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This is a small, softcover booklet with a big message. The Story of Jesus: Teen Edition uses the clear, accessible language of the New International Version (NIV) to tell the story of the most significant person who ever lived. Compelling and powerful, it's also a compact, low-priced way to share the Jesus story in one seamless narrative. The Story of Jesus: Teen Edition is one book that will be read again and again.
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Thornton W. Burgess was an important and influential American conservationist and a prolific author of engaging children's stories. For over 50 years, Burgess published numerous popular books on the flora and fauna of the natural world and wrote a regular newspaper column called "Bedtime Stories". Often affectionately referred to as the "Bedtime Story-Man", Burgess celebrated his love for the natural world through humorous and educational stories...
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Thornton W. Burgess was an important and influential American conservationist and a prolific author of entertaining children's stories. For over 50 years, Burgess published numerous popular books on the flora and fauna of the natural world and wrote a regular newspaper column called "Bedtime Stories". Often affectionately referred to as the "Bedtime Story-Man", Burgess celebrated his love for the natural world through humorous and educational stories...
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Read the story. Then sing the story! It isn't a secret that using songs to teach children pre-reading skills is fun and successful. This classic song is featured as a read-along and a sing-along. And learning rhyming words has never been more fun! 'Have you ever seen a snake baking a cake down by the bay?' 'Have you ever seen a mouse painting his house down by the bay?' 'Have you ever seen a pig doing a jig down by the bay?' Fun illustrations, rhyming...
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Read the story. Then sing the story! It isn't a secret that using songs to teach children pre-reading skills is fun and successful. This classic song is featured as a read-along and a sing-along. Join the farmer in the dell as he takes his wife, and his wife takes the child and so on… until the cheese stands alone! Young readers will enjoy this classic rhyme, complete with repetitive text and adorable illustrations. The fun Sing A Story series includes:...
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Lee la historia. ¡Luego canta la historia! No es un secreto que el uso de canciones para enseñar a los niños habilidades de pre-lectura es divertido y exitoso. Este cuento clásico se presenta como un lectura y canción. ¿Qué pasa cuando diez adorables osos de peluche se acurrucan, ríen, y ruedan juntos en la gran y comida cama? ¡Los niños se reirán a medida que aprenden a contar del 1-10 y del 10-1 mientras los osos soñolientos siguen rodando...
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HarperCollins
Pub. Date
c2000
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IL: MG - BL: 7.6 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Discusses the relations between the European colonists and the Native Americans, the disputes between settlers from France, England, and Spain, and the role these conflicts played in the history of North America.
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Time-Life Books
Pub. Date
c1996
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 9.4 - AR Pts: 11
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English
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Narrative of events leading up to and through the Revolutionary War, focusing on the people involved on both sides of the conflict, with essays highlighting specific aspects of the era and biographical notes on the post-war activities of selected individuals.
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Time-Life Books
Pub. Date
c1996
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.8 - AR Pts: 9
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English
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Photographic journal contains the stories of some of the pioneers who traveled west in search of the promise of a new life, telling tales of mining camps in the northern Rockies, providing examples of entrepreneurial spirit, and profiling small-time ranchers and homesteaders who defended their pieces of the American dream.
12) Defiant chiefs
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Time-Life Books
Pub. Date
c1997
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 9.8 - AR Pts: 12
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English
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Follows the attempts of some of the great Native American chiefs to preserve their lands from the encroaching white settlers and the U.S. government, discussing the Lakota, Cherokee, Apache, and Comanche tribes.
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The History Press
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[2013]
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English
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The tale of one of the bloodiest engagements of World War IThe Battle of Verdun resulted in 698,000 deaths, 70,000 for each of the 10 months of battle. The French Army in the area were decimated and it is often most tragically remembered as the battle in which the French were "bled white." The fortress town of Verdun had stood against many attacks throughout history, but had been worn down by relentless German bombing during 1915 and 1916. However,...
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The History Press
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[2014]
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English
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The Battle of Passchendaele has come to epitomize the mud and blood of the First World War. Passchendaele is perhaps one of the most iconic campaigns of the First World War, coming to symbolize the mud and blood of the battlefield like no other. Fought for over three months under some of the worst conditions of the war, fighting became bogged down in a quagmire that made it almost impossible for any gains to be made. In this Battle Story, Chris McNab...
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The History Press
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[2011]
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English
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What happened and why at one of the most decisive World War II victories The Second Battle of El Alamein marked a major turning point in the Western Desert Campaign of World War II. El Alamein saw two of the greatest generals of the war pitted against each other: Rommel and Montgomery. Through key profiles and a chapter devoted to the armies, this book explores what made these men inspired leaders and what led to their respective defeat and victory....
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The History Press
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[2013]
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English
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Written by experts for non-experts, this accessible and informed book about the Battle of Austerlitz, one of Napoleon's greatest victoriesAt the end of November 1805, Napoleon decided to launch one more plan to lure the Austrians and Russians into battle by appearing to order his forces to retreat and letting it be known that he did not want to face his enemies on the field. Eventually, the Allies fell for his plan and decided to attack what they...
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The History Press
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[2011]
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English
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The full story of one of the bloodiest battles of the war in the Pacific Operation Detachment, the invasion of Iwo Jima on February 19, 1945, was the first campaign on Japanese soil and resulted in some of the fiercest fighting of the Pacific campaign. U. S. Marines supported by the Navy and Air Force fought the Japanese both over and underground on the island of volcanic ash, in a battle which was immortalized by the raising of the Stars and Stripes...
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The History Press
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[2013]
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English
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The Viet Cong campaign that shook the United StatesBy January 31, 1968, the U.S. had been fighting the Vietnam War for more than 10 years, but the American people never thought they wouldn't win. The Tet Offensive changed all that. Over seven bloody months the North Vietnamese Army and the Viet Cong launched hundreds of attacks across South Vietnam, hitting military and political targets, including the U.S. embassy. While the attacks in and around...
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The History Press
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[2013]
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English
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The detailed story of the first major engagement of the Falklands War.The Battle for Goose Green has become an integral part of the Falklands story and yet it nearly didn't take place at all. Goose Green was earmarked to be isolated, with the bulk of the British Army focused on Port Stanley, however as the momentum of the invasion force ground to a halt, political pressure came into play. It was important for the British to be seen to be achieving...
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