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Space- The Final Fronteir
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Moon! : Earth's best friend
by Stacy McAnulty
A good-humored and unfailingly loyal Moon traces her history, formation and important relationship with Earth, in a fact-filled companion to Sun! One in a Billion
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Space
by James Harrison
Developed with literacy experts, the five-level series will guide young readers as they build confidence and fluency in their literacy skills and progress toward reading alone. At level 5 (reading fluently), a more sophisticated range of sentences, vocabulary and language features are employed. Includes a glossary and an index. Simultaneous.
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Kitten's first full moon
by Kevin Henkes
When Kitten mistakes the full moon for a bowl of milk, she ends up tired, wet and hungry trying to reach it, but her adventure eventually leads her back home where something special is waiting just for her, in a board book edition of the Caldecott Medal-winning picture book. 75,000 first printing.
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Space robots
by Gregory Vogt
Explains different types of space robots and their uses
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Zoo in the sky : a book of animal constellations
by Jacqueline Mitton
Shows and describes the animal constellations, including Canis Major and Scorpius the Scorpion, and provides information about some of the more unusual stars that make up the constellations. Reprint.
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Stars
by Mary Lyn Ray
Explores the wonder of stars, whether they are in the night sky, on a plant as a promise of fruit to come, or in one's pocket for those days when one does not feel shiny
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Our stars
by Anne F. Rockwell
In an early introduction to the stars, planets, and outer space, gentle text and luminous watercolor drawings bring the distant heavens a little closer. By the author of Our Earth. Children's BOMC. Reprint. 15,000 first printing.
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A big mooncake for Little Star
by Grace Lin
Reimagines the cycles of the moon as a mother bakes a Big Moon Cookie and, despite Mama's request to wait, Little Star begins nibbling at it every night
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Older than the stars
by Karen C. Fox
A picture book that describes how the elements that formed the universe also form people
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The stuff of stars
by Marion Dane Bauer
The Newbery Honor-winning author of On My Honor and the Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award-winning artist of Out of Wonder vibrantly describe the void that existed before the Big Bang generated life throughout the galaxy, making it possible for wondrous human children to evolve
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Mae among the stars
by Roda Ahmed
A picture book story inspired by the first African-American woman to travel in space describes how as a child, a persevering Little Mae dreamed of dancing in space while surrounded by billions of stars. 25,000 first printing.
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Are your stars like my stars?
by Leslie Helakoski
"Helps children consider the colors of their everyday lives . . . and imagine how others around the world experience the very same things"
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I sang you down from the stars
by Tasha Spillett-Sumner
A Native American woman describes how she loved her child before it was born and, throughout her pregnancy, gathered a bundle of gifts to welcome the newborn
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Moon
by Alison Oliver
Throughout her busy days, Moon wonders what it would be like to be wild and free until the day she meets a wolf and learns his "wolfy ways."
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Owl moon
by Jane Yolen
On a winter's night under a full moon, a father and child trek into the woods to see a great horned owl
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Moon bear
by Brenda Z Guiberson
A lyrical tribute to the endangered Asiatic black bear follows a year in the life of one such bear in the wild, as she eats, plays, hibernates, and wakes up again in the spring
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Willoughby & the moon
by Greg E. Foley
When Willoughby Smith discovers a snail sitting atop the moon in his closet one night, the two help each other overcome their fears
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Stellaluna
by Janell Cannon
Now including bonus crafts and activities, a 25th-anniversary deluxe edition of the best-selling picture book celebrates the classic about a baby fruit bat that accidently lands in a bird's nest and ends up being raised by the birds as one of their own before being reunited with its mother. Simultaneous eBook.
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Space case
by Stuart Gibbs
While living on a moon base with fellow lunarnauts, Dashiell Gibson investigates the murder of one of the moon's most prominent doctors
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Space dumplins
by Craig Thompson
Violet Marlocke sets out with a group of misfit friends on an outer space mission to save her father who has gone missing during a hazardous job, leading them all into an adventure filled with aliens and spaceships
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Archie takes flight : Archie Takes Flight
by Wendy Mass
A debut entry in a new chapter book series co-written by the best-selling author of The Candymakers finds young Archie accompanying his space taxi father on the late shift, which is marked by adventures with wormholes, an unusual cat and an evil mastermind. 35,000 first printing. Simultaneous.
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Isadora Moon goes to the ballet
by Harriet Muncaster
Looking forward to a class field trip to see a ballet performance of Alice in Wonderland, an exuberant Isadora Moon is dismayed when the curtain rises and her special best friend, Pink Rabbit, is discovered missing from his seat. Simultaneous and eBook.
