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Smash! Crash! Ka-boom! A is for Aerial lift. is for Backhoe. is for Cement Mixer. Readers explore construction equipment in this noisy alphabet book. Jerry Pallotta's trademark humor punctuates the informative text. Vibrant oil paintings bring to life a busy construction site.

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"Alphabet counting book using many varieties of ocean crabs"--

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"Alphabet counting book using many varieties of ocean crabs"--

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An alphabetic array of plants, animals, and phenomena found in the parched, mysterious deserts of the world.

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Dinosaur alphabet book.

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"This alphabet book about animals and their eyes has an idiom that includes the word "eye" on every page."--

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Enjoy a red-white-and-blue introduction to the nation's most cherished ideals in this look at Old Glory. Dazzling illustrations and inspiring verse bring to life many famous moments in history and reveal fascinating facts about one of its most enduring symbols.

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Text and illustrations on lining papers.

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Describes a variety of flowers from A-Z, beginning with the amaryllis and concluding with the zinnia.

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Come take a swim with 27 freshwater creatures from around the world. Meet a fish that has no eyes and one that has four! Get to know an eel that carries enough electricity to light up a light bulb and a glacier-dwelling worm with blood that works like antifreeze. This exquisite and fact-filled introduction to freshwater dwellers features full-color illustrations throughout.

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Introduces the letters of the alphabet by describing a frog or other amphibian for each letter, from the Amazon horned frog to the Zig zag salamander.

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Introduces the letters of the alphabet by describing a frog or other amphibian for each letter, from the Amazon horned frog to the Zig zag salamander.

(Hardback)

"The froggies do not want to sleep and refuse to head to bed; they'd rather play their accordions, go for long drives in the country, or sing opera while shooting themselves out of cannons"--

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A group of frogs would rather embark on a series of wild, imaginative adventures than sleep.

(Hardback)

Originally published: The golden dreydl. Watertown: Charlesbridge, 2007.

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Dance prodigy, sex symbol, gay pioneer, cultural icon--Vaslav Nijinsky rose to fame as the star of the Ballets Russes in Paris before mental illness stole his career and the last 30 years of his life. A tragic story of a great genius, this compelling work of narrative nonfiction chronicles a life of obsessive artistry, celebrity, and notoriety. Full color.x 10.

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"Wechsler captures the life cycle of the American toad from egg to tadpole to adult. To get these images, Wechsler sat in a pond wearing waders, went out night after night in search of toads, and cut his own glass to make a home aquarium. The resulting photos reveal metamorphosis in extreme close-up"--Amazon.com.

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Told in blank verse, twelve-year-old Cass struggles to cope with her father's recurring cancers that have dominated her whole life, with the knowledge that he is likely to die soon because the latest recurrance is worse--and with the possibility that she may have inherited the genetic disease, Li Fraumeni's Syndrome, that causes the cancers.

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For many children, "icky" bugs are endlessly fascinating. This book helps children discover why farmers like the praying mantis, how the water spider breathes underwater, and other intriguing facts about the world of bugs and insects. ids get a look at the fascinating world of insects while practicing their counting skills.

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Although she longs to be an all-American girl, Roxanne, a timid, Israeli-born thirteen-year-old who idolizes Wonder Woman, begins to see things differently when the supremely confident Liat, also from Israel, moves into the "cursed house" next door and they become friends.

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Based on the Yiddish folk tale retold by Margot Zemach under title: It could always be worse.

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Brother Theophane isn't like the other monks. Banished from the copying room for his playfulness and curiosity, Brother Theophone discovers a way to make colorful inks that capture the glory of nature. Soon his simple, brown world becomes one of beauty. Full color.