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Pub. Date
c2012
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"Bike Tribes is a hilarious and essential illustrated field guide that breaks down the various tribes of the cycling culture. Replete with one-of-a-kind illustrations that taxonomize the special habits, clothing, preferences, and predilections of cyclists, Bike Tribes is a book that no rider should be without."--P [4] of cover.
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Pub. Date
[2014]
Description
"What happens when you swap the nine-to-five for two wheels and a journey of a lifetime? Terrified of the prospect of a life spent behind a desk, without challenge or excitement, Leon takes off to cross America on an overloaded bicycle packed with everything but common sense. Over five months and 6000 miles, he cycled from New York to Seattle and then on to the Mexican border, facing tornados, swollen river crossings, wild roaming buffalo and one...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 11
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A novel of a proud stranger in his native land. He was a young American Indian named Abel, and he lived in two worlds. One was that of his father, wedding him to the rhythm of the seasons, the harsh beauty of the land, the ecstasy of the drug called peyote. The other was the world of the twentieth century, goading him into a compulsive cycle of sexual exploits, dissipation, and disgust. Home from a foreign war, he was a man being torn apart, a man...
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"During the Great Depression, wretched labor camps crop up in remote areas of the expansive pine forests throughout the American South. Destitute workers live and toil under terrible conditions to harvest pine gum, hacking into tree trunks, drawing out the sticky sap that gives the Tar Heel State its nickname, and hauling it to stills to be refined into turpentine. Subsistence living means racking up huge debts they are forced to work off, creating...
7) Cougars
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Photographs and text introduce children to the physical characteristics, natural habitats, history, life cycles, and folklore of cougars.
9) Bison
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Did you know that American bison are the largest land mammals in North America? Bison live in small groups called bands. Sometimes, bands join together to form a large herd. Learn more about the bison in this informative book.
10) The wolf mother
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Pub. Date
[2021]
Description
"In the fifth book of the Mothers of Xsan series, award-winning author Hetxw'ms Gyetxw (Brett D. Huson) introduces young readers to a pack of grey wolves. New pups have just begun to open their eyes, one of which is a striking black female. Every day, her ears grow larger, her eyesight gets sharper, and her legs stretch farther. As she learns to hunt, play, and run with her pack, instinct pulls her to explore beyond her home territory. Will the young...
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Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
Description
"Robins are the most familiar and beloved of all birds, found throughout North America and celebrated as one of the first signs of spring. But there's a lot about them that most people don't know! In this visually stunning picture book that features comic-book panels combined with painterly illustrations, Eileen Christelow tells the story of two young robins' first year, and reveals plenty of little-known facts that are sure to captivate young naturalists....
Author
Pub. Date
1969
Description
General description of all aspects of Indian life (language, subsistence, art, clothing, etc.) considerably revised from the first edition published in 1961. Now includes chapters on Indian-white relations since 1492 for the main geographic areas. Term Indians includes Eskimo.
16) Canada geese
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Description
Discusses the life cycle and migratory habits of the Canada goose.
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Pub. Date
2017.
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Eclipses are an amazing phenomena-unique to Earth-that have provided the key to much of what we now know and understand about the sun, our moon, gravity, and the workings of the universe. Mask of the Sun reveals the humanism behind the science of both lunar and solar eclipses. With insightful detail, Dvorak provides explanations as to how and why eclipses occur-as well as insight into the forthcoming eclipse of 2017 that will be visible across North...
18) The waterhole
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Pub. Date
[2001]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.4 - AR Pts: 1
Description
As ever growing numbers of animals visit a watering hole, introducing the numbers from one to ten, the water dwindles.
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Pub. Date
[2009]
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The book that will change the way you look at food. Most of us know what it feels like to fall under the spell of food--when one slice of pizza turns into half a pie, or a handful of chips leads to an empty bag. But it's harder to understand why we can't seem to stop eating--even when we know better. When we want so badly to say "no," why do we continue to reach for food?
20) Alligators
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Photographs and text introduce children to the physical characteristics, natural habitats, history, life cycles, and folklore of alligators.