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fy2002-2003: July 1, 2002 - June 30, 2003

Children's Books: Materials obtained with departmental, library-internal, replacement, reference, continuations funds, gift funds, and items given to the library. 

  • A is for America : an American alphabet / written by Devin Scillian ; and illustrated by Pam Carroll Chelsea, MI : Sleeping Bear Press, c2001  Juvenile Nonfiction  973 S416a   
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  • African-American religion / Albert J. Raboteau New York : Oxford University Press, c1999  Juvenile Nonfiction  277.3 R116a   
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  • Alternative American religions / Stephen J. Stein New York : Oxford University Press, c2000  Juvenile Nonfiction  291 S819a   
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  • America : a patriotic primer / Lynne Cheney ; illustrated by Robin Preiss Glasser New York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, c2002  Juvenile Nonfiction  973 C518a   
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  • Among the hidden / Margaret Peterson Haddix New York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 1998  Juvenile Fiction  HADDIX   
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  • Animals on the trail with Lewis and Clark / Dorothy Hinshaw Patent ; photos by William Muñoz New York : Clarion Books, c2002  Juvenile Nonfiction  917.8 P295a   
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  • Anna Pavlova : genius of the dance / Ellen Levine New York : Scholastic, c1995  juvb   P338l   
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  • Arctic son / Jean Craighead George ; paintings by Wendell Minor New York : Hyperion Books for Children, c1997  Juvenile  GEORGE   
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  • Assassination! : Kennedy, King, Kennedy / by Stephen Goode ; [art by Rod Slater] New York : F. Watts, 1979  Juvenile Nonfiction  973.92 G646a   
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  • Awesome experiments in electricity & magnetism / Michael Dispezio ; illustrated by Catherine Leary New York : Sterling Pub., c1998 (2000 printing)  Juvenile Nonfiction  537 D612a   
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  • Becoming butterflies / by Anne Rockwell ; pictures by Megan Halsey New York : Walker & Company, 2002  Juvenile Nonfiction  595.78 R684b   
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  • Bewildered for three days : as to why Daniel Boone never wore his coonskin cap / by Andrew Glass New York : Holiday House, 2000  Juvenile Fiction  GLASS   
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  • Blue spruce / Mario Cuomo ; illustrated by Gijsbert van Frankenhuyzen Chelsea, MI : Sleeping Bear Press, 1999  Juvenile  CUOMO  Gift from Mary Rose Adkins
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  • Bronx masquerade / by Nikki Grimes (Award winning books -- standing order) New York : Dial Books, c2002  Juvenile Fiction  GRIMES   
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  • Catholics in America / James T. Fisher New York : Oxford University Press, c2000  Juvenile Nonfiction  282 F533c   
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  • Challenge of terrorism Evanston, Ill. : McDougal, Littell : Nextext, c2003  Juvenile Nonfiction  303.6 C437   
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  • Chicano roots go deep / Harold Coy ; foreword by José Vázquez-Amaral New York : Dodd, Mead, c1975.  Juvenile Nonfiction  301.45 C881c  Gift from Marcelo Fernández Zayas
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  • Children's classic poetry New York, NY : Derrydale Books, 1998  Juvenile Nonfiction  808.81 C536  Gift of the Friends of Dacus Library donated by Doris B. Blough in memory of Georgia Grigg Browder, 2002-2003
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  • Christmas humbugs / by Colleen Monroe ; illustrated by Michael Glenn Monroe Chelsea, MI : Sleeping Bear Press, c2002  Juvenile  MONROE   
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  • Church and state in America / Edwin S. Gaustad New York : Oxford University Press, c1999  Juvenile Nonfiction  322 G274c   
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  • Complete fairy tales of the Brothers Grimm / translated and with an introduction by Jack Zipes ; illustrations by John B. Gruelle New York, N.Y. : Bantam, c1992  General Collection  PT921 .K5613 1992  Gift from Dr. Nell Braswell
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  • Corgiville fair / by Tasha Tudor Boston, Mass. : Little, Brown & Company, 1998  Juvenile  TUDOR   
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  • A corner of the universe / Ann M. Martin (Award winning books -- standing order) New York : Scholastic Press, 2002  Juvenile Fiction  MARTIN   
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  • Corpses, coffins, and crypts : a history of burial / Penny Colman New York : Henry Holt, 1997  Juvenile Nonfiction  393 C716c   
