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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 0.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
Español
Description
Readers tag along with young Rose and her father as she takes her very first trip to a big city. Traveling from her small hometown by train, Rose is constantly surprised and thrilled to see new sights, such as tall skyscrapers, crowds of people, and lots of traffic. Other new experiences include a trip to a museum and an acrobatic show in the park. The adorable, colorful illustrations are sure to attract young readers and listeners alike. Readers...
Author
Series
Holmes on the range mysteries volume 2
Language
English
Description
Gustav "Old Red" Amlingmeyer is an old-fashioned kind of guy: He prefers a long trail ride even when a train ticket can get him where he's going in one-tenth the time. So when it's Old Red who insists on guarding the Pacific Express, despite a generations-old family distrust of the farm stealin', cattle-killin', money-grubbing' railroads, Big Red is flummoxed. But as usual, he'll follow his ornery brother just about anywhere.Trapped on a thousand...
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Language
English
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"On July 6, 1908, pretty and popular Hazel Drew abruptly quit her job as a domestic servant; a job she loved and with a family that greatly respected and admired her. Five days later her body was discovered in a pond fifteen miles away. An autopsy was performed. An investigation began. For two weeks, detectives discovered one baffling clue after another. They learned that Hazel was not the person everyone knew her to be. "Who Killed Hazel Drew?" chronicles...
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Language
English
Description
"For readers of Three Cups of Tea; Eat, Pray, Love; and Wild comes the inspiring story of an ordinary American family that embarks on an extraordinary journey. Wide-Open World follows the Marshall family as they volunteer their way around the globe, living in a monkey sanctuary in Costa Rica, teaching English in rural Thailand, and caring for orphans in India. There's a name for this kind of endeavor--voluntourism--and it might just be the future...
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Language
English
Description
Captain Benjamin Tupper spent a year in Afghanistan in an Embedded Training Team, tasked with training, leading in combat, and mentoring the Afghan Army to victory against the brutal Taliban. Writing and recording from a remote outpost, Tupper's dispatches were posted on the blog The Sandbox and broadcast on NPR, bringing vivid snapshots of America's longest ongoing war to a wide audience back home. Here, he takes us inside the intricacies of the...
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Series
Publisher
HarperFestival, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Pete the cat and the bad banana. Pete the Cat bites into a bad banana and vows never to eat bananas again, even though he generally likes the fruit.
Go, Pete, go! A groovy Pete the Cat adaptation of "The Tortoise and the Hare" finds a bike-riding Pete accepting a challenge from Turtle, who has a new racing car with cool gadgets.
Sir Pete the brave. When a dragon kidnaps Lady Callie, Sir Pete the Brave must come to her rescue.
Rock on, mom and dad!...
Series
Publisher
Candlewick Entertainment
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Daddy Pig has a surprise for Peppa, George, and Mummy Pig. But they'll have to hurry to the fairgrounds to find out what it is. The car is the quickest way to go, but when it breaks down, the family has to figure out another way--and fast! Bikes are too slow, and Miss Rabbit's fire engine isn't available. Can they take the bus? How about Grandpa's train, or a digger, or the ice cream truck? It's a race against time as Peppa and her family use all...
Author
Series
Pee Wee Scouts volume 31
Pub. Date
1997
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
The Pee Wees are taking a train ride, going to a museum, and staying overnight in a big, fancy hotel with a swimming pool. Molly is excited until she learns that her parents are going too, and things get even worse when the train leaves without the Pee Wees. They make it to the big city, then a valuable display is missing from the museum the troop visits. Could the sinister man staying at the Pee Wees' hotel be a thief?
15) Bicycling magazine's guide to bike touring: everything you need to know to travel anywhere on a bike
Author
Publisher
Rodale
Pub. Date
c2005
Language
English
16) Magic shapes
Publisher
Boxer Books Limited
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
"Square, circle, diamond, and more: follow a mysterious red box as it travels by air, train, and truck--and take a happy trip through the world of shapes, too! As the package makes its way, turn the transparent acetate to see everything from a big circular sun and oval owl to a triangular pyramid. Magic Shapes is a fun, colorful, and unique way to learn."--Publisher's description.
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Publisher
Berkley Books
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
In 1967, as the new sound of rock and roll was taking over popular music, John Byrne Cooke was at the center of it all. As a member of D.A. Pennebaker's film crew, he witnessed the astonishing breakout performances of Janis Joplin and Jimi Hendrix at the Monterey Pop Festival that June. Less than six months later, he was on a plane to San Francisco, taking a job as road manager for Janis and her band, Big Brother and the Holding Company. From then...
19) Irish wish
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Series
Publisher
Silhouette Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Irish rose: Thorny, stubborn and strong, Erin McKinnon is as tough and beautiful as an Irish rose. Horse rancher Burke Logan is intrigued by his neighbors' cousin when he meets her on a trip to Ireland, but Erin thinks Burke is nothing but a brutish American. Impressed by her cleverness, and determined to win her over, Burke offers Erin a job at his farm in Maryland. It's a big change from her small Irish hometown, but she decides to take a chance....