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Inside of a Dog: What Dogs See, Smell, and Know

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Copies: 6

Have you ever wondered what your dogs are thinking? What they’re feeling? Now you finally can! The answers will surprise and delight you as scientist and dog-owner Alexandra Horowitz explains how our four-legged friends perceive their daily worlds, each other, and that other quirky animal, the human.

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890L
Inside of a Dog: What Dogs See, Smell, and Know

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Curriculum resource for teachers includes:

  • 20 Reproductions
  • Teachers guide to lessons and activities for fifth and sixth graders (book)
  • Teachers guide to lessons and activities for fifth and sixth graders (cd)

The teachers guide includes four lessons designed to teach a subject through works of art. The four subjects are:

Lego StoryStarter Kit- Communities

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LEGO® Education StoryStarter is the helping hand that kick-starts pupils’ creativity and boosts their reading, writing, speaking and listening skills. Pupils work together to create and build stories with LEGO bricks and figures, then use the unique StoryVisualizer Software to visualize, write and communicate their work. StoryStarter is a hands-on tool that also inspires students to collaborate while creating and communicating their stories. It is an innovative way of teaching a wide range of essential skills, including:

Lego StoryStarter Kit- Communities

On Golden Pond

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For Norman (Henry Fonda) and Ethel Thayer (Katherine Hepburn), this summer ON GOLDEN POND is filled with conflict and resolution. When their daughter Chelsea (Jane Fonda) arrives, the family is forced to renew the bonds of love and overcome the generational friction that has existed for years. Norman must find his way through his anger and fear of growing old, while Chelsea struggles to rebuild their relationship. Ethel's consistent support of her "knight in shining armour" is inspirational in its simplicity. This is a movie to ponder and always keep in your heart.

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01:25
On Golden Pond

Crossing Niagara: The Death-Defying Tightrope Adventures of the Great Blondin

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Copies: 6

The first spectators arrived early in the morning. By late afternoon, the cliffs were packed with people. They came on steamships from Toronto, on overcrowded trains from Buffalo, and in horse-drawn carriages from every direction.

They all came to see the Great Blondin

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740L
Crossing Niagara: The Death-Defying Tightrope Adventures of the Great Blondin

The Land of Forgotten Girls

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Copies: 6

Here are five things Soledad knows to be true:
*What happened to Amelia was her fault.
*Evil Vea will never be her mother. Ever.
*Manny is a good friend. Maybe even the best.
*She'll do anything to protect her little sister Ming.
* Louisiana is not the same as the Philippines. Not even close.

Lexile: 
640L
The Land of Forgotten Girls

Animals: Black and White

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Find the answers to seven black-and-white riddles in a beautiful book of nature's bold designs! What cuddly giant loves to chew bamboo? What mammal swims with its friends in a school? What bird "flies" gracefully through the water?

Animals: Black and White

Power Play: A Graphic Guide Adventure

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Book Six in the Graphic Guide Adventure series



Devin and Nadia team up with Bounce, Pema and Marcus as they all travel to Northern Ontario to watch their parents present to the Summit of World Leaders. A swarm of politicians, lobbyists, corporate bosses and protestors have all converged on the summit to get their messages heard. A tragic accident just hours before their parents' presentation plunges the kids into their biggest mystery yet and sets them on the trail of a murderer bent on stopping their parents' controversial message from being heard.

Power Play: A Graphic Guide Adventure

Food Fight: A Graphic Guide Adventure

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Devin and Nadia are in a desperate race to stop a multinational corporation from gaining control of the food supply and destroying their mother's career in the process.
While Devin and Nadia spend summer vacation at a university camp for little kids—Nadia as a counselor and Devin as an unwilling participant—their mother's research project is vandalized and her motives are questioned. Devin, Nadia and Simon stumble upon shady characters, corporate conspiracy and a plot to take over the nation's food supply with genetically modified fertilizer.

Food Fight: A Graphic Guide Adventure

Media Meltdown: A Graphic Guide Adventure

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When Karl Reed, Owner of Oasis Developments, tries to force the sale of a local fruit farm—through whatever means necessary—Pema, Bounce and Jagroop decide to expose him through the media. Little do they realize that when it comes to the news and the advertisers who make it possible, the truth is not always part of the story and nothing can be taken at face value. While learning about media consolidation and the power of money over truth, Bounce, Pema and Jagroop decide to take on the developers and the media.

Media Meltdown: A Graphic Guide Adventure

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