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5) Circles
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Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
[2016]
Description
"The characteristics of circles as well as how to find the radius, diameter, circumference, and area of a circle are explained and illustrated in this geometry picture book"--
Author
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
c2010
Description
Fractions, decimals, and percents are everywhere! Just take a stroll around a county fair. There are reactions at the pie-eating contest, decimals in the arcade, and percent signs in the prize booth. Each time you see a fraction, decimal, or percent, you can easily convert it into its equivalent. This entertaining picture book is sure to earn 100% from math students and teachers.
10) Time zones
Author
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
c2010
Description
Discusses the reasons for time differences in different parts of the world and the history behind the division of the world into twenty-four time zones.
Author
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
c2010
Description
"John Adams was an American patriot and Founding Father, and Abigail, his wife, was his most trusted adviser for more than fifty years. While John served in both Continental Congresses, Abigail managed their farm within earshot of cannon fire. She later advised her husband through amusing letters as he served as our first ambassador to Great Britain. And when John was elected America's first vice president and our second president, Abigail vowed to...
Author
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
c2013
Description
A comprehensive introduction to the life and achievements of the heroic former slave details how after managing her own escape, Harriet Tubman returned thirteen times to guide other slaves to freedom along the Underground Railroad, in a portrait that also relates her subsequent contributions as a wartime cook, nurse, spy, and suffragist.
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Series
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
c2010
Description
"Cesar Chavez dedicated his life to helping American farmworkers. As a child growing up in California during the Great Depression, he picked produce with his family. Cesar saw firsthand how unfairly workers were treated. As an adult, he organized farmworkers into unions and argued for better pay and fair working conditions. He was jailed for his efforts, but he never stopped urging people to stand up for their rights."--Amazon.com.
Author
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
[2015]
Description
Kids use simple machines every day without realizing it. Teeth are wedges and so are knives, forks, and thumbtacks. Many toys such as slides, which are inclined planes, and seesaws, which are levers, are also simple machines. Two appealing kids and their comical cat introduce levers, wheels, pulleys, inclined planes, and more, and explain how they work. This lively introduction to physics will get kids excited about how simple machines simplify our...
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