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(1st work) A little mouse thinks her name, Chrysanthemum, is perfect unitl she starts school and all the kids make fun of her. (2nd work) Monty, a dependable alligator taxi for three school children decides he needs a vacation. (3rd work) Jimmy brings along his pet boa constrictor on a class trip to the farm.
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In "Strega Nona" Big Anthony finds himself knee-deep in trouble - and pasta - when he uses Strega Nona's magic pasta pot without her permission. In "Silvestre y la piedrecita magica," the Dunan family is beside itself when son Sylvester turns himself into a rock to escape the jaws of a hungry lion. In "Los patitos encuentran un hogar", Mrs. Mallard after raising her ducklings on an island in the Charles River in Boston, leads her brood to their permanent...
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Teacher from the Black Lagoon: " A boy imagines the worst about his teacher, Mrs. Green, on the first day of school ..."--Container box.
Shrinking Violet: " Violet is so shy that she never makes waves in the swimming pool or swallowing sounds at snack time. She shrinks whenever anyone watches her. So what will Violet do when her teacher, Mrs. Maxwell, gives her a big part in the school play?"--Container box.
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Duke Ellington: " Duke Ellington was hailed as the King of the Keys. During his career, he wrote, played and painted music with his band's fine sound."--Container box.
Ella Fitzgerald: the tale of a vocal virtuosa: "Told in the voice of a cool cat named Scat, this dramatic story tells how Ella got her sound on the way to a most remarkable and inspiring career."--Container box.
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"Einstein's big idea" dramatizes how Einstein arrived at his 1905 discovery that the realms of matter and energy are linked. Reveals the roots of this breakthrough in the human stories of scientists Michael Farady, Antoine Lavoisier and Lise Maitner, whose innovative thinking across four centuries helped lead to E=mc², and ultimately unleashed the power of the atom.
"Exploring space, the quest for life" looks at scientific discoveries on Earth and...
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Good night, gorilla: The zookeeper makes his nightly rounds but never suspects that someone is making mischief along the way. The napping house: Join the fun with a wakeful flea has an itch. Picnic: A family of mice goes on a picnic, only to lose the tiniest mouse along the way.
14) I'm fast!
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Can a train pulling half a mile of heavy-duty freight cars make it to Chicago ahead of a speedy little race car? Through the desert . . . Through the mountains . . . Through a blizzard . . . Vvvrrrrrrrrrrrrrrum! Chooka chooka chooka chooka! The race is on!
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En estos cuentos se pregunta como los dinosaurios dan las buenas noches, como disfrutan su comida, lo que hacen en la escuela, y como se curan cuando están enfermos.
In these stories is pondered the different ways a dinosaur can say goodnight, the ways they enjoy their meals, what they do at school and how they get well when they are sick.
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A Japanese American man recounts his grandfather's journey to America which he later also undertakes, and the feelings of being torn by a love for two different countries.
The true story of Victorian artist Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins, who built life-sized models of dinosaurs in the hope of educating the world about these awe-inspiring ancient animals and what they were like.
The story of Wilson Bentley, the first known photographer of snowflakes....
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