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1) Firefighter
Author
Series
Publisher
Marshall Cavendish Benchmark
Pub. Date
c2007
Physical Desc
23 p. : ill. ; 19 cm.
Description
"Easy to read text with rebuses explores the job of a firefighter"--Provided by publisher.
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (approximately 60 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Investigate how an asteroid vanquished the dinosaurs 66 million years ago. Join scientists as they drill into the impact crater and, for the first time, reconstruct the hell on earth that unfolded in the minutes, hours, and months after the impact.
Author
Publisher
Crabtree Pub
Pub. Date
c2011
Physical Desc
32 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 28 cm.
Description
Introduces readers to pumper trucks, ladder trucks, and other fire department vehicles. Children will enjoy learning about the different functions of each truck and the equipment on board these emergency vehicles.
Author
Description
"Ryland Grace is the sole survivor on a desperate, last-chance mission-and if he fails, humanity and the earth itself will perish. Except that right now, he doesn't know that. He can't even remember his own name, let alone the nature of his assignment or how to complete it. All he knows is that he's been asleep for a very, very long time. And he's just been awakened to find himself millions of miles from home, with nothing but two corpses for company....
Author
Publisher
Nomad Press
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
122 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.
Description
Have you seen a dodo bird recently? Do you have mastodons playing in your back yard? Not likely-- these species are extinct! In Earth's 4.5 billion-year history, more than 5 billion species have gone extinct, some of them at the same time. In EXTINCTION: WHAT HAPPENED TO THE DINOSAURS, MASTODONS, AND DODO BIRDS? kids ages 9 to 12 learn about the detective work scientists perform to find out why mass extinctions happen...Try these hands-on STEM projects!...
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
76 pages : color illustrations ; 24 x 29 cm.
Description
"Asteroids come in all shapes and sizes--and hit our planet in them, too. But what happens if a catastrophically large one approaches earth? By looking on the ground at historical asteroid craters and present-day falls, and up into space for the big ones yet to come, a wide variety of scientists are trying to figure out how to track asteroids--and how to avoid devastating impacts in the future."--
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If we took time to examine the flames in our world-fires that have built civilizations, sparked entire religions, and literally changed the surface of the Earth-can you imagine how many questions we would have? The 50 questions in this book may be just the beginning, but they will intrigue and excite young readers. From the question of "Who's for dinner?" (before mastering fire, humans were more likely to be prey than predators), to "Who were the...
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Description
For hundreds of thousands of years Great Auks thrived in the icy seas of the North Atlantic, bobbing on the waves, diving for fish and struggling up onto rocky shores to mate and hatch their fluffy chicks. But by 1844, not a single one of these magnificent birds was alive. Award-winning author and illustrator Jan Thornhill tells the tragic story of these birds that "weighed as much as a sack of potatoes and stood as tall as a preteen's waist." Their...
14) Fighting fires
Author
Series
Publisher
Children's Press, an imprint of Scholastic
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
24 pages cm.
Description
"Book introduces the reader to fighting fires"--
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
319 pages : illustrations, map ; 25 cm
Description
Provides a moving account of the disappearances occurring all around us and traces the evolution of extinction as concept, from its first articulation by Georges Cuvier in revolutionary Paris up through the present day. The sixth extinction is likely to be mankind's most lasting legacy, compelling us to rethink the fundamental question of what it means to be human.
Author
Publisher
Raven Tree Press
Pub. Date
2005, c2004
Physical Desc
31 p. : col. ill. ; 24 cm.
Description
Tito admires his neighborhood bomberos (firefighters) and dreams of becoming a bombero himself. One day his ability to speak both English and Spanish actually helps the firefighters save the day.
Author
Series
Under their skin volume 2
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
307 pages ; 22 cm.
Description
Twelve-year-old twins Nick and Eryn and their robot stepsiblings, Jackson and Ava, try to save humanity from killer robots.
19) Under their skin
Author
Series
Under their skin volume 1
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
311 pages ; 22 cm
Description
Twelve-year-old twins Nick and Eryn investigate why their mother and new stepfather are keeping secrets, why they are forbidden to meet their stepsiblings, and most important, why their lives are in danger.
20) Sorcerer
Publisher
Universal Home Video
Pub. Date
c1998
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (2 hr., 2 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Four men must transport a dangerous cargo of nitroglycerine over treacherous terrain in order to stop an oil fire.
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