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Backyard scientists

Jane Hoffman

Publié en 1983 Fragments West ; Thevalentine Press

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Experiments that kids can perform using things found around the house.

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• Chimie (Science)

Langue : Anglais

Skulls and skeletons

Danielle Denega

Publié en 2007 Scholastic

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True - life stories of bone detectives. It's a gruesome fact, but it's true : Bodies don't last long after they're dead. In murder cases and plane crashes, earthquakes and fires, police want to know : Who did the bones belong to ? Was the victim male or female? Young or old ? Tall or short? How did he or she die? Forensic anthropologists have the answers.

24/7 Science behind the scenes forensic files

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• Science

Langue : Anglais

Looking at weather

David Suzuki ; Barbara Hehner

Publié en 1988 John Wiley & Sons

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Do you know.... - What makes the Notherm lights light up ? - What makes the wind blow ? - Why the earth keeps using the same rain-water-over and over again? - What it's like inside a cloud ?These are just a few of the many amazing facts you'll find and exciting discoveries you'll make when you read Looking at weather. 

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• Météorologie (Climat / Science)

Langue : Anglais

Because of Winn-Dixie

Kate Di Camillo

Publié en 2000 Walker Books

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Fiction
Roman

One summer's day, ten-year-old India Opal Buloni goes down to the local supermarket for some groceries and come home with a dog.  Winn-Dixie is no ordinary dog. Big, skinny and smelly he may be, but he also has the most winning smile. It's because of Winn-Dixie that Opal gets to know some very surprising people and starts to make new friends. It's because of Winn-Dixie that she finally dares to ask her father about her mother, who left when Opal was three. In fact, just about everything that happens that summer is because of Winn-Dixie.

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Langue : Anglais

ALlama in the family

Johanna Hurwitz

Publié en 1994 Morrow Junior Books

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Fiction
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" There may be a big surprise when you get home from school", Adam's mother tells him. Adam's sure he's going to get a longed-for mountain bike to ride the hills near his Vermont home. But the surprise he gets has hooves, not handlebars. Enter Ethan Allen, star of Adam's mother's new llama-trkking business ! Adam soon finds that behind his quiet exterior, Ethan Allen has a personality all is own. Whether he's stealing the show at Adam's school or inviting himself inside the house, there's always mischief afoot. When Ethan Allen and Adam's little sister disappear at the same time, even the policeare in on the chase. But Adamis able to outwit everyone to help bring the runaways home, and soon after, he decides to make a swap that will double the llama trouble. 

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Langue : Anglais

Dictionnaire Italien

Enea Balmas; Daniela Boccassini

Publié en 2005 Hachette éducation

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Autre

Français / Italien---Italien - Français

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Langue : Français

One smart mouse

Beverly Cleary

Publié en 1982 Harper Trophy

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Fiction
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When Ralph and his pesky cousins accidentally make a mess at the mountain view Inn, Ralph decides that he'd better take his motorcycle and leave. He persuades his young pal Ryan to take him to school, where Ralph is an instant hit with Ryan's classmates. But Ralph doesn't like being told what to do. Worse than that, his precious motorcycle gets broken. Is Ralph stuck at school forever?

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Langue : Anglais

General Butterfingers

John Reynolds Gardiner

Publié en 1986 Houghton Mifflin Hartcourt

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Fiction
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Eleven-year-old Walter can't believe his eyes when he sees this ultimatum in a letter from Ralph, the rotten nephew of his old friend, General Britt. Surely Ralph knows that the late general had intended for his soldier friends to live in the old house on Felton street forever. It isn't so bad for Walterand his mother, who also live there. She would have no trouble finding another housekepping job to support them both. But what about the old soldiers, the last surviving menbers of the crack world war II rescue force called the Spitzers, who saved the general's life more than forty years before?It's up to Walter to prevent the spitzers from being kicked out into the street - but he's not called " Butterfingers" for nothing. Plan after plan fails until Walter and the spizers have a rendez-vous with Ralph.... and a wrecking ball ! This warmly humorous novel shows two very different generations banding together to outwit a cunning adversary in order to see justice and honor prevail !

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Langue : Anglais

Listening to crickets: A story about Rachel Carson

Candice F. Ransom

Publié en 1993 First Avenue Editions

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Fiction documentaire
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From the time she was a very young girl, Rachel Carson felt a bond with nature. Her best-known achievemetn was the publication of " Silent Spring ", an account of the dangerous effects of pesticides on plants ans animals. With "Silent spring ", Rachel Carson helped create a movement to ban these harmful chemicals. Her findings helped to assure that future generations would be able to dream about the ocean and listen to crickets.

Illustrations by Shelly O. Haas.

A creative Minds biography

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Langue : Anglais

A place for Peter a sequel to mountain born

Elizabeth Yates

Publié en 1994 Journeyforth

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Peter struggles to prove to his father that he is dependable. As he trows himself into the work on the farm, he grows into strength and into his father's trust. But the ultimate test of his courage comes from the fangs of a rattlesnake.

Illustrated by Nora S. Unwin

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Langue : Anglais

Kildee house

Rutherford Montgomery

Publié en 1993 Walker & Company

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Fiction
Roman

When Jerome Kildee built his little house againnst the giant redwoo, he had fancied himself a philosopher. He was going to be a hermit- a lazy recluse who didn'thave to work or think. Now here he was facing a crisis that neededimmediate attention. At least that's what he would call the dozens of raccoons and spotted skunks that were now living in and under his home, coming and going as they saw fit. He loved his animal friends, but when the raccoons and skunk children startedstarted bringing home spouses and having families of their own, he knew he had to do something. Could new friends Emma Lou and Donald Help-if they could stop feuding long enough to think about the probleme ? Maybe Jerome can bring those two together so they will see that they can all be friends. And maybe then they can find a way to solve the probleme of his ever-expanding zoo family. Yes Jerome Kildee had more worries now than he'd ever had before, but,he had to admit, he was a happy man.

Illustrations by Barbara Cooney

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Langue : Anglais

Hattie's holidays

Marie Frost

Publié en 1994 Focus On The Family

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Fiction
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Some of the most wonderful memories are holiday time. Hattie's curiosity and silliness are guaranteed to make the Hart family's holiday something they (and you ) will never forget. In the third book in the series, Hattie sneaks out of the house on her birthday totry on her new skates- and breaks her ankle. And while rehearsing a play in the parlor, Hattie lights a candle and accidentally sets the Chrismas tree on fire ! Trough it all, Hattie learns the hard way that rules are made to keep us from getting hurt, not to spoil our fun.

Book 3 of The Hattie Collection.

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Langue : Anglais