Comes Home |
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A story of Abraham Lincoln's funeral train as seen through the eyes of a young boy and his father
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Fly, Cher Ami, Fly! |
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An exciting story of how a carrier pigeon helped rescue an American battalion in World War I
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Napoleon: The Story of the Little Corporal |
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A lively, quote-filled biography detailing the rise and fall of one of history's greatest conqueror-rulers
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Tiger of the Snows Tenzing Norgay: The Boy Whose Dream Was Everest |
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A poetic celebration of the life of Sherpa mountain man Tenzing Norgay, this book traces his trail-blazing climb to the top of Mt. Everest with Edmund Hillary
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American Moments
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Entertaining and enlightening one-page vignettes featuring the Pilgrims, George Washington, the Wright Brothers, and many more stars of American history
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Amelia Earhart: Free in the Skies
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Colorful graphic novel covering highlights in the life of one of America's greatest woman aviators
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Into the air: The Story of the Wright Brothers' First Flight
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The story of how the Wright Brothers developed and tested the first airplane - told in a lively graphic novel format
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The Secret of the Great Houdini
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In this exciting story about the famous magician, Houdini is dropped into a river - chained in a metal box - and escapes!
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Pandora
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In this retelling of the famous myth, curiosity is both a failing and a virtue as Pandora opens the jar and discovers - what?
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Hercules
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The greatest hero of them all battles the three-headed monster and wins!
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Black Whiteness
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Admiral Richard Byrd braves the Antarctic winter - alone - and survives in this fascinating tale based on Byrd's real experience and augmented with excerpts from his journal entries
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Who Said that? Famous Americans Speak
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Fun, flippant and dramatic quotes from famous Americans - from Ben Franklin to Mae West to Muhammad Ali
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Flight: The Journey of Charles Lindbergh
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The vivid and compelling story of the first-ever solo flight across the Atlantic
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Sports
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Pick-Up (A Full Day of Full Court) |
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Contains one Burleigh story in a series of young adult stories focusing on a day at a famous New York outdoor basketball court
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Stealing Home Jackie Robinson: Against All Odds |
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Pioneering baseball hero Jackie Robinson in action - stealing home and getting away with it - again!
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Play Ball
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Young Jorge Posada learns some important lessons about using his special batting talents from his father
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Game Day
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Future NFL stars Ronde and Tiki Barber practice together as youngsters to get ready for the championship game
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Goal
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A play-by-play account of a soccer game that captures all the poetry and passion of the sport
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Home Run: The Story of Babe Ruth
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This book weaves a classic Babe Ruth homer around the story of his amazing life
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Hoops
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How does it feel to dart and dribble? In this book, get the sense of basketball from the inside - action becomes language!
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Art, Poetry, Music
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Edward Hopper Paints His World
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Follows the path of the great American painter from from obscurity to fame
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George Bellows: Painter with a Punch
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An easy-to-read, fact-and-picture-filled biography of one of America’s great realist artists
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Paul Cezanne: A Painter's Journey |
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How did this great artist manage to turn defeat into triumph? This book tells the story of the major events and challenges of Cezanne's difficult and rewarding career
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Toulouse-Lautrec: The Moulin Rouge and the City of Light
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An eccentric and sensitive painter and his colorful times — brought to vivid life
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Langston's Train Ride
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In this book, a lonely train ride leads to the writing of an immortal poem
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Seurat and the Grande Jatte: Connecting the Dots
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A close-up look at one of the world's great paintings and its innovative creator
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Into the Woods: John James Audubon Lives His Dream
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In this book, Audubon defends the meaning of his life and his art in the form of a poetic, imagined letter to his father
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Looking for Bird in the Big City
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The young trumpeter Miles Davis goes to New York City to seek, find - and finally play with - the legendary Charlie Parker
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Edna
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Edna St. Vincent Millay lives, dreams and writes of her life in New York - and of a special ferry ride that triggered a wonderful poem
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A Man Named Thoreau
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The life story of a strong, gentle man who lived his beliefs to the fullest
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Science
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Solving the Puzzle Under the Sea
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Scientist Marie Tharp carefully maps the ocean depths—and discovers even more!
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Look Up!
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An intriguing and deeply felt biography of one of America’s first woman astronomers
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Volcanoes: Journey to the Crater's Edge |
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A detailed account of one of earth's most powerful natural forces (adapted)
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The Sea: Exploring Life on an Ocean Planet
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This book conveys the magic and mystery of the sea in words and beautiful photographs (adapted)
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The Future of the Earth
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An impassioned defense of the earth and our responsibility for it (adapted)
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Earth from above for Young Readers
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A startlingly beautiful collection of photographs offering a bird's-eye view of the earth (adapted)
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Chocolate: Riches from the Rainforest
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The how, what, where, and why of your favorite flavor!
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For Younger Children
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If You Spent a Day with Thoreau at Walden Pond
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Captures a day in the life of America’s great naturalist-philosopher-writer
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Flight of the Last Dragon
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A fantasy tale that captures the drama and beauty of a lost dragon world
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Hit the Road, Jack
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A wild and crazy ride across America, loosely based on beat novelist Jack Kerouac
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Goodbye, Sheepie |
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A sensitive story about a father and a son burying their beloved dog
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Clang! Clang! Beep! Beep! Listen to the City |
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A poetic narrative follows a boy through his day in a noise-filled city
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I Love Going Through This Book |
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A delightful celebration of reading as a young reader takes a strange trip through the book itself!
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Messenger, Messenger
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Meet Calvin Curbhopper, bike messenger, as he takes a wild, crazy, and fun ride through the city on a typical working day
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It's Funny Where Ben's Train Takes Him
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In this gentle bedtime story, a fantastical train ride leads Ben through tunnels and past fields of cows to the station called "In-My-Bed!"
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For Adults
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The Crossing |
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A book-length narrative poem about a man confronting his own mortality as he swims across a darkening lake.
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The Triumph of Mittens |
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A series of comical, yet metaphysical, short poems featuring three unusual characters
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