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"A meia lua whooshed in the air. The strike was evaded and followed with an aau. Two young men were playing capoeira in the middle of the roda. Bimba wanted to play, too. Although it is debated when and where capoeira-an art form that blends martial arts,dance, acrobatics, music, and spirituality-originated exactly, one thing is certain: in the early 20th century, Brazil was the only country in the world where capoeira was played, and it was mainly...
3) Eclipse
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Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2023.
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
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"After hearing about the total solar eclipse happening in two months, a boy makes a plan with his father to go see it. They drive to the perfect campsite, not wanting to miss the couple of minutes when the sun will be completely hidden by the moon. When the moment happens, being together makes it even more special. Based on a trip that author-illustrator Andy Rash took with his son to see the eclipse in August 2017, Eclipse is a heartfelt and playfully...
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Zest Books
Pub. Date
[2023]
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184 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
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"Culture writer Caitlin Donohue uses interviews with medical researchers, educators, activists, artists, business leaders, and other experts to craft an inclusive and comprehensive overview of cannabis in the Western Hemisphere for young adults"--
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Children's Press, an imprint of Scholastic, Inc
Pub. Date
2024.
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48 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 22 cm
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"A series to build strong financial habits early on in life! How can I make money? What is inflation? What is the difference between a debit card and a credit card? Economics - and more specifically, money - play such a large role in our lives. Yet thereare many mysteries and misconceptions surrounding the basic concepts of finance and smart money management. This A True Book series offers students the know-how they'll need to start on the road to...
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National Geographic
Pub. Date
[2018]
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415 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 31 cm
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A collection of the 500 most alluring travel experiences on the planet! The perfect resource for travelers who crave adventurous trips, or those searching for specific experiences, this title has been fully revised and updated just in time for its 10th anniversary. The characters are organized by means of transportation. They are designed to help you plan your trip, telling you the best time to visit, sights you can't miss, and how to get there, as...
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Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2024.
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127 p. ;
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Using questions canvassed from children around the United Kingdom as her framework, writer, activist, engineer, and broadcaster Yassmin Abdel-Magied provides a clear overview of racism’s history, what it looks like today, and how to recognize, resist, and disrupt racist conversations and attitudes that can appear anywhere. This book is a practical guide for taking actionable steps, but it acknowledges that talking about racism invites complex feelings...
9) Shells
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Children's Press, an imprint of Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2024.
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32 pages : color illustrations ; 22 cm.
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"Let's learn all about the different types of animal coverings! Animals have different body coverings for different reasons. Some animals use their coverings to keep warm or stay cool, others use them for protection, and can either stand out or blend in.Some animals even use their coverings to move! This vibrant new set of LEARN ABOUT books gives readers a close-up look at five different animal coverings, from fur and feathers to skin, scales, and...
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Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
[2023]
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1 DVD (124 min.) : sound, color, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
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Why preserve film in a world where audiovisual materials seem so readily available online? That is the key question posed in Film, the Living Record of Our Memory, which features interviews with film archivists, curators, technicians, and filmmakers including Costa-Gavras, Jonas Mekas, Patricio Guzmán, Ken Loach, Bill Morrison, Fernando Trueba, Wim Wenders, and appearances by Martin Scorsese, Barbara Rubin, Idrissa Ouédraogo, Ridley Scott, and Ousmane...
11) Giraffe math
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Christy Ottaviano Books; Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2023.
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unnumbered pages : color illustrations
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Told through the voice of Twiga the giraffe, this picture book shares knowledge about giraffes through math, using measurements, graphs, fractions, time, elemental geometry, and percentages.
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Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
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"Meet kids who share how they celebrate holidays all year long--perfect for discussions about de-centering winter holidays!"--
Who says the holidays only happen in the winter? Every day's a holiday when you live in a world as diverse as ours! From Juneteenth to Vesak, and Yom Kippur to D�ia de las Muertos, the festivities never end. Come and join us and learn about eighteen holidays celebrated by a diverse group of children in this inviting and...
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Simon & Schuster Audio
Pub. Date
2023
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6 sound discs (480 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
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Three years ago, headlines delivered shocking news: nearly three billion birds in North America have vanished over the past fifty years. No species has been spared, from the most delicate jeweled hummingbirds to scrappy black crows, from a rainbow of warblers to common birds such as owls and sparrows. In a desperate race against time, scientists, conservationists, birders, wildlife officers, and philanthropists are scrambling to halt the collapse...
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Quill Tree Books
Pub. Date
[2023]
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm.
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Volodymyr Zelensky wanted to make Ukraine a better, kinder, more joyful place. Born to Jewish parents, Volodymyr had much love and pride for his country. Growing up, even with Ukraine’s various conflicts, he liked to make people laugh. After university, he became a comedian and actor. But he knew humor wasn’t enough to fix his nation’s ongoing problems. So, in 2019, he ran for president—and won! Leading with honesty, heart, and humor, President...
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Amistad, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2024]
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195 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
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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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Image Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2010]
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1 DVD (116 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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A celebration of the life and work of one of Broadway's greatest legends, Stephen Sondheim. For the composer and lyricist's 80th birthday in March 2010, many of musical theater's brightest stars gathered to perform more than two dozen numbers from Sondheim's illustrious career.
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Pub. Date
2023.
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A ruthless and razor-sharp essay collection that tackles the pervasive, creeping oppression and toxicity that has wormed its way into society, in our books, schools, and homes, as well as the systems that perpetuate them, from the acclaimed author of Mean, and one of our fiercest, foremost explorers of intersectional Latinx identity.
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2024.
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"When Walela is diagnosed at twenty-three with advanced stage blood cancer, they're suddenly thrust into the unsympathetic world of tubes and pills, doctors who don't use their correct pronouns, and hordes of "well-meaning" but patronizing people offering unsolicited advice as they navigate rocky personal relationships and share their story online. But this experience also deepens their relationship to their ancestors, providing added support from...
Pub. Date
2022
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2 DVDs (359 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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Bernard-Henri Levy is one of the world's most influential public intellectuals, and Cohen Media Group is proud to present this two-disc collection of his politically charged documentary filmmaking work, leading off with The Will to See (2022), an unflinching look at the most urgent humanitarian crises around the globe, ranging from Afghanistan to Ukraine. The Oath of Tobruk (2012) tracks six months of Ľvy's behind-the-scenes work in war-torn Libya....
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