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Boas

Wechsler, Doug.


Includes index. Presents the habitat, physical characteristics, eating habits, and behavior of different varieties of boa constrictors.
Date Published:2001

Attack fighters

Graham, Ian, 1953-


Provides an overview of the design and engineering of the jet planes that are designed to attack other aircraft.
Date Published:2003

Weapons and technology of WWI

Dowswell, Paul.


Century of war -- World war I begins -- Trench warfare -- Life in the trenches -- Uniforms, rifles, and bayonets -- Other weapons of trench warfare -- Machine guns -- Power of artillery -- Using the new artillery -- Poisonous gas -- Transportation -- Tanks -- Mighty warships -- Submarines -- Airplanes -- Airships -- Communication -- Medicine -- Cost of the war -- War to end all ways -- Timeline. Examines the changes in weapons and tactics that impacted the way war was waged during World War I.
Date Published:2002

Century of war -- World war I begins -- Trench warfare -- Life in the trenches -- Uniforms, rifles, and bayonets -- Other weapons of trench warfare -- Machine guns -- Power of artillery -- Using the new artillery -- Poisonous gas -- Transportation -- Tanks -- Mighty warships -- Submarines -- Airplanes -- Airships -- Communication -- Medicine -- Cost of the war -- War to end all ways -- Timeline. Examines the changes in weapons and tactics that impacted the way war was waged during World War I.

Date Published:2002

Battle of Britain : Harry Woods, England 1939-1941

Priestley, Chris.


Then I heard it-right behind me. An Me109 diving towards me, guns blazing. There was nothing I could do. Nowhere I could go. Shells whistled past me on either side. I just thought, OK them. If this is it, OK. Maybe my turn had finally come....
Date Published:2005

Angela and the Baby Jesus

McCourt, Frank.


Six year-old Angela of Limerick, Ireland, worries for the Baby Jesus on the altar of St. Joseph's Church near School House Lane where she lives and on the damp, cold December nights the baby is sure to need her help.
Date Published:2007

Loose Tooth

Keats, Ezra Jack.


Teeth-Fiction Basketball-Fiction African Americans-Fiction. Peter can't decide if he wants his loose tooth to fall out because if it falls out, he will have a gap in his smile for the school pictures, but money from the tooth fairy will help him buy a new basketball.
Date Published:2002

Desert Danger : Tim Jackson, North Africa WWII

Eldridge, Jim.


I was lifting one of our mines when there was an explosion from the team to our right. I only heard it because there had been a momentary lull in the barrage from the big guns. We all looked, and saw that the man lifting the mines had handled one incorrectly and it had exploded. .
Date Published:2008

11 Planets

Aguilar, David A.


In 11 Planets, author David Aguilar uses brilliant photo-realistic illustration and fascinating up to date facts straight from the latest astronomy news to bring you a comprehensive look at our solar system as you've never seen it before!
Date Published:2008

Chester

Watt, Melanie.


A self-centered cat named Chester keeps interrupting his owner as she tries to write a story about a mouse.
Date Published:2007

Star Wars The Clone Wars : Defenders of the Republic.

Valois, Rob


For the members of Domino Squad, it's a long road from clone cadets to elite ARC troopers. From the clone training facility on their home world of Kamino to a desolate outpost on the Rishi moon, these heroic clones will stand proud and courageous as they face the challenges of the Clone Wars and the greatest villains in the galaxy.
Date Published:2010

Ape escapes : and more true stories of animals behaving badly

Newman, Aline Alexander.


Includes index. Looks at an ape, puppy, and a cat behaving badly.
Date Published:2012

Pig the Pug

Blabey, Aaron



Date Published:2014

Jurassic world : junior novelization

Lewman, David,


Based on the story by Rick Jaffa & Amanda Silver and the screenplay by Rick Jaffa & Amanda Silver and Derek Connolly & Colin Trevorrow and characters created by Michael Crichton. Jurassic World is the long-awaited next installment of the groundbreaking Jurassic Park series. T. Rex's, Velociraptors, Triceratops--as well as some all-new dinosaurs--will roar across the screen in this epic action-adventure directed by Colin Trevorrow starring Chris Pratt, Bryce Dallas Howard, Ty Simpkins and Nick Robinson! Jurassic World The Special Edition Movie Novelization retells the whole exciting adventure and features sixteen pages of full-color scenes from the movie.
Date Published:2015

Based on the story by Rick Jaffa & Amanda Silver and the screenplay by Rick Jaffa & Amanda Silver and Derek Connolly & Colin Trevorrow and characters created by Michael Crichton. Jurassic World is the long-awaited next installment of the groundbreaking Jurassic Park series. T. Rex's, Velociraptors, Triceratops--as well as some all-new dinosaurs--will roar across the screen in this epic action-adventure directed by Colin Trevorrow starring Chris Pratt, Bryce Dallas Howard, Ty Simpkins and Nick Robinson! Jurassic World The Special Edition Movie Novelization retells the whole exciting adventure and features sixteen pages of full-color scenes from the movie.

Date Published:2015

Imagination according to Humphrey

Birney, Betty G.


"During a creative writing unit at Longfellow School, the students in Mrs. Brisbane's class practice using their imagination with their very own writing journals--and Humphrey finds out that writing from his imagination is harder than it looks"--
Date Published:2015

50 things you should know about the second world war

Adams, Simon


In 1939, a war broke out that would spread to almost every continent and be the most costly in human history. See how events unfolded, meet key figures, and discover the war's lasting impacts.
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Pig the elf

Blabey, Aaron


No one loves Christmas more than Pig. And the world's greediest pug will stay up all night to get his presents! When Pig yips at Santa and finds himself joining in on the flying sleigh ride, things quickly get out of hand in a way that is pure Pig pandemonium.
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Pig the stinker

Blabey, Aaron,


Pig isn't just the world's greediest Pug, he's the DIRTIEST too. It's high time he had a bath! But try telling Pig that ...
Date Published:2019

Pig the Tourist

Blabey, Aaron


Pig the Pug is causing havoc and hilarity as he travels around the world. Pig was a Pug and I'm sorry to say, when he went on vacation he'd cause great dismay. Everywhere he goes around the globe, Pig the Pug offends the locals and causes destruction and devastation. However, in the end, Pig's rudeness comes back to bite him... Rich with author-illustrator Aaron Blabey's signature rhyming text and unforgettable illustrations, Pig the Tourist is a laugh-out-loud story that follows the six previous books in the series (Pig the Pug, Pig the Winner, Pig the Elf, Pig the Star, Pig the Fibber, and Pig the Stinker).
Date Published:2019

Pig the Pug is causing havoc and hilarity as he travels around the world. Pig was a Pug and I'm sorry to say, when he went on vacation he'd cause great dismay. Everywhere he goes around the globe, Pig the Pug offends the locals and causes destruction and devastation. However, in the end, Pig's rudeness comes back to bite him... Rich with author-illustrator Aaron Blabey's signature rhyming text and unforgettable illustrations, Pig the Tourist is a laugh-out-loud story that follows the six previous books in the series (Pig the Pug, Pig the Winner, Pig the Elf, Pig the Star, Pig the Fibber, and Pig the Stinker).

Date Published:2019