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Pub. Date
c2007
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Explores the five distinct regions of Colorado separated by geography, culture, history and economy: Southern Colorado (including the San Luis Valley and the plains south of the Arkansas River), Western Colorado, eastern plains (north of the Arkansas River), Front Range, and Denver metropolitan region.
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Journalist Weisman offers an original approach to questions of humanity's impact on the planet. Drawing on the expertise of engineers, atmospheric scientists, art conservators, zoologists, oil refiners, marine biologists, astrophysicists, religious leaders, and paleontologists, he illustrates what the planet might be like today if humans disappeared. He explains how our massive infrastructure would collapse and finally vanish without human presence;...
43) China
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 1
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This title introduces beginning readers to the country of China. The book covers China's geography, capital and largest cities and its famous landmarks. Complete with large, full color photographs, a large map, and more exciting landmarks to explore.
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A riveting narrative look at one of the most colorful, dangerous, and peculiar places in America's historical landscape: the strange, wonderful, and mysterious Mississippi River of the 19th century.
Beginning in the early 1800s and climaxing with the siege of Vicksburg in 1863, Wicked River brings to life a place where river pirates brushed elbows with future presidents and religious visionaries shared passage with thieves.
45) Our fifty states
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.6 - AR Pts: 8
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Describes the history, population, geography, and other aspects of each of the fifty states in the U.S., including Washington, D.C., and includes fact boxes, photographs, and maps.
48) Antarctica
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Pub. Date
2016.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
Description
"Simple text and full-color photography introduce beginning readers to Antarctica. Developed by literacy experts for students in kindergarten through third grade"--
49) Leo Africanus
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I. Hasan the son of Muhammad the weight-master, I, Jean-Leon de Medici, circumcised at the hand of a barber and baptized at the hand of a pope. I am now called the African, but I am not from Africa, nor from Europe, nor from Arabia. I am also called the Granadan, the Fassi, the Zayyati, but I come from no country, from no city, no tribe. I am the son of the road, my country is the caravan, my life the most unexpected of voyages.
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Pub. Date
2021.
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"Using an infamous deception about a fake mountain range in British Columbia as her jumping-off point, Katie Ives examines the lure of blank spaces on the map and the value of the imagination. "Imaginary Peaks" details the mystery of the Riesenstein Hoax within the larger context of cartography, exploration, and climbing history"--
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Pub. Date
2016
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.8 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Caldecott Medalist Dan Santat takes readers on the road trip of a lifetime!"Are we there yet?" Every parent has heard this classic kid question on a long car ride--and after reading this astonishingly inventive new book (that even turns upside down for several pages!), you'll never look at being bored the same way again.Let's face it: everyone knows that car rides can be boring. And when things get boring, time slows down. In this book, a boy feels...
56) Mexico
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 1
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This book examines the geography, history, economy, culture, and daily life of the Central American nation of Mexico.
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We are so familiar with the map of the United States that our state borders seem as much a part of nature as mountains and rivers. But every edge of the familiar wooden jigsaw pieces of our childhood represents a revealing moment of history and of, well, humans drawing lines in the sand. This is the first book to tackle why our state lines are where they are. Packed with oddities and trivia, this entertaining guide also reveals the major fault lines...
Pub. Date
2017
Description
Blast into space to explore our solar system and beyond. This out-of-this-world atlas takes readers through maps of the solar system, the Milky Way, and deep space, giving them a close look at and locations of planets, supernovas, and other universes. Sky maps will help kids spot these objects in the night sky and maps of planets and our solar system give the kind of incredible detail that National Geographic is known for. It's the perfect book for...