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Professor Naismith's New Game
by Jessica Van DesselHave you ever gotten bored when the weather is too bad to go outside for recess? Bored students and bad weather inspired James Naismith to invent the game of basketball in the late 19th century. Using a soccer ball and peach baskets, Professor Naismith worked out the rules of the new sport at the local YMCA.
Professor Renoir's Collection of Oddities, Curiosities, and Delights
by Randall PlattA gripping historical fiction friendship story that will grab everyone by the heartstrings and never let go.A giant, a dwarf, and three doomed circus animals . . .By her fourteenth birthday, Babe Killingsworth measures 6ʹ9ʺ and weighs 342 pounds. In 1896, what other options does a giant have but to join a carnival?Her only real talent is handling animals: “Critters is folks to me.” The cheap outfit her feckless father sells her off to offers critters galore; an escape from Neal, Idaho; and a bit of fame. It also opens the doorway to exploitation and neglect.But Babe’s love for Euclid (a chimp) and Jupiter (a bear) keeps her anchored, and in Professor Renoir’s Collection of Oddities, Curiosities, and Delights, she is among her own kind.Enter Carlotta Jones, billed as the world’s smallest girl, whose elephant act leaves much to be desired. At thirty inches tall, Carlotta is beautiful, spoiled, and demanding and has very little talent—Egypt, her elephant, dances better than she does.How can a giant like Babe and a dwarf like Carlotta ever see eye to eye? They don’t at first, but soon they understand that a common enemy can bring anyone together—even a giant and a dwarf.
Professor Tuesday's Awesome Adventures in History
by Jeffery L SchatzerMiss Pepper's class is going on a field trip to the local university. Once there, they meet the curious Professor Tuesday, the inventor of the Tuesday Teleporter and an expert on the famous Native American war chief Pontiac.The oddball professor's teleporter takes Miss Pepper's class back in time to learn about Chief Pontiac and his rebellion of 1763. The students see firsthand the native people of the Woodland Tribes, the French, the British, and the events that led up to Pontiac's War.The field trip turns upside down when the professor and one of Miss Pepper's students are captured by Chief Pontiac's warriors. The two are lost in time and their only hope rests in the hands of Miss Pepper and her students. The class has to follow the professor's clues and research the past in order to bring their friends home, but time is running out. Can they find the answers that will help them rescue their friends before one of the major battles of Pontiac's war?
Professor Tuesday's Awesome Adventures in History
by Jeffery L SchatzerReturning safely from their adventures through time to learn about Chief Pontiac's rebellion (Book One), several members of Miss Pepper's class again need Professor Tuesday's help with their studies of Michigan history.In Book Two of the Professor Tuesday series, readers travel with several of Miss Pepper's students and Professor Tuesday as they dodge problems and overcome difficulties while learning firsthand how immigrants struggled to live and work in Michigan. Through it all, they discover that although people have many differences, they are all very much the same.
Professor Tuesday's Awesome Adventures in History
by Jeffery L SchatzerIn this third book in the Professor Tuesday's Awesome Adventures in History series, Jesse and Tamika want to learn about how slaves escaped to freedom along the western route of the Underground Railroad. However, there is sometimes danger in the past! Professor Tuesday wonders how he will keep them safe as they explore history in his magnificent Tuesday Teleporter until he gets a crazy and wonderful idea. But, do the two classmates have the courage to witness the terrors of slavery and the frightening run to freedom?
Professor Whiskerton Presents Steampunk ABC
by Lisa FalkensternSteampunk is fun! Steampunk is imaginative! It's making something new out of something old. It's dressing up in clothing from long ago. It's inventing machines out of hardware and found objects. It's creating a make-believe world!In Professor Whiskerton Presents Steampunk ABC, two mice dressed in Victorian clothing use gadgets and found objects -- each starting with a letter of the alphabet--to build something fantastic - which is revealed at the end. A wonderful and delightful surprise!
Professor Winsnicker's Book of Proper Etiquette for Well-Mannered Sycophants (Leven Thumps)
by Obert Skye Clover ErnestA textbook explaining the proper behavior of sycophants in the land of Foo, along with journal entries kept by a young student named Clover Ernest, who will become the sycophant of Leven Thumps.
Profiles #2: World War II (Profiles #2)
by Aaron RosenbergFull-color series--six bios in one! It takes more than one person to bring about change and innovation. Find out how key players from yesterday and today influenced and interacted with each other during some of the world's most memorable periods. So much more than just your typical biography, Profiles focuses on six of the most prominent figures during World War II. This book includes all of the biographical information kids need to know (background, family, education, accomplishments, etc.) about FDR, Churchill, Eisenhower, Hitler, Stalin, and Hirohito. Photographs, maps, and quotes will be interwoven throughout the text.
Profiles #3: Tech Titans (Profiles #3)
by Carla Killough McclaffertyFull-color series-six bios in one! It takes more than one person to bring about change and innovation. Explore the lives of the people who have had a huge impact on technology today. So much more than just your typical biography, PROFILES: TECH TITANS focuses on six of the most prominent figures in the technological world. This book includes all of the biographical information kids need to know (background, family, education, accomplishments, etc.) about Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, Mark Zuckerberg, Larry Page, Sergey Brin, and Jeff Bezos--the men behind Windows, Apple, Facebook, Google, and Amazon! Photographs and quotes will be interwoven throughout the text.
