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2) Fire engines
Author
Language
English
Description
Describes the parts of a fire engine and how fire fighters use them to fight fires.
4) The toolbox
Author
Publisher
Macmillan
Language
English
Description
An easy-to-read description of the basic tools found in a toolbox.
5) One bean
Author
Language
English
Description
Describes what happens to a bean as it is soaked, planted, watered, and repotted, and eventually produces pods with more beans inside.
6) Big wheels
Author
Publisher
Walker & Co
Pub. Date
2003
Language
English
Description
Introduces a number of big-wheeled trucks, such as bulldozers, power shovels, and dump trucks, and explains what they do.
10) Things that go
Author
Publisher
Dutton
Pub. Date
c1986
Language
English
Description
Trains, tow trucks, sailboats, buses, sleds, jeeps, bicycles, and other things that go can be seen in the city, in the country, on the water, in the park, and many other places.
11) Machines
Author
Publisher
Macmillan
Pub. Date
[1972]
Language
English
Description
Briefly describes simple machines, machine parts, and the powers that move them.
12) Bugs Are Insects
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
c2001
Language
English
Description
Introduces common backyard insects and explains the basic characteristics of these creatures.
13) The supermarket
Author
Publisher
Macmillan
Pub. Date
c1979
Language
English
Description
A mother and child go through the supermarket choosing their groceries.
14) Bikes
Author
Publisher
Dutton
Pub. Date
c1987
Language
English
Description
Describes many different types of bikes, including the unicycle, tandem bike, racing bike, exercise bike, and trail bike.
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Books for Children
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
Describes how an African slave, Toussaint L'Ouverture, lead his fellow slaves of the island of St. Domingue (now Haiti) to revolt against the white plantation owners to gain their freedom and influence the course of world history.
17) Honey in a hive
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
c2005
Language
English
Description
An introduction to the behavior and life cycle of honeybees, with particular emphasis on the production of honey.
Author
Publisher
Carolrhoda Books
Pub. Date
c2013
Language
English
Description
"What happened when a former slave took beat-up old instruments and gave them to a bunch of orphans? Thousands of futures got a little brighter and a great American art form was born. In 1891, Reverend Daniel Joseph Jenkins opened his orphanage in Charleston, South Carolina. He soon had hundreds of children and needed a way to support them. Jenkins asked townspeople to donate old band instruments - some of which had last played in the hands of Confederate...
20) My pet hamster
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
c2002
Language
English
Description
Describes what pet hamsters are like, what they eat, and how they act, and explains the difference between wild and domestic animals.