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The New Baby |
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Mercer Mayer |
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0307119424 |
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Book Description
In this well-loved Little Critter picture book, our funny young hero has to get used to a new baby sister. What a problem. The baby doesn't pay attention when Little Critter reads to her. She cries when he makes silly faces. And she can't understand the jokes he tells. It's seems like an impossible task, but Little Critter finally figures out what you CAN do with a new baby -- and becomes a very good brother.
Card catalog description
Mike is excited about the impending arrival of a baby.
--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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What Is a Pulley (Welcome Books' Simple Machines Series) |
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Douglas G. Lloyd |
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0516239619 |
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Diggers (Heavy Equipment) |
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Patricia Armentrout, et al |
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1559161345 |
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Frog and Toad Together |
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| Author: |
Arnold Lobel |
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0064440214 |
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"You know, Toad," said Frog with his mouth full, "I think we should stop eating. We will soon be sick." "You are right," said Toad. "Let us eat one last cookie, and then we will stop." Many "last cookies" later, Frog and Toad come up with an ingenious solution to their uncontrolled cookie consumption. This pair of amphibian pals likes to do everything together, from list making to flower growing to dragon vanquishing. And when Toad bakes cookies one day, the two try to develop willpower together. The Frog and Toad series, including Frog and Toad Are Friends, Frog and Toad All Year, and Days with Frog and Toad, is perfect for new readers. Simple text and charming, frog-hued pictures combined with sensitive, funny, original stories show children what real friendship is all... |
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Highway Builders |
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| Author: |
Georgie Adams |
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1550377086 |
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From Kirkus Reviews
A British import containing full-color drawings and brief descriptions of ten types of heavy machinery used in the construction of a road. Inattention to detail all but eliminates its usefulness: Measurements are given in tonnes; some material is illogically placed (the mobile crane is grouped with earthmoving equipment); inaccurate labels, such as the names of various lights on the dump truck, mar the highly realistic illustrations; and asphalt is the only type of finished surface discussed, even though most US highways are paved with concrete. One entry in the glossary, diesel engine, is out of alphabetical order. (Picture book/nonfiction. 6-10) -- Copyright ©1996, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved.
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Farm Machinery (Heavy Equipment) |
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Patricia Armentrout, et al |
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1559161353 |
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Farm Machinery: Practical Hints for Handy-Men |
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J. Brownlee Davidson |
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155821951X |
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Book Description
A turn-of-the-century classic.
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The Night Before Kindergarten |
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| Author: |
Natasha Wing |
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0448425009 |
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Book Description
'Twas the night before kindergarten, and as they prepared,
kids were excited,
and a little bit scared.
It's the first day of school! Join the kids as they prepare for kindergarten, packing school supplies, posing for pictures, and the hardest part of all-saying goodbye to Mom and Dad. But maybe it won't be so hard once they discover just how much fun kindergarten really is! Colorful illustrations illuminate this uplifting takeoff on the classic Clement C. Moore Christmas poem.
Card catalog description
When a group of children prepares for and experiences the first day of kindergarten, the parents are the ones who have trouble adjusting.
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Earth Movers (Heavy Equipment) |
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Patricia Armentrout, et al |
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Hardcover
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1559161310 |
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Funky Junk: Cool Stuff to Make with Hardware |
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| Author: |
Renee Schwarz |
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Hardcover |
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1553373871 |
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Book Description
Using nuts, bolts, washers and other odds and ends, kids can create all kinds of funky doodads. The helpful hardware shopping guide, tool tips and simple-to-follow directions guarantee kids will hit the nail on the head with each of these cool projects!
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Among the Enemy |
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| Author: |
Margaret Peterson Haddix |
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Hardcover |
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0689857969 |
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From School Library Journal
Grade 5-7–A continuation of the series in which third-born children must stay in hiding in order to escape certain death at the hands of the Population Police. Many characters return, including Mr. Talbot and Nina, and some of the plot elements of previous books reappear. While there is little character development, the book is fast paced, opening with a raid on the Niedler School that forces Matthias, Percy, and Alia to run for their lives. The two younger children are injured and Matthias inadvertently becomes a member of the Population Police. Issues of trust and loyalty will appeal to readers as will the twists and turns of the action. This book also contains many references to faith in God and the need to believe. The protagonist often finds solace and strength in thinking of the advice given to... |
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Cranes (Heavy Equipment) |
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Patricia Armentrout, et al |
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1559161337 |
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Road Builders (Heavy Equipment) |
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Patricia Armentrout, et al |
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1559161361 |
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Ellen Foster |
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Kaye Gibbons |
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0375703055 |
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Oprah Book Club® Selection, October 1997: Kaye Gibbons is a writer who brings a short story sensibility to her novels. Rather than take advantage of the novel's longer form to paint her visions in broad, sweeping strokes, Gibbons prefers to concentrate on just one corner of the canvas and only a few colors to produce her small masterpieces. In Gibbons's case, her canvas is the American South and her colors are all the shades of gray. In Ellen Foster, the title character is an 11-year-old orphan who refers to herself as "old Ellen," an appellation that is disturbingly apt. Ellen is an old woman in a child's body; her frail, unhappy mother dies, her abusive father alternately neglects her and makes advances on her, and she is shuttled from one uncaring relative's home to another before she finally takes matters... |
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Giant Earth Movers: Big Stuff |
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| Author: |
Robert Gould |
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1929945426 |
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What do little builders love to read about? What else? Trucks! Bulldozers Heavy equipment! BiG STUFF has it all. Bright, realistic, photo-based illustrations and easy, playful text involve young readers and listeners in an entertaining look at big machines and the jobs they do. Get a kid’s-eye view of some of the biggest, coolest machinery you've ever seen! Big Stuff’s Giant Earthmovers features kids interacting with these metal giants in a way that’s irresistibly fun.
