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The following NEW titles have been added to the MES collection in March, 2005. |
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Apples to Oregon:
A pioneer father transports his beloved fruit trees and his family to Oregon in the mid-nineteenth century. Based loosely on the life of Henderson Luelling. F |
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Assassin Bugs Introduces the assassin bug, which pounces on victims, poisons them, and sucks them dry. 595.7 |
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Bizarre Bugs The secret lives of insects are revealed in four uncomplicated chapters about odd-looking six-legged creatures. 595.7 |
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Can You Find It? Presents a diverse collection of well-known paintings which show how, through the centuries, artists have hidden small details to be discovered by curious eyes. 759 |
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Duck for President When Duck gets tired of working for Farmer Brown, his political ambition eventually leads to his being elected President. F |
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Ella's big chance : a Jazz-Age
Cinderella Presents a retelling of the Cinderella story, set in the 1920s, in which Ella finds herself with two suitors--the handsome Duke of Arc, and Buttons, the delivery boy. F |
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George Washington's Teeth A rollicking rhyme portrays George Washington's lifelong struggle with bad teeth. A timeline taken from diary entries and other nonfiction sources follows. 973.4 |
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The Golem's Eye In their continuing adventures, magician's apprentice Nathaniel, now fourteen years old, and the djinni Bartimaeus travel to Prague to locate the source of a golem's power before it destroys London. F |
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The Greatest Skating Race: During World War II in the Netherlands, a ten-year-old boy's dream of skating in a famous race allows him to help two children escape to Belgium by ice skating past German soldiers and other enemies. F |
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Gregor and the Prophecy of Bane In his second adventure, eleven-year-old Gregor returns to the world beneath New York City to rescue his kidnapped sister, Boots, and fulfill a prophecy that will restore peace to the people, bats, rats, cockroaches, and spiders who populate the underworld. F |
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Hot City Mimi and her little brother Joe escape from home and the city's summer heat to read and dream about princesses and dinosaurs in the cool, quiet library. F |
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Ida B--: In Wisconsin, fourth-grader Ida B spends happy hours being home-schooled and playing in her family's apple orchard, until her mother begins treatment for breast cancer and her parents must sell part of the orchard and send her to public school. F |
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Iqbal A fictionalized account of the Pakistani child who escaped from bondage in a carpet factory and went on to help liberate other children like him before being gunned down at the age of thirteen. F |
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The Island That Moved: Follows an imaginary island on a journey through millions of years to introduce the science of plate tectonics. 551.1 |
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Karate Hour Rhyming text portrays the exuberance of an hour of karate class. Includes nonfiction information at end. F |
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Mayday! Mayday! Rhyming text and illustrations show how the United States Coast Guard uses aircraft and a rescue swimmer to respond to a call for help. 363.12 |
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Merlin and the Making of the
King Retold from Sir Thomas Malory's Le Morte d'Arthur. A retelling of four Arthurian legends, "The Sword in the Stone," "Excalibur," "The Lady of the Lake," and "The Last Great Battle," which feature Merlin, King Arthur, and other familiar figures. 398.2 |
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The Mystery of Eatum Hall Mr. and Mrs. Pork-Fowler are invited to spend a weekend of gourmet dining at a spooky castle where their host, Mr. Hunter, is anxious to "meat" them. F |
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The People of Sparks Lina and Doon are thrilled to see their people join them above ground in the vibrant village of Sparks, but suspicion and prejudice soon turn the villagers and newcomers against each other. F |
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Picasso: Soul on Fire A simple introduction to the artistic development of Pablo Picasso, from a boy painting with his father to the leader of the cubist movement and the painting of Guernica. 709 |
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Science Verse Presents a story about a teacher who tells his class that they can hear the poetry of science in everything and a student is struck with a curse where he hears nothing but science verses that sound very much like some well-known poems. F |
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Silk Umbrella Eleven-year-old Noi worries that she will have to stop painting the silk umbrellas her family sells at the market near their Thai village and be forced to join her older sister in difficult work at a local factory instead. F |
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Top Secret: A
Handbook of Codes, Ciphers and Secret Writing Presents a guide to codemaking, codebreaking, and their role in history, describing different types of codes and ciphers, discussing codebreaking and concealment techniques, and including brief stories about exciting moments in the history of the art. 652 |
