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El medio ambiente : un mundo de cambio

Rice, Dona,


Includes index. Translation of: Environment : a world of change. Contar con el cambio -- Un mundo de naturaleza -- Un mundo de seres vivos -- Se va, se va, se fue! -- Hoy y todos los días -- Hagamos ciencia!. Examines the way the world around us is constantly changing. From our changing landscapes to the extinction of animals, explores the dynamic nature of our environment. Includes instructions for a science experiment, a glossary, and color photographs.
Date Published:2018

Includes index. Translation of: Environment : a world of change. Contar con el cambio -- Un mundo de naturaleza -- Un mundo de seres vivos -- Se va, se va, se fue! -- Hoy y todos los días -- Hagamos ciencia!. Examines the way the world around us is constantly changing. From our changing landscapes to the extinction of animals, explores the dynamic nature of our environment. Includes instructions for a science experiment, a glossary, and color photographs.

Date Published:2018

Bear in the air

Wortche, Allison,


Bear proudly soars above his friends in a hot air balloon... until he realizes he doesn't know how to land! This sweet picture book celebrates both independence and knowing when to ask for help. Bear is on an adventure in a hot air balloon... all by himself! As he flies proudly above his friends -- Moose in the lake, his sisters in a tall tree -- he feels independent and brave. But, when he's ready to rejoin his friends on the ground, he realizes he has a problem: he doesn't know how to get down! Not all adventures go according to plan, and Bear will have to work up a different kind of courage to ask his friends for help. And of course they'll all join together to bring him home!
Date Published:2025

Bear proudly soars above his friends in a hot air balloon... until he realizes he doesn't know how to land! This sweet picture book celebrates both independence and knowing when to ask for help. Bear is on an adventure in a hot air balloon... all by himself! As he flies proudly above his friends -- Moose in the lake, his sisters in a tall tree -- he feels independent and brave. But, when he's ready to rejoin his friends on the ground, he realizes he has a problem: he doesn't know how to get down! Not all adventures go according to plan, and Bear will have to work up a different kind of courage to ask his friends for help. And of course they'll all join together to bring him home!

Date Published:2025

Shout : a poetry memoir

Anderson, Laurie Halse,


School Library Journal starred, March 2019. Booklist starred, January 2019. Horn Book Starred, March 2019. Library Media Connection starred, August 2019. Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books starre, March 2019. Pub Weekly, November 2018. Kirkus Starred, January 2019. New York Times, March 2019. Voice of Youth Advocates (V.O.Y.A.), December 2018. "A memoir [that] shares the author's life, covering her rape at thirteen, her difficult early childhood, and her experiences surrounding her publication of 'Speak'"--OCLC.
Date Published:2019

School Library Journal starred, March 2019. Booklist starred, January 2019. Horn Book Starred, March 2019. Library Media Connection starred, August 2019. Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books starre, March 2019. Pub Weekly, November 2018. Kirkus Starred, January 2019. New York Times, March 2019. Voice of Youth Advocates (V.O.Y.A.), December 2018. "A memoir [that] shares the author's life, covering her rape at thirteen, her difficult early childhood, and her experiences surrounding her publication of 'Speak'"--OCLC.

Date Published:2019

Turtles all the way down

Green, John, 1977-,


Booklist Starred Reviews, Horn Book Guide, Publishers Weekly Starred, School Library Connection Star, Aza Holmes, a high school student with obsessive-compulsive disorder, becomes focused on searching for a fugitive billionaire.
Date Published:2019

Aristotle and Dante discover the secrets of the universe

Sènz, Benjamin Alire,


Horn Book Guide, Library Media Connection, Publishers Weekly Starred, School Library Journal, Voice of Youth Advocates, Fifteen-year-old Ari Mendoza is an angry loner with a brother in prison, but when he meets Dante and they become friends, Ari starts to ask questions about himself, his parents, and his family that he has never asked before.
Date Published:2012

The Bible book

Schneider, Tammi J. (Tammi Joy), 1962-,


Includes index. Library Journal, April 2018. Booklist, April 2018. "Presents a comprehensive introduction to the stories, events, and teachings of one hundred major passages of the Old and New Testaments, explaining their theological significance while offering profiles of important figures and locations"--OCLC.
Date Published:2018

Backstage pass : fashion

Greathouse, Lisa E.,


"Time for kids." "Based on writing from Time for Kids"--Title page verso. Includes index. Examines the steps and people involved in creating fashion for the runway, from the first sketches to the final fitting. Introduces readers to the jobs that fashion designers do, and features color photographs, fact boxes and diagrams, and a glossary.
Date Published:2018

Are you ready for winter

Anderson, Sheila,


Sights and sounds of winter -- Winter weather -- Staying warm -- The winter world -- Spring is coming -- What is hibernation?. Teaches young readers about the sights, sounds, colors, and changes of winter. Features color photographs, further reading, and a glossary.
Date Published:2018

Enchanted air : two cultures, two wings : a memoir

Engle, Margarita,


Includes reading group guide. ALA Booklist. Bulletin(Center for Children's Books). Kirkus Reviews. Poetic memoir by Margarita Engle, the first Latina woman to receive a Newbery Honor, tells of her experiences growing up in two cultures, Cuban and American, during the Cold War.
Date Published:2016

Are you ready for summer

Anderson, Sheila,


Sights and sounds of summer -- Summer weather -- Staying cool -- The summer world -- Fall is coming -- Summer solstice. Examines how the planet changes during the summer season and outlines the many activities humans and animals do during summer. Includes full-color photographs, a glossary, and further reading sources.
Date Published:2018

The giver

Lowry, Lois.