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  • Counting out / collected by Carl Withers; pictures by Elizabeth Ripley New York : Oxford university press, 1946  Special Collections Juvenile  WITHERS  Gift from Dr. Margaret M. Bryant (1900-1993) Class of 1921
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  • Crispin : the cross of lead / Avi (Award winning books -- standing order) New York : Hyperion Books For Children, c2002  Juvenile Fiction  AVI   
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  • DNA Fingerprinting : the ultimate identity / Ron Fridell New York : Franklin Watts, 2001  Juvenile Nonfiction  614.1 F898d   
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  • Early humans / project editor, Phil Wilkinson ; editorial consultant, Nick Merriman ; special photography, Dave King New York : Knopf, 1989  Juvenile Nonfiction  930.1 E123  Gift of the Friends of Dacus Library, donated by Louise Pettus, in honor of Martha D. Bishop, 2002-2003
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  • Electricity / by Peter Riley Milwaukee : Gareth Stevens Pub., 2002  Juvenile Nonfiction  537 R573   
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  • Endangered animals / created by Gallimard Jeunesse and Sylvaine Pérols ; illustrated by Sylvaine Pérols New York : Scholastic Inc., 1997, c1995  Juvenile Nonfiction  591.5 G169e  Gift from Dr. Nell Braswell
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  • The first Christmas / retold by Patricia Daniels ; illustrated by Sue Ellen Brown Alexandria, Va. : Time-Life for Children, c1995  Juvenile Nonfiction  232 D183f   
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  • Fish / written by Steve Parker New York : Knopf, 1990  Juvenile Nonfiction  597 P238f   
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  • Bewildered for three days : as to why Daniel Boone never wore his coonskin cap / by Andrew Glass New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, c1995  Juvenile Fiction  SANDERS   
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  • Giraffe trouble / by Jean Craighead George ; illustrated by Anna Vojtech New York : Disney Press, c1998  Juvenile  GEORGE   
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  • The Giving tree / by Shel Silverstein [New York?] : HarperCollinsPublishers, c1964, [2000 printing]  Juvenile Fiction  SILVERSTEIN   
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  • Great Corgiville kidnapping / by Tasha Tudor Boston : Little, Brown, c1997  Juvenile Fiction  TUDOR   
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  • Hondo & Fabian / written and illustrated by Peter McCarty (Standing order -- Award winning books, Caldecott Honors) New York : Henry Holt, c2002  Juvenile  MCCARTY   
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  • Hoot / Carl Hiaasen New York : Alfred A. Knopf, c2002  Juvenile Fiction  HIAASEN   
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  • Endangered animals / created by Gallimard Jeunesse and Sylvaine Pérols ; illustrated by Sylvaine Pérols New York : Harry N. Abrams, 1998  Juvenile Nonfiction  392.3 L869h   
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  • Indian in Cupboard / Lynne Reid Banks ; illustrated by Brock Cole New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2002  Juvenile Fiction  FARMER   
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  • How do things grow? / written by David Glover New York : Dorling Kindersley, 2001  Juvenile Nonfiction  507.8 G566hg   
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  • How does it work? / written by David Glover New York : Dorling Kindersley, 2001  Juvenile Nonfiction  507.8 G566h   
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  • How to clone a sheep / by Hazel Richardson ; illustrated by Andy Cooke New York : Franklin Watts, 2001  Juvenile Nonfiction  575.1 R487h   
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  • Hurricane / Jonathan London ; [illustrated by] Henri Sorensen New York : Lothrop, Lee & Shepard, c1998  Juvenile  LONDON   
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  • To fly : the story of the Wright brothers / by Wendie Old ; illustrated by Robert Andrew Parker Oxford [England] ; New York : Oxford University Press, c2001  Juvenile Nonfiction  200 J832i   
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  • Indian in the cupboard / Lynne Reid Banks ; illustrated by Brock Cole New York, N.Y. : Avon, 1982, c1980  Juvenile Fiction  BANKS   
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  • Ishtar and Tammuz : a Babylonian myth of the seasons / Christopher Moore ; illustrated by Christina Balit New York : Kingfisher, 1996  Juvenile Nonfiction  398.2 M821i   
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  • It's snowing! / Olivier Dunrea New York : Farrar Straus Giroux, c2002  Juvenile  DUNREA   
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  • Jews in America / Hasia R. Diner New York : Oxford University Press, c1999  Juvenile Nonfiction  973 D583j   
