Rosenstock, Barb

Summary: "Young Fred Urquhart was fascinated by insects, especially his favorite, the monarch butterfly. He wondered where monarchs spent the winter. No one knew. After he became an entomologist (bug scientist),Fred and his wife, Norah,tagged hundreds of butterflies,hoping to solve the mystery of the monarchs. But they soon discovered that they needed help. They started a "butterfly family," a community...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2022

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 595.78 ROS

Pascal, Janet B.

Summary: "Before 1914, traveling from the East Coast to the West Coast meant going by land across the entire United States. To go by sea involved a long journey around South America and north along the Pacific Coast. But then, in a dangerous and amazing feat of engineering, a 48-mile-long channel was dug through Panama, creating the worlds most famous shortcut: the Panama Canal!"--Amazon.com.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Grosset & Dunlap, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) 2014

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 972.8 PAS

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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J900 WHE BASKET

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1 available in JT Non-Fiction, Call number: JT Places What

Casilla, Robert

Summary: "This bilingual picture book for kids recalls Major League Baseball pitcher Mariano Rivera's childhood in Panama, his fascination with playing ball-even if he had to make his glove out of cardboard-and his eventual signing with the New York Yankees, where he helped win five World Series"--

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Publisher / Publication Date: Piñata Books/Arte Público Press 2023

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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JB 468 CAS Spanish/English