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(0)Catherine Thimmesh
Author
Pub. Date
2000
Lexile measure
960L
Physical Desc
57 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Tells the story of how women throughout the ages have responded to situations confronting them in daily life by inventing such items as correction fluid, space helmets, and disposable diapers.
Author
Pub. Date
2006
Lexile measure
1060L
Physical Desc
80 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
Culled from direct quotes from the people behind the scenes, NASA transcripts, national archives and NASA photos, the whole story of Apollo 11 and the first moon landing emerges.
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2018]
Lexile measure
NC 1260L
Physical Desc
60 pages : color illustrations, color map ; 27 cm
Language
English
Description
Roughly a thousand years ago, an estimated 23,000 pandas roamed wild and free through their native China. But within the past forty years, more than fifty percent of the pandas already shrinking habitat has been destroyed by humans, leaving the beautiful and beloved giant panda vulnerable to extinction. Despite the seemingly insurmountable oddspoaching, habitat destruction, pollution, human overpopulation, and global climate changethe panda is making...
Author
Pub. Date
2011
Lexile measure
NC 960L
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
This book offers a photo exploration of unlikely animal friendships, which not only gives readers insight into animals but challenges preconceived notions about compatibility.
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
121 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"Women all over the globe are asking questions that affect lives and creating businesses that answer them. Like, can we keep premature babies warm when they're born far from the hospital? Or, can the elderly stay in their homes and eat a balanced diet? Women are taking on and solving these issues with their ingenuity and business acumen"--
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm
Language
English
Description
Whether its a first step or a first bath, all babies celebrate milestones as they grow. Connecting adorable babies across our ecosystemfrom polar bear cubs, giraffe calves, and zebra colts to human babiesSibert Medalist Catherine Thimmesh shows how we are more similar than we know.
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2013]
Lexile measure
1130L
Physical Desc
57 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 x 29 cm
Language
English
Description
Introduces the incredible talents of the paleoartist, whose work reanimates gone-but-never-forgotten dinosaurs in giant full-color paintings that are as strikingly beautiful as they aim to be scientifically accurate, down to the smallest detail. Follow a paleoartist through the scientific process of ascertaining the appearance of various dinosaurs from millions of years ago to learn how science, art, and imagination combine to bring us face-to-face...