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  • When Mommy was mad / Lynne Jonell ; illustrated by Petra Mathers New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, c2002  Juvenile  RASCHKA   
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  • Just a few words, Mr. Lincoln [videorecording] : the story of Gettysburg address / produced for Weston Woods by Top Dog Media ; adapted and directed by Ray Messecar ; produced by Paul R. Gagne Westport, CT : Weston Woods ; [New York, N.Y. : Distributed by] Scholastic, c1999  Juvenile Nonfiction  973.7 .J96   
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  • Leo the late bloomer [videorecording] / a P.A.T. Production in association with Scholastic/Weston Woods Studios ; directed by Michael Sporn ; produced by Paul R. Gagne, Gary Templeton, David S. Williger ; animated by Michael Sporn, Krista Grasso Weston, Ct. : Weston Woods ; [New York, N.Y. : Distributed by] Scholastic, c1999  Juvenile  Kraus   
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  • Light in the attic / Shel Silverstein New York, N.Y. : Harper & Row, c1981  Juvenile Nonfiction  811 S587l   
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  • Light, sound & electricity / Kirsteen Rogers ... [et al.] ; edited by LaurHowell Tulsa, Okla. : EDC Pub., 2002  Juvenile Nonfiction  530 L723   
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  • Lives of extraordinary women : rulers, rebels (and what the neighbors thought) / written by Kathleen Krull ; illustrated by Kathryn Hewitt San Diego : Harcourt, 2000  Juvenile Nonfiction  920 K944lw   
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  • Liza Lou and the Yeller Belly Swamp / by Mercer Mayer New York : Aladdin Paperbacks, 1997, c1976  Juvenile  MAYER   
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  • Mammal / written by Steve Parker ; [photography by Jane Burton ... et al.] New York : Knopf, 1989  Juvenile Nonfiction  599 P238m   
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  • Mammal / written by Steve Parker ; [photography by Jane Burton ... et al.] [Chicago, Ill.] : American School Publishers ; [Westminster, Md. : Distributed by] Macmillan/McGraw-Hill School Publishing Co., c1992  Juvenile Nonfiction  813.52 .M495   
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  • Menorah story / Mark Podwal New York : Greenwillow Books, c1998  Juvenile Nonfiction  296.4 P742m   
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  • Miss Nelson has a field day [videorecording] / directed and animated by Virginia Wilkos, Ty Varszegi ; produced by Paul R. Gagne Westport, Conn. : Weston Woods ; [New York, N.Y. : Distributed by] Scholastic, c1999  Juvenile  Allard   
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  • Missing piece meets the Big O / Shel Silverstein New York : Harper & Row, c1981  Juvenile Fiction  SILVERSTEIN   
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  • Mormons in America / Claudia Lauper Bushman and Richard Lyman Bushman New York : Oxford University Press, c1999  Juvenile Nonfiction  289.3 B978m   
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  • Music / written by Neil Ardley ; [special photography, Dave King, Philip Dowell, Mike Dunning] New York : Knopf : Distributed by Random House, 1989  Juvenile Nonfiction  781.91 A676m   
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  • My friend Rabbit / Eric Rohmann (Standing order -- Award winning books -- Caldecott Medal) Brookfield, Ct. : Roaring Brook Press, 2002  Juvenile  ROHMANN   
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  • Mythmaker : the story of J.K. Rowling / Charles J. Shields Philadelphia : ChelseHouse Publishers, c2002  Juvenile Nonfiction  823.9 S555  Gift from Mary Rose Adkins
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  • Native American religion / Joel W. Martin New York : Oxford University Press, 1999  Juvenile Nonfiction  299.7 M379n   
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  • Nibbling on Einstein's brain : Good, the bad & the bogus in science / by Diane Swanson ; illustrated by Warren Clark Toronto [Ontario, Canada] : Annick Press, c2001  Juvenile Nonfiction  507.2 S972n   
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  • Noah's ark / Jerry Pinkney (Standing order -- Award winning books -- Caldecott Honors) New York : SeaStar Books, 2002  Juvenile Nonfiction  222 P655n   
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  • Mythmaker : the story of J.K. Rowling / Charles J. Shields New York, N.Y. : MetroBooks, 2001, c1997  Juvenile Nonfiction  398 .D521n   
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  • On the day the tall ships sailed / by Betty Paraskevas and Michael Paraskevas New York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, c2000  Juvenile  PARASKEVAS   
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  • Orthodox Christians in America / John H. Erickson New York : Oxford University Press, c1999  Juvenile Nonfiction  281.9 E682o   
