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Pelorus Jack, the New Zealand Dolphin

Darcy Pattison

'A sweet and vivid historical tale.' Kirkus Reviews'An appealing, historical tale of early twentieth-century wildlife conservation.' Booklist OnlineIn the late 1800s, a worldwide conservation movement started to gain momentum. One question people asked was this: How can we save the wild animals?A mysterious fish, in a remote waterway, swam into history and helped answer this qu...

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Pelorus Jack, the New Zealand Dolphin

Darcy Pattison

'A sweet and vivid historical tale.' Kirkus Reviews'An appealing, historical tale of early twentieth-century wildlife conservation.' Booklist OnlineIn the late 1800s, a worldwide conservation movement started to gain momentum. One question people asked was this: How can we save the wild animals?A mysterious fish, in a remote waterway, swam into history and helped answer this qu...

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11,72 €
Be Strong

Darcy Pattison

The Woman Who Sculpted Make Way for Ducklings '...picture-book readers...will enjoy this introduction to the sculptor best known for her bronze renditions of the mallards in Make Way For Ducklings (that likewise waddle through Boston’s Public Garden). BooklistOn a rainy day in October, 1987-perfect weather for a duck-a bronze sculpture of a duck family was installed in Boston’...

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24,13 €
Be Strong

Darcy Pattison / Rich Davis

The Woman Who Sculpted Make Way for Ducklings 'Davis’ illustrations are reminiscent of the statues themselves: bold, with rounded edges and a fullness of life that he captures with rich colors and an absence of outlines. ' Kirkus Review When American sculptor Nancy Schön visited Israel in 1979, a visit to a sculpture garden changed her life. She saw a bronze woman cuddling a ca...

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12,65 €
George Washington’s Engineer

Darcy Pattison

2024 Best STEM Book - National Science Teaching AssociationIn January 1776, George Washington had a problem: the British army controlled the city of Boston. The colonial army needed to force the British to leave. But how? Washington had a solution: ask his engineer Rufus Putnam to solve the problem. They needed to take control of the high ground, Dorchester Heights, just south ...

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George Washington’s Engineer

Darcy Pattison

In January 1776, George Washington had a problem: the British army controlled the city of Boston. The colonial army needed to force the British to leave. But how? Washington had a solution: ask his engineer Rufus Putnam to solve the problem. They needed to take control of the high ground, Dorchester Heights, just south of Boston. They could place cannons there to bombard the Br...

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11,72 €
Aquarium

Darcy Pattison

In 1818, Jeannette Power, a young French woman moved to Sicily and fell in love with the Mediterranean Sea and the Argonauta Argo octopus, the weirdest octopus on Earth. Amazing weird fact: The Argonaut octopus creates a delicate shell for itself which it uses to travel up and down in the water and as a safe place to raise its young. At the time, though, the only way to study a...

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Aquarium

Darcy Pattison

In 1818, Jeannette Power, a young French woman moved to Sicily and fell in love with the Mediterranean Sea and the Argonauta Argo octopus, the weirdest octopus on Earth. Amazing weird fact: The Argonaut octopus creates a delicate shell for itself which it uses to travel up and down in the water and as a safe place to raise its young. At the time, though, the only way to stud...

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11,72 €
A Little Bit of That Dinosaur

Darcy Pattison / Elleen Hutcheson / John Joven

Did you know that you have a little bit of dinosaur in you?And it’s your cousin’s fault. She dared you to pitch a peanut high in the air and catch it in your mouth. You didn’t know it had a nitrogen atom that used to be in the egg of a Hadrosaurus.This humorous story follows a nitrogen atom as it journeys from dry bones to your skull - and beyond!The journey began with Book 1, ...

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A Little Bit of That Dinosaur

Darcy Pattison / Elleen Hutcheson

Did you know that you have a little bit of dinosaur in you?And it’s your cousin’s fault. She dared you to pitch a peanut high in the air and catch it in your mouth. You didn’t know it had a nitrogen atom that used to be in the egg of a Hadrosaurus.This humorous story follows a nitrogen atom as it journeys from dry bones to your skull - and beyond!The journey began with Book 1, ...

