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Chronic overachiever Prudence Daniels is always quick to cast judgment on the lazy, rude, and arrogant residents of her coastal town. Her dreams of karmic justice are fulfilled when, after a night out with her friends, she wakes up with the sudden ability to cast instant karma on those around her.
Chronic overachiever Prudence Daniels is always quick to cast judgment on the lazy, rude, and arrogant residents of her coastal town. After a night out...
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Troto is a happy little car who likes to go places. One day after a long drive, he arrives in Cactusville, where he meets some big trucks. But when those big trucks laugh at how small Troto is, Troto doesn't feel very happy anymore, so he challenges them to a race to show them just what a little car can do. After Troto wins the race, the trucks apologize, and little Troto drives off into the sunset, casting a big shadow.
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Stink Moody volume 1
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English
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The shortest kid in the second grade, James Moody, also known as Stink, learns all about the shortest president of the United States, James Madison, when they celebrate Presidents' Day at school. Every morning, Judy Moody measures Stink and it's always the same: three feet, eight inches tall. Stink feels like even the class newt is growing faster than he is. Then, one day, the ruler reads-can it be?-three feet, seven and three quarters inches! Is...
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Pub. Date
2021.
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English
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Discusses why people make bad judgments and how to make better ones by reducing the influence of "noise"--variables that can cause bias in decision making--and draws on examples in many fields, including medicine, law, economic forecasting, forensic science, strategy, and personnel selection.
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Echo Bridge Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2010
Language
English
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The Mayans predicted the destruction of the world, but it is we who must survive it. In the days leading up to December 21, 2012, four strangers, all for different reasons, are mysteriously drawn to an ancient temple in the heart of the Mexican jungle. What they witness along the way is awe-inspiring, terrifying, and unexplainable. It is also just the beginning ...
10) Big and small
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Copper Beech Books
Pub. Date
2001
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English
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Eddie learns about size by seeing the big and small animals and objects around him.
14) Big little
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Blue Apple Books : Distributed in the U.S. by Chronicle Books
Pub. Date
c2007
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English
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Compare big and little features to make a face with two eyes, a mouth, a nose, and two ears.
16) Size
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Abdo Kids Junior, an imprint of Abdo Kids
Pub. Date
[2020]
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English
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Introduces the concept of measurement by using antonyms such as big and little, thick and thin, etc.
19) Instant karma
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Square Fish/Feiwel and Friends
Pub. Date
2022.
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English
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Chronic overachiever Prudence Daniels is always quick to cast judgment on the lazy, rude, and arrogant residents of her coastal town. After a night out with her friends, she wakes up with the sudden ability to cast instant karma on those around her. Pru makes use of the power, punishing everyone from public vandals to karaoke hecklers, but there is one person on whom her powers consistently backfire: Quint Erickson, her slacker of a lab partner and...
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Guinness World Records Ltd
Pub. Date
c2006
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English
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Based on the Guinness World records archive of things big and huge, the stories and color photos of these enormous subjects are made relevant by ratio comparisons, like "Two kids about 4 feet tall would be just a bit taller than Mr. Xi (World's Tallest Living Man)."