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Book cover for "When the sky glows".
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Publisher:
Beach Lane Books
Pub. Date:
2022
Lexile measure:
AD: Adult Directed 920L
Language:
English
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5 stars
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"Sunrises and lightning storms, rainbows and volcanoes, meteors and fireflies-these beautiful, and sometimes frightening, events that light up the sky might seem like magic. But there is a scientific explanation for each natural phenomenon. Find out the science behind the magic in this beautiful and enlightening nonfiction picture book"--
Book cover for "Nigel and the moon".
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AD: Adult Directed 550L
Language:
English
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When Nigel looks up at the moon, his future is bright. He imagines himself as...an astronaut, a dancer, a superhero, too! Among the stars, he twirls. With pride, his chest swells. And his eyes, they glow. Nigel is the most brilliant body in the sky. But it's Career Week at school, and Nigel can't find the courage to share his dreams. It's easy to whisper them to the moon, but not to his classmates--especially when he already feels out of place.
Book cover for "Julius Caesar".
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English
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Presents the original text of Shakespeare's play side by side with a modern version, discusses the author and the theater of his time, and provides quizzes and other study activities.
Book cover for "The Lair of the White Worm".
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HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics. 'But it was not only the heart-rending sound that almost paralysed poor Mimi with terror. What she saw was sufficient to fill her with evil dreams for the remainder of her ' At the estate of Castra Regis in Derbyshire, mystery lurks in the woods, a place where snakes dwell and murderous deeds take place in the darkness. The behaviour of local residents Arabella...
Book cover for "In the days of the comet".
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English
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I SAW a gray-haired man, a figure of hale age, sitting at a desk and writing. He seemed to be in a room in a tower, very high, so that through the tall window on his left one perceived only distances, a remote horizon of sea, a headland and that vague haze and glitter in the sunset that many miles away marks a city. All the appointments of this room were orderly and beautiful, and in some subtle quality, in this small difference and that, new to me...
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Publisher:
Annick Press
Pub. Date:
2020
Lexile measure:
AD: Adult Directed 610L
Language:
English
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"Nour loves the luminous glow she was born with, but it's only when it starts to dim that she discovers the true power of her brilliant light. Nour has a superpower: she glows. Her light shines so bright, she feels like a star in the night sky. But when kids at school notice her glow, they're not impressed. If she had a real superpower, they say, she could fly or turn invisible. So Nour stops feeling special. And as her light dims, her world darkens...
Book cover for "The Lava Trolls".
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Publisher:
Findaway Voices
Pub. Date:
2023
Language:
English
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Welcome to "The Lava Trolls: Magma Meets Man," a rollicking audiobook adventure where the absurd meets the underground. In a world where geothermal energy isn't just a fancy term but a cause for underground commotion, our hero, Sparky - a Lava Troll with the curious habit of reflecting his mood in his fiery complexion - finds himself in a bit of a hot spot. Beneath the frosty surface of Iceland, in a realm where the décor is decidedly magma-chic,...
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"A child makes their way along the Arctic shoreline on a dark day. Everything around them seems as ugly as their mood, from the weather to the fish and mud. This is the place they come to whenever they feel ugly. But as the child closes their eyes and listens, the sound of the waves reminds them to breathe. The tiny krill flick their tails, and the brightly coloured sea stars seem to glow. What they once saw as an ugly landscape is now wonderful and...
Book cover for "Chinese New Year".
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Publisher:
Bellwether Media
Pub. Date:
2017
Lexile measure:
620L
Language:
English
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You could say the best is saved for last when it comes to Chinese New Year. The Lantern Festival stands as the holiday's grand finale. Dragon and lion puppets dance by day. At night, glowing lanterns float on water and across sky. This introduction to China's most famous celebration will mesmerize beginning readers.
Book cover for "Does the Sun Sleep?".
