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1) Sharks
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Publisher
Kingfisher
Language
English
Description
Uses a question and answer format to provide information about sharks.
3) I wonder
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Publisher
Four Elephants Press
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
Eva takes a walk with her mother and encounters a range of mysteries, from gravity to life cycles, to the vastness of the universe. She learns that it's okay to say "I don't know," and discovers that there are some things even adults don't know: mysteries for everyone to wonder about together.
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English
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Millions of people visit xkcd.com each week to read Randall Munroe's iconic webcomic. His stick-figure drawings about science, technology, language, and love have a large and passionate following. Fans of xkcd ask Munroe a lot of strange questions. What if you tried to hit a baseball pitched at 90 percent the speed of light? How fast can you hit a speed bump while driving and live? If there was a robot apocalypse, how long would humanity last? In...
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Publisher
W. Morrow
Edition
1st ed.
Language
English
Description
Don't Know Much About Geography by New York Times bestselling author Kenneth C. Davis is a fascinating and fun exploration of our planet. Geography is the hub from which other disciplines radiate: meteorology, ecology, geology, oceanography, demographics, cartography, agricultural studies, economics, and political science. In addition to presenting geographical trivia that'll impress your friends, Davis explores 21st-century topics of global concern,...
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Scholastic
Language
English
Description
Questions and answers about the first Thanksgiving and what it was like to live in America in the 1620's. Written from a child's perspective, an addition to a popular series answers questions about this historic harvest festival, life in the new settlement of Plymouth, and the Pilgrims' friendship with Squanto, Samoset, and the other native people. Original.
11) That's how!
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Publisher
Greenwillow Books
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
A very imaginative boy answers a girl's questions about how different kinds of vehicles work.
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Kanopy Streaming
Language
English
Description
It's our nature to ask questions about ourselves and the world around us. But finding answers requires more than intuition and common sense. This lesson asks the question, does happiness lead to good health?, then probes for answers using the multiple methods at a researcher's disposal: case study, survey, naturalistic observation, correlational studies and controlled experiments.
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Publisher
Guinness World Records Ltd
Edition
2006 Edition
Language
English
Description
Based on the Guinness World records archive of things big and huge, the stories and color photos of these enormous subjects are made relevant by ratio comparisons, like "Two kids about 4 feet tall would be just a bit taller than Mr. Xi (World's Tallest Living Man)."
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Questioneers volume 4
Language
English
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Just in time for the 2020 election, the bestselling chapter book series continues with the newest Questioneer, Sofia Valdez
Miss Lila Greer announces it's time for Grade Two to get a class pet, and she wants the kids to participate in choosing which one. After all, they will all have to share the responsibility of caring for it. The class narrows it down to two options: Team Turtle and Team Bird. Sofia is named Election Commissioner, in charge of...
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