Brian Floca
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Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
c2009
Language
English
Description
Here is the story of the Apollo 11 mission to the Moon -- a story of leaving and returning during the summer of 1969, and a story of home, seen whole, from far away by steady astronauts in their great machines.
2) Hawk rising
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English
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Early morning and a ruffle of feathers, a shadow gliding through the backyard. High above your house Father Hawk circles, sharp eyes searching for prey. Swoosh! He dives after chipmunks, crows, sparrows, squirrels. Screech! The sun hangs low in the sky as three hungry chicks wait. Will they eat today?
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English
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Publisher Annotation: Princess Cora is sick of boring lessons. She?s sick of running in circles around the dungeon gym. She?s sick, sick, sick of taking three baths a day. And her parents won?t let her have a dog. But when she writes to her fairy godmother for help, she doesn?t expect that help to come in the form of a crocodile?a crocodile who does not behave properly. With perfectly paced dry comedy, children?s book luminaries Laura Amy Schlitz...