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Author: Geoff Waring
Publisher: National Geographic Books
Published: 2009-09-22
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 0763645133
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →A Start with Science book about sound. When Oscar hears a blackbird singing in the meadow, Bat swoops in to talk to him about sound. A sudden thunderstorm and a visiting cow give Oscar lots of opportunities to learn about sounds that are loud or soft, near or far, deep or high. Back matter includes an index and supplemental activities.
Author: Geoff Waring
Publisher: National Geographic Books
Published: 2008-09-23
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 076364031X
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Oscar is a curious kitten! As Oscar the kitten watches the sun set one evening, he has lots of questions about light and dark. Who better than Moth to help out? Moth shows how sources of light are as different as the sun, stars, fireflies, streetlights, and airplanes, and also explains how shadows are made and why darkness comes at night. Includes lesson summaries! Back matter includes an index and supplemental activities.
Author: Geoff Waring
Publisher: Walker
Published: 2009-09-01
Total Pages: 32
ISBN-13: 9781406324099
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Oscar is an adorably naive, googly-eyed kitten, filled with curiosity and wonder about his natural surroundings. In this series, he meets friends who introduce him to key science concepts. This time, Oscar learns about tadpoles, seeds, eggs, and what he'll grow into."
Author: Geoff Waring
Publisher: National Geographic Books
Published: 2011-02-22
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 0763653039
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Start with Science books introduce kids to core science concepts through engaging stories, fresh illustrations, and supplemental activities. One day Oscar comes across a nest made of twigs and leaves, perfect for sheltering eggs. It makes him wonder about all the things we use in our daily lives — like glass, paper, plastic, and cloth. With the help of his friend Snail, the curious kitten learns why we choose specific materials to do different jobs, where the materials come from, and what useful qualities they have. Back matter includes an index and supplemental activities.
Author: Geoff Waring
Publisher: National Geographic Books
Published: 2011-02-22
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 0763653020
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Start with Science books introduce kids to core science concepts through engaging stories, fresh illustrations, and supplemental activities. When Oscar the kitten finds a tractor in a field and accidentally turns on the windshield wipers, he is full of questions about electricity. Luckily, Bird knows the answers! With the help of his friend, Oscar finds out how electricity is made and stored, which machines need electricity to work, and why we always need to be careful around wires, batteries, plugs, and sockets. Back matter includes an index and supplemental activities.
Author: Geoff Waring
Publisher: National Geographic Books
Published: 2009-09-22
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 0763645125
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →A Start with Science book about moving and rolling. One day Oscar sees a ball in the grass. "Try pushing it!" says Cricket. Oscar learns that the ball rolls slowly in grass and faster on a path, until it bounces off a tree and changes direction. Some things need a push to move, and others use their muscles to move themselves — and to move plenty of other things, too. Back matter includes an index and supplemental activities.
Author: Junot Díaz
Publisher: Penguin
Published: 2008-09-02
Total Pages: 370
ISBN-13: 1594483299
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Winner of: The Pulitzer Prize The National Book Critics Circle Award The Anisfield-Wolf Book Award The Jon Sargent, Sr. First Novel Prize A Time Magazine #1 Fiction Book of the Year One of the best books of 2007 according to: The New York Times, San Francisco Chronicle, New York Magazine, Entertainment Weekly, The Boston Globe, Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post, People, The Village Voice, Time Out New York, Salon, Baltimore City Paper, The Christian Science Monitor, Booklist, Library Journal, Publishers Weekly, New York Public Library, and many more... Nominated as one of America’s best-loved novels by PBS’s The Great American Read Oscar is a sweet but disastrously overweight ghetto nerd who—from the New Jersey home he shares with his old world mother and rebellious sister—dreams of becoming the Dominican J.R.R. Tolkien and, most of all, finding love. But Oscar may never get what he wants. Blame the fukú—a curse that has haunted Oscar’s family for generations, following them on their epic journey from Santo Domingo to the USA. Encapsulating Dominican-American history, The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao opens our eyes to an astonishing vision of the contemporary American experience and explores the endless human capacity to persevere—and risk it all—in the name of love.
Author: Jeremy Beer
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
Published: 2021-04
Total Pages: 456
ISBN-13: 1496224965
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The biography of Oscar Charleston, a Negro Leagues legend and one of baseball’s greatest and most unjustifiably overlooked players.
Author: Gene Barretta
Publisher: Henry Holt Books For Young Readers
Published: 2018-02-13
Total Pages: 45
ISBN-13: 0805099468
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →What is a homonym? It's a word that has different meanings but is always spelled the same. This informative book, set at a sporting event, includes a BAT who can BAT! A karate-chopping bulldog who is tough enough to BREAK five boards without taking a BREAK, and a STEER who tried to STEER his skateboard, but accidentally fell into a well--and that's just for starters. The clever wordplay introduces children to the richness of language through homonyms.A Christy Ottaviano Book
Author: Geoff Waring
Publisher: Candlewick Press (MA)
Published: 2008
Total Pages: 32
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Bat teaches Oscar the kitten to hear and identify the sounds around him, whether they are made by animals and birds or by a passing thunderstorm.
