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Just us women
"No boys and no men-just us women," Aunt Martha tells her niece. And together they plan their trip to North Carolina in Aunt Martha's brand-new car. This is to be a very special outing-with no one to hurry them along, the two travelers can do exactly as they please.
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- 0590446762
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- 32 pages : illustration ; 20 cm
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- C
The black snowman
Through the powers of a magical kente, a black snowman comes to life and helps young Jacob discover the beauty of his black heritage as well as his own self-worth
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- 9780590448734
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- 48 pages : illustration ; 26 cm
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Rooster's off to see the world
Using colourful collage illustrations and a simple text, this book takes young readers on a trip with the rooster. As he travels, the rooster is joined by two cats, three frogs, four turtles and five fish, offering the reader a graphic introduction to the meaning of numbers.
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- 9780140556780
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- 28 pages : illustration ; 26 cm
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Piggybook
Illus. in full color. "Mr. Piggott and his sons are a male chauvinist lot who, outside of yelling for their dinner, don't exercise themselves much around the house. When Mrs. Piggott finally tires of the endless chores that sandwich her workday, she leaves the menfolk on their own, with a note saying, 'You are pigs.' With the cooking and housework untended, they soon turn genuinely porcine, a t…
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- 9780758796523
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- 32 pages : illustration ; 25 cm
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- BR
Don't let the pigeon drive the bus!
The bus driver is leaving for a little while and has one simple request: Don't let the pigeon drive the bus! It won't be easy—this bird is pushy. And he can be very persuasive. First, he'll ask nicely and will promise to be careful. Then he'll give lists of reasons why he should be driving. Eventually, he'll just melt down. But will any of his attempts work? This simply (but delightfully)…
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- 9780439686174
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- 40 pages : illustration ; 22 cm
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A mindset for learning : teaching traits of joyful, independent growth
We know how to teach content and skills. But can we teach the habits of mind needed for academic success, a love of learning, and agency in the world? We can, and A Mindset for Learning shows us how. We want our students to take on challenges with zeal, write Kristi Mraz and Christine Hertz, to see themselves not as static test scores but as agents of change. Drawing on the work of Carol Dweck,…
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- 9780325062884
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- 170 pages : illustration ; 23 cm
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- 372.1102 MRA
Pig's wild cart ride : an early learner book about motion
A pig in a cart demonstrates that an object moves until it is stopped, accompanied by four basic experiments at the end
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- 9780831709327
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- 12 pages : illustration ; 26 cm
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- 531 GRA
Wangari's tress of peace : a story from Africa
As a young girl growing up in Kenya, Wangari was surrounded by trees. But years later when she returns home, she is shocked to see whole forests being cut down, and she knows that soon all the trees will be destroyed. So Wangari decides to do something and starts by planting nine seedlings in her own backyard. And as they grow, so do her plans. . . . This true story of Wangari Maath…
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- 9780152065454
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- 32 pages : illustration ; 28 cm
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- 920 MAA
Mindset mathematics : visualizing and investigating big ideas grade 5
Engage students in mathematics using growth mindset techniques The most challenging parts of teaching mathematics are engaging students and helping them understand the connections between mathematics concepts. In this volume, you'll find a collection of low floor, high ceiling tasks that will help you do just that, by looking at the big ideas at the fifth-grade level through visualization, pla…
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- 9781119358718
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- 295 pages : illustration ; 27 cm
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- M5
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