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Author
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
48 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
Questions about PERIODS? Don't let periods cramp your style! We talk about bodies and how they change during the menstrual cycle. We look at different products you might encounter and various issues you might face. All with a no-nonsense, unembarrassed and humorous approach - just make sure you don't ovary-act. --
Author
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
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Description
"This visually stunning portrait of Black photographer Roy DeCarava, a child of the Harlem Renaissance and an artistic collaborator of Langston Hughes, takes readers through 1940s Harlem where beauty is everywhere as he immortalizes and documents the lives of ordinary Black people. Simultaneous eBook. Illustrations."--
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English
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"This is the story of a determined Ojibwe Grandmother (Nokomis) Josephine Mandamin and her great love for Nibi (Water). Nokomis walks to raise awareness of our need to protect Nibi for future generations, and for all life on the planet. She, along with other women, men, and youth, have walked around all of the Great Lakes from the four salt waters - or oceans - all the way to Lake Superior. The water walks are full of challenges, and by her example...
5) The Sioux
Author
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
32 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"The Sioux are a confederacy of Native American tribes that speak three different dialects: Lakota, Dakota, and Nakota. In this title, carefully leveled text helps readers discover how the Sioux once lived, how they continue their traditions, and more. Special features show where the Sioux once lived and where their lands are located today, lay out important events in a historical timeline, and more."--
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English
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In 1927, Zora Neale Hurston went to Plateau, Alabama, just outside Mobile, to interview eighty-six-year-old Cudjo Lewis. Of the millions of men, women, and children transported from Africa to America as slaves, Cudjo was then the only person alive to tell the story of this integral part of the nation's history. Hurston was there to record Cudjo's firsthand account of the raid that led to his capture and bondage fifty years after the Atlantic slave...
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English
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"There are about three thousand different kinds of cicadas but only the males make the sound we know. Some cicadas appear every year but other kinds only show up every seventeen years, but no one knows why. And there can be trillions of them! Interesting facts and a rhythmic, rhyming verse combine with colorful illustrations to portray one of the most fascinating insects in the world."--
Author
Pub. Date
[2024]
Physical Desc
144 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"Stigma is everywhere, from mistrust of unhoused people to discrimination based on weight. Discover how to identify and confront stigma and stop the spread of stereotypes, prejudice, and discrimination"--
10) Nonsense!
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Language
English
Description
A selection of nonsense verses, each beginning with the phrase "There was an old. . ." or "There was a young. . .," with photographic illustrations.
11) The Shawnee
Author
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
32 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Engaging images accompany information about the Shawnee. The combination of high-interest subject matter and narrative text is intended for students in grades 3 through 8"--
Author
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
64 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"Superfans are not just consumers; they are participants in a fan culture that can include millions of other people with similar tastes and beliefs. And some fans are so committed they use their fandom as a creative outlet; they produce fan fiction, art, videos, comics, costumes, and songs to honor their idols"--
Author
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
216 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Language
English
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Description
"Using Olaudah Equiano's autobiography as the source, the text shares Equiano's life story in found verse. Readers will follow his story from his childhood in Africa, enslavement at a young age, liberation, and life as a free man"--
Author
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
64 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"Manga and anime have risen from obscure art forms with cult followings to mainstream cultural forces. This book traces the development of manga and anime from their roots in medieval Japanese artwork to their record-shattering success on bestseller lists and in box office receipts. It also discusses their impact beyond the page and screen--in conventions, cosplay, toys, games, apparel, and accessories." --
16) The Navajo
Author
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
32 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Engaging images accompany information about the Navajo. The combination of high-interest subject matter and narrative text is intended for students in grades 3 through 8"--Provided by publisher"--
Author
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
144 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"This informative compendium goes beyond the basics of sexual reproduction to examine the diversity of family creation. Using interviews with individuals and families, Rachel Ginocchio breaks down in-vitro fertilization, surrogacy, adoption, and more"--
18) The Cherokee
Author
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
32 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Engaging images accompany information about the Cherokee people. The combination of high-interest subject matter and narrative text is intended for students in grades 3 through 8"--
19) Goodbye girl
Author
Series
Jack Swyteck novels volume 18
Language
English
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Description
"Piracy costs the movie and music industry billions. No one has been able to stop it. But that won't stop Miami criminal defense lawyer Jack Swyteck. His latest client, Imani Nichols, is a Grammy-winning popstar whose career has skyrocketed. Despite her success, she's the most underpaid superstar on the planet because of an onerous record contract she signed as a teenager with her now ex-husband Shaky Nichols, who has made himself rich off her royalties....
20) The Hopi
Author
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
32 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
""Engaging images accompany information about the Hopi people. The combination of high-interest subject matter and narrative text is intended for students in grades 3 through 8"--
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