Catherine Thimmesh
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.4 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
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Tells the story of how women throughout the ages have responded to situations confronting them in daily life by inventing such items as correction fluid, space helmets, and disposable diapers.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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From the Sibert medal winning author of TEAM MOON and the bestselling GIRLS THINK OF EVERYTHING comes a riveting, timely account of panda conservation efforts in China, perfect for budding environmentalists and activists.
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English
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"Women all over the globe are asking questions that affect lives and creating businesses that answer them. Like, can we keep premature babies warm when they're born far from the hospital? Or, can the elderly stay in their homes and eat a balanced diet? Women are taking on and solving these issues with their ingenuity and business acumen"--Amazon.
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English
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"Whether it's a first bath or a first step, every baby celebrates milestones as they grow. Connecting babies across ecosystems, from polar bear cubs, giraffe calves, and zebra colts to human babies, Sibert medalist Catherine Thimmesh shows how we are all more similar than we realize."--Back cover.
"Connects babies across our ecosystem with compelling photographs and a poetic text that shows how the everyday milestones babies take parallel animals'...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.5 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
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Here is a rare perspective on a story we only thought we knew. For Apollo 11, the first moon landing, is a story that belongs to many, not just the few and famous. It belongs to the seamstress who put together twenty-two layers of fabric for each space suit. To the engineers who created a special heat shield to protect the capsule during its fiery reentry. It belongs to the flight directors, camera designers, software experts, suit testers, telescope...
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Catherine Thimmesh's inspiring look at the role of women in American politics-past, present, and future-is now available with updated sections on Hillary Rodham Clinton, Condoleezza Rice, and Nancy Pelosi. From the time our government was being formed, women have fought their way from behind the scenes to the center of power and decision making. So, why not a woman in the White House? Two thousand eight may be the year!
10) Lucy long ago
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Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
c2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
12) Friends
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Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English