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Publisher:
Lerner Publishing Group
Language:
English
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Have you ever watched the sun rise or set? Do you know why the moon changes shape every night? Join Mr. Cruz's class as they observe patterns in the nighttime sky.
Book cover for "How come?".
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Why don't we fall off the spinning Earth? How do fireflies glow? Why is the sky blue? Fact-filled and whimsically illustrated throughout, this volume answers more than 175 questions about the world we live in.
Book cover for "Nothing ever happens on a gray day".
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Publisher:
Chronicle Books LLC
Language:
English
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A girl thinks that nothing happens in her neighborhood on a gray day--until she ventures into the woods, and discovers the colors and busy animals of autumn.
Book cover for "Case of the on-line alien".
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Publisher:
Gareth Stevens Pub
Pub. Date:
1999
Language:
English
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After witnessing an eerie glow in the sky, Wishbone begins to worry about aliens landing on Earth, especially when he hears a strange humming sound in the neighborhood.
Book cover for "A Pail of Air".
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The dark star passed, bringing with it eternal night and turning history into incredible myth in a single generation! In this story of desperation and courage a family believing themselves to be the last humans alive on Earth must fight daily against a cold uncaring universe. Fritz Leiber won multiple Hugo, Nebula, and World Fantasy awards. This story shows him at the height of his prowess.
Book cover for "The Garden of Eden".
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By careful tailoring the broad shoulders of Ben Connor were made to appear fashionably slender, and he disguised the depth of his chest by a stoop whose model slouched along Broadway somewhere between sunset and dawn. He wore, moreover, the first or second pair of spats that had ever stepped off the train at Lukin Junction, a glowing Scotch tweed, and a Panama hat of the color and weave of fine old linen. There was a skeleton at this Feast of Fashion,...
Book cover for "The stars just up the street".
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Publisher:
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date:
©2020
Language:
English
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Mabel loves the stars. She can count a few from her bedroom window and even more from the tree in her backyard. But her grandfather saw thousands of stars when he was a boy, and Mabel is determined to see that many herself. So begins Mabel's quest for a better view of the night sky. When she realizes that the glow from nearby houses and streetlights blocks her view, she enlists help from her neighbors and the town's mayor. Can they work together to...
Book cover for "When Molly Ate the Stars".
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English
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A girl reaches for the stars, only to gobble them up in this enchanting picture book about selflessness, generosity, and friendship. Have you ever tasted the stars? On a cold, clear night, Molly gazes up at the bright stars above, which look good enough to eat. If she could reach far enough surely it wouldn't hurt to try just one. Would it? Luminous and dreamlike as a falling star, this gorgeously illustrated picture book is a modern fable that shares...
Book cover for "The Pachinko Parlor".
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English
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From the author of Winter in Sokcho, Winner of the 2021 National Book Award for Translated Literature. The days are beginning to draw in. The sky is dark by seven in the evening. I lie on the floor and gaze out of the window. Women's calves, men's shoes, heels trodden down by the weight of bodies borne for too long. It is summer in Tokyo. Claire finds herself dividing her time between tutoring twelve-year-old Mieko, in an apartment in an abandoned...
Book cover for "The Assignation".
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English
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The main plot begins when the man is wandering the streets of Venice and comes across a woman who screams because she sees her baby in the water. She is not actually trying to get the baby out of the water though instead a man from across the water jumps in, after the narrator has arrived and saves the baby. From here it becomes clear that the woman may have dropped the baby into the water by herself…
Book cover for "Dear Lady".
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Publisher:
Zondervan
Language:
English
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Dear Mary, New Prospects, Montana, is nothing like England-so terrifying and beautiful at the same time, and much larger than I dared imagine when you and I first embarked on our adventures in the New World. I have had the good fortune of becoming the town's schoolmistress. Young Janie Steele is as precious as I imagined from her letters. As for her father, Garret Steele…Oh, I feel like such a fool! I've run halfway around the world to escape a...