Author: Charline Profiri
Publisher: Rio Nuevo Publishers
ISBN: 9781933855790
Category : Desert animals
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The desert is full of suprises! You never know what you might find nestled in a tall saguaro or climbing steep canyon walls. All you have to do is look! "Guess Who's in the Desert" is a fun, interactive, guessing game that invites curious children to discover all of the secrets and surprises the desert holds. Who leaves x-shaped tracks? Who has orange and black beady skin? Just open the book to find out. Each time you do, you're bound to find something new.
Guess Who's in the Desert
Author: Charline Profiri
Publisher: Rio Nuevo Publishers
ISBN: 9781933855790
Category : Desert animals
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The desert is full of suprises! You never know what you might find nestled in a tall saguaro or climbing steep canyon walls. All you have to do is look! "Guess Who's in the Desert" is a fun, interactive, guessing game that invites curious children to discover all of the secrets and surprises the desert holds. Who leaves x-shaped tracks? Who has orange and black beady skin? Just open the book to find out. Each time you do, you're bound to find something new.
Publisher: Rio Nuevo Publishers
ISBN: 9781933855790
Category : Desert animals
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The desert is full of suprises! You never know what you might find nestled in a tall saguaro or climbing steep canyon walls. All you have to do is look! "Guess Who's in the Desert" is a fun, interactive, guessing game that invites curious children to discover all of the secrets and surprises the desert holds. Who leaves x-shaped tracks? Who has orange and black beady skin? Just open the book to find out. Each time you do, you're bound to find something new.
In the Desert
Author: Howard Rice
Publisher: Teacher Created Materials
ISBN: 9780743983563
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 30
Book Description
This book takes a closer look at the main characteristics of a desert, how they're formed, and how plants and animals have adapted to their arid environment. Reads at a level of 2.5 with a word count of 558.
Publisher: Teacher Created Materials
ISBN: 9780743983563
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 30
Book Description
This book takes a closer look at the main characteristics of a desert, how they're formed, and how plants and animals have adapted to their arid environment. Reads at a level of 2.5 with a word count of 558.
Solids, Liquids, Guess Who's Got Gas?
Author: Michelle Houts
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1510710698
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 79
Book Description
Autumn has arrived, and at Granite City Elementary School everyone is gearing up for the biggest and best event of the year, the Harvest Festival. The whole school is excited about the games, the contests, the food, and most of all—the costumes! Everyone except Lucy. She doesn’t like dressing up, and has no desire to be a fairy princess or rock star, even for one day. But Lucy is excited about the new science unit Miss Flippo has started: the states of matter. Lucy and her friends understand solids and liquids. They’re easy. But gasses are more difficult to grasp. When the class goes on a field trip to an orchard and Stewart Swinefest eats too many apples, and gets a serious stomachache, Lucy suddenly understands that even if you can’t see gasses they can fill space and expand, and even make you move. And with Stewart feeling better, she has a really great idea for her Harvest Festival costume, too. The second book in a new chapter book series from IRA Children’s Book Award-winner, Michelle Houts, Solids, Liquids, Guess Who’s Got Gas draws on STEM themes and is aligned with curriculum guidelines to bring a love of science to young readers, inspiring them to start their own labs and explore their world.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1510710698
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 79
Book Description
Autumn has arrived, and at Granite City Elementary School everyone is gearing up for the biggest and best event of the year, the Harvest Festival. The whole school is excited about the games, the contests, the food, and most of all—the costumes! Everyone except Lucy. She doesn’t like dressing up, and has no desire to be a fairy princess or rock star, even for one day. But Lucy is excited about the new science unit Miss Flippo has started: the states of matter. Lucy and her friends understand solids and liquids. They’re easy. But gasses are more difficult to grasp. When the class goes on a field trip to an orchard and Stewart Swinefest eats too many apples, and gets a serious stomachache, Lucy suddenly understands that even if you can’t see gasses they can fill space and expand, and even make you move. And with Stewart feeling better, she has a really great idea for her Harvest Festival costume, too. The second book in a new chapter book series from IRA Children’s Book Award-winner, Michelle Houts, Solids, Liquids, Guess Who’s Got Gas draws on STEM themes and is aligned with curriculum guidelines to bring a love of science to young readers, inspiring them to start their own labs and explore their world.
Guess Who's Coming to Die?
