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STORYTIME @ HOME
Youth Services staff has created special resources to help facilitate a fun storytime experience in your home. We’ve outlined early literacy activities to help keep kids reading, singing, playing, writing, and talking every day.
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Read along with Disney! The most adorable young bunnies ever to inhabit a forest, Thumper and his sisters laugh, play, and thump their way through a world filled with new discoveries, fun, and forest friends. Follow along with word-for-word narration and count to ten!
27642) Zorro fénec (Fennec Fox)
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Español
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This title looks at one of the tiniest and cutest species of fox. Readers will learn more about the fennec fox's size, where it lives, what it likes to eat, and even compare it to regular-sized fox species. Complete with adorable and colorful photographs that support the simple text.
27643) Armored Reptiles: Set of 6
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Simple text and detailed photographs and illustrations bring reluctant readers into the world of armored reptiles from the Mesozoic era. This book includes close-up photos and descriptions of the bones these dinosaurs used as protection and weapons. Habitats, eating habits, and extinction are also covered. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. A&D Xtreme is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.
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Français
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Il était une fois Peggy, une histoire d'amitiés est le récit d'une petite chatte nommée Peggy, lâchement abandonnée par deux scélérats. Au cours de son périple, elle découvre ce que des amis, quels que soient leur âge, leur espèce ou leur couleur, sont prêts à faire pour l'aider à retrouver sa famille et un foyer chaleureux. Soutenue par ces derniers, Peggy avance dans sa quête avec plus de sérénité et de motivation.
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This book provides an educational and sobering look at the conditions orcas face by being captured or born into captivity. Young people will learn how orcas (who are part of the same biological order as dolphins) thrive at sea and have highly evolved forms of communication that are unique to each orca family. The book delves into the history of capturing orcas for sale to marine parks, which then attempt to tame and train the orcas to provide entertainment...
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Haunted craft fair mysteries volume 2
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English
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There's a killer in the picture...
Celeste Cabot has a flair for painting-and a touch of paranormal talent too. She's just arrived to sell her artwork at a big craft fair in North Carolina, complete with rides, games, and deep-fried everything. But, the sunny landscape takes on a darker hue when her Chihuahua, Van Gogh, leads her to the riverbank-and to a body that was definitely not part of her design.
With help from a handsome fellow artist, Celeste...
27647) Long-Necked Dinos
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This book explores scientific research and amazing discoveries of long-necked dinosaurs such as Apatosaurus. Additional features to aid comprehension include a table of contents, a phonetic glossary, informative captions and fun facts, infographics, sources for further research, an index, an introduction to the author, and critical-thinking questions to help readers connect with the text. Author/Illustrator biography Educational front/back matter...
27648) Triple Threat
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Can Lauren and Zoe foil a killer - with the help of Annie, the Norwegian Forest Cat, and her two feline friends?
The small town of Gold Leaf Valley is excited about the new gossip column in the local newspaper. Everyone, including Lauren and Zoe, who run a cat café with the help of Annie, a Norwegian Forest Cat, finds it fun to guess who is being talked about.
But they're all shocked when tragedy strikes the newspaper office. Did someone take exception...
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Dr. Wiburg knows that children learn best when the content they see is meaningful for them and when their emotions, as well as their cognitive brain, are engaged in learning. Dr. Wiburg created Tiny Tales for her young students, basing them on language learning principles while making them more interesting to kids than many of the standard text books she was asked to use when teaching reading. Students enjoyed coloring the pictures and adding more...
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A girls' weekend in Galveston was supposed to be nothing but sunscreen, fun scenes, and stress-free. With a few margaritas thrown into the mix. Oh, and no kids. The dog could come along, since she was a girl too, but even she had to remember the rules. Only problem was, Lissa forgot to add the rule about not finding dead bodies. So much for a stress free vacay!
27652) Wolves Work Together
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Did you know that a group of wolves is called a pack? This book gives readers an up-close look at life within a wolf pack. Each wolf has a role to play in order for the pack to survive. Wolves are great communicators. They use their communication skills to work together, especially when hunting. Amazing photographs are paired with accessible text to make this book both educational and fun. Fact boxes on each spread provide additional chances for young...
27653) Coffee and Calicos
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It better not be another ghost… After moving to escape someone no one else could see, I finally got my own apartment. Ghosts have followed me around since childhood, but between unpacking and culinary classes, I don't have time to deal with wayward spirits. Mom and Gram say they've warded my new place against ghosts, whatever that means, but soon, things begin to fall over, move around, and roll across the floor.I may not be as alone as I had hoped....
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Flutter into the world of creepy, crawly bugs! The Biggest, Baddest Book of Bugs will take you on a journey to uncover the most dangerous and fascinating insects, spiders, centipedes, and millipedes. Discover amazing bug abilities, strange behaviors, and crazy camouflage. Hang on to your hats! Biggest, Baddest Books for Boys are sure to keep you on the edge of your seat. Super Sandcastle is an imprint of ABDO Publishing Company.
27655) Dead Man Talking
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An Unwelcomed Pool Guest and a Mean Spirit in Dead Men Talking, a Murder Mystery from T. L. Simmons
-Jefferson, Texas-
Author and paranormal investigator, Alice Carpenter is well-practiced at disciplining the ten resident ghosts in her lakeside log cabin near Six Gun, Texas. When her cousin Katy calls looking for help with Sir Gary Gavin, the resident ghost at Esprit d'Chene Plantation, the family mansion near Jefferson, Texas, Alice agrees to come...
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In the 1880's, science witnessed a major shift: Charles Darwin proposed his theory of evolution. People dug up the first dinosaur fossils. And the field of paleontology-the study of ancient plants and animals-emerged. Othniel Charles Marsh and Edward Drinker Cope became enthralled with these new ideas, discoveries, and developments. Both were determined to become world-famous paleontologists. When they met in 1863, they started off as friends. But...
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Offer your children the pleasure to discover wonderful bedtime stories!
Thanks to this richly illustrated collection, share a nice moment with your family and discover a new bedtime story every night.
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Lilou and Lola were sitting beneath Barnaby, the old scarecrow. Lilou had brought a book and she was reading a story to her little sister. A story about a princess and a charming prince, of course...
But Lola wasn't the only one interested:...
27658) Felines and Footprints
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Felines, Footprints, and a Fur Baby House Guest – a cozy cat mystery featuring Annie, the Norwegian Forest Cat!
Cupcake baker Lauren, her cousin Zoe, and Annie, a Norwegian Forest Cat, run a popular cat café in the Californian town of Gold Leaf Valley.
When Father Mike, the beloved local priest, jets off to Miami for a church conference, he leaves a supply priest called Gavin in charge, and asks the trio to look after his grumpy Persian cat.
Mrs....
27659) Ragdoll Ripoff
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A cat may be at the center of a break-in at the library.I'm Kat Jones and my very first client needs my help to find the person responsible for swapping an ancient book with a fake. As if that isn't baffling enough; where they found the fake is a place no one knew existed.To solve this case, I'll need to team up with Rusty. What we discover is a treasure trove of secrets that lead to the origin of the book and not who but what four-legged creature...
27660) Triceratops: A 4D Book
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Take a trip back in time to the Cretaceous Period to learn about triceratops! With sharp horns and a large frill around its neck, triceratops comes to life through immersive, vibrant images. Readers will be enticed to learn more about the dinosaurs' appearance, behavior, and their prehistoric habitat. Realistic illustrations and easy-to-read text help any young reader find something to enjoy. Bring augmented reality to your students by downloading...
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