Profiles #4: Freedom Heroines (Profiles #4)
by Frieda WishinskyThere are six bios in one in this full-color series! Profiles is so much more than just your typical biography series. The next book in this six-in-one, full-color bio series will focus on Civil Champions--some of the incredible women who worked tirelessly to ensure equal rights for all. Kids will learn all of the biographical information they need to know--background, family, education, accomplishments, etc., about: Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Ida B. Wells, Alice Paul, Rosa Parks, and Jane Addams.
Program for Destruction (Hardy Boys Mystery Stories #87)
by Franklin W. DixonFrank and Joe investigate when a string of suspicious accidents and equipment failures threaten to put a company which manufactures computer-operated automobiles out of business.
Programa tus proyectos con Scratch 3.0: Una guía visual para programar animaciones, juegos, ilusiones ópticas, música (DK Help Your Kids)
by Jon WoodcockLos jóvenes más apasionados por la tecnología podrán empezar a familiarizarse con Scratch 3.0 gracias a esta guía de programación para principiantes.Aunque el mundo de la codificación está lleno de conceptos complicados, estos se volverán más sencillos y divertidos de aprender a medida que los programadores del futuro construyan sus propios proyectos usando Scratch 3.0, la última versión del lenguaje de programación más popular entre principiantes. Diseña un dinosaurio virtual o tu propia tarjeta de felicitación electrónica. Inventa tu propio juego o simulación, y crea gráficos alucinantes mientras descubres todas las cosas increíbles que un programador informático puede llegar a hacer con Scratch 3.0. Programa tus proyectos muestra cada paso visualmente para dividir la complejidad de la programación y convertirla en algo manejable, fácil de comprender, para que los proyectos más impresionantes puedan llegar a hacerse realidad. Perfecto para completos principiantes, este libro dará a los lectores más jóvenes un sólido conocimiento del mundo de la programación, preparándolos para crear sus propios proyectos desde cero e incluso llevándolos a otros lenguajes de programación más complejos como Python.
Programmed for Laughs: A Robot Joke Book (Connected, based on the movie The Mitchells vs. the Machines)
by Matt ChapmanIn this joke book companion to the hilarious and offbeat motion picture The Mitchells vs. the Machines from Sony Pictures Animation, robots Eric and Deborahbot 5000 team up to write robot jokes with side-splitting results!When the delightfully dysfunctional Mitchell family&’s road trip is interrupted by a worldwide tech uprising, they join forces with two hilarious malfunctioning robots to save humanity before it&’s too late. In this book, robots Eric and Deborahbot 5000 form a team of their own as they crack jokes about the Mitchell family&’s accidental heroism and what the robot apocalypse is really like. This laugh-out-loud joke book will leave readers of all ages snorting, spitting out their drinks, and otherwise malfunctioning!
Programmieren und zeichnen mit Python für Dummies Junior (Für Dummies)
by Claudia Ermel Olga RungeBunte Spiralen, Schneeflocken unter dem Mikroskop, 3D-Bilder? Mit diesem Buch lernst du, immer schönere Bilder mit dem Computer zu zeichnen. Es fängt ganz leicht an: Zuerst lässt du die Schildkröte, die deinen Pinsel hält, einfach nur über den Bildschirm laufen. Als nächstes bringst du ihr bei, ein Dreieck zu zeichnen. Wenn du ein Dreieck zeichnen kannst, kannst du auch ganz viele zeichnen, denn die Schildkröte nimmt dir die Arbeit ab. Dann kombinierst du Dreiecke zu Mosaiken und lässt Blumen und Bäume wachsen. Noch nicht genug? Zeichne 3D-Bilder und optische Täuschungen, animiere die Schildkröte, lasse sie Futter suchen oder steuere sie durch ein Labyrinth. Du hast noch mehr Ideen für eigene Bilder oder Spiele? Dieses Buch liefert dir die Python-Programmierbefehle dazu. Bestens geeignet für Kinder und Jugendliche ab 12 Jahre.
Programming with MicroPython: Embedded Programming with Microcontrollers and Python
by Nicholas H. TollerveyIt’s an exciting time to get involved with MicroPython, the re-implementation of Python 3 for microcontrollers and embedded systems. This practical guide delivers the knowledge you need to roll up your sleeves and create exceptional embedded projects with this lean and efficient programming language. If you’re familiar with Python as a programmer, educator, or maker, you’re ready to learn—and have fun along the way.Author Nicholas Tollervey takes you on a journey from first steps to advanced projects. You’ll explore the types of devices that run MicroPython, and examine how the language uses and interacts with hardware to process input, connect to the outside world, communicate wirelessly, make sounds and music, and drive robotics projects.Work with MicroPython on four typical devices: PyBoard, the micro:bit, Adafruit’s Circuit Playground Express, and ESP8266/ESP32 boardsExplore a framework that helps you generate, evaluate, and evolve embedded projects that solve real problemsDive into practical MicroPython examples: visual feedback, input and sensing, GPIO, networking, sound and music, and roboticsLearn how idiomatic MicroPython helps you express a lot with the minimum of resourcesTake the next step by getting involved with the Python community
Progress in Mathematics [Grade K]
by Catherine Letourneau Alfred Posamentier Elinor FordA publisher-supplied textbook
Progressive Leaders: The Platforms And Policies Of America's Reform Politicians
by Lois SakanyStudents will gain an understanding and appreciation of the most important people who defined the Progressive Era: the Great Commoner William Jennings Bryan, Senator Robert La Follete and his liberal politics, Theodore Roosevelt and his Square Deal Policy, and Woodrow Wilson and the establishment of the Federal Trade Commission. This title will reinforce one view that the progressive accomplishments left a positive impact on society, while the other view is that they gave too much power and responsibility to government.
