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Author
Series
Park pals volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
When his owner's parents let him go in Central Park, a young guinea pig learns to survive in the natural world with the help of a "park-wise" squirrel while trying to find his way back home.
Publisher
Showtime Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2004]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (91 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Following World War II, urban planners constructed a series of public parks throughout New York City. This is a story about a generation of boys, sons of working-class families, who grew up in one of these parks during the 1960's - a time of sex, drugs, the Vietnam War, free love, and rock n' roll. A story of pain and joy, success and loss, struggles and triumph. A story of the divergent paths taken by these boys through adulthood during a turbulent...
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers/Simon & Schuster Children's Pub
Pub. Date
c2005
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
[32] p. : col. ill. ; 23 x 29 cm.
Language
English
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Description
At New York City's Central Park Zoo, two male penguins fall in love and start a family by taking turns sitting on an abandoned egg until it hatches.
5) Death angel
Author
Series
Publisher
Dutton
Pub. Date
2013
Physical Desc
369 pages : map ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
When the body of a young woman is discovered in Central Park, the clock begins ticking for Assistant DA Alex Cooper and Detectives Mike Chapman and Mercer Wallace to find the killer who has breached this haven in the middle of New York City. Is the body found in the lake, under the unseeing gaze of the Bethesda angel, the first victim of a deranged psychopath, or is the case connected to other missing girls and women in years past whose remains have...
Publisher
Findaway World, LLC
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
1 Wonderbook (40 unnumbered pages) : color illustrations ; 25 x 30 cm.
Language
English
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Description
New York City needed a park -- a special spot to gather, play, and enjoy nature. A quiet, wild place made just for you. In 1858, New York City was growing so fast that new roads and tall buildings threatened to swallow up the remaining open space. The people needed a green place to be -- a park with ponds to row on and paths for wandering through trees and over bridges. When a citywide contest solicited plans for creating a park out of barren swampland,...
7) The gates
Publisher
Distributed by Lorber HT Digital
Pub. Date
[2008]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (98 min) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Starting with an original attempt in 1979, this film documents the ambitions, planning, and ultimate achievement of Christo's project to install a series of cloth-hung gates in Central Park. The film follows the artists Christo and Jeanne Claude and they navigate through various meetings, arguments, facing an opposing host of city officials, private representatives, artists, and citizens. Over 20 years later the artists fulfill their hope of creating...
Author
Publisher
Sterling Children's Books
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 23 x 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
Bob does not like the noisy, crowded streets and school hallways of his New York City home, so he decides to build a tree house in the cool, green calm of Central Park. Includes a note about the real Bob Redman.
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