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Author
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"The fascinating lives and puzzling demise of some of the largest animals on earth. Until a few thousand years ago, creatures that could have been from a sci-fi thriller--including gorilla-sized lemurs, 800-pound birds, crocodiles that weighed a ton or more--roamed the earth. These great beasts, or "megafauna," lived on every habitable continent and on many islands. With a handful of exceptions, all are now gone. What caused the disappearance of these...
165) Giant monsters
Pub. Date
[2004]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Many giant monsters, such as dinosaurs, once ruled the earth. Jeff travels to Tennesse, Arizona, and Florida to find the descendants of prehistoric monsters. He checks out vultures, tarantuals, gators, and the Komodo dragon. He also helps release a bald eagle into the wild, and even flies on a hang glider.
166) In the arctic
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
560L
Language
English
Description
Explore the arctic with it's cold habitat and discover which animals are the biggest.
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"One boy's parents travel from far-off lands to improve their son's life. But what happens next is unexpected. What does it mean when your parents are different? With humor and pathos, Sworder reflects on the strange nature of giving and receiving love and celebrates those parents who embrace a hard life for themselves in the hope of a better life for their children"--
168) Little (grrl) lost
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2007.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 10
Lexile measure
760L
Language
English
Description
Fourteen-year-old T.J. and her new friend, sixteen-year-old Elizabeth, a six-inch-high "Little" with a big chip on her shoulder, help one another as T.J. tries to adjust to her family's move from a farm to the big city and Elizabeth tries to make her own way in the world.
Author
Pub. Date
[1996]
Language
English
Description
The number-one plus-size model in the world shares the inspirational story of how she came to accept her size - and even view it as an asset - claiming health and happiness along the way. At five-foot-eleven and 185 pounds, supermodel Emme is challenging conventional concepts of beauty. Since her early teenage years, well-meaning relatives encouraged Emme to lose weight. Through the years, she got the message: Happiness could be hers only after she...
171) Head games
Author
Series
PrettyTough novels volume 3
Pub. Date
[2011]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
Basketball star Taylor, who doubts that she is attractive due to her height, reluctantly agrees to participate in a fashion show, an event complicated by her divided feelings about two boys and about her team's preparations for the playoffs.
173) Her body can
Author
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Her body is beautiful--strong, kind and wise. All bodies are lovely no matter their size. A book of poetic declarations of body positivity and self-love for all young girls."--Back cover.
Series
Library of America volume 227
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
Modern science fiction came of age in the 1950s, and it was in America that the genre broke most exuberantly free from convention. Moving beyond the pulp magazines, science fiction writers stretched their imaginations at novel length, ushering in an era of stylistic experiment and freewheeling speculation that responded in wildly inventive ways to the challenges and perplexities of an era of global threat and rapid technological change. Long unnoticed...
176) Igor spot champion
Author
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
The Spot Games are the smallest sports competition in the world, but for the spotted athletes it's still the most important one! Igor has been training very hard this year. Finally he can go to the Spot Games too! In which sport would such a tiny little fellow shine? Pole-vaulting? Ping-pong? Gymnastics? Weight lifting? Crew? Remember, participating in the Spot Games is more important than winning.
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
How do tiny creatures stay safe or hunt for their lunch? To survive you need a superpower! Discover how some creatures have spring-loaded jumps, or microscopic toxic darts while others wear a scary costume or a suit of armor. Enter the world of some of the smallest creatures on our planet and you'll see that maybe it's not so tough to be tiny after all!
178) When you were small
Author
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
Description
A father regales his young son with tales about when the boy was "small," such as when he took the place of a knight on the chessboard and when he got lost in his mother's purse.
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