Kirkus starred. School library journal starred. Booklist starred. Horn book starred. Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books. Wilson Middle and junior high school library catalog. Elementary school library collection, Phase I. Wilson Children's catalog. Wilson Senior high school library catalog. Best books for middle school and junior high readers. Given his lifetime assignment at the Ceremony of Twelve, Jonas becomes the receiver of memories shared by only one other in his community and discovers the terrible truth about the society in which he lives.
Date Published:1993

Kirkus starred. School library journal starred. Booklist starred. Horn book starred. Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books. Wilson Middle and junior high school library catalog. Elementary school library collection, Phase I. Wilson Children's catalog. Wilson Senior high school library catalog. Best books for middle school and junior high readers. Given his lifetime assignment at the Ceremony of Twelve, Jonas becomes the receiver of memories shared by only one other in his community and discovers the terrible truth about the society in which he lives.

Date Published:1993

Stranger things. : The other side. #4 / The other side.

Houser, Jody,


Originally published by Dark Horse Books, 2019. Companion to: Stranger things. Follows Will Byers as he struggles to survive in the Upside Down.
Date Published:2020

Are you ready for fall

Anderson, Sheila,


Sights and sounds of fall -- Fall weather -- Fall activities -- The fall world -- Winter is coming -- Why do leaves change color?. Horn Book Guide, Library Media Connection, School Library Journal, Teaches young readers about the sights, sounds, colors, and changes of fall. Features color photographs, further reading, and a glossary.
Date Published:2018

Champion

Lu, Marie, 1984-,


School Library Journal, January 2014. Booklist starred, November 2013. Pub Weekly, October 2013. Kirkus Starred, October 2013. Horn Book, January 2014. Voice of Youth Advocates (V.O.Y.A.), February 2014. "June and Day have sacrificed so much for the people of the Republic--and each other--and now their country is on the brink of a new existence. Just when a peace treaty is imminent, a plague outbreak causes panic in the Colonies, and war threatens the Republic's border cities"--Provided by publisher.
Date Published:2014

School Library Journal, January 2014. Booklist starred, November 2013. Pub Weekly, October 2013. Kirkus Starred, October 2013. Horn Book, January 2014. Voice of Youth Advocates (V.O.Y.A.), February 2014. "June and Day have sacrificed so much for the people of the Republic--and each other--and now their country is on the brink of a new existence. Just when a peace treaty is imminent, a plague outbreak causes panic in the Colonies, and war threatens the Republic's border cities"--Provided by publisher.

Date Published:2014

Are you ready for spring

Anderson, Sheila,


Sights and sounds of spring -- Spring weather -- Springing to life -- The spring world -- Summer is coming -- How do chicks hatch?. Horn Book Guide, Library Media Connection, School Library Journal, Examines how the planet changes during the spring season and outlines the many activities humans and animals do during spring. Includes full-color photographs, a glossary, and further reading sources.
Date Published:2018

The Koran

Koran. English.


Includes index. The text of the sacred Islamic book translated in English.
Date Published:1990

JoJo's bizarre adventure. : Battle tendency. 01 / Battle tendency.

Araki, Hirohiko, 1960-,


Translated from the Japanese. Book reads right to left in the traditional Japanese format. "Joseph Joestar"--Front cover. Map on endpaper. "Parental advisory: JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part Two Battles Tendency is rated T+ for Older Teen and is recommended for ages 16 and up. This v. contains graphic violence and some mature themes"--Colophon. "The Joestar family is called upon to do battle against evil again! This time, it's Joseph Joestar, the grandson of Jonathan Joestar! And his enemies are more powerful and diabolical than ever! Behold! The terror of the Pillar Men!"--Provided by publisher.
Date Published:2016

Translated from the Japanese. Book reads right to left in the traditional Japanese format. "Joseph Joestar"--Front cover. Map on endpaper. "Parental advisory: JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part Two Battles Tendency is rated T+ for Older Teen and is recommended for ages 16 and up. This v. contains graphic violence and some mature themes"--Colophon. "The Joestar family is called upon to do battle against evil again! This time, it's Joseph Joestar, the grandson of Jonathan Joestar! And his enemies are more powerful and diabolical than ever! Behold! The terror of the Pillar Men!"--Provided by publisher.

Date Published:2016

The yellow house

Broom, Sarah M.,


New York Times, August 2019. "Sarah M. Broom's [memoir] 'The Yellow House' tells a hundred years of her family and their relationship to home in a neglected area of one of America's most mythologized cities. This is the story of a mother's struggle against a house's entropy, and that of a prodigal daughter who left home only to reckon with the pull that home exerts, even after the Yellow House was wiped off the map after Hurricane Katrina"--Provided by publisher.
Date Published:2019

New York Times, August 2019. "Sarah M. Broom's [memoir] 'The Yellow House' tells a hundred years of her family and their relationship to home in a neglected area of one of America's most mythologized cities. This is the story of a mother's struggle against a house's entropy, and that of a prodigal daughter who left home only to reckon with the pull that home exerts, even after the Yellow House was wiped off the map after Hurricane Katrina"--Provided by publisher.

Date Published:2019

Patron saints of nothing

Ribay, Randy,


Booklist Starred Reviews, Horn Book Guide, Kirkus Reviews Starred, Publishers Weekly Starred, School Library Connection, School Library Journal Starred, Voice of Youth Advocates Star, When seventeen-year-old Jay Reguero learns his Filipino cousin and former best friend, Jun, was murdered as part of President Duterte's war on drugs, he flies to the Philippines to learn more.
Date Published:2020

I was told there would be romance

Arnold, Marie.


School Library Journal, September 2024. Booklist, September 2024. Kirkus Review, August 2024. Fifteen-year-old Haitian American Fancy navigates high school, friendship, and crushes.
Date Published:2024