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Language
English
Description
Few works in literature have received as much popular and critical attention as Nobel Laureate William Golding's Lord of the Flies. Since its publication in 1954, it has amassed a cult following, and has significantly contributed to our dystopian vision of the post-war era. When responding to the novel's dazzling power of intellectual insight, scholars and critics often invoke the works of Shakespeare, Freud, Rousseau, Sartre, Orwell, and Conrad....
Author
Publisher
Cherry Lake Publishing
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
24 pages : colored illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
This Level 1 guided reader series explores how blasthole drills are used on construction sites. Students will develop word recognition and reading skills while learning about exciting construction machinery--
Author
Publisher
PowerKids Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
32 pages : color illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Almost 20,000 years ago, Earth's climate began to warm. Because of the changing temperatures, a miles-thick ice sheet started to shift. As the ice sheet moved, it carved deep pits in the land and left water in its wake. This melted ice filled the new cavities. This is the story of America's Great Lakes: Superior, Michigan, Huron, Erie, and Ontario. Enriched with stunning photographs and informative fact boxes and sidebars, this educational text sheds...
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Focus
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xxiii, 184 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"As a hurricane gathered in the Caribbean, blue skies covered Galveston, Texas. Scientists knew a storm was coming. But none of them were able to prepare Galveston for the force of the hurricane that hit on September 8, 1900. The water from the storm surge pulled houses off their foundations, and the winds toppled telephone poles and trees like toothpicks. And amid the chaos, Galveston's residents did all they could to rescue one another. From the...
Author
Publisher
Chicago Review Press
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
vii, 152 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps, portraits, charts ; 22 x 28 cm
Language
English
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"The story behind the historic race to the moon, from the perspective of the Americans who lived it -- the astronauts and their families, the controllers and engineers, the technicians and politicians who made the impossible possible." --
Author
Publisher
Maker Media
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
1 online resource
Language
English
Description
Tinkering is a way of learning through hands-on activity -- experimenting with materials and devices to see how they work, taking things apart, making small changes and improvements, exploring and inventing. Tinkering may seem like a form of play -- and it is -- but it is also a powerful way of discovering truths about science, engineering, and math. With this book, Curt Gabrielson follows up on his best-seller Tinkering: Kids Learn by Making Stuff...
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