Catalog Search Results
1) Stingrays
Author
Series
Publisher
Children's Press
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
Discusses stingrays that can be found on the bottom of the ocean floor and can be very dangerous.
Author
Series
Publisher
Worth Publishers
Pub. Date
c2005
Language
English
Description
Documents the macro and micro impact of trafficking women and children on a global scale. The author looks not only at the victims themselves but also at the men and women who control the trade, organized crime, economic conditions that push it along, and the military's role in perpetuating its demand.
3) Riddance
Author
Publisher
Black Balloon Publishing, an imprint of Catapult
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"Eleven-year-old Jane Grandison, tormented by a stutter, is invited to live and study at The Sybil Joines Vocational School for Ghost Speakers & Hearing-Mouth Children, founded in 1890 as a seeming sanctuary for children seeking to cure their speech impediments. However, the Headmistress has found that her students can channel ghostly voices through their handicapped utterances, communicating with the land of the dead, a realm that the Headmistress...
Author
Series
Publisher
Children's Press, an imprint of Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Did you know that a lion's roar can be heard up to 5 miles away? Nature's Children series provides young readers (Ages 8-10) with fascinating information about the planet's most incredible wildlife species. Each title offers a complete picture of the animal- from birth to adulthood- and describes its place in our world, including how humans impact it and its environment.
5) Sea turtles
Author
Series
Publisher
Children's Press, an imprint of Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Introduces the reader to sea turtles."--
Author
Publisher
Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Just because a child is gifted doesn't mean they don't have other types of neurodivergence, like ADHD, autism, dyslexia, and more. Conversely, even children with one of these diagnoses can be cognitively gifted. Raising Twice-Exceptional Children provides you with a roadmap to understand the complex makeup of your "gifted-plus," or twice-exceptional, child or teen. The book helps you understand your child's diagnosis, meet their social-emotional...
8) August Rush
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
A charismatic young Irish guitarist and a sheltered young cellist have a chance encounter one magical night above New York's Washington Square. They are soon torn apart, leaving in their wake an infant, August Rush, orphaned by circumstance. Now performing on the streets of New York City and cared for by a mysterious stranger, August uses his remarkable musical talent to seek the parents from whom he was separated at birth.
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"'A down-to-earth, inspiring book about the American promise fulfilled'--President Bill Clinton; 'Fascinating. Made me wish I had been born in the Bronx'--Barbara Walters; A touching and provocative collection of memories that evoke the history of one of America's most influential boroughs--the Bronx--through some of its many success stories. The vivid oral histories in Arlene Alda's Just Kids from the Bronx reveal what it was like to grow up in the...
In Interlibrary Loan
Didn't find what you need? Items not owned by Jackson County Oregon can be requested from other Interlibrary Loan libraries to be delivered to your local library for pickup.
Didn't find it?
Can't find what you are looking for? Try our Materials Request Service. Submit Request