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All about seeds

Throp, Claire.


Includes index and glossary. What are plants? -- What do plants need to grow? -- What are seeds? -- Different seeds -- Spreading seeds -- How seeds grow -- Plants need seeds. Provides a brief introduction to seeds, including where they can be found, what they look like, and the vital job they do for plants.
Date Published:2016

The Mystery of the big deal


Streaming video file encoded with permission for digital streaming by Infobase on September 27, 2019. Kyla repairs the ring with a jeweler, and discovers it’s a wedding ring — a symbol of a contract. Meanwhile E.B. takes the wampum belt to a Native expert, and learns that it was also a kind of contract. The seal-stamper clue turns out to be a seal of authenticity; it leads Kyla to a violin store, where she gets to examine a real Stradivarius violin worth millions of dollars. The gang realizes that contracts take many forms, but no matter what they look like, they’re all about keeping your word.
Date Published:2016

Streaming video file encoded with permission for digital streaming by Infobase on September 27, 2019. Kyla repairs the ring with a jeweler, and discovers it’s a wedding ring — a symbol of a contract. Meanwhile E.B. takes the wampum belt to a Native expert, and learns that it was also a kind of contract. The seal-stamper clue turns out to be a seal of authenticity; it leads Kyla to a violin store, where she gets to examine a real Stradivarius violin worth millions of dollars. The gang realizes that contracts take many forms, but no matter what they look like, they’re all about keeping your word.

Date Published:2016

Diary of a wimpy kid

Kinney, Jeff


Greg records his sixth grade experiences in a middle school where he and his best friend, Rowley, undersized weaklings amid boys who need to shave twice daily, hope just to survive, but when Rowley grows more popular, Greg must take drastic measures to save their friendship.
Date Published:2007

Refugee

Gratz, Alan, 1972-


Although separated by continents and decades, Josef, a Jewish boy living in 1930s Nazi Germany; Isabel, a Cuban girl trying to escape the riots and unrest plaguing her country in 1994; and Mahmoud, a Syrian boy in 2015 whose homeland is torn apart by violence and destruction, embark on harrowing journeys in search of refuge, discovering shocking connections that tie their stories together.
Date Published:2017

Coded bias


Originally produced in the United States as a motion picture in 2020. Strong Language - Previewing recommended. "CODED BIAS explores the fallout of MIT media lab researcher Joy Buolamwini's startling discovery that facial recognition does not see dark-skinned faces accurately, and her journey to push for the first-ever legisation in the U.S. to govern against bias in the algorithms that impact us all. --Coded bias website.
Date Published:2020

Originally produced in the United States as a motion picture in 2020. ** Strong Language ** - Previewing recommended. "CODED BIAS explores the fallout of MIT media lab researcher Joy Buolamwini's startling discovery that facial recognition does not see dark-skinned faces accurately, and her journey to push for the first-ever legisation in the U.S. to govern against bias in the algorithms that impact us all. --Coded bias website.

Date Published:2020

Berani

Kadarusman, Michelle, 1969-


Title proper from title frame. Perspectives of two Indonesian middle-schoolers and a caged orangutan entwine. Wealthy Malia circulates an anti-palm-oil petition at her school, resulting in suspensions for herself, her best friend Ari, and her teacher. Ari worries about Ginger Juice, the orangutan his uncle keeps in a cage. When Ari learns about orangutan rehabilitation centers from Malia's petition, the young people unite to plot a rescue.
Date Published:2022

Title proper from title frame. Perspectives of two Indonesian middle-schoolers and a caged orangutan entwine. Wealthy Malia circulates an anti-palm-oil petition at her school, resulting in suspensions for herself, her best friend Ari, and her teacher. Ari worries about Ginger Juice, the orangutan his uncle keeps in a cage. When Ari learns about orangutan rehabilitation centers from Malia's petition, the young people unite to plot a rescue.