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The Baby Book |
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| Author: |
Martha Sears |
Book Review
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(Paperback) - Revised Ed. |
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0316778001 |
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Book Review
In their excellent (and hefty) resource guide, The Baby Book, attachment parenting specialists William Sears and Martha Sears have provided new parents with their approach to every aspect of baby care basics, from newborns to toddlers. Attachment parenting is a gentle, reasonable approach to parenting that stresses bonding with your baby, responding to her cues, breastfeeding, "wearing" your baby, and sharing sleep with your child. For those parents who worry about negative effects of this attention, the Sears say, "Spoiling is what happens when you leave something (or some person) alone on the shelf--it spoils."
--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
From Publishers Weekly
William and Martha Sears, a pediatrician and a... |
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New Yellow Bulldozer |
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| Author: |
Steve Augarde |
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1929927509 |
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Lift the flaps, pull the tabs, turn the wheels— it’s motorized fun in a book!Children love large vehicles! Presented here in a sturdy book overflowing with both fun and solid information is one of children’s favorite heavy machines—a bulldozer. How much more fun children will find viewing a construction site, knowing how a bulldozer works—from shovel to gearshift and dipstick to wheels. Using the interactive features in these books, children will gain an immediate understanding of the inner workings of this massive machine.
About the Author
Steve Augarde enjoys a reputation as a master illustrator of interactive books that impart just the right amount of information to the targeted age group including Garage and Vroom! Vroom!. He lives in... |
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Funky Junk: Cool Stuff to Make with Hardware |
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| Author: |
Renee Schwarz |
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155337388X |
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Book Description
Using nuts, bolts, washers and other odds and ends, kids can create all kinds of funky doodads. The helpful hardware shopping guide, tool tips and simple-to-follow directions guarantee kids will hit the nail on the head with each of these cool projects!
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You're Only Old Once! |
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Dr Seuss |
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0394551907 |
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Subtitled A Book for Obsolete Children, this unusual item in the Seuss canon doesn't really belong among the children's books. Written to celebrate the nonsense master's 82nd birthday, it follows "you" (an elderly gent in a suit and white moustache) through a physical check-up in some fiendish geriatric clinic. You are measured, prodded, and subjected to all the medical indignities familiar and unfamiliar to the elderly. "You must see Dr. Pollen, our Allergy Whiz, who knows every sniffle and itch that there is... He will check your reactions to thumbtacks and glue, catcher's mitts, leaf mould, and cardigans too. Nasturtiums and marble cake, white and blue chalks, anthracite coal and the feathers of hawks." It's clear that the process is going to be long, but much shorter than the bill. The blurb on the back says it all: "Is... |
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Hard Working Wheels |
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Debora Pearson |
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1550376144 |
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From the country to the city, winter to summer, "Hard Working Wheels" always help out. These vehicles move across the land and through the cities working with the people who run them to perform important jobs for us all. Feel the excitement, hear the sounds, and watch as the hard working wheels that keep us safe go into action. Catch the flash of a well-polished fire truck as firefighters work together to douse a roaring blaze. Hear an ambulance screaming by on its way to a rescue. Watch a police car glide by on a city street, patrolling our neighborhoods. In the country, farmers plow their fields with heavy tractors and careful school buses carry their small passengers to important drop-offs. On a construction site, workers drive bulldozers, shifting rubble, while backhoes dig deeply into the ground. This second... |
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The Library Card |
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| Author: |
Jerry Spinelli |
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0590386336 |
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A library card is a kind of magic ticket: a passport to places distant--unknown--even forbidden. In his latest offering, Newbery Medalist Jerry Spinelli takes that idea and spins it until the story, its characters, and all of us are dizzy, and offers it as a prize to young readers up for the ride. The magic library card that turns up in the four separate stories in this book is a ticket to whatever each young character needs most at the time. Each story is imaginative, surprising, and well beyond the "books are good for you" theme one might expect from a tome with this title. To the reader, it's almost Twilight Zone-y. The 12-ish kids in these stories face varied turning points as they move toward adolescence. They all find their way thanks to a mysterious blue card that seems to have materialized... |
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Crystal Gorge |
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David Eddings |
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0446532274 |
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Everyday Graces |
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| Author: |
Karen Santorum |
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1932236090 |
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Book Description
In Everyday Graces: A Child's Book of Good Manners, Karen Santorum has produced for parents and teachers a wonderfully rich and instructive anthology. Her volume speaks to the regrettable fact that the subject of manners is not much discussed anymore, and good manners seem practiced even less. Yet, good manners are a prerequisite for the growth of moral character; they are the habits of conduct and behavior by which we express in the most ordinary circumstances our fundamental respect for others, whether parents, friends, colleagues, or strangers. It is evident, then, that when we fail to instill good manners in our youth we invite a decline of civility and a coarsening of our common life. Under such headings as... |
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