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(0)Simon James
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English
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This fun, absorbing book, packed with quirky bite-sized lists, quizzes and trivia, is an exploration of the Latin language, aiming to prove that it is as vibrant and relevant today as it was 2,500 years ago. It includes sections on Latin in the movies, US state mottoes and place names, and some choice snippets from real Latin poetry from Catullus, Horace and Virgil, with evocative translations. It contains a fascinating section on the Roman emperors...
3) Ancient Rome
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English
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"Step into the world of ancient Rome and meet its emperors, gods, soldiers, and gladiators. Who were Rome's most famous emperors? What was everyday life like for a soldier in the Roman army? How did the citizens of ancient Rome live? Did gladiators really fight to the death in the mighty Colosseum? Find out the answers to all these questions, and many more, in Eyewitness Ancient Rome. Photographs of real artefacts and detailed illustrations will help...
4) Rex
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Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
A terrifying Tyrannosaurus rex spends his days raging through the jungle and scaring all the other dinosaurs until one night a tiny dinosaur hatches from an abandoned egg and decides that the big dinosaur is his father.
5) Drevniĭ Rim
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Series
Publisher
Logos
Pub. Date
[1994]
Language
Russian
Description
A photo essay on ancient Rome and the artifacts left behind, including shields, swords, tools, toys, cosmetics and jewelry.
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
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"When Stanley's Mom has to go away for work, Stanley decides to take off, too--all the way to Mars. Can the Martian who takes his place on Earth get by in Stanley's family even in Mom's absence?"-- Page 4 of cover.
9) Leon and Bob
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Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
1997.
Language
English
Description
Leon and his imaginary friend Bob do everything together until a new boy moves in next door.
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Series
Baby Brains volume 2
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2005.
Language
English
Description
A musically gifted baby is invited to play the electric guitar at a star-studded rock concert.
11) Mr. Scruff
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Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"Everyone knows that owners and their dogs belong together in a unique way. Polly belongs to Molly, Eric belongs to Derek, Berry belongs to Terry. But poor Mr. Scruff, alone in the rescue shelter, doesn't belong to anyone. Then a boy named Jim walks in, and they seem to get along. Jim and Mr. Scruff don't look anything alike, and their names certainly don't rhyme, but they may end up belonging to each other just the same. From author-illustrator Simon...
13) Nurse Clementine
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Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
It's Clementine Brown's birthday, and Mr. and Mrs. Brown have given her a nurse's outfit and a first-aid kit -- just what she wanted! There is no shortage of emergencies that need her attention (and her liberal use of bandages): Mr. Brown's stubbed toe, Mrs. Brown's headache, even Wellington the dog's tender paw. But her brother, Tommy, is a different matter. Even though he keeps crashing into things, he insists that he doesn't need a nurse. Clementine...
Author
Series
Baby Brains volume 3
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
English
Description
Baby Brains invents RoboMom to do all the household chores and give his tired parents a rest.
15) Frog and beaver
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Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
A charming ecological fable of community and friendship from award-winning author-illustrator Simon James. Frog and his friends all live happily together on the river. At least they do until Beaver comes along. Beaver is determined to build the biggest and best dam that anyone has ever seen, but it's so big that it stops all the water and Frog and his friends are forced to move. Frog tries to warn Beaver that his dam is too big, but busy Beaver just...
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English
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The History of Mr. Polly is a 1910 comic novel by H. G. Wells. The protagonist of The History of Mr. Polly is an antihero inspired by H. G. Wells's early experiences in the drapery trade: Alfred Polly, born circa 1870, a timid and directionless young man living in Edwardian England, who despite his own bumbling achieves contented serenity with little help from those around him. Mr. Polly's most striking characteristic is his "innate sense of epithet",...
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English
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Excavations carried out from 1984-1985 at Ditches in Gloucestershire identified a large, late Iron Age enclosure which contained a remarkably early Roman villa. This long awaited excavation report reinterprets this evidence in the light of more recent studies of the late Iron Age-Roman transition. It extends our understanding of the Ditches-Bagendon-Cirencester oppida complex, and corroborates the latest thinking on the nature of Romanisation. New...