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1) Giant squid

Author

Fleming, Candace

Publisher

Roaring Brook Press

Pub. Date

2016.

Physical Desc

1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 30 cm

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Award Winning Books for Kids

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"A nonfiction picture book exploring the mysterious life of the elusive giant squid"--

2) Presenting Buffalo Bill: the man who invented the Wild West

Author

Fleming, Candace

Publisher

Roaring Brook Press

Pub. Date

2016.

Physical Desc

xii, 273 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

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Introduces the life of the American West hero, discussing his contributions to the Pony Express, the Battle of Little Big Horn, and Native American rights.

3) Polar bear

Author

Fleming, Candace

Publisher

Holiday House

Pub. Date

[2022]

Physical Desc

1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 30 cm

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"A book exploring the life and habitat of a mother polar bear and her cubs"--

4) The tide pool waits

Author

Fleming, Candace

Publisher

Holiday House

Pub. Date

[2022]

Physical Desc

1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm

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A lyrical tour of the ecology of tide pools.

5) The curse of the mummy: uncovering Tutankhamun's tomb

Author

Fleming, Candace

Formats

Book, eAudiobook, eBook

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"During the reign of the New Kingdom of Egypt, the boy pharaoh Tutankhamun ruled and died tragically young. In order to send him on his way into the afterlife, his tomb was filled with every treasure he would need after death. And then, it was lost to time, buried in the sands of the Valley of the Kings. His tomb was also said to be cursed. Centuries later, as Egypt-mania gripped Europe, two Brits -- a rich earl with a habit for gambling and a disreputable,...

6) The enigma girls: how ten teenagers broke ciphers, kept secrets, and helped win World War II

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""You are to report to Station X at Bletchley Park, Buckinghamshire, in four days time....That is all you need to know." This was the terse telegram hundreds of young women throughout the British Isles received in the spring of 1941, as World War II raged. As they arrived at Station X, a sprawling mansion in a state of disrepair surrounded by Spartan-looking huts with little chimneys coughing out thick smoke-these young people had no idea what kind...

7) Cubs in the tub: the true story of the Bronx Zoo's first woman keeper

Author

Fleming, Candace

Publisher

Holiday House

Pub. Date

2020.

Physical Desc

48 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm

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"Readers are told the story of Helen Martini's care for lion and tiger cubs, and her emergence as the Bronx Zoo's first woman zookeeper"--

8) The Lincolns: a scrapbook look at Abraham and Mary

Author

Fleming, Candace

Publisher

Schwartz & Wade Books

Pub. Date

c2008

Physical Desc

xiii, 177 p. : ill., maps ; 30 cm.

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Though Abraham and Mary Todd Lincoln's backgrounds differed considerably, both were intellectuals who shared interests in literature and politics, as well as a great love for each other.

9) What Isabella wanted: Isabella Stewart Gardener builds a museum

Author

Fleming, Candace

Publisher

Holiday House

Pub. Date

[2021]

Physical Desc

1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 cm

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"The true story of Isabella Stewart Gardner's mission to turn her home into a unique art museum"--

10) Amelia lost: the life and disappearance of Amelia Earhart

Author

Fleming, Candace

Publisher

Schwartz & Wade Books

Pub. Date

c2011

Physical Desc

ix, 118 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.

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Tells the story of Amelia Earhart's life--as a child, a woman, and a pilot--and describes the search for her missing plane.

11) The rise and fall of Charles Lindbergh

Author

Fleming, Candace

Publisher

Schwartz & Wade Books

Pub. Date

[2020]

Physical Desc

384 pages

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"A riveting biography of one of America's most celebrated heroes, and most complicated, troubled men, Charles Lindbergh"--

12) Murder among friends: how Leopold and Loeb tried to commit the perfect crime

Author

Fleming, Candace

Publisher

Anne Schwartz Books

Pub. Date

[2022]

Physical Desc

355 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

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Taking readers back to 1924, this shocking true crime story follows two eighteen-year-old college students who kidnapped and murdered a child they both knew, their trial, and how a renowned defense attorney enabled them to avoid the death penalty.

13) The great and only Barnum: the tremendous, stupendous life of showman P.T. Barnum

Author

Fleming, Candace

Publisher

Brilliance Audio

Pub. Date

p2011

Physical Desc

3 CDs (2 hr., 58 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 pdf disc of photographs

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Biography of P.T. Barnum, showman and founder of the Barnum & Bailey Circus. Readers can visit Barnum's American Museum; meet Tom Thumb, the miniature man (only 39 in. tall) and his tinier bride (32 in.); experience the thrill Barnum must have felt when, at age 60, he joined the circus; and discover Barnum's legacy.