Floca, Brian.
Summary: Here is the story of the Apollo 11 mission to the Moon -- a story of leaving and returning during the summer of 1969, and a story of home, seen whole, from far away by steady astronauts in their great machines.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Atheneum Books for Young Readers 2009
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Summary: Lightships once served where lighthouses could not be built. They helped to guide sailors safely through the fog.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atheneum Books for Young Readers 2007
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Summary: Learn what it was like to travel on the transcontinental railroad in the 1860s.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FLOSummary: A latest anthology for tween boys collects ten true stories, biographies, essays, and other engaging short entries by leading nonfiction writers and journalists.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Walden Pond Press, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2014
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC SCICox, Lynne
Summary: World-renowned swimmer and author Lynne Cox and Caldecott Medal-winning illustrator Brian Floca team up to bring us this inspiring story of an elephant seal who knew exactly where she belonged. Here is the incredible story of Elizabeth, a real-life elephant seal who made her home in the Avon River in the city of Christchurch, New Zealand. When Elizabeth decides to stretch out across a two-lane...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Schwartz & Wade Books 2014
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE COXMarkel, Michelle
Summary: Quick! If you don't move fast, you're going to miss him -- there he goes-- Randolph Caldecott, future famous illustrator. His sketchbook is full of hurly-burly; wild weather, frisky animals and people so sprightly they can barely hold on to the pages. But in the 1850s, there are no children's books like that. Not yet. Many are published, but their pictures look still, full of pretty poses and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chronicle Books LLC 2018
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Summary: Early morning and a ruffle of feathers, a shadow gliding through the backyard. High above your house Father Hawk circles, sharp eyes searching for prey. Swoosh! He dives after chipmunks, crows, sparrows, squirrels. Screech! The sun hangs low in the sky as three hungry chicks wait. Will they eat today?
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Publisher / Publication Date: Roaring Brook Press 2018
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE GIAGreenberg, Jan
Summary: Tells the story behind the creation of "Appalachian Spring," describing Aaron Copland's composition, Martha Graham's intense choreography and Isamu Noguchi's set design.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Flash Point 2010