The Progressives (Nonfiction Reading And Writing Workshops Series)
by Monica Halpern National Geographic Learning StaffCompares ways people from different cultures respond to their social conditions. Describes how belonging to more than one group can cause internal conflict. Compares and contrasts urban life at the beginning and end of the twentieth century. Describes conditions that prompted calls for reform. Defines the Progressive Movement and when it took place. Identifies key leaders of the Progressive Movement, such as Theodore Roosevelt, Jane Addams, Booker T. Washington, and John Muir.
Progressivism, the Great Depression, and the New Deal: 1901 - 1941
by James Lincoln Collier Christopher CollierHistory is dramatic -- and the renowned, award-winning authors Christopher Collier and James Lincoln Collier demonstrate this in a compelling series aimed at young readers. Covering American history from the founding of Jamestown through present day, these volumes explore far beyond the dates and events of a historical chronicle to present a moving illumination of the ideas, opinions, attitudes and tribulations that led to the birth of this great nation. Progressivism, the Great Depression, and the New Deal emphasizes economic trends and the role of the government in regard to the economy from the beginning of the twentieth century to America's entry into World War II. The authors discuss the boom of the 1920s, the crash of 1929, the ensuing Depression, and the country's response. Franklin D. Roosevelt's "hundred days" and programs such as the WPA are examined in detail. The text is enhanced with maps, charts, photographs, and images of historic art.
Prohibido creer en historias de amor
by Javier RuescasProhibido creer en historias de amor, la nueva novela de Javier Ruescas, es una comedia romántica sobre amistad, aventuras y amor en los tiempos de YouTube. Cuando tienes 17 años y toda tu vida pasa en YouTube, llega un momento en el que ya no sabes quién eres. Eso es precisamente lo que le sucede a Cali: su familia tiene un canal con dos millones de seguidores y su novio es el youtuber más conocido del momento. Por su parte, Héctor vive en una residencia de menores y lucha por averiguar de dónde proviene. Pero el único recuerdo que conserva de su pasado es una cinta de casete con una canción que toca siempre en el metro con la esperanza de que algún día alguien la escuche y la reconozca. Y ahí es donde se cruzan sus miradas. Las vidas de ambos quedarán entrelazadas para siempre cuando descubran el origen de la canción, el póster de una película olvidada y un cine abandonado lleno de secretos... Todo sin romper la única norma que Héctor sigue a rajatabla: está prohibido creer en el amor.
Prohibido el elefante
by Gustavo RoldánEstos cuentos de Gustavo Roldán nos acompañan una vez más en un viaje inolvidable que convierte el paisaje del monte chaqueño en escenario de aventuras impensadas. Zorros y tigres, pulgas y sapos, vizcachas y monos son solo algunos de los animales que se reúnen en estas páginas. Los vemos buscar formas en las nubes, hacerse bromas unos a otros, recordar historias compartidas e imaginar cómo será aquello que no conocen. Junto a ellos, descubrimos un mundo que desborda de palabras. Palabras que salpican como el agua, que sacuden las copas de los árboles, que soplan como el viento.
Project: Girl Power (Girls of 622 Harbor View, Book #1)
by Melody CarlsonAfter a face-off with a group of bullies, Morgan, Amy, Carlie, and Emily decide to walk to and from school together. There's safety in numbers. Then the girls notice how ugly their mobile home park looks. With help from other people in the park, they beautify Harbor View -- even though the bullies vandalize their garden.
Project: Rescue Chelsea (Girls of 622 Harbor View, Book 3)
by Melody CarlsonIn book three of the Faithgirlz series -- the Girls of 622 Harbor View -- Carlie makes a new friend. Chelsea Landers lives in a mansion and isn't always very kind. Carlie would like a best friend, but will Chelsea fit in with her other friends? When Carlie is betrayed by Chelsea, she learns how much she appreciates her friends in the Rainbow Club. This is a story about forgiveness and accepting differences.
Project: Take Charge (Girls of 622 Harbor View, Book 4)
by Melody CarlsonWhen vandals trash McPhearson Park, Amy leads the way as she, Morgan, Carlie, Emily, and Chelsea, the newest club member, make it their project to save the spot from being turned into a parking lot and restore it to a place of beauty and fun.