Author: Patricia Sprinkle
Publisher: NYLA
ISBN: 1943772754
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 261
Book Description
A Thoroughly Southern Mystery #9 MacLaren Yarbrough, county magistrate, business owner, wife, mother, and amateur sleuth is surprised when she finds an invitation to the elite Magnolia Ladies’ Investment Club addressed to her. She is even more surprised when at her first meeting club president, Willena Kenan, is found brutally murdered on the bathroom floor during a coffee break. With everyone out of the room at the time, every club member is under suspicion, especially when police find a mysterious trench coat full of incriminating evidence. MacLaren will put her sleuthing to the test in this cozy southern mystery. “Patricia Sprinkle is a modern master of the classic cozy mystery.” --Nancy Pickard “As Southern as Sunday fried chicken and sweet tea... Come for one visit and you’ll always return.” –Carolyn Hart “Sprinkle has a gift for developing a full, rich world.” —Publisher’s Weekly “Sprinkle entertains and enchants her readers. Her characters are so real you’ll find yourself believing you grew up with them.” —Christian Retailing "Sprinkle has a real eye for regional culture and traditions. . . . She tackles weighty subject matter with a steady hand and a reassuring touch.”—Atlanta Journal Constitution "Sprinkle’s characters are fantastic, her Southern settings shine, and her stories always mesmerize.” —Roundtable Reviews
Publisher: NYLA
ISBN: 1943772754
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 261
Book Description
A Thoroughly Southern Mystery #9 MacLaren Yarbrough, county magistrate, business owner, wife, mother, and amateur sleuth is surprised when she finds an invitation to the elite Magnolia Ladies’ Investment Club addressed to her. She is even more surprised when at her first meeting club president, Willena Kenan, is found brutally murdered on the bathroom floor during a coffee break. With everyone out of the room at the time, every club member is under suspicion, especially when police find a mysterious trench coat full of incriminating evidence. MacLaren will put her sleuthing to the test in this cozy southern mystery. “Patricia Sprinkle is a modern master of the classic cozy mystery.” --Nancy Pickard “As Southern as Sunday fried chicken and sweet tea... Come for one visit and you’ll always return.” –Carolyn Hart “Sprinkle has a gift for developing a full, rich world.” —Publisher’s Weekly “Sprinkle entertains and enchants her readers. Her characters are so real you’ll find yourself believing you grew up with them.” —Christian Retailing "Sprinkle has a real eye for regional culture and traditions. . . . She tackles weighty subject matter with a steady hand and a reassuring touch.”—Atlanta Journal Constitution "Sprinkle’s characters are fantastic, her Southern settings shine, and her stories always mesmerize.” —Roundtable Reviews
Guess Who's Coming to Kill You
Author: Ellery Queen
Publisher: Open Road Media
ISBN: 150401846X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
An American spy heads to Tokyo to meet a Soviet defector, but things go very wrong in this tale of espionage, mystery, and murder . . . Fred Wilkinson waits in a Tokyo alley, wishing he were James Bond. Paunchy, in his 50s, and oh-so-tired, Wilkinson has nothing in common with that world-famous man of mystery—except that they are both spies. He’s already near the end of his career when he goes to Japan to meet with the Soviet defector Krylov, and some of his colleagues back in Washington think he’s getting soft. They’re right. Wilkinson never sees the killer coming. Three quick jabs to the kidneys, and the American spy is done for good. There to pick up the pieces is Peter Brook, a rising star in American intelligence. Brook doesn’t give a damn how his martinis are prepared, but he’s an expert at the fine art of staying alive. It’s up to him to bring in the defector—unless the defector comes after him.
Publisher: Open Road Media
ISBN: 150401846X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
An American spy heads to Tokyo to meet a Soviet defector, but things go very wrong in this tale of espionage, mystery, and murder . . . Fred Wilkinson waits in a Tokyo alley, wishing he were James Bond. Paunchy, in his 50s, and oh-so-tired, Wilkinson has nothing in common with that world-famous man of mystery—except that they are both spies. He’s already near the end of his career when he goes to Japan to meet with the Soviet defector Krylov, and some of his colleagues back in Washington think he’s getting soft. They’re right. Wilkinson never sees the killer coming. Three quick jabs to the kidneys, and the American spy is done for good. There to pick up the pieces is Peter Brook, a rising star in American intelligence. Brook doesn’t give a damn how his martinis are prepared, but he’s an expert at the fine art of staying alive. It’s up to him to bring in the defector—unless the defector comes after him.
Guess Who's Listening at the Other end of Your Telephone
Author: Barry H. Harrin
Publisher: Barry Harrin
ISBN: 9780962601224
Category : Bureaucracy
Languages : en
Pages : 136
Book Description
Publisher: Barry Harrin
ISBN: 9780962601224
Category : Bureaucracy
Languages : en
Pages : 136
Book Description
What Can Live in a Desert?