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  • P is for palmetto : a South Carolina alphabet / by Carol Crane ; illustrated by Mary Whyte Chelsea, MI : Sleeping Bear Press, c2002  Juvenile Nonfiction  975.7 C891s   
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  • Science of a light bulb / Neville Evans New York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, c1998  Juvenile Nonfiction  296.4 Z22p   
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  • The peregrine's journey : a story of migration / by Madeleine Dunphy ; illustrated by Kristin Kest Brookfield, Conn. : Millbrook Press, 2000  Juvenile Fiction  DUNPHY   
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  • Peter and the wolf / adapted by Carin Dewhirst and Joan Dewhirst ; illustrations by Naomi Howland. New York : MetroBooks, 2001, c1997.  Book in Juvenile Nonfiction; accompanying music CD at Circulation Desk  398 D521p   
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  • Physical science Alexandria, Va. : Time-Life Books, c2000  Juvenile Nonfiction  530 P578   
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  • Pictures of Hollis Woods / Patricia Reilly Giff (Standing order -- Award Winning Books -- Newbery Honors) New York : Wendy Lamb Books, c2002  Juvenile Fiction  GIFF   
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  • Pirate diary : the journal of Jake Carpenter / Richard Platt ; illustrated by Chris Riddell (Standing order -- Award winning books -- Kate Greenaway Medal / UK) Cambridge, MA : Candlewick Press, 2001  Juvenile Fiction  PLATT   
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  • Poems by Kali / Kali Grosvenor ; with an introd. by William Melvin Kelley. Photos. by Joan Halifax and Robert Fletcher Garden City, N.Y., Doubleday, 1970  Juvenile Nonfiction  811 G877p   
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  • Principal from the black lagoon / by Mike Thaler ; pictures by Jared Lee New York : Scholastic, c1993  Juvenile  THALER   
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  • Principles and practices in interscholastic athletics : guidelines for administrators / James H. Humphrey Huntington, N.Y. : Nova Science Publishers, c2002  General Collection  GV346 .H86 2002  Gift from Dr. Nell Braswell
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  • Protestants in America / Mark A. Noll Oxford [England] ; New York : Oxford University Press, c2000  Juvenile Nonfiction  280 N793p  Gift from Marcelo Fernández Zayas
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  • Rap a tap tap : here's Bojangles, think of that!/ Leo & Diane Dillon (Standing order -- Award winning books -- Coretta Scott King Honors) New York : Blue Sky Press, c2002  Juvenile  DILLON   
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  • Rapunzel [videorecording] / Weston Woods Studios ; produced and directed by Paul R. Gagne and Melissa Reilly Westport, CT : Weston Woods ; [New York, N.Y. : Distributed by] Scholastic, c1998  Juvenile Nonfiction  398 R221   
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  • Red flower goes West / Ann Turner ; illustrated by Dennis Nolan New York : Hyperion Books for Children, c1999  Juvenile  TURNER   
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  • Red rose box / Brenda Woods (Standing order -- Award winning books -- Coretta Scott King Honors) New York : Putnam, 2002  Juvenile Fiction  WOODS   
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  • Religion in colonial America / Jon Butler New York : Oxford University Press, c2000  Juvenile Nonfiction  200 B985r   
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  • Religion in nineteenth century America / Grant Wacker New York : Oxford University Press, c2000  Juvenile Nonfiction  200 W115r   
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  • Religion in twentieth century America / Randall Balmer New York : Oxford University Press, 2001  Juvenile Nonfiction  200 B194r   
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  • Rhino romp / by Jean Craighead George ; illustrated by Stacey Schuett New York : Disney Press, c1998.  Juvenile  GEORGE   
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  • S is for sunshine : a Florida alphabet / written by Carol Crane and illustrated by Michael Glenn Monroe Chelsea, Mich. : Sleeping Bear Press, c2000  Juvenile Nonfiction  917.59 C891s   
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  • Science of a light bulb / Neville Evans Austin, Tex. : Raintree Steck-Vaughn Publishers, c2000  Juvenile Nonfiction  535 E921s   
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  • Secret armies : spies, counterspies, and saboteurs in World War II / by Albert Marrin, illustrated with photographs New York : Atheneum, 1985  Juvenile Nonfiction  940.54 M359s   
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  • Secret city : the hidden Jews of Warsaw, 1940-1945 / Gunnar S. Paulsson New Haven [Conn.] : Yale University Press, c2002  General Collection  DS135.P62 .W3265 2002  Gift from Marcelo Fernández Zayas
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  • Shakeress / Kimberley Heuston Asheville, N.C. : Front Street, c2002  Juvenile Fiction  HEUSTON   
