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Publisher
Firefly Books
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
Description
A comprehensive guide filled with vibrant illustrations and detailed maps captures this wondrous and remote land of ice and snow, with up-to-date information on its climate, the nature of ice, its famous explorers, conservation issues, geology, geography, and the animals who call it home.
Author
Publisher
Timber Press
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Formats
Description
What's the connection between Ken Kesey and Nancy's Yogurt? How about the difference between a hoedad and a webfoot? What became of the Pixie Kitchen and the vanished Lambert Gardens?
The Oregon Companion is an A–Z handbook of over 1000 people, places, and things. From Abernethy and beaver money to houseboats, railroads, and the Zigzag River, an intrepid public historian separates fact from fiction — with his sense of humor
...5) Hawai`i
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
Learn about Hawai'i, such as its history, places of interest, and distinct culture.
9) Georgia
Author
Series
Publisher
The Child's World
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Learn interesting facts about the state of Georgia, such as its history, places of interest, and great historical figures.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"An innovative look back through time, Manhattan Maps follows the history of Manhattan Island from its natural formation to the bustling city today. It explores the ways in which nature and people are connected, tracking the people who lived on Manhattan from the Lenape Indians to Dutch settlers hunting for beaver pelts to early Americans and beyond, and how they've (literally) shaped the island (and vice versa). Jen Thermes highlights watershed moments...
11) Texas
Author
Series
Publisher
The Child's World
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Learn about the different places to visit in Texas, such as San Antonio's Mission, the state capitol in Austin, and the Space Center in Houston.
12) North Carolina
Author
Publisher
The Child's World
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Learn about places of interest in the state of North Carolina.
Series
Wild Thornberrys volume 4
Publisher
Shout Factor
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
After an encounter with a mysterious shaman, Eliza Thornberry is granted the amazing ability to talk with animals. Traveling to every corner of the world with her family of daffy documentarians, Eliza uses her fantastic skill to learn about the lifestyles and habitats of the world's most exotic creatures straight from the horse's mouth!
Get ready for more adventures with The Wild Thornberrys in Season 4 of the hit show! While in Borneo, the Thornberrys...
Author
Publisher
What on Earth Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Fearless adventurers, set sail on a fascinating voyage down the world's most extraordinary rivers! Discover over 100 of the world's most incredible rivers in this fascinating title by Julie Vosburgh Agnone and illustrated by prize-winner Kerry Hyndman. Amazing Rivers takes readers of a tour of the world's waterways, revealing the animals that call them home, the societies that rely on them, and the environmental issues threatening them along the way....
16) Annihilation
Series
Southern Reach trilogy volume 1
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Biologist and former soldier Lena is shocked when her missing husband comes home near death from a top-secret mission into The Shimmer, a mysterious quarantine zone from which no one has ever returned. Now, Lena and her elite team must enter a beautiful, deadly world of mutated landscapes and creatures, to discover how to stop the growing phenomenon that threatens all life on Earth.
17) Michigan
Author
Series
Publisher
Children's Press, an imprint of Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
A timeline and recipe both enhance this fact-filled overview of the state.
18) Nevada
Author
Publisher
The Child's World
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Learn about Nevada, such as its history, places of interest, and rugged natural beauty.
19) Vermont
Author
Series
Publisher
The Child's World
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Learn about Vermont and a number of its points of interest.
20) Great explorers
Author
Publisher
DK, Penguin Random House
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Discover the stories of explorers-the most ancient to the modern day-from the deepest depths of the ocean to the highest mountains in the world. In this book you'll find true stories about Marco Polo's Silk Road, Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay's conquest of Everest, and Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong's trip to the moon, and much more. Learn all about the explorers who discovered the unknown and made the world the place we know today. Perfect for...
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