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Why do we wear clothes?
Do you know why a chef's hat has 100 pleats? Or how many ways there are to tie a tie? Packed full of whacky facts and stunning clothes from designers and cultures around the world, this book is a must-have for anyone who has ever wondered why we wear the clothes we do.
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- 9780141387604
- Collation
- 64 pages : illustration ; 26 cm
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- Call Number
- 391 HAN
Coco Chanel
In this new series, discover the lives of outstanding people from designers and artists to scientists. All of them went on to achieve incredible things, yet all of them began life as a little child with a dream. The first book follows Coco Chanel, from her early life in an orphanage--where she is a genius with needle and thread--to her time as a cabaret singer, hat maker, and, eventually, inter…
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- 9781847807847
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- 32 pages : illustration ; 24 cm
- Series Title
- Little People, Big Dreans
- Call Number
- 927 VEG
Healthy eating
Healthy Eating describes each food group, including common foods in every group and how eating from all of the groups is important for good health and strong bodies.
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- ISBN/ISSN
- 9781476500362
- Collation
- 20 pages : illustration ; 18 cm
- Series Title
- Wonder Readers
- Call Number
- 613 GRE
Mapping your community
Why do we use maps? How can you map your classroom? What does a map of your state look like? Read this title learn how communities can be mapped. Different uses for maps are explained, and readers can learn how maps of their school, neighborhood, city and state might look. Map-making activities teach readers to map their street and classroom.
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- 9781432907945
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- 32 pages : illustration ; 22 cm
- Series Title
- First Guide to Maps
- Call Number
- 912 BLO
Music
Through stunning photographs and simple text, books in this series introduce children to elements of our global community. In this title, children learn about music around the world, including different types of music, ways people play music, and why music is important.
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- 9781403494061
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- 24 pages : illustration ; 18 cm
- Series Title
- Our Global Community
- Call Number
- 780 EAS
Sand to glass
Describes the steps a factory uses to turn sand into glass.
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- ISBN/ISSN
- 9780516251998
- Collation
- 24 pages : illustration ; 16 cm
- Series Title
- How Things are Made
- Call Number
- 620.1 SNY
Wax to crayons
An introduction to the process by which wax is transformed into crayons.
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- ISBN/ISSN
- 9780516242675
- Collation
- 24 pages : illustration ; 16 cm
- Series Title
- How Things are Made
- Call Number
- 620.1 SNY
Samira and the skeletons
Samira likes school, especially when she gets to sit next to her best friend, Frida. But when they learn about the skeletal system in science class, Samira suddenly begins to imagine everyone in school as a walking skeleton. Soon she starts avoiding her fellow classmates, even Frida, but Samira still can't escape her own skeleton. With some clever help from her mother, though, Samira realizes t…
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- ISBN/ISSN
- 9780802854636
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- 36 pages : illustration ; 23 cm
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- -
- Call Number
- K
If you want to see a whale
If you want to see a whale, you will need to know what not to look at. Pink roses, pelicans, possible pirates . . . If you want to see a whale, you have to keep your eyes on the sea, and wait . . . and wait . . . and wait . . . In this quiet and beautiful picture book by Julie Fogliano and Erin E. Stead, the team that created the Boston Globe-Horn Book Honor book And Then It's Sprin…
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- ISBN/ISSN
- 9781596437319
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- 30 pages : illustration ; 23 cm
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- -
- Call Number
- F
Smash! mash! crash! : there goes the trash!
THE GARBAGE TRUCKS ARE HERE TODAY! Smashing, mashing, lights a-flashing, gobblin' garbage, GULPITY-GULP. From castaway furniture to last night's leftovers, no job is too big or too small for this rugged team. With an upbeat, rhythmic text, Smash! Mash! Crash! There Goes the Trash! follows two garbage trucks on their route. What results is a stinky, roaring, rumbling mess -- and LOADS …
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- 9780689851605
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- 32 pages : illustration ; 26 cm
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- -
- Call Number
- O
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