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1) Dream days
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English
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The further adventures of five brothers and sisters growing up in the English countryside in the late nineteenth century. Sequel to "The Golden Age."
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1140L
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English
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The Golden Age (1895) is a collection of stories by Kenneth Grahame. Although less popular than The Wind in the Willows (1908), which would go on to become not only a defining work of Edwardian English literature, but one of the most popular works of children's fiction in the world, The Golden Age is a moving portrait of youth, an understated autobiographical meditation made for children and adults alike.
Recalling his youth among elders who exemplified...
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English
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This book takes a simple look at homes that move, highlighting the diversity of homes that people live in around the world. Homes featured include Native American Tipis, Bedouin tents, houseboats, caravans, and more. Throughout the book, simple leveled text supports bright and engaging photographs, and the book also includes a picture glossary of difficult and important words, and notes for parents and teachers with advice on how to use the book.
6) Rural Homes
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English
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This book takes a simple look at rural homes around the world, highlighting the diversity of homes that people live in. Homes featured include traditional 'Western' farmhouses, bamboo and grass houses in Indonesia, mud houses in Togo, and houses on stilts in Bangladesh. Throughout the book, simple leveled text supports bright and engaging photographs, and the book also includes a picture glossary of difficult and important words, and notes for parents...
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Deutsch
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Watt, Wellen und Wind für Millie - Millie macht Urlaub an der Nordsee! Hier gibt es so viel zu erleben: Millie besucht die Seehundbänke mit den Baby-Seehunden, unternimmt einen Ausflug nach Legoland und macht eine Wattwanderung. Unglaublich, wie viele Tiere im Watt leben: Wattwürmer, Muscheln und ganz viele kleine Krebse. Wenn nur Millies Füße nicht immer im Schlick steckenbleiben würden ...
Mit Millie in eine der beliebsten Ferienregionen...
9) John Adams
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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This book introduces readers to the life of one of our country's first leaders, Alexander Hamilton, who helped create the United States as we know it today. Vivid photographs and easy-to-read text aid comprehension for early readers. Features include a table of contents, a timeline, fun facts, Making Connections questions, a glossary, and an index. QR Codes in the book give readers access to book-specific resources to further their learning. Aligned...
11) Tea with milk
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
AD 630L
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English
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After growing up near San Francisco, a young Japanese woman returns with her parents to their native Japan, but she feels foreign and out of place.
12) The Island
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English
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A gentle story about facing change and carrying home in your heart The people on a remote island are happy with their lot, but learn that they must make new lives in less isolated surroundings. A story of social change, and the love that one carries for home.
An island off the coast of another island is home to a small community; life is rich with joy and challenges, and the people who live there love their island home. One day they learn that the...
13) Mariama: Roman
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Français
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Pour la rentrée des classe, la maman de Mariama lui prépare son plat préféré.
Mariama est une petite fille de 7 ans, qui vit au Sénégal. Pour fêter la rentrée des classes, sa mamie décide de lui préparer son plat préféré, un délicieux yassa ! Mariama en salive d'avance, mais avant, elle doit aller effectuer quelques courses au marché, l'occasion de ramener du monde au dîner, et pourquoi pas, une nouvelle amie !
Découvrez sans plus...
14) Jessie's Island
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English
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With a long list of activities and events to attend, cousin Thomas paints a picture of city life that makes Jessie's world seem a little dull in comparison. When her mother suggests they invite Thomas to visit their island, Jessie wonders glumly what she could possibly write in her letter that would sound as exciting as zoos, planetariums or video arcades.
But as Jessie looks out over her island home, she sees a world of endless variety, from killer...
15) To be a logger
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English
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Joel, son of an Oregon logger, grows up in a family that sees the forest as a thing to be cut down; but as he watches fire, flood, and cutting damage the forests he loves, and realizes the dangers of his father's profession, he is better able to select the right future for himself.
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English
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With a long list of activities and events to attend, cousin Thomas paints a picture of city life that makes Jessie's world seem a little dull in comparison. When her mother suggests they invite Thomas to visit their island, Jessie wonders glumly what she could possibly write in her letter that would sound as exciting as zoos, planetariums or video arcades.
But as Jessie looks out over her island home, she sees a world of endless variety, from killer...
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Lexile measure
AD 510L
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English
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"A timeless story about the connection between a young girl and her pet pig for kids 4 to 8, featuring nostalgic, 1960s photographs that kids will love, and parents will too! Have you ever dreamed of having a pet pig? When Angela finds a lost pig wandering on the road, she adopts her and names her Paulina. Together, the two explore the small Greek island where they live, and become inseparable "Forever Friends." Until one day, when someone comes looking...
18) Swamped!
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English
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Having snagged a job for a high-end swamp tour company, Jack Cane Landry-Louisiana homeboy and self-professed swamp rat-wants to ditch school and guide fulltime. Poised, attractive, and well-traveled, Olivia FitzGerald loves her private New York City prep school and is Harvard bound. When Olivia and her philanthropist father jet in for a tour Jack will help guide, these wildly different teens are flung together in dire circumstances. The plane carrying...
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English
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This multicultural children's book is a classic Hawaiian story that both children and parents will love. A familiar sight in Hawaii is the giant banyan tree, its huge mass supported by roots growing down from the branches to the ground below. This engaging story of one such banyan tree Aunty Pinau's Banyan Tree begins when the Little Wind soils a clothesline full of clean laundry. Aunty Pinau sets out to buy a "wind catcher" and, to her little nephew...
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English
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Six mysterious passengers and seven dark secrets. Who can be trusted?
It's a dark and dangerous journey for the Cobb and Co night mail coach, but when his coach-driver father is injured, young Jem Donovan must take the reins.
Surely a boy like Jem can't handle a team of four horses and guide the coach on a rough bush track through fog and untold dangers?
But there are six passengers on the coach tonight, each with a secret.
And if Jem can't get them...
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