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Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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When a thunderstorm grounds all flights following a huge Muslim convention, four unlikely kids are thrown together. Feek is stuck babysitting his younger sister, but he's rather be writing a poem that's good enough for his dad, a famous poet and rapper. Hanna is intent on finding a lost cat in the airport--and also on avoiding a conversation with her dad about him possibly remarrying. Sami is struggling with his anxiety and worried that he'll miss...
Author
Series
Olga (Elise Gravel) volume 2
Language
English
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Description
Olga decides she would like to figure out what planet Meh is from and begins to conduct some research on space travel.
Author
Publisher
Willa Perlman Books
Pub. Date
[1993]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
48 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Highlights sixteen episodes in the development of aviation ranging from balloons to the space shuttle. Also includes a time line and historical notes.
Author
Series
Library of Ever volume 1
Publisher
Imprint
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
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Description
"With her parents off traveling the globe, Lenora is bored, bored, bored -- until she discovers a secret doorway into the ultimate library. Mazelike and reality-bending, the library contains all the universe's wisdom. Every book ever written, and every fact ever known, can be found within its walls. And Lenora becomes its newly appointed Fourth Assistant Apprentice Librarian. She rockets to the stars, travels to a future filled with robots, and faces...
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Language
English
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On July 20, 1969, Neil Armstrong took "one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind" when the Apollo 11 landed on the moon. But it wasnt just one man who got us to the moon. The Moon Landing explores the people and technology that made the moon landing possible, showing the events leading up to it and how it changed the world. The book takes readers through the history of rocket building: from ancient Chinese rockets, to "bombs bursting in air"...
Author
Series
Publisher
Tilbury House Publishing
Pub. Date
[2017]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
39 pages : color illustrations ; 27 cm.
Language
English
Description
Only a select few animals are able to glide long distances through air, but they include an amazing variety-- even a few species of frogs and snakes. Catching Air takes us around the planet to meet these animals and explore why this gravity-defying talent has evolved in animals, amphibians, and reptiles.
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Series
Language
English
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"What is it like to float weightlessly in the air? What happens if you vomit in your helmet during a spacewalk? How do astronauts go to the bathroom? Is it true that they don't shower? Can farts really be deadly in space? Best-selling Mary Roach has the answers. In this whip-smart, funny, and informative young readers adaptation of her best-selling Packing for Mars, Roach guides us through the irresistibly strange, frequently gross, and awe-inspiring...
13) How birds fly
Author
Series
Publisher
Benchmark Books
Pub. Date
1997.
Physical Desc
32 pages : color illustrations ; 27 cm.
Language
English
Description
Explains how and why the design of bird bodies enables them to fly.
Author
Series
Sardine de l'espace volume 3
Publisher
First Second
Pub. Date
2007
Edition
1st American ed.
Physical Desc
102 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Sardine and her uncle, Captain Yellow Shoulder, sail their ship, The Huckleberry, across the universe meeting up with monsters and aliens in order to confront Supermuscleman, who is trying to take over the galaxy.
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
205 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
Lopside the rescue mutt and his canine crew are working alongside their humans onboard the spaceship Laika. Then the dogs are abandoned, millions of miles from civilization, and survival seems impossible. But these are all good dogs--and good dogs always complete their mission. --
"SOS. Lopside the rescue mutt and his canine crew are working alongside their humans onboard the spaceship Laika. We are the dogs. Then the dogs are abandoned, millions...
Author
Series
Sardine de l'espace volume 4
Publisher
First Second
Pub. Date
2007
Edition
1st American ed.
Physical Desc
102 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Sardine is back, and she's got a whole host of new problems to face even before the spaceship Huckleberry can get off the ground! In the fourth volume of this exciting series, Sardine must tackle, among other things, monsters under the bed, flesh-eating tattoos, time machines, and even boredom.
Author
Series
Treehouse series volume 10
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
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Description
Andy and Terry live in a 130-story treehouse. It used to be a 117-story treehouse, but they added another 13 stories. It has a soap bubble blaster, a time-wasting level, a 13-story igloo, the GRABINATOR (it can grab anything from anywhere at any time). It is a toilet paper factory, and an extraterrestrial observation center for observing aliens. As it turns out, though, it's Andy, Terry, and Jill who are being observed and then abducted by a giant...
Author
Series
Library of Ever volume 2
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Lenora returns to the magical Library -- which holds every book ever known on its shelves. But she discovers the Library is under new management, its incredible rooms and corridors turned dark and sinister. She quickly connects with a secret resistance that's trying to free knowledge from the shadows threatening it. Her new friends introduce her to an ancient lost city, hang gliding, and mathematical beings larger than the universe itself. And they...
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