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I Am the Thirsty Desert

Darcy Pattison

7-12 years oldAward-winning science writer Darcy Pattison presents a superbloom from the desert’s point-of-view. When a sudden downpour, a monsoon, falls in the desert, plants and animals explode with growth. Plants sprout, bloom, produce seeds and die within a couple days. Likewise, in a week, animals hatch, grow, mate, lay eggs, and return to hibernation or estivation. Strong...

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I Am the Thirsty Desert

Darcy Pattison

7-12 years oldAward-winning science writer Darcy Pattison presents a superbloom from the desert’s point-of-view. When a sudden downpour, a monsoon, falls in the desert, plants and animals explode with growth. Plants sprout, bloom, produce seeds and die within a couple days. Likewise, in a week, animals hatch, grow, mate, lay eggs, and return to hibernation or estivation. Strong...

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11,72 €
Greatest

Darcy Pattison

GREATESTWhen your name is Love Truly, you need to act with, well, love. But the new rhino in town, PeeWee is big, blue, and scary. When he spills his food tray, will Love Truly and her friends, Faith Deep and Hope Big, conquer their fear and step up to help? Or will they turn away? Learning to act with love may be the most courageous thing Love Truly ever does. 'Three things wi...

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Greatest

Darcy Pattison

GREATESTWhen your name is Love Truly, you need to act with, well, love. But the new rhino in town, PeeWee is big, blue, and scary. When he spills his food tray, will Love Truly and her friends, Faith Deep and Hope Big, conquer their fear and step up to help? Or will they turn away? Learning to act with love may be the most courageous thing Love Truly ever does. 'Three things wi...

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11,72 €
Kitten Friends

Darcy Pattison

'...Pattison’s characters delight...' Kirkus Review of Book 1 Quincy Persian wants two things: a great roommate and a chance to become a food-cat on KittyTube. But Joaquin Maine coon, the largest kitten, has taken over their dorm room. Quincy is forced to take the top bunk and hides in fear of this bully. Taping new food cat videos should be his refuge. Instead, Quincy must wor...

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10,08 €
A Little Bit of This Dinosaur

Darcy Pattison / Elleen Hutcheson

Did you know that you have a little bit of dinosaur in you?And it’s your brother’s fault. That egg fight meant there was only two eggs left and one of them had a carbon atom that used to be in the bones of a Spinosaurus.This humorous story follows a carbon atom as it journeys from dry bones to your spinal column - and beyond!Book 1, A Little Bit of Dinosaur has quickly become a...

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23,55 €
A Little Bit of This Dinosaur

Darcy Pattison / Elleen Hutcheson

Did you know that you have a little bit of dinosaur in you?And it’s your brother’s fault. That egg fight meant there was only two eggs left and one of them had a carbon atom that used to be in the ones of a Spinosaurus. This humorous story follows a carbon atom as it journeys from dry bones to your spinal column - and beyond! Book 1, A Little Bit of Dinosaur has quickly become ...

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11,72 €
Kitten Friends

Darcy Pattison

'...Pattison’s characters delight...' Kirkus Review of Book 1 KITTEN FRIENDS: Quincy’s Story Quincy Persian wants two things: a great roommate and a chance to become a food-cat on KittyTube. But Joaquin Maine coon, the largest kitten, has taken over their dorm room. Quincy is forced to take the top bunk and hides in fear of this bully. Taping new food cat videos should be his r...

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18,36 €
Got Me a Cat

Darcy Pattison

Ages 6-9She arrived on Halloween Eve, in the Year of Acorns. Benjy named her Tricks. Mom said, 'No pets.' Then, they discover the cat’s owner. Erika has just moved next door to stay with her grandmother while she attends the Deaf School. She brought Fluffy, her cat, with her. Fluffy likes to wander the neighborhood and make friends. This delightful Halloween story is about cats...

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Got Me a Cat

Darcy Pattison

Ages 6-9She arrived on Halloween Eve, in the Year of Acorns. Benjy named her Tricks. Mom said, 'No pets.' Then, they discover the cat’s owner. Erika has just moved next door to stay with her grandmother while she attends the Deaf School. She brought Fluffy, her cat, with her. Fluffy likes to wander the neighborhood and make friends. This delightful Halloween story is about cats...

