15241 documents

Many thousand gone : African Americans from slavery to f

Dillon, Diane / Dillon, Leo / Hamilton, Virginia

Publié en 1996

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Documentaire

Recounts the journey of Black slaves to freedom via the underground railroad, an extended group of people who helped fugitive slaves in many ways.

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Magic Tree House #26 : Good morning, gorillas

Osborne, Mary Pope

Publié en 2002

Livre
Fiction
Roman

The Magic Tree House whisks Jack and Annie off to the mountains of Africa. There they run into a huge mountain gorilla! At first they don’t know whether they should shake hands or turn tail. But the ominous-looking creature turns out to be surprisingly gentle. Not only that, the gorilla may be able to help them learn their next bit of magic, which Morgan has challenged them to do.

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Langue : Français

Pizza, pigs, and poetry : how to write a poem

Prelutsky, Jack

Publié en 2008

Livre
Fiction
Poésie

Explains to kids how to write poems about everyday subjects from their lives, such as experiences with their family, friends, and pets, providing tips, example poems, and exercises.

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Langue : Français

Electricity

Jennings, Terry

Publié en 2009

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Documentaire

With investigations and experiments" What is electricity? -- Static electricity -- Try this...jumping paper -- Currents -- Try this-- electric circuits -- Using switches -- Try this-- series and parallel -- Electric animals -- Batteries and bulbs -- Try this-- making batteries -- Power plants -- Green electricity -- Electronics. An introduction to the science of electricity, explaining what it is, how it is made, how electrical circuits work, and how electricity is used, and including investigations and experiments.

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Langue : Français

Trains

Curlee, Lynn

Publié en 2009

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Documentaire

Traces the history and development of trains, starting with steam-powered wagons on a tramway, and describing the changing technology over the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.

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Langue : Français

Ocean liners : crossing and cruising the seven seas

Zimmermann, Karl

Publié en 2008

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Documentaire

Includes index.;From sail to steam -- The "Atlantic Ferry" and other liners -- The cruise era begins -- Modern cruising -- Life on board. Text and photographs provide an overview of ocean liners, tracing their history since 1843; discussing their development; and examining their culture.

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Langue : Français

Poka & Mine: Les nouvelles ales

Crowther, Kitty

Publié en 2005

Livre
Fiction
Album

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Langue : Français

Come to the castle! : a visit to a castle in thirteenth

Ashman, Linda / Schindler, S.d

Publié en 2009

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Documentaire

Illustrations and rhyming text depict life in a medieval times, with lords, ladies, servants, squires, flying silverware, mystery meat, and other oddities at the Earl of Daftwood's castle.BEHIND THE SCENES IN A MEDIEVAL CASTLE: History comes alive in poetry and pictures.Welcome to the 13th-century banquet at the castle of the Earl of Daftwood! Here young readers will meet all of the lords and ladies, the servants and the squires. They will discover surprises: flying silverware and mystery meat made of animal feet for dinner--life in the castle isn't always elegant. Linda Ashman's clever rhyming text and S.D Schindler's intricate illustrations look at life in a medieval castle from multiple eye-opening perspectives.

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Langue : Français