Catalog Search Results
Author
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Presents a visual tribute to the evolving terrain and animals of the Galapagos that traces the island's fiery origins, its rise and decline as an environment, and the emergence of life on new islands.
3) Pumpkins
Author
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Simple text and illustrations pay tribute to the pumpkin--the harbinger of autumn--from seed to a fully fledged fruit, and features instructions for carving a jack-o'-lantern.
Author
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.8 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
Presents useful information and facts on some of the most common fears, from poisonous spiders and shark bites in the ocean to the probability of being struck by lightning or killed by a flesh-eating bacteria.
Author
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.2 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
An illustrated examination of the forces that help cities grow and eventually cause their destruction is told through the histories of ancient American civilizations, documenting the rise and fall of booming cultures that once thrived on the sites of well-known modern cities.
Author
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
From Paleolithic loincloths to Henry VII's wives wearing underwear on their heads and beyond, this hilarious--and accurate--history of underwear (as comically modeled by chickens), tells the fascinating story of our most private clothing.
Author
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Language
English
Description
"There's no getting around it. You need to know how to manage money to know how to manage life - but most of us don't! This illustrated guidebook from New York Times bestselling author and financial expert Jean Chatzky, Kathryn Tuggle, and their team at HerMoney breaks down the basics of money-how to earn it, manage it, and use it-giving you all the tools you need to take charge and be fearless with personal finance. How to Money will teach you the...
Author
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Willow's pet cat Mao relates how the Jade Emperor chose twelve animals to represent the years in the Chinese calendar and why there is no Year of the Cat. Includes end notes on the twelve-year lunar cycle and the Chinese zodiac animals.
15) We go way back
Author
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Language
English
Description
"What is life? How did it start? Long, long ago, no one knows exactly where or when, a tiny bubble formed that was a Little Bit Different. It was the first living cell. Everyone's ancestor. And so the story of life begins"--Front jacket flap.
Author
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Presents the story of the rescue of Rialto, an abandoned sea otter, chronicling the details of his care and recovery, along with descriptions of the physical features, and the social and environmental needs of sea otters.
Author
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 9.1 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
Traces the rise and fall of alcoholic beverages and the temperance movement in the United States, Prohibition as a social experiment and its effects, both positive and negative, and Repeal.
Author
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Language
English
Description
Who says words need to be concrete? This collection shapes poems in surprising and delightful ways. Concrete poetry is a perennially popular poetic form because they are fun to look at. But by using the arrangement of the words on the page to convey the meaning of the poem, concrete or shape poems are also easy to write! From the author of the incredibly inventive Lemonade: And Other Poems Squeezed from a Single Word comes another clever collection...
In Interlibrary Loan
Didn't find what you need? Items not owned by Penticton Public Library can be requested from other Interlibrary Loan libraries to be delivered to your local library for pickup. Items must be over 1 year old.
Didn't find it?
Can't find what you are looking for? Try our Materials Request Service for new books published this year. Submit Request