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    The Pilot and the Little Prince

    Peter Sis

    Antoine de Saint-Exupry was born in France in 1900, when airplanes were just being invented. He dreamed of flying and grew up to be a pilotNand that was when his…

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    Nicky & Vera: A Quiet Hero of the Holocaust and the Children He Rescued

    Peter Sis

    Caldecott Honoree and Sibert Medalist Peter Sis honours a man who saved hundreds of children from the Nazis.

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    In Praise of Mystery

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    From US Poet Laureate Ada Limon and Caldecott Honoree Peter Sis: a transcendent picture book featuring the poem that will travel into space aboard NASA's Europa Clipper

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    Robinson

    Peter Sis

    Robin and his friends are planning to dress up as pirates for their school’s annual costume party, but instead his mother creates a Robinson Crusoe costume for him, and while…

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    The Conference of the Birds

    Peter Sis

    Celebrated children’s book author and illustrator Sis creates his first book for adults, a beautiful and uplifting adaptation of the classic 12th-century Sufi epic poem, The Conference of the Birds…

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    The Wall: Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain

    Peter Sis

    In his most personal work to date, award-winning author Peter Ss offers a brilliant graphic memoir, taking readers on an extraordinary journey as he recalls his youth growing up in…

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    Fire Truck

    Peter Sis

    The Caldecott Honoree and five-time recipient of the New York Times Best Illustrated Book of the Year Award presents his very first board books. Both titles feature Matt, a little…

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    Ice Cream Summer

    Peter Sis

    A little boy writes a letter to his grandfather about all the reading and studying he is doing this summer–but all his activities revolve around ice cream.

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    The Pilot and the Little Prince

    Peter Sis

    Antoine de Saint-Exupry was born in France in 1900, when airplanes were just being invented. He dreamed of flying and grew up to be a pilotNand that was when his…

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    The Train of States

    Peter Sis

    As a freight train passes by a school, the students learn something about the United States from its cargo. This large-format picture book celebrates the famous, symbolic, and historic aspects…

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    Komodo!

    Peter Sis

    A young boy who loves dragons goes with his parents to the Indonesian island of Komodo in hopes of seeing a real dragon. Includes factual information about the Komodo dragon.

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    Madlenka

    Peter Sis

    For Madlenka, a trip around her city block is like a trip around the world, in this Publishers Weekly Best Children’s Book of the Year by a Caldecott Honor winner…

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    Follow the Dream: The Story of Christopher Columbus

    Peter Sis

    Christopher Columbus overcomes a number of obstacles to fulfill his dream of sailing west to find a new route to the Orient.

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    Starry Messenger

    Peter Sis

    The life and genius of Galileo Galilei are portrayed in this picture book that includes maps, events, and a world view of Galileo’s time period. Full color.

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    Fire Truck

    Peter Sis

    Matt loves fire trucks, and one morning when he wakes up, he is a fire truck–right down to his hoses, hooks, and ladders! Full color.

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    The Conference of the Birds

    Peter Sis,Peter Sais

    Adaptation of the twelfth-century Persian epic poem The Conference of the Birds by Farid Ud-Din Attar.

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    Stories to Solve: Folktales from Around the World

    George Shannon

    This artfully illustrated book presents 14 intriguing mysteries from world folklore. Each brain-teasing tale is followed by a simple explanation of the solution, while notes at the back of the…

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    The Pilot and the Little Prince

    Peter Sis

    Antoine de Saint-Exupry was born in France in 1900, when airplanes were just being invented. He dreamed of flying and grew up to be a pilotNand that was when his…

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    The Pilot and the Little Prince

    Peter Sis

    Antoine de Saint-Exupry was born in France in 1900, when airplanes were just being invented. He dreamed of flying and grew up to be a pilotNand that was when his…

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    The Tale of the Unknown Island

    Jose Saramago

    A man knocked on the King’s door to ask for a boat. Why the petitioner required a boat, where he was bound for, and who volunteered to crew for him…

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    The Dream Stealer

    Sid Fleischman

    Award-winning collaborators Fleischman and Ss shine in this magical tween novel set in small-town Mexico that School Library Journal called [a] unique read that’s sure to give young chapter-book readers…

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    Scranimals

    Jack Prelutsky,Peter Sis

    Welcome to the world of scranimals in this original and surprising picture book, where nothing is as it seems–especially the scrambled animals. Full color.

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    The Whipping Boy Trade Book

    Sid Fleischman

    Now in paperback–the Newbery Award-winning tale of a street boy who endures life as the prince’s whipping boy until they both are taken hostage and must swap identities. An ALA…

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    The Midnight Horse

    Sid Fleischman

    From the Newbery Medal-winning author of The Whipping Boy comes a clever tale of a young boy who outsmarts his wicked great-uncle with the help of a friendly magician who…

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    The Whipping Boy

    Sid Fleischman

    A bratty prince and his whipping boy have many adventures when they inadvertently trade places after becoming involved with dangerous outlaws.

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    El Sonador (the Dreamer)

    Pam Munoz Ryan

    A fictionalized biography of the Nobel Prize-winning Chilean poet Pablo Neruda, who grew up a painfully shy child, ridiculed by his overbearing father, but who became one of the most…

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    Pete: the story of Peter V. Caccione New York’s fit communist councilman: the story of Peter V. Caccione

    Si Gerson

    A warm story with profound lessons in independent politics, proportional representation, and informative insights into the city politics of New York in the ‘30s and '40s.

