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Tales of the Cryptids: Mysterious Creatures That May or May Not Exist
by Kelly Milner Halls
Published 2006 by Darby Creek Publishing
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Everyone loves the stories of legendary creatures that just might really exist. This book relies on the latest information from cryptozoologists, experts who study these mysterious beings, and the counter-arguments are explored from experts who strongly believe they do no exist.... More...
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America Votes: How Our President Is Elected
by Linda Granfield
Published 2003 by Kids Can Press
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Go Figure!: A Totally Cool Book about Numbers
by Johnny Ball
Published 2005 by DK Publishing (Dorling Kindersley)
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An Elephant in the Backyard
by Richard Sobol
Published 2004 by Dutton Children's Books
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Mosque
by David Macaulay
Published 2003 by Houghton Mifflin Company
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An author and artist who has continually stripped away the mystique of architectural structures that have long fascinated modern people, Macaulay here reveals the methods and materials used to design and construct a mosque in late 16th century Turkey. More...
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The Amazing World of Sports: The Ultimate Sports Photography Book
by Sports Illustrated
Published 2006 by Sports Illustrated Books
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From the editors of "Sports Illustrated for Kids" comes the most amazing, most awesome, most jaw-dropping collection of sports photos ever seen! Readers will travel--in photos--throughout the world of sports by visiting the Super Bowl, the Olympic ski slopes, baseball spring training, and more. More...
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Poles Apart
by Elaine Scott
Published 2004 by Viking Books
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Santa Claus frolicking with penguins and polar bears--do you know what's wrong with this picture? Actually, no penguin has ever lived at the North Pole, nor any polar bear at the South Pole.
Using a wide range of disciplines from physics to geography to biology, award- winning science writer Elaine Scott explores some of the unique properties shared by the two ends of the Earth's axis, and other ways in which they are poles apart.... More...
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M.L.K.: The Journey of a King
by Tonya Bolden
Published 2007 by HNA Books
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Coretta Scott King Honor winner Tonya Bolden focuses her critical eye on Martin Luther King, Jr., bringing words and pictures together to tell the life story of one of America's greatest figures in an inspirational, one-of-a-kind biography. Full color. More...
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Facing the Lion: Growing Up Maasai on the African Savanna
by Joseph Lekuton
Published 2003 by National Geographic Society
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Lekuton provides a firsthand look at growing up in Kenya as a member of a nomadic tribe and recalls his first encounter with a lion, the epitome of bravery in the warrior tradition. More...
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The Adventures of Marco Polo
by Russell Freedman
Published 2006 by Arthur A. Levine Books
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Marco Polo shook Europe with descriptions of the world he'd seen on his epic journey to the court of Kublai Khan, but had he really seen the "Roof of the World" in Central Asia, and the "City of Heaven" in far-off China or was he a charlatan who saw nothing more than the conjurings of his inventive mind? More...
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The Journey That Saved Curious George: The True Wartime Escape of Margaret and H.A. Rey
by Louise Borden
Published 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Company
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Follow Hans and Margret Rey's amazing story of fleeing their Paris home in 1940 as the German army advanced in this book that resembles a travel journal and includes original photos, reproduced ticket stubs, and more. Full color. More...
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To Dance: A Ballerina's Graphic Novel
by Siena Cherson Siegel
Published 2006 by Aladdin Paperbacks
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Dancers are young when they first dream of dance. Siena was six -- and her dreams kept skipping and leaping, circling and spinning, from airy runs along a beach near her home in Puerto Rico, to dance class in Boston, to her debut performance on stage with the New York City Ballet. Twirl along with Siena as she shares her story in words with pictures by acclaimed illustrator Mark Siegel. More...
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