Author: Sheila Anderson
Publisher: LernerClassroom
ISBN: 0761356746
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 28
Book Description
Describes the physical and behavioral adaptations that some animals have adopted in order to survive in the desert.
Publisher: LernerClassroom
ISBN: 0761356746
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 28
Book Description
Describes the physical and behavioral adaptations that some animals have adopted in order to survive in the desert.
Mirror Obscure
Author: Elizabeth Hunter
Publisher: Recurve Press, LLC
ISBN: 1941674852
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 303
Book Description
Vivian Wei is juggling multiple life-changing events when her aging mother witnesses a violent death on the thirteenth tee. The only problem? There doesn’t seem to be a crime to go along with the witness. As an empath, Vivian knows her mother is telling the truth, but feelings aren’t evidence of a murder. Can Vivian and her friends prove a killer is stalking the country club before he claims another victim? MIRROR OBSCURE is the second book in the Vista de Lirio series, a new paranormal mystery series by Elizabeth Hunter, best-selling author of the Elemental Mysteries, the Glimmer Lake series, and The Irin Chronicles.
Publisher: Recurve Press, LLC
ISBN: 1941674852
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 303
Book Description
Vivian Wei is juggling multiple life-changing events when her aging mother witnesses a violent death on the thirteenth tee. The only problem? There doesn’t seem to be a crime to go along with the witness. As an empath, Vivian knows her mother is telling the truth, but feelings aren’t evidence of a murder. Can Vivian and her friends prove a killer is stalking the country club before he claims another victim? MIRROR OBSCURE is the second book in the Vista de Lirio series, a new paranormal mystery series by Elizabeth Hunter, best-selling author of the Elemental Mysteries, the Glimmer Lake series, and The Irin Chronicles.
Friends, Lovers, Co-Workers, and Community
Author: Kathleen M. Ryan
Publisher: Lexington Books
ISBN: 1498512968
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
Friends, Lovers, Co-Workers, and Community analyzes how television narratives form the first decade of the twenty-first century are powerful socializing agents which both define and limit the types of acceptable interpersonal relationships between co-workers, friends, romantic partners, family members, communities, and nations. This book is written by a diverse group of scholars who used a variety of methodological and theoretical approaches to interrogate the ways through which television molds our vision of ourselves as individuals, ourselves as in relationships with others, and ourselves as a part of the world. This book will appeal to scholars of communication studies, cultural studies, media studies, and popular culture studies.
Publisher: Lexington Books
ISBN: 1498512968
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
Friends, Lovers, Co-Workers, and Community analyzes how television narratives form the first decade of the twenty-first century are powerful socializing agents which both define and limit the types of acceptable interpersonal relationships between co-workers, friends, romantic partners, family members, communities, and nations. This book is written by a diverse group of scholars who used a variety of methodological and theoretical approaches to interrogate the ways through which television molds our vision of ourselves as individuals, ourselves as in relationships with others, and ourselves as a part of the world. This book will appeal to scholars of communication studies, cultural studies, media studies, and popular culture studies.
Land of Sand and Song
Author: Joyce Chua
Publisher: Penguin Books
ISBN: 9789814954150
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
Legend has it that a magical spring lies dormant in the heart of the Khuzar desert. Said to be a gift from the gods, the spring holds the cure to all mortal woes. As mercenaries from everywhere try in vain to find the mystical spring, 17-yearold Desert Rose is on the run after her chieftain father is overthrown and captured by rebel clans. Now out for revenge, she sets out alone to the Oasis Capital to assassinate the person instigating the rebellion: the corrupt Emperor Zhao, who will stop at nothing to possess the elixir of life from the spring. To infiltrate the Imperial Guard, Desert Rose must pass a series of trials to test her wit, mettle, and her loyalty. But the real test lies in navigating the cut throat court politics with no ally but a rogue prince and a latent magic stirring in her - magic that can bring a kingdom to its knees or destroy her from within.
Publisher: Penguin Books
ISBN: 9789814954150
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
Legend has it that a magical spring lies dormant in the heart of the Khuzar desert. Said to be a gift from the gods, the spring holds the cure to all mortal woes. As mercenaries from everywhere try in vain to find the mystical spring, 17-yearold Desert Rose is on the run after her chieftain father is overthrown and captured by rebel clans. Now out for revenge, she sets out alone to the Oasis Capital to assassinate the person instigating the rebellion: the corrupt Emperor Zhao, who will stop at nothing to possess the elixir of life from the spring. To infiltrate the Imperial Guard, Desert Rose must pass a series of trials to test her wit, mettle, and her loyalty. But the real test lies in navigating the cut throat court politics with no ally but a rogue prince and a latent magic stirring in her - magic that can bring a kingdom to its knees or destroy her from within.