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1) Pennsylvania
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Describes the geography, plants, animals, history, economy, language, religions, culture, sports, art, and people of the state of Pennsylvania.
2) England
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English
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Describes the geography, history, economy, language, religions, culture, people, plants, and animals of England.
3) Egypt
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Describes the geography, plants, animals, history, economy, language, religions, culture, sports, arts, and people of Egypt.
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"Travel back 5,000 years to when pharaohs ruled a kingdom on the Nile. From hieroglyphs and pyramids to jeweled treasures and mummies, find out how archaeologists cracked a code and unlocked the history of civilization."--Provided by publisher.
5) Italy
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English
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Describes the history, geography, plants and animals, economy, language, people and culture of Italy.
7) Going solo
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The children's author recounts his adventures as a young man working in East Africa for the Shell Company, living in the jungle, and later flying a fighter plane in World War II.
8) New Jersey
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Introduces the geography, history, agriculture, industries, wildlife, and cultural and tourist attractions of the state of New Jersey.
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A simple description of a flowering plant's life cycle through the seasons. Dazzlingly colorful collage illustrations and a simple but dramatic text tell the fascinating story of the life cycle of a flower in terms of the adventures of a tiny seed. Carried aloft by the autumn wind, the tiny seed, along with other bigger seeds, travels far over the world. the journey is perilous: one of the bigger seeds is burned by the sun another falls into the ocean...
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2023.
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"Imagine over three million square miles of sand dunes that are as tall as a ten-story building. That place is real--it's the Sahara Desert! Vast, yes! And home to fascinating creatures such as ostriches and fennec foxes as well as amazing plant life. Readers will also learn about the famous trade routes of the past with caravans of up to 10,000 camels, European explorers to the region (some very unlucky ones), and native populations like the Imazighen"--...
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Malala Yousafzai was a girl who loved to learn but was told that girls would no longer be allowed to go to school. She wrote a blog that called attention to what was happening in her beautiful corner of Pakistan and realized that words can bring about change. She has continued to speak out for the right of all children to have an education. In 2014 she won the Nobel Peace Prize.
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DEN - Kids + Teens: Jewish-American Heritage Month
JEF - Jewish Heritage (Children)
JEF - Women's History (Children)
JEF - Jewish Heritage (Children)
JEF - Women's History (Children)
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Looks closely at Anne Frank's life before the secret annex, what life was like in hiding from the Nazis, and the legacy of her diary.
14) New York
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Describes the geography, plants, animals, history, economy, language, religions, culture, sports, art, and people of the state of New York.
15) Mexico
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An introduction to the geography, history, economy, culture, government, and people of the very varied country of Mexico.
20) Japan
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"This book will explore the history, geography, wildlife, government, economy, religion, culture, and people of Japan. Also, students will have at their fingertips the most current facts and statistics that relate to Japan"--Provided by Publisher.
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