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Author
Series
Publisher
Bearport Publishing
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Chocolate chip cookies are delicious, but did you know they were a mistake? Oops! Learn the story of how this accidental invention turned into a favorite treat. Simple text and fun photos prove we can create wonders from whoops-es!"--
62) Microwave ovens
Author
Publisher
Bearport Publishing Company
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"It's a quick way to heat up your food, but did you know the microwave oven was a mistake? Oops! Learn the story of how this accidental invention turned into a common household appliance. Simple text and fun photos prove we can create wonders from whoops-es!"--
63) Spray string
Author
Series
Publisher
Bearport Publishing Company
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"It's fun to spray around at parties, but did you know spray string was a mistake? Oops! Learn the story of how this accidental invention turned into something silly to play with. Simple text and fun photos prove we can create wonders from whoops-es!"--
64) Bubble gum
Author
Series
Publisher
Bearport Publishing
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Pop! Bubble gum is a fun treat, but did you know it was first made by mistake? Oops! Learn the story of how this accidental invention turned into a favorite candy. Simple text and fun photos prove we can create wonders from whoops-es!"--
65) Sticky notes
Author
Series
Publisher
Bearport Publishing
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Those sticky little pieces of paper help people remember things, but did you know sticky notes were a mistake? Oops! Learn the story of how this accidental invention turned into a useful tool. Simple text and fun photos prove we can create wonders from whoops-es!"--
Author
Publisher
W.W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"A vibrant history of the modern conservation movement-told through the lives and ideas of the people who built it. In the late nineteenth century, as humans came to realize that our rapidly industrializing and globalizing societies were driving other animal species to extinction, a movement to protect and conserve them was born. In Beloved Beasts, acclaimed science journalist Michelle Nijhuis traces the movement's history: from early battles to save...
Author
Publisher
New Trends Pub
Pub. Date
c2013
Language
English
Description
The Nourishing Traditions Book of Baby & Child Care makes the principles of traditional nutrition available to modern parents. The book provides holistic advice for pregnancy and newborn interventions, vaccinations, breastfeeding and child development, as well as a compendium of natural treatments for childhood illnesses, from autism to whooping cough. The work of Rudulf Steiner supports the book's emphasis on the child's spiritual requirement for...
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Kids will fall in love with the world's most mischievous monkey in six uplifting episodes. Join Curious George as he shares some Valentine's cheer, fixes a mix up at the zoo, entertains a sick friend, and lends a thoughtful hand to others.
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
Return with Dr. Hank Lawson to the Hamptons, where the tides are high, bank account balances are higher, and the patients are just high maintenance. Because of his strong convictions and straight-shooting style, the 'concierge doctor's' practice is growing, and with the return of his estranged father, so is his family. See puzzling cases involving a faithful cop with an STD, a winemaker with a troubled palate, and a reality show where all the contestants...
Author
Series
Publisher
Point Blank
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"A trail of murder leads Domenic Jejeune across a vast continent. Newly estranged from his girlfriend, Inspector Domenic Jejeune returns to Canada, where he soon receives news that his brother has gone missing in Wood Buffalo National Park while conducting field research on Whooping Cranes. Jejeune immediately heads out West to try to find him. Meanwhile, back in the U.K., Jejeune's plan to protect his ex-girlfriend from a dangerous adversary has...
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
Back from the Brink answers these questions and more as it delves into the threats to seven species, and the scientific and political efforts to coax them back from the brink of extinction. This rich, informational look at the problem of extinction has a hopeful tone: all of these animals' numbers are now on the rise.
73) Ice cream cones
Author
Series
Publisher
Bearport Publishing
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"They're a cool treat on a hot day, but did you know ice cream cones were first made because of a mistake? Oops! Learn the story of how this accidental invention turned into a favorite treat. Simple text and fun photos prove we can create wonders from whoops-es!"--
74) Aftershock
Publisher
Anchor Bay Entertainment
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
For an American tourist, nicknamed Gringo by his two Chilean pals Ariel and Pollo, the trip has been heaven on earth. Gringo's luck seems to change when the group meets a trio of Russian tourist Irina, non-stop partier Kylie and her sister Monica. The new friends are having the best of times whooping it up in a dance club, until a violent earthquake brings the entire city down around them. Our unlucky heroes must run for their lives from looters,...
76) Nebraska
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.8 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
"From visiting a sod house from the 1800s to exploring a hand-planted forest, there's lots to see and do in Nebraska! Additional features include maps on each spread, state symbols, famous people, fact bubbles, and informative captions that highlight some of the things that make Nebraska special"--Publisher's website.
Author
Language
English
Description
The host of the NBC Today Show's popular segment shares his favorite stories of citizens making a difference around the country.
For the six million people who watch the Emmy Award-winning 'American Story with Bob Dotson' on NBC's Today Show, Bob Dotson's reports celebrate the inspirational stories of everyday Americans. Dotson has been crisscrossing the country for more than forty years-logging more than four million miles-in search of people who...
Author
Publisher
Chronicle Books
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
This covetable cookbook is a greatest-hits collection from Sugar Cube, a tiny pink food cart in Portland, Oregon, that is thronged daily by hungry hordes craving voluptuous sweets intensified with a spike of booze, a lick of sea salt, or a whoop" of whipped cream. Sugar Cube founder and baker Kir Jensen left the fine-dining pastry track to sell her handmade treats on the street. Recipes for 50 of Kir's most enticing cupcakes, cookies, tarts, muffins,...
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt
Pub. Date
2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Although he sometimes mistakes lighted candles on a birthday cake for a house fire, the residents of Whoops-a-Daisy World can always count on their strong and brave Fire Chief Rhino whenever a blaze threatens.