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A little peace
Features superb National Geographic images accompanied by brief text on the subject of peace.
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You and me together : moms, dads, and kids around the world
From a festival in India to a bus in Germany, from a park in China to a campfire in Australia, moms, dads, and kids share their lives.
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It's time to ask again who we are
THIRTY YEARS ago, on Aug. 20, 1977, NASA launched a Golden Record into space: a 12-inch, gold-plated disc of music, pictures, sounds, and greetings from planet Earth, bolted to the side of a Voyager space probe.
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The world is waiting for you
This book shows kids a pathway from their current interests and talents to a future career or interest.
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30 years after Voyager launch, time to again ask who we are
The team chose 116 pictures, everything from the Great Wall of China to Greek fishing boats to Jane Goodall studying chimpanzees. They added 12 minutes of Earth sounds, including rain, a train whistle, and a human heartbeat. They chose 87-1/2 minutes of music as varied as Peruvian panpipes and Chuck Berry's \"Johnny B. Goode.\" Finally, they included greetings in 55 languages and a message from then-president Jimmy Carter: \"We human beings are still divided into nation-states, but these states are rapidly becoming a single global civilization. We are closer to becoming, as Carter wrote in 1977, \"a single global civilization.\" But while the Internet has allowed for an unprecedented ability to exchange cultural values and ideas, recent news stories illustrate that we also face ever-widening challenges: Polluted dust plumes from China now dirty the air over Los Angeles and San Francisco; Russia has planted its flag on the seabed of the North Pole; and Sara Lee Corporation has disclosed, in the wake of food safety concerns, that ingredients from more than a dozen countries may go into a loaf of its bread - a practice followed by many large food companies. Barbara Kerley is an award-winning children's book author and a former Peace Corps volunteer. Her latest book is a young adult novel about the Golden Record, called \"Greetings from Planet Earth.\"(c) Copyright 2007. The Christian Science Monitor
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One world, one day
This photo book follows the course of one day in our world. Sunrise to sunset is captured in the essential things we all do daily, wherever we live in the world, and in the different ways we do them. The first meal of the day will take on a whole new dimension for American kids as an American pancake breakfast is contrasted with porridge in North Korea and churros in Spain.
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Peale's marvelous parade
Artist Charles Willson Peale began his museum in 1784 with a single specimen--a four-foot-long paddlefish. He hoped to collect animals from around the world and house them in a museum where Americans could see the wonders of nature. In 1794, Philadelphians witnessed an amazing sight-- a line of boys carrying specimens of wildcats, foxes, raccoons, birds, rabbits, and even a baby alligator parading down the street. Kerley shares that moving day for Peale's museum, the first natural history museum in America, crowds had never seen anything like it.
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Brave like me
\"When someone is serving our country, far from home, everyone in their family has to be brave. Including -- and sometimes especially -- the kids. This book speaks to all kids in this situation in telling the story of a boy and a girl with parents away on duty. It captures the children's worries, fears, trials, and triumphs while waiting for their parents to return from service. Although the narrative tells one universal tale, the photographs depict multiple perspectives so that every reader has someone they can relate to. In the end, each child finds the strength and patience to endure the wait, showing admirable bravery and inspiring us all. An afterword looks further at the meaning of bravery and offers resources for helping kids deal with transition, deployment, and separation.\"-- Provided by publisher.
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Peale's Marvelous Parade
\"In 1794, Philadelphians witnessed an amazing sight--a line of boys carrying specimens of wildcats, foxes, raccoons, birds, rabbits, and even a baby alligator parading down the street! It was moving day for Peale's museum, the first natural history museum in America, and the crowds had never seen anything like it.\" (Highlights for Children) Read more about Charles Willson Peale and his natural history museum.
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