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8,65 €
Diego, the Galápagos Giant Tortoise

Amanda Zimmerman / Darcy Pattison

Starred Kirkus Review: 'This well-crafted success story of a species’ salvation will encourage budding environmentalists.' 'A worthwhile addition to Pattison’s Another Extraordinary Animal series.' BooklistCan humans save a species from extinction? Yes! With patience, persistence, and a full dose of hope.This is the heartbreaking tale of a Galápagos giant tortoise species that ...

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DIEGO, THE GALÁPAGOS GIANT TORTOISE

Amanda Zimmerman / Darcy Pattison

Starred Kirkus Review: 'This well-crafted success story of a species’ salvation will encourage budding environmentalists.' 'A worthwhile addition to Pattison’s Another Extraordinary Animal series.' BooklistCan humans save a species from extinction? Yes! With patience, persistence, and a full dose of hope.This is the heartbreaking tale of a Galápagos giant tortoise species that...

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Fever

Darcy Pattison / Peter Willis

People were dying! Malaria is a deadly mosquito-borne disease that causes fevers, chills and often death. In 1969, the People’s Republic of China created a task force to find a cure. Working in the 1970s, Chinese scientist Tu Youyou reviewed the traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) scrolls for ideas on where to start her research. She found 640 traditional treatments, and methodi...

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Fever

Darcy Pattison

For ages 7-12People were dying! Malaria is a deadly mosquito-borne disease that causes fevers, chills and often death. In 1969, the People’s Republic of China created a task force to find a cure. Working in the 1970s, Chinese scientist Tu Youyou reviewed the traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) scrolls for ideas on where to start her research. She found 640 traditional treatments...

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22,67 €
The Plan for the Gingerbread House

Darcy Pattison

The Plan for the Gingerbread HouseA STEM Engineering StoryCome one, come all! The Gingerbread Fair opens soon!Teams of kids are baking, building, and decorating. The project guidelines are clear: the winning house must stand upright on its own and a gingerbread boy and girl must fit inside.Sounds easy? It would be except...cookies burn, the icing is too thin, the house caves-in...

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The Plan for the Gingerbread House

Darcy Pattison

The Plan for the Gingerbread HouseA STEM Engineering StoryCome one, come all! The Gingerbread Fair opens soon!Teams of kids are baking, building, and decorating. The project guidelines are clear: the winning house must stand upright on its own and a gingerbread boy and girl must fit inside.Sounds easy? It would be except...cookies burn, the icing is too thin, the house caves-in...

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10,85 €
Field Notebooks

Darcy Pattison

Put scientists out in the field-where they observe and learn from their subjects-and exciting things happen. Join thirteen American scientists as they watch sleeping hippos, avoid cactus thorns, hide snakes under their skirts, make jokes, and draw elephants, termites or squid. Drawing from the original journals of scientists, kids will learn about descriptive, informative, humo...

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22,67 €
Field Notebooks

Darcy Pattison

Put scientists out in the field-where they observe and learn from their subjects-and exciting things happen. Join thirteen American scientists as they watch sleeping hippos, avoid cactus thorns, hide snakes under their skirts, make jokes, and draw elephants, termites or squid. Drawing from the original journals of scientists, kids will learn about descriptive, informative, humo...

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11,72 €
Kittywood

Darcy Pattison / Nicole Standard

'...Pattison’s characters delight...' Kirkus Review of Book 1THE KITTENS, THE KITTYTUBERS, Book 3 Does Angel Persian have what it takes to become a KittyTuber star? Angel Persian is struggling to find her place among the kennels of Kittywood. They have one last month to find a kennel and to work with. Each kennel can offer two contracts to kittens, just two....

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Kittywood

Darcy Pattison / Nicole Standard

'...Pattison’s characters delight...' Kirkus Review of Book 1THE KITTENS, THE KITTYTUBERS, Book 3 Does Angel Persian have what it takes to become a KittyTuber star? Angel Persian is struggling to find her place among the kennels of Kittywood. They have one last month to find a kennel and to work with. Each kennel can offer two contracts to kittens, just two....

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17,41 €

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