Nanette McGuinness
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"If you were a fungus, you wouldn’t be an animal—or a plant. You would live in the mountains but also in the city. You would live in lakes, in the desert, and on cheese! Fungi are found around the globe, yet we know very little about them. Scientists even have a hard time defining what they are because they’re so contradictory. Author–illustrator Gaia Stella gives young readers a playful and informative introduction to the fascinating world...
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"Geronimo Stilton gets caught up in a rat race when he has to compete against Catardone III of Catatonia, the leader of the Pirate Cats! Can Geronimo, and his friends Petunia, Benjamin, Trap, and Bruce, prevent the Pirate Cats from changing the outcome of the first modern Olympics, back in 1894? Or will the fiendish felines finally find their long-sought after victory?"--back cover.
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"Dagfrid’s brother, Odalrik, has turned sixteen years old. For his birthday, he gets a sword and should be in training to be a great warrior, but all Dagfrid sees him doing is laying around. All the while, she not only has to do the cleaning and sewing, but has been given the 'honor' of preparing the meal for the chief’s banquet. Come to find out, Odalrik is bored and would love to learn how to cook and sew so he’s not so bored all the time,...
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Geronimo Stilton (Graphic novels) volume 2
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Geronimo Stilton travels back in time to ancient Egypt in order to stop the Pirate Cats from convincing the pharaoh to change the Great Sphinx into a cat.
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Geronimo Stilton (Graphic novels) volume 6
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Geronimo Stilton and his friends travel back in time to Renaissance Italy on a quest to stop the Pirate Cats from stealing the Mona Lisa, but the mission is threatened by a traitor.
7) Mingus
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""I play what I am. I play Mingus." Bass player and pianist, composer and band leader, Charles Mingus is universally recognized as one of the greatest musicians in the history of jazz. An overflowing talent, who experienced the last fires of the swing age, the Be Bop revolution, the experimental seasons of Third Stream and Jazz Poetry up to Free Jazz. But he was also a tormented and angry soul, a man who, due to his mestizo origins, always had to...
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"Many things bother Dagfrid. Her name, for starters. And life as a viking girl isn’t exactly a piece of cake: you have rolled-up braids, like buns, on your ears, you wear dresses that are too long to run with, and you dry fish. In fact, fish is all you eat, even when you’re not a girl. But girls, they can’t even navigate and go explore America. Well, until now. Because Dagfrid is really sick of dried fish." --back cover.
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Geronimo Stilton (Graphic novels) volume 8
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Geronimo and his friends travel back in time to Milan, Italy, in 1770, to stop the Pirate Cats from stealing a symphony composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
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"Join modern-day kids Annie and Nico as they travel through time and discover the history of the worst pandemic the world has seen. The plague, a very contagious infections disease transmitted by fleas, has been synonymous with death for thousands of years. Appearing in immense pandemics, it has led to the deaths of tens of millions of people in the past and has deeply impacted humanity." --back cover
11) Dinosaurs
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Dinosaurs (Arnaud Plumeri) volume 1
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Zany paleontologist Indino Jones describes the mighty Albertosaurus--a Canadian relative of Tyrannosaurus rex--and facts and theories on other dinosaurs.
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Geronimo Stilton (Graphic novels) volume 5
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Geronimo Stilton, director of "The Rodent's Gazette," travels back to prehistoric times in an effort to keep the Pirate Cats from bringing a giant Wooly Mammoth into modern-day New Mouse City.
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Geronimo Stilton (Graphic novels) volume 1
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Geronimo Stilton travels back in time to join Christopher Columbus on his voyage from Italy to America in 1492 in order to stop the Pirate Cats from becoming supreme rulers of Mouse Island.
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Thea Stilton graphic novel volume 8
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While exploring Whale Island in search of treasure for a school project, the Thea Sisters find their treasure hunt interrupted by a bad storm.
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"Who were the Vikings, those fierce warriors of the north? Were they descendants of Norse gods, complete with formidable horned helmets and long blonde hair? Were they a seafaring people who were masters at geography and navigation? Were they conquerors? Join modern-day kids Annie and Nico as they navigate the choppy waters surrounding the history of the Vikings." --back cover
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"The firsthand account of an unlikely friendship between a visiting nurse and her special patient, Josephine. When Valérie first met Josephine, she knew she would be embarking on a unique journey. Though vastly different in age, their connection was instantaneous. Humor quickly became their language, their playground, and despite the debilitating disease that Joséphine faced every single day, they were able to form a beautiful friendship that transcended...
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Geronimo Stilton (Graphic novels) volume 9
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Geronimo Stilton and his friends travel to Mainz, Germany, in the year 1455, to interfere with Tersilla of Catatonia and the Pirate Cats' plans to steal the type from Johannes Gutenberg's original printing press and become the first in history to use movable type.
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Geronimo Stilton (Graphic novels) volume 4
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Geronimo Stilton is transported back in time to thirteenth-century China and attempts to stop the Pirate Cats from altering Marco Polo's book "The Travels of Marco Polo" and changing history.