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WHO WAS BEN FRANKLIN?
Ben Franklin was the scientist who, with the help of a kite, discovered that lightning is electricity. He was also a statesman, an inventor, a printer, and an author-a man of such amazingly varied talents that some people claimed he had magical powers! Full of all the details kids will want to know, the true story of Benjamin Franklin is by turns sad and funny, but always honest and awe-inspiring.
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- 0-448-42495-9
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- 105 p ; 19 cm
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- 920 FRA w c.1 2025020039
READ IT YOURSELF LEVEL 2: PIRATE SCHOOL
It's Jack's first day at pirate school, but he and the other the new pirates are going to have to put their new skills to the test sooner than they thought!
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- 978-0-72329-369-9
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- 32 p ; 23 cm
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- 823 ROS r c.1 2025020035
OUR PLANET!: THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE EARTH
Meet Earth. Planet Awesome! And your awesome home! Actually, Earth is home to all the plants and all the animals in the solar system, including nearly eight billion people. Humans have accidentally moved Earth's climate change into the fast lane, and she need your help to put on the brakes. Earthlings need Earth, and Earth needs Earthlings, so let’s save Earth together!
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- 978-1-250-78249-6
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- unpaged; 26 cm
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- 550 MCA o c.1 2025020029
WHO WAS LEONARDO DA VINCI?
Leonardo da Vinci was a gifted painter, talented musician, and dedicated scientist and inventor, designing flying machines, submarines, and even helicopters. Yet he had a hard time finishing things, a problem anyone can relate to. Only thirteen paintings are known to be his; as for the illustrated encyclopedia he intended to create, all that he left were thousands of disorganized notebook pag…
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- 0-448-44301-5
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- 106 p ; 19 cm
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- 920 EDW w c.1 2025020027
GALAPAGOS ISLAND: THE WORLD'S LIVING LABORATORY
Welcome to the Galapágos Islands, a pristine archipelago in the Pacific Ocean, where locals and visiting scientists work among giant tortoises, salt-snorting iguanas, diving penguins, and erupting volcanoes. They are looking for just the right balance between humans and nature to lead the world to a sustainable future.
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- 978-1-80466-115-4
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- 64 p ; 28,5 cm
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- 918 YOU g c.1 2025020024
OUR WORLD IN PICTURES: COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD
Packed with more than 1,000 incredible images and full of fascinating facts, this beautiful children’s book takes you on an exciting round-the-globe tour, with a stopover in every nation on every continent! Did you know that Cuba’s national sport is baseball, one of the most popular sports in the US? And that kids in both Japan and Chile have earthquake drills on their school schedule? F…
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- 978-1-4654-9150-3
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- 192 p ; 28 cm
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- 910 MIL o c.1 2025020020
MISTAKES THAT WORKED: 40 FAMILIAR INVENTIONS AND HOW THEY CAME TO BE
The greatest discoveries are made outside the classroom! Learn all about mistakes that changed the world with this collection of the strange stories behind everyday inventions! It's no accident that you'll love this book!
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- 978-0-385-32043-6
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- 78 p ; 20 cm
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- 609 JON m c.1 2025020019
HORRIBLE SCIENCE: MICROSCOPIC MONSTERS
Product description When the first daring discoverers looked through a microscope, they discovered a world of life-forms unknown to science – the terribly teeny microscopic world. A place of violence and sudden death! A place of beastly swarming bacteria! A place of mini monsters! Look through your microscope if you dare to discover: which creature lays its eggs between your toes how ger…
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- 978-1-407106-13-7
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- 158 p ; 21 cm
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- 579 ARN h c.1 2025010218
HORRIBLE SCIENCE: DISGUSTING DIGESTION
It's science with the squishy bits left in! What disease makes your eyes bleed? Why can't astronauts eat beans before a space flight? Which part of your brain makes you throw up? Get the awful answers in "Disgusting Digestion".
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- 978-0-439944-45-8
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- 171 p ; 21 cm
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- 570 ARN h c.1 2025010217
HORRIBLE SCIENCE: SHOCKING ELECTRICITY
Are you buzzing to discover how an electric eel can give you a nasty shock?; why electricity keeps your heart beating?; or which scientist gave electric shocks to his eyeballs? Using fact files and quizzes, teacher tests and cartoons, discover the shocking facts about electricity.
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- 978-1-407105-36-9
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- 173 p ; 21 cm
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- 537 ARN h c.1 2025010216
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