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Candlewick Press
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"Not all questions have answers. Some have more than one answer. And others have endless answers, unfolding out to the edges of the world. In this spare yet expansive narrative, acclaimed author Mac Barnett poses twenty questions both playful and profound. Some make us giggle. Others challenge our assumptions. The result is a quirky, wandering exploration of where the best questions lead--to stories. Intriguing, richly interactive, and brought to...
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"The greatest writer of his time."-Edmund Wilson
"One of the great poets of the novel, a genius of his art"-Edgar Johnson
"His characters are marvelous, his insights wonderful…you don't expect reality but you get something bigger and better."-Ruth Rendell
The Old Curiosity Shop was initially published in a weekly serial, "Master Humphrey's Clock", between 1840 and 1841. Charles Dickens' story of the frail and innocent orphan had become such...
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Publisher
Clavis Publishing
Language
English
Description
"When three friends have many questions, they soon discover their greatest question of all: Will the moon ever come to stay with us? But no matter how hard they try to find the answer, she still doesn't come. Until one special night . . . A sweet story about curiosity and friendship. For everyone ages 4 years and up." -Provided by Publisher
8) Ventanas
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Publisher
Candlewick Press
Edition
First edition in Spanish.
Language
Español
Description
"Antes de que tu ciudad se vaya a dormir, puede que decidas dar un paseo con tu perro a tu lado, y salgas de casa hacia la caida de la noche. Cualquier cosa puede ocurrir en ese paseo: puede que te encuentres con un gato, un amigo o incluso un mapache. Y mientras caminas por tu calle y doblas la esquina, las ventanas que te rodean comienzan a encenderse una a una, hasta adentrarte en un laberinto de lamparas de papel, cada una ofreciendote una fugaz...
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Questioneers volume 3
Language
English
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Ada Twist is a very curious girl who shows perseverance by asking questions and performing experiments to find things out and understand the world.
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Myth-o-mania volume 6
Publisher
Stone Arch Books
Language
English
Description
In this modern version of Greek mythology, Hades, King of the Underworld, tells the real story of Pandora opening the box and releasing all the evils of mankind into the world.
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Series
Magic tree house. Merlin missions volume 10
Publisher
Random House
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
Jack and Annie travel 500 years back in time to Florence, Italy, and spend a day helping Leonardo da Vinci in the hope of learning another secret of happiness.
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Publisher
Basic Books, A Member of the Perseus Books Group
Language
English
Description
"Today it seems we have the world at our fingertips. Thanks to smartphones and tools such as Google and Wikipedia, we're able to feed any aspect of our curiosity instantly. But does this mean we are actually becoming more curious? Absolutely not. In Curious, Ian Leslie argues that true curiosity-the sustained quest for understanding that begets insight and innovation-is becoming increasingly difficult to harness in our wired world. We confuse ease...
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Publisher
Stone Arch Books, an imprint of Capstone
Language
English
Description
Having just moved to California, Syretia's mother enrolls her and her younger brother, Sean, in the only summer camp available: Mars or Bust, which is focusing on the Mars Curiosity rover due to land soon; Sean is thrilled by all things involving space, but eleven-year-old rock enthusiast Syretia is not really interested, until she discovers that the rover will be studying Martian geology--as Syretia's team works on their end-of-camp project, and...
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English
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"Commemorating the 150th anniversary of one of the most beloved classics of children's literature, this illustrated edition presents Alice like you've never seen her before. In 1865, Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, an Oxford mathematician and Anglican deacon, published a story about a little girl who tumbles down a rabbit hole. Thus was the world first introduced to Alice and her pseudonymous creator, Lewis Carroll. This beautiful new edition of Alice's...
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Español
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Persiguiendo a un conejo blanco muy elegante, ataviado con gafas, chaleco y reloj, Alicia llega a una tierra misteriosa, habitada por seres extraordinarios y muy extranos. Ahi conoceremos al Dodo y su loca carrera donde todos ganan, a la Liebre de Marzo y al Sombrerero Loco celebrando una fiesta de No Cumpleanos, Al Gato de Cheshiere que aparece y desaparece a su antojo y a muchos otros entranables personajes que acompanan a Alicia en su recorrido...
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Graphic Planet, an imprint of Magic Wagon
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English
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The gods on Mount Olympus are bored. So Zeus's son Hephaestus populates the earth with men and animals for their amusement. Zeus then asks Hephaestus to create a woman, whom Zeus names Pandora. When Pandora marries, Zeus gives her a jar and tells her not to open it until he says so. Can Pandora follow Zeus's instructions, or will curiosity get the best of her? Aligned to Common Core standards and correlated to state standards. Graphic Planet is an...
19) Science Fair Day
Author
Series
Mrs. Shepherd's class volume 5
Publisher
Dutton Children's Books
Language
English
Description
On Science Fair Day, Ima Kindanozee proves that she is the most inquisitive student in Mrs. Shepherd's class.
20) The Gruffalo
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Language
English
Description
A clever mouse uses the threat of a terrifying creature to keep from being eaten by a fox, an owl, and a snake--only to have to outwit that creature as well.
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