Author: Carolyn Keene
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1442483504
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 84

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Nancy and her friends are on a class trip to the zoo. Everyone brought a camera and is excited because their teacher has announced a Best Photo contest. Whoever takes the best picture at the zoo wins a prize! The trip is going great—until a flowerbed outside the monkey cage is wrecked and Nancy’s class is blamed! The zookeeper is mad and says they might have to leave the zoo if someone doesn’t come forward. Nancy is upset. Is one of Nancy’s classmates a crook, or is someone else digging up trouble?

Author: Carolyn Keene
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1442459182
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 98

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This camp is WILD! Nancy, George, and Bess are attending a three-day overnight camp at the local zoo. They'll get to spend lots of time with all of the animals and learn about them too. The best part is, they will be helping the zookeeper make toys for the animals -- just like real staffers! But when the toys the girls make by day are disappearing at night, it looks like everyone is a suspect! Can Nancy tame this wild case, or will the zoo animals be without anything fun to do?

Author: Carole Marsh
Publisher: Gallopade International
ISBN: 0635069083
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 164

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A surprise Christmas treat of a private tour of the White House soon turns into a harrowing adventure during a blizzard of snow and clues that lead them directly to the Oval Office as four real kids solve a scary, but funny mystery! LOOK what's in this mystery - people, places, history, and more! Purpose and types of Secret Service agents Š Formation of Washington D.C. Š Dolley Madison and the 1814 fire in the White House Š Design and construction of the White House Š Function of the White House today Š President's job description Š Information on the different rooms in the White House Š Glow sticks used by the Marines Š James Madison and James Monroe candlesticks Š White House holiday pageant Š Presidential china Š Situation Room v Dumbwaiter Š Presidential pets Š Code names for the president. Like all of Carole Marsh Mysteries, this mystery incorporates history, geography, culture and cliffhanger chapters that will keep kids begging for more! This mystery includes SAT words, educational facts, fun and humor, built-in book club and activities. Below is the Reading Levels Guide for this book: Grade Levels: 3-6 Accelerated Reader Reading Level: 5.5 Accelerated Reader Points: 3 Accelerated Reader Quiz Number: 74567 Lexile Measure: 790 Fountas & Pinnell Guided Reading Level: Q Developmental Assessment Level: 40

Author: David Grazian
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 0691178429
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 346

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A close-up look at the contradictions and wonders of the modern zoo Orangutans swing from Kevlar-lined fire hoses. Giraffes feast on celebratory birthday cakes topped with carrots instead of candles. Hi-tech dinosaur robots growl among steel trees, while owls watch animated cartoons on old television sets. In American Zoo, sociologist David Grazian takes us on a safari through the contemporary zoo, alive with its many contradictions and strange wonders. Trading in his tweed jacket for a zoo uniform and a pair of muddy work boots, Grazian introduces us to zookeepers and animal rights activists, parents and toddlers, and the other human primates that make up the zoo's social world. He shows that in a major shift away from their unfortunate pasts, American zoos today emphasize naturalistic exhibits teeming with lush and immersive landscapes, breeding programs for endangered animals, and enrichment activities for their captive creatures. In doing so, zoos blur the imaginary boundaries we regularly use to separate culture from nature, humans from animals, and civilization from the wild. At the same time, zoos manage a wilderness of competing priorities—animal care, education, scientific research, and recreation—all while attempting to serve as centers for conservation in the wake of the current environmental and climate-change crisis. The world of the zoo reflects how we project our own prejudices and desires onto the animal kingdom, and invest nature with meaning and sentiment. A revealing portrayal of comic animals, delighted children, and feisty zookeepers, American Zoo is a remarkable close-up exploration of a classic cultural attraction.

Author: Carolyn Keene
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1442483520
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 84

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Nancy and her friends are off on an apple-picking adventure! They are headed to the Kids Apple Festival, where they will pick apples, go on a hayride, and work their way through a cornstalk maze. Bess is excited about the applesauce-eating contest—after all, apples are her favorite food! And the winner gets a whole basket of River Heights Reds, a brand new type of apple! But when the basket—and all the apples in it— vanishes, Nancy knows she has to get to the core of this mystery. Can she figure out who the bad apple is, or is this festival on the verge of an apple emergency?

Author: Kimberly Grell
Publisher: Kimberly Grell
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 196

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Get ready to indulge on sweet romance! Sweet Romance Novellas Collection Two includes five romantic novellas that'll sure to warm your heart. Each novella contains the perfect amount of sweetness and remains clean for those who enjoy pure tenderness. This collection includes: Secret Valentine The Spy I Loved Secret Santa A Christmas Wedding Christmas by Design

Author: Jennifer Ball
Publisher: Faber and Faber
ISBN: 9780571129331
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 258

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Chronicles the life and times of amateur mathematician and former stand-up comic Marissa "Moose" Minnion who, due to an allergic reaction to Brazil nuts, is in a coma

Author: David Astle
Publisher: Profile Books
ISBN: 1847658164
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 373

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As a child, David Astle's hero was the Riddler. Figuring out brainteasers like 'Where is a man drowned but still not wet?' (quicksand) and 'How many sides has a circle?' (two - the inside and the outside) became an obsession and, eventually, his life: his cryptic crosswords now appear in The Age and Sydney Morning Herald every week, to the delight and frustration of thousands. In Puzzled, Astle offers a helping hand to the perplexed and the infatuated alike, taking us on a personal tour into the secret life of words. Beginning with a Master Puzzle, he leads us through each of the clues, chapter by chapter, revealing the secrets of anagrams, double meanings, manipulations, spoonerisms and hybrid clues. More than a how-to manual and more than a memoir, Puzzled is a book for word junkies everywhere.

Author: Mark Zegarelli
Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
ISBN: 9781402729898
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 200

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An accompaniment to a good cup of coffee or tea is sure to become a hit with solvers - just like 'Sit & Solves'. So take a break, and relax with four great new mug-shaped, high-quality crosswords, word searches, and logic conundrums.

Author: Michael J. Ryan
Publisher: Indiana University Press
ISBN: 0253007798
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 1180

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Easily distinguished by the horns and frills on their skulls, ceratopsians were one of the most successful of all dinosaurs. This volume presents a broad range of cutting-edge research on the functional biology, behavior, systematics, paleoecology, and paleogeography of the horned dinosaurs, and includes descriptions of newly identified species.