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How the cookie crumbled : the true (and not-so-true) stories of the invention of the chocolate chip cookie
Everyone loves chocolate chip cookies! But not everyone knows where they came from. Meet Ruth Wakefield, the talented chef and entrepreneur who started a restaurant, wrote a cookbook, and invented this delicious dessert st how did she do it, you ask? That's where things get messy!
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The Ambrose deception
Three Chicago students, Melissa, Wilf, and Bondi, are unlikely participants in a competition for a ten thousand-dollar scholarship, unaware that there is much more at stake.
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Soldier song : a true story of the Civil War
Provides an account of the important role of songs in rallying Union and Confederate troops during the American Civil War.
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Following Baxter
\"Eleven-year-old Jordie Marie Wallace has been waiting forever for someone to move in next door, so she is thrilled when Professor Reece arrives: she has a laboratory in her basement and an extraordinary dog named Baxter, who seems to understand everything Jordie says. Jordie and her younger brother TJ begin walking Baxter and helping Professor Reese in the lab. But being lab assistants ends up being more than Jordie and TJ bargained for and leads them to a secret neither of them expected. When Professor Reece goes missing, it is up to Jordie and TJ to use their smarts and Baxter's magical powers to find her. Will they be able to save Professor Reece before it's too late?\"-- Provided by publisher.
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The marvelous thing that came from a spring : the accidental invention of the toy that swept the nation
One day, a spring fell from the desk of Richard James, an engineer and a dreamer. Its coils took a walk and so did Richard's imagination. He knew right away that he had stumbled onto something marvelous. With the help of his wife Betty, Richard took this ordinary spring and turned it into a plaything. But it wasn't just any old trinket: it was a Slinky, and it would become one of the most popular toys in American history.
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Itch! : everything you didn't want to know about what makes you scratch
\"Everybody gets itchy, and every kid will love this title that scratches the itch to know more and about the history, anatomy, botany, biology behind it\"--Amazon.com.
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Rotten! : vultures, beetles, slime and nature's other decomposers
\"A funny and fact-filled look at decomposition in all of its slimy glory, illustrated with dazzling full-color art by Gilbert Ford. Vultures, fungi, dung beetles, and more aid in this fascinating and sometimes smelly aspect of the life cycle that's right under our noses\"-- Provided by publisher.
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