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CatStronauts : Mission Moon
by Drew Brockington
An elite group of cat astronauts, from daring commander Major Meowser to ever-hungry pilot Waffles, fearlessly and hilariously embark on a space mission to save the world from a global energy shortage. A first book. Simultaneous and eBook. 10,000 first printing.
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The day the universe exploded my head : poems to take you into space and back again
by Allan Wolf
With poetry that is equal parts accurate and entertaining, accompanied by lively, whimsical and energetic illustrations, amateur stargazers and budding astrophysicists will be enthralled by the many wonders of the universe as presented in this picture book that includes notes about the poems, a glossary and a list of resources.
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Space explorers
by Eva Moore
Carlos and his classmates join Ms. Frizzle on an expedition to outer space where they learn about the solar system
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Seeing stars : A Complete Guide to the 88 Constellations
by Sara Gillingham
Presents a guide to the eigthy-eight internationally recognized constellations, discussing the stories and legends behind them and providing location descriptions and sky maps of where they can be found in the night sky
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Star finder! : a step-by-step guide to the night sky
by Dorling Kindersley Limited
Complemented by a glow-in-the-dark night sky viewer, a step-by-step guide to identifying key constellations across the Northern Hemisphere counsels budding astronomers on how to navigate and recognize objects in the night sky. Original.
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The serpent's secret
by Sayantani DasGupta
When her parents disappear and a demon appears in her kitchen, Kiranmala, who believed herself to be an ordinary sixth-grader, finds herself in another dimension where there is magic, winged horses, and talking birds
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Countdown : 2979 days to the moon
by Suzanne Slade
Powerful free verse and stunning illustrations tell the true story of the American effort to land the first man on the Moon. In 1961, President John F. Kennedy announced that the United States would try to land a man on the Moon within 10 years. During the 2,979 days that followed his speech, 18 astronauts climbed into spaceships; three of them died before even leaving the ground. Eight rockets soared into space. And 400,000 people--engineers, technicians, scientists, mathematicians and machinists--joined Project Apollo in hopes of making the dream a reality.
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Connect the stars
by Marisa De los Santos
When they meet at a desert wilderness camp, T.E. and Audrey think their quirks will prevent them from ever having friends, but as they trek through the unforgiving landscape, they find they have what it takes to make the other whole
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Target practice : Target Practice
by Mike Maihack
Mysteriously zapped thousands of years forward to the present day, a 15-year-old Cleopatra discovers that she is destined to save the galaxy from a tyrannical overlord, a prophecy that compels her to enroll in a high-tech school where she can learn modern subjects, alien languages and combat fighting. Simultaneous.
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Trouble in the stars
by Sarah Prineas
Assuming different forms to stow away on a ship when threatening government agents arrive in town, a shapeshifter on the run from an unknown enemy becomes a member of a supportive crew, before a surprise encounter leads into an unprecedented transformation. Simultaneous eBook.
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The oceans between stars
by Kevin Emerson
Liam and Phoebe, having barely escaped the exploding sun with their lives, travel to the rogue planet Delphi, where they hope to find help for their injured parents and pass along the truth they discovered about the destruction of Earth
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Curse of a winter moon
by Mary Casanova
In sixteenth-century France, ruled by a Church that overtaxes peasants and burns heretics, Marius must postpone his apprenticeship to care for his six-year-old brother, whose birth took their mother's life, and who the villagers, backed by the Church, believe will become a "loup garou" -- a werewolf
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Rules for stealing stars
by Corey Ann Haydu
Feeling left out during a summer marked by her alcoholic mother's deterioration and the family's move to New Hampshire, youngest child Priscilla discovers her sisters' magical closet, which hides painful family secrets
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The girl who sailed the stars
by Matilda Woods
The youngest of seven sisters steals aboard her sea captain father's ship as he sets sail for his annual winter whale hunt, a voyage that challenges her to prove her worthiness in spite of not being the son her father wants. Simultaneous eBook.
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Moon shadow
by Erin Downing
"On the night of her thirteen birthday, Lucia Frank's shadow half slips out and begins to act in ways that Lucia has always wanted but been afraid to do. Now Lucia is becoming the girl she's always wanted to be -- fearless and assertive -- but is there another cost to bear?"
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Karma Moon : ghost hunter
by Melissa Savage
"While in a haunted Colorado hotel for her father's ghost-hunting television series, Karma Moon must battle her anxiety, interpret the signs of the universe, and get footage of a real ghost--you know, the usual"
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Finding Orion
by John David Anderson
When Rion Kwirk and his unconventional family head to his grandfather's funeral, he tries to uncover the truth about Papa Kwirk's complicated relationship with Rion's father
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