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    Faust: Part 1

    Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe,Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

    Based on the fable of a man who traded his soul for superhuman powers and knowledge, Faust became the life work of the German poet, Goethe. The poem charts the…

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    The Dreamer

    Pam Munoz Ryan,Peter (Illus) Sis,Pam Munoz Ryan

    Winner of the 2011 Pure Belpre Award for fiction. Combining elements of magical realism with biography, poetry, literary fiction, and sensorial, transporting illustrations, Ryan and Ss take readers on a…

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    Dreamer

    Pam,Munoz Ryan

    This moving story about the birth of an artist is also a celebration of childhood, imagination, and the strength of the creative spirit. Ryan weaves sound poems and thought-provoking questions…

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    The Jewish Revolt AD 66-74

    Si Sheppard

    In AD 66 a local disturbance in Caesarea caused by Greeks sacrificing birds in front of a local synagogue exploded into a pan-Jewish revolt against their Roman overlords. Gaining momentum…

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    Po Sies Compl Tes…

    This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either…

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    Little Miss, Big Sis

    Amy Krouse Rosenthal

    Illustrations and simple, rhyming text follow Little Miss as she learns to be a wonderful big sister.

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    Little Miss, Big Sis

    Amy Krouse Rosenthal

    Illustrations and simple, rhyming text follow Little Miss as she learns to be a wonderful big sister.

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    Handbuch Si-Einheiten: Definition, Realisierung, Bewahrung Und Weitergabe Der Si-Einheiten, Grundlagen Der Prazisionsmesstechnik

    Sigmar German,Peter Drath

    The appendix includes one document in French.

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    Eppur si muove: Doing History and Philosophy of Science with Peter Machamer: A Collection of Essays in Honor of Peter Machamer

    This volume is a collection of original essays focusing on a wide range of topics in the History and Philosophy of Science.

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    Eppur si muove: Doing History and Philosophy of Science with Peter Machamer: A Collection of Essays in Honor of Peter Machamer

    This volume is a collection of original essays focusing on a wide range of topics in the History and Philosophy of Science.

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    Tenochtitlan 1519-21: Clash of Civilizations

    Si Sheppard

    A highly illustrated history of one of the greatest military campaigns of all time–the Spanish conquest of Mexico from 1519 to 1521, an epic clash of civilizations that saw the…

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    TRABAJO EN EQUIPO Pedrito SI FUNCIONA

    Peter Valdez,Tasche Laine

    Un relato que inspira sobre el pedir ayuda y trabajar en equipo.

    !Murcielagos, fantasmas y la arana con telaranas espantosas! Halloween casi esta aqui y Pedrito esta empenado en construir…

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    TRABAJO EN EQUIPO Pedrito SI FUNCIONA

    Peter Valdez,Tasche Laine

    Un relato que inspira sobre el pedir ayuda y trabajar en equipo.

    !Murcielagos, fantasmas y la arana con telaranas espantosas! Halloween casi esta aqui y Pedrito esta empenado en construir…

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    Espiritualidad Emocionalmente Sana: Es Imposible Tener Madurez Espiritual Si Somos Inmaduros Emocionalmente

    Mr Peter Scazzero

    En esta nueva edicion revisada, Scazzero resume su jornada y los signos reveladores de una espiritualidad emocionalmente enferma. Asimismo, presenta siete formas biblicas y probadas en la practica, de abrirse…

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    Danh Vo: Ydob eht ni mraw si ti

    From 2011 to 2013, Vietnamese artist Danh Vo (born 1975) built a full-scale replica of the Statue of Liberty in 267 pieces, which was installed in New York (among other…

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    Sal Si Puedes (Escape If You Can): Cesar Chavez and the New American Revolution

    Peter Matthiessen

    In the summer of 1968 the author met Cesar Chavez for the first time. They were the same age: forty-one. The author lived in New York City while Chavez lived…

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    Sal Si Puedes (Escape If You Can): Cesar Chavez and the New American Revolution

    Peter Matthiessen

    First California paperback, 2000 –Title page verso.

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    Espiritualidad emocionalmente sana - Guia de estudio: Es imposible tener madurez espiritual si somos inmaduros emocionalmente

    Mr Peter Scazzero

    No puedes ser espiritualmente maduro mientras permaneces emocionalmente inmaduro. En estas ocho sesiones de grupos pequenos, el autor y pastor Pete Scazzero despierta a los participantes a una integracion biblica…

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    Past Lives of the Buddha: Wat Si Chum - Art, Architecture and Inscriptions

    Prapod Assavavirulhakarn,Pierre Pichard,Peter Skilling,Pattaratorn Chirapravati

    Wat Si Chum is unique among Sukhothai temples. Inside, lining the ceiling of a dark and narrow staircase leading to the open roof, are 86 inscribed stone reliefs depicting jatakas…

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    Aristotelian-Thomistic Philosophy of Measure and the: International System of Units (SI) Correlation of International System of Units With the Philosophy of Aristotle and St. Thomas

    Peter A. Redpath,Charles Bonaventure Crowley

    This work provides the means for re-establishing the unity of science by interpreting the whole of modern experimental science from the perspective of analogous transfer of the metaphysical principle of…

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    Merg: Di WOUER Geschicht vun engem GI am Zweete Weltkrich, senger altruistescher Dot voller Heldemutt an engem Duerf, dat si an hien nimools vergiess huet.

    Peter Lion

    Den George Mergenthaler hat alles: Hie war jonk, charismatesch, ongeweinlech attraktiv, e begaabte Sportler mat engem Ofschloss vun enger ‘Ivy League’ Universiteit, dee fleissend Daitsch a Franseisch geschwat huet, an…

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