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  • Shell / written by Alex Arthur ; [special photography, Andreas von Einsiedel, Dave King, Colin Keates] New York : Knopf : Distributed by Random House, 1989  Juvenile Nonfiction  594 A788s   
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  • Spider and the fly / based on the poem by Mary Howitt ; with illustrations by Tony DiTerlizzi (Standing order -- Award winning books -- Caldecott Honors) New York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, c2002  Juvenile Nonfiction  821 H863s   
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  • Sports / written by Tim Hammond ; [special photography, Dave King] New York : Knopf : Distributed by Random House, 1988  Juvenile Nonfiction  796 H225s   
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  • Sports : the all-American addiction / John R. Gerdy Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, c2002  General Collection  GV583 .G47 2002  Gift of the Friends of Dacus Library, donated by Louise Pettus, in honor of Martha D. Bishop, 2002-2003
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  • Starfish / by Edith Thacher Hurd ; illustrated by Robin Brickman New York : HarperCollins Publishers, c2000  Juvenile Nonfiction  593.9 H959s   
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  • Surviving the Applewhites / by Stephanie S. Tolan (Standing order -- Award winning books -- Newbery Awards) New York : HarperCollins, 2002  Juvenile Fiction  TOLAN   
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  • Talkin' about Bessie : the story of aviator Bessie Coleman / by Nikki Grimes ; illustrated by E.B. Lewis New York : Orchard Books/Scholastic Inc., 2002  Juvenile Nonfiction  629.13 G862t   
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  • Ten commandments / illustrated by Arthur Szyk ; with commentary by Clarence Edward Macartney New York : Testament Books an imprint of Random House Value Publishing, 2000  Juvenile Nonfiction  222 T289   
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  • Time of wonder [videorecording] / Weston Woods Studios ; producer, Morton Schindel Weston, CT : Weston Woods Studios, c1987  Juvenile Fiction  McCloskey   
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  • To fly : the story of the Wright brothers / by Wendie Old ; illustrated by Robert Andrew Parker New York : Clarion Books, c2002  Juvenile Nonfiction  629.13 O441t   
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  • Trouble don't last / Shelley Pearsall (Standing order -- Award winning books -- Scott O'Dell Award) New York : Knopf : Distributed by Random House , c2002  Juvenile Fiction  PEARSALL  Gift from Marcelo Fernández Zayas
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  • Visiting Langston / Willie Perdomo ; illustrated by Bryan Collier (Standing order --Award winning books -- Coretta Scott King Honors) New York : Henry Holt and Co., 2002  Juvenile Nonfiction  811 P433v   
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  • What are the five themes of geography? [videorecording] / produced and directed by Kevin M. Glover ; written by Beth Kirk-Kent Huntsville, TX : Educational Video Network, 2000.  Juvenile Nonfiction  910 W551   
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  • When Mommy was mad / Lynne Jonell ; illustrated by Petra Mathers New York : Putnam's, 2002  Juvenile  JONELL   
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  • When you were a baby / Ann Jonas New York : Greenwillow Books, c1982  Juvenile  JONAS   
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  • Where the action was : women war correspondents in World War II / Penny Colman New York : Crown Publishers, 2002  Juvenile Nonfiction  070.4 C716w   
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  • Where the big fish are / Jonathan London ; illustrated by Adam Gustavson Cambridge, Mass. : Candlewick Press, 2001  Juvenile Fiction  LONDON   
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  • Who wants a cheap rhinoceros? / by Shel Silverstein New York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, [2002]  Juvenile  SILVERSTEIN   
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  • Why does a battery make it go? / Jackie Holderness Brookfield, Conn. : Copper Beech Books, 2002  Juvenile Nonfiction  537 H726w  Gift from Marcelo Fernández Zayas
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  • Women and American religion / Ann Braude ; Jon Butler & Harry S. Stout, general editors New York : Oxford University Press, c2000  Juvenile Nonfiction  200 B825w   
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  • Wreckers / Iain Lawrence New York : Delacorte Press, c1998  Juvenile Fiction  LAWRENCE   
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  • Z is for zamboni : a hockey alphabet / by Matt M. Napier ; illustrated by Melanie Rose Chelsea, MI : Sleeping Bear Press, c2002  Juvenile Nonfiction  796.96 N195z   
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