Date Published:2022

Devil's pass

Brouwer, Sigmund, 1959-


Webb, a young street musician, faces grizzly bears and a madman on the Canol Trail when he tries to fulfill a request in his late grandfather's will.
Date Published:2012

Ski jumping

Wiseman, Blaine


Includes index.
Date Published:2010

The year we learned to fly

Woodson, Jacqueline.


Title proper from title frame. "By heeding their wise grandmother's advice, a brother and sister discover the ability to lift themselves up and imagine a better world"--Provided by publisher.
Date Published:2022

Sorting algorithms


Learn about the different methods for sorting algorithms.
Date Published:2016

The black book of buried secrets

Kass, Mallory


Explores the hidden facts, dangerous missions, top agents, and secret hideaways of the Cahill family's desperate hunt for the thirty-nine clues that will lead them to the secret of world domination.
Date Published:2010

The pigeon wants a puppy!

Willems, Mo


The pigeon really, really wants a puppy, but when a puppy arrives the pigeon changes its mind.
Date Published:2008

Astrid and Apollo and the magic pepper

Bidania, V. T.


A Capstone Interactive eBook. Nia Thy is here! -- Uncle Meng's mystery -- The red pepper -- Thump-thump -- Magic melon. During their trip to the farm, Astrid and Apollo enjoy Grandma's funny stories and Uncle Meng's magic tricks while picking vegetables to sell at the farmers' market. Includes facts about the Hmong.
Date Published:2021

Measuring up

LaMotte, Lily.


Title proper from title frame. "Having just moved to Seattle from Taiwan, twelve-year-old Cici enters a cooking competition to win the chance to see her grandmother again, but she only knows how to cook Taiwanese food"--OCLC.
Date Published:2020

Solid as liquid (states of matter)


Eric discovers that a liquid can also be a solid and explores the phenomenon called Oobleck. It's not magic, it's science... it's STEM! Educational Gist: The three main states of matter: Solids, liquids and gases.
Date Published:2019

Measuring up

LaMotte, Lily,


"Flats by Cynthia Yuan Cheng and Ashanti Fortson"--Colophon. "Having just moved to Seattle from Taiwan, twelve-year-old Cici enters a cooking competition to win the chance to see her grandmother again, but she only knows how to cook Taiwanese food."--Provided by publisher.
Date Published:2020

Peter Lee's notes from the field

Ahn, Angela.


Title proper from title frame. "Eleven year-old Peter Lee has one goal in life: to become a paleontologist. But his summer falls apart when his real-life dinosaur expedition turns out to be a bust, and he watches his dreams go up in a cloud of asthma-inducing dust. Even worse, his grandmother, Hammy, is sick, and no one will talk to Peter or L.B. about it. Perhaps his days as a scientist aren't quite behind him yet. Armed with notebooks and pens, Peter puts his observation and experimental skills to the test to see what he can do for Hammy"--
Date Published:2021

Title proper from title frame. "Eleven year-old Peter Lee has one goal in life: to become a paleontologist. But his summer falls apart when his real-life dinosaur expedition turns out to be a bust, and he watches his dreams go up in a cloud of asthma-inducing dust. Even worse, his grandmother, Hammy, is sick, and no one will talk to Peter or L.B. about it. Perhaps his days as a scientist aren't quite behind him yet. Armed with notebooks and pens, Peter puts his observation and experimental skills to the test to see what he can do for Hammy"--

Date Published:2021

Miga, Quatchi and Sumi : the story of the Vancouver 2010 mascots = Miga, Quatchi et Sumi : l'histoire des mascottes de Vancouver 2010

Murphy, Michael, 1970-



Date Published:2008

A day and night in the rain forest

Arnold, Caroline.


A Capstone Interactive eBook. Highlights the activities of animals in the Amazon rain forest during one average twenty-four hour period.
Date Published:2015

Algorithms


Learn what an algorithim is and how one is used.
Date Published:2016