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Author
Series
Publisher
Kids Can Press
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
40 pages : color illustrations, color map ; 32 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Every child in the world has a birthday. But how children celebrate this occasion depends on where they live. In this latest addition to the 'Around the World' series, ... author Margriet Ruurs explores the fascinating ways that children experience birthdays. You'll meet fourteen kids from different countries, each celebrating a birthday according to their local traditions"--
8) Elsewhere
Publisher
Icarus Films Home Video
Pub. Date
2010
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (240 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Multiple
Description
Explores twelve remote areas of the world and the cultures of the people who live in those communities.
Publisher
Athena
Pub. Date
2009
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (199 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
With captivating cultural insights, this series examines societies in some of Earth's most inhospitable places. Journalist Donal MacIntyre treks across the Arabian Desert, mines salt high in the Bolivian Altiplano, hunts crocodiles in the rainforest of Papua New Guinea, and spears stingrays with landless sea gypsies off the coast of Borneo.
Author
Publisher
EDC Pub
Pub. Date
2005
Physical Desc
96 p. : col. ill., col. maps ; 28 cm.
Language
English
Description
Book takes a continent-by-continent journey through the everyday lives of the six billion people who inhabit our planet. Stunning photographs and detailed maps will help you to gain a better understainding of: national festivals, customs and traditions ; religious beliefs and rituals ; where pople live and what their homes look like ; the food people eat and the clothes they wear ; how governments work ; how people travel.
11) A million years in a day: a curious history of everyday life from the Stone Age to the phone age
Author
Publisher
Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
xi, 356 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Who invented beds? When did we start cleaning our teeth? How old are wine and beer? Which came first: the toilet seat or toilet paper? What was the first clock? Every day, from the moment our alarm clock wakes us in the morning until our head hits our pillow at night, we all take part in rituals that are millennia old. Structured around one ordinary day, A Million Years in a Day reveals the astonishing origins and development of the daily practices...
13) Life in a day
Publisher
Virgil Films
Pub. Date
2011
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (95 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A collection of videos gathered through the website YouTube showing what life was like on Earth on July 24th, 2010.
Author
Publisher
Anchor Books
Pub. Date
1998, c1991
Physical Desc
228 p. ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
In this newest collection of ten short stories, Atwood looks back over three decades that have wrought great changes in women's lives. The impacts of death, disease, deception, and disappointment are explored; Atwood's characters, with their tenuous personal relationships, always endure a terrible aloneness. The loss of trust in others is a recurring theme. In one story a betrayed woman plays a grisly practical joke on her married lover; in another,...
15) Kiss kiss
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2004
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.7 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 26 cm.
Language
English
Description
Baby Hippo is in such a rush to play one morning he forgets to kiss his mama, but strangely all the jungle noises seem to remind him.
Author
Series
Publisher
Barnes & Noble
Pub. Date
c2006
Physical Desc
ix, 836 p. ; 26 cm.
Language
English
Description
The Westminster Alice: Retells Lewis Carroll’s famous story, casting Alice not in Wonderland but in Parliament, a bewildered girl forced to make sense of all the madness. A number of notable British politicians are identified in the book. Joseph Chamberlain is the Queen of Hearts, the Red Queen, and the Mad Hatter; Arthur Balfour is the White Queen and the March Hare; Robert Cecil is the King of Hearts and the Dormouse; Archbishop of Canterbury...
18) Fancy Nancy
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
A young girl who loves fancy things helps her family to be fancy for one special night.
Publisher
LearningExpress, LLC
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
1 online resource
Language
English
Description
"This AP Spanish practice exam will familiarize you with the format, content, and timing of the official test. It includes an instant score report for Section I: Part A, and examples of high-scoring responses with scoring guides for the remaining questions, including essays. Polish your reading, vocabulary, writing and conversation!" --
Publisher
LearningExpress, LLC
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
1 online resource
Language
English
Description
"This AP Spanish practice exam will familiarize you with the format, content, and timing of the official test. It includes an instant score report for Section I: Part A, and examples of high-scoring responses with scoring guides for the remaining questions, including essays. Polish your reading, vocabulary, writing and conversation!" --
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