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100% pure fake
Lyn Thomas ; with photographs by Cheryl Powers and illustrations by Boris Zaytsev.
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48 p. : col. ill., col. ports. ; 21 cm.
Parents, beware of this book. With 100% Pure Fake, the art of scaring the pants off friends and family reaches new levels of ease and sophistication. Pranksters can now amaze, alarm and totally disgust everyone with these easy-to-make Pure Fakes. These 25 safe, kid-tested recipes that can be made with ingredients found in most households, including corn syrup, rolled oats, makeup and pasta. Other ingredients, such as school glue, food coloring, tempera paint and gelatin, are widely available in grocery or craft stores. Each project is presented with step-by-step instructions and includes warnings for allergy and mess alerts, non-edible and edible projects, and when kids should get adult help. A few 100% Pure Fakes: Rotting Skin Eggs, oats and other ingredients give kids a putridly convincing case of rotting skin. S'not Snot Gelatin, food coloring and other ingredients create slimy matter dripping from noses - 100% pure disgusting. Chocolate Milk Spill White school glue, brown tempera paint and other ingredients make a life-like spill that will deceive and annoy to the max!
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1776 : a new look at revolutionary Williamsburg
by K.M. Kostyal with the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation ; photographs by Lori Epstein.
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48 p. : ill., maps ; 29 cm.
Gives a close-up look at how the war for independence played out for ordinary citizens such as women, blacksmiths, and enslaved people in colonial Williamsburg.
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Albert Einstein
by Kathleen Krull ; illustrated by Boris Kulikov.
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141 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
This biography profiles the life and times of German-born theoretical physicist Albert Einstein, whose contributions to the field earned him a Nobel Prize.
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Alphab'art
by Anne Guery, Olivier Dussutour.
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1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 26 cm.
A fun introduction to both the alphabet and the work of famous artists. Readers can search the paintings of Giotto, Chagall, Picasso, Dalí, Klee and many more to discover the letter hiding within.
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Amazon journey : cruising the rain forest
by Gare Thompson.
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40 p. : col. ill. ; 21 cm.
A survey of how rain forests work in the Amazon River Region.
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Anne Frank : her life in words and pictures from the archives of the Anne Frank House
Menno Metselaar and Ruud van der Rol ; translated by Arnold J. Pomerans.
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215, [1] p. : ill. (some col.), facsims., map ; 18 cm.
Photos of the famous diary, school pictures, and the rooms in which she lived with her family while hiding from the Nazis for two years are compiled in this moving biography about the short life and enduring spirit of this young girl and talented writer.
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Babymouse. [12], burns rubber
by Jennifer L. Holm & Matthew Holm.
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91 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 18 cm.
Babymouse's dreams of being a race car driver come true when she and her best friend Wilson enter a soap box derby.
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Balarama : a royal elephant
Ted and Betsy Lewin.
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1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill., col. map ; 29 cm.
"World travelers Ted and Betsy Lewin recount how the trained elephants of southern India, in particular the one chosen to be the lead elephant in the Mysore Dasara, are raised, cared for, and prepared for performing in ceremonial processions. Includes background information and glossary"--Provided by publisher.
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Barbarians!
by Steven Kroll ; illustrated by Robert Byrd.
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48 p. : col. ill., col. maps ; 29 cm.
"Kroll introduces four notable groups referred to by their enemies as barbarians: the Goths, the Huns, the Vikings, and the Mongols. In each case, he looks at the lives of common people within the group, their religious beliefs, their leaders, their history, and the results of their attacks on other civilizations"--Amazon.com.
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Beautiful ballerina
by Marilyn Nelson ; photographs by Susan Kuklin.
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1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 25 x 29 cm.
Photographs and a poem bring readers on center stage with the ballerinas from the Dance Theatre of Harlem.
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Before Columbus : the Americas of 1491
Charles C. Mann.
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ix, 116 p. : col. ill., col. maps ; 27 cm.
This study of Native American societies is adapted for younger readers from Charles C. Mann's best-selling 1491. Turning conventional wisdom on its head, the book argues that the people of North and South America lived in enormous cities, raised pyramids hundreds of years before the Egyptians did, engineered corn, and farmed the rainforests.
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Big, bigger, biggest!
Nancy Coffelt.
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1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 24 cm.
Introduces young children to the language of comparison, synonyms, and antonyms, and features pictures of animals in all shapes and sizes.
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