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"Rock breaks scissors is based on a simple principle: people are unable to act randomly. Instead they display unconscious patterns that the savvy person can outguess. The principle applies to friends playing rock, paper, scissors for a bar tab as well as to the crowds that create markets for homes and stocks. With a gift for distilling psychology and behavioral economics into accessible advice, Poundstone proves that outguessing is easy, fun, and...
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Publisher
WoEB, What On Earth Books
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
47 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Description
"So you think you're special? Just because people have built cities, invented pop-up toasters, and put people on the Moon, that they are somehow different from (or better than) other living things? Well, it's time to think again! Humanimal explores the interconnections of the human and natural worlds in ways you never before imagined... Inside you will discover how slime molds learn how to navigate through a maze; how rats are ticklish and how it...
Author
Series
Icky Ricky volume 6
Publisher
Random House Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
121 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Description
"Icky Ricky is gets into plenty of trouble, including fish swimming in his backpack, wearing a disguise made out of trash, and playing soccer with a snake in his pocket"--
25) Grow up, David!
Author
Series
David (David Shannon) volume 5
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Description
David follows his older brother around, annoying him and doing everything he can to make sure his brother notices him--but when David gets hurt playing, his brother is there to make sure he is okay.
26) Clark the Shark
Author
Series
Clark the Shark (Picture books) volume 1
Publisher
Harper
Pub. Date
c2013
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 26 cm.
Description
Clark finds everything about school fun and exciting, but his enthusiasm causes problems until he begins inventing rhymes to remind himself to stay cool at school.
27) Most people
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Publisher
Tilbury House Publishers
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
1 volume [unpaged] : color illustrations ; 26 cm
Description
Looks at the goodness of most people, pointing out how many more people there are in the world who would like to help others than would like to hurt them, and even most of those who do bad things can change.
29) Places to be
Author
Publisher
Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 cm
Description
"We have so many places to be! Places to be loud and lovely and scared and jubilant. With an elegant simplicity, this picture book celebrates all our wide-ranging emotions--and the adventures that await us each day." --
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"Horrid Henry invents a time machine and promises to send his brother, Perfect Peter, to the future (as soon as Peter puts on one of Mom's dresses). But when Peter gets there, it isn't exactly what he had in mind. In fact, everything kind of looks the same"--P. [4] of cover.
Publisher
Shout! Factory
Pub. Date
[2006]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 80 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Two episodes of the television show: America's funniest home videos.
How many times has this happened to you? A magician sets his hand on fire and a drum major loses his baton. An actor falls off the stage and a boxer falls out of the ring. This collection pays tribute to nincompoops and boneheads, those people who walk into sliding glass doors and out of public restrooms with toilet paper trailing from one of their shoes.
34) Strange planet
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Series
Strange Planet picture books volume 1
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"Strange Planet covers a full life cycle of the planet's inhabitants"--Amazon.com.
Chiefly illustrations.
Publisher
Grand Central
Pub. Date
2010
Physical Desc
ix, 244 p. : col. ill., col. maps ; 27 cm.
Description
Jon Stewart and the writers of The Daily Show embark on a mission to write a book that sums up the human race: What we looked like; what we accomplished; our achievements in society, government, religion, science and culture. Here is the definitive guide to our species--completely unburdened by objectivity, journalistic integrity, or even accuracy.
37) Little good wolf
Author
Publisher
Clarion Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 x 29 cm
Description
"Sent by his parents to Bad School to learn to be a big, bad wolf, Little Good Wolf, unable to be selfish or rude, discovers a way to be a wolf while being GOOD!"--
Series
Publisher
Teaching Company
Pub. Date
[2012]
Physical Desc
4 DVDs (approximately 12 hr.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 course guidebook (iv, 205 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm)
Description
Examines some puzzling aspects of human nature that have intrigued scientists and laypeople alike. Relying on the latest theories and research from psychology, neuroscience and other behavioral sciences, each lecture addresses a provocative question about human behavior.
Author
Series
Lulu (Judith Viorst) volume 3
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
182 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Description
When Lulu's parents go on vacation, the formidable Ms. Sonia Sofia Solinsky comes to babysit and Lulu behaves as badly as possible to get her to leave until Ms. Solinsky reveals her secret.
Author
Series
Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle volume 5
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
2007.
Physical Desc
193 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Description
As the children plan her birthday party, Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle offers cures for such common conditions as watching too much television and the fear of trying new things.
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