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(0)Kirsten W. Larson
Author
Publisher
Chronicle Books
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 x 29 cm
Language
English
Description
"Astronomer and astrophysicist Cecilia Payne was the first person to discover what burns at the heart of stars. But she didn't start out as the groundbreaking scientist she would eventually become. She started out as a girl full of curiosity, hoping one day to unlock the mysteries of the universe. With lyrical, evocative text by Kirsten W. Larson and extraordinary illustrations by award-winning illustrator Katherine Roy, this moving biography powerfully...
3) Hobby robots
Author
Series
Publisher
Amicus
Pub. Date
2018.
Lexile measure
560L
Physical Desc
32 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
"A photo-illustrated book for elementary readers about building and competing with robots. Describes the automatons and toys that shaped today's battlebots built with Lego Mindstorms kits, the ways kids are learning to code and programs robots in school, and where robotics may go in the future. Includes Q & A feature, glossary, index, and further resources"--
Author
Publisher
Calkins Creek, an imprint of Boyds Mills & Kane
Pub. Date
[2020]
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
790L
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
"Emma Lilian Todd's mind was always soaring--she loved to solve problems. Lilian tinkered and fiddled with all sorts of objects, turning dreams into useful inventions. As a child, she took apart and reassembled clocks to figure out how they worked. As an adult, typing up patents at the U.S. Patent Office, Lilian built the inventions in her mind, including many designs for flying machines. However, they all seemed too impractical. Lilian knew she could...
Author
Series
Publisher
Amicus High Interest/Amicus Ink, imprints of Amicus
Pub. Date
[2016].
Lexile measure
550L
Physical Desc
32 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
"This photo-illustrated book for elementary readers describes animals with amazing speed, strength, and senses. Explains how these adaptations benefit them as defenses against predators or as ways to find and capture prey" --
Author
Series
Publisher
Amicus High Interest/Amicus Ink, imprints of Amicus
Pub. Date
[2016].
Lexile measure
530L
Physical Desc
32 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
"This photo-illustrated book for elementary readers describes the types of mutations that can happen to animals and plants. Highlights how outside forces or random genetic mishaps can cause extra or missing limbs, color variations such as albinism, and other abnormalities" --
Author
Series
Publisher
Amicus High Interest/Amicus Ink, imprints of Amicus
Pub. Date
[2016].
Lexile measure
480L
Physical Desc
32 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
"This photo-illustrated book for elementary readers describes animals that drink the blood of other animals and even people. Explains how these "vampire" animals find their hosts and which ones usually spread diseases when they feed on human blood" --
