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AVp2s fiction readalong volume 17
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A young girl who has had diabetes since she was two years old describes her adjustments to the disease.
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AVp2s fiction readalong volume 35
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Sean's nebulizer mask and his imagination aid in his recovery following an asthma attack. Includes information on childhood asthma and how to control its symptoms.
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A pygmy shrew is small - it's among the littlest mammals! A ladybug is even smaller, but it hardly seems tiny when you compare it to a protozoa! And there are many things smaller still-so small that we can see them only with a microscope. Would you believe there are particles that are so tiny that we can't measure their exact size? Explore the huge world of the very small!
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AVp2s fiction readalong volume 45
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Explore the functions of levers, wheels, and pulleys, and learn how to lift a lion, pull a panda, and deliver a basket of bananas to a baboon birthday party!
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AVp2s fiction readalong volume 47
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Compares the speed of various animals, from humans to cheetahs to peregrine falcons, with even faster things like rockets, meteroids, and light.
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"A classic of psychology and eating disorders, now reissued with an important and perhaps controversial new afterword by the author, Wasted is New York Times bestselling author Marya Hornbacher's highly acclaimed memoir that chronicles her battle with anorexia and bulimia. Vivid, honest, and emotionally wrenching, Wasted is the story of how Marya Hornbacher willingly embraced hunger, drugs, sex, and death--until a particularly horrifying bout with...
7) Yikes--lice!
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AVp2s fiction readalong volume 95
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Rhyming text describes what happens when a family discovers lice in the home and fights against them. Includes factual information about how lice live, spread, and can be eradicated.
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AVp2s fiction readalong volume 60
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Presents the things that all children over the world have in common, including their need for food, clothes, people to love them, and the opportunity to play.
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Introduces the concepts of very large numbers, up to a googol, and multiples of ten. In this fun book of numbers, the author explores the wonderful world of zeros and other interesting numbers--from millions to trillions to a googol. Full-color illustrations bring these concepts to visual reality.
10) Pumpkin Jack
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AVp2s fiction readalong volume 68
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In the course of one year, a jack-o-lantern, discarded after Halloween, decomposes in the backyard and eventually grows new pumpkins from its seeds.
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AVp2s fiction readalong volume 118
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Describes in rhyme the activities of a young boy and his extended family as they share a special Thanksgiving.
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AVp2s fiction readalong volume 19
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A little rabbit describes what makes her angry and the different ways she can control her anger.
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AVp2s fiction readalong volume 52
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What would life be like with no clocks and no calendars? How would you know when to get up in the morning? Long, long ago, all people could do was watch the sun and moon and try to figure things out. Eventually, they made simple clocks like sundials.
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AVp2s fiction readalong volume 21
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As they gather to celebrate Thanksgiving Day, members of an extended family take turns describing, in rhyme, the things that make them feel grateful.
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AVp2s fiction readalong volume 91
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Gregory experiences a new way of life when he moves to Japan with his American mother and his Japanese father.
17) When I feel sad
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A young guinea pig describes situations that make him sad, how it feels to be sad, and how he can feel better.
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AVp2s fiction readalong volume 59
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Students in Mrs. Mack's class describe their families--big or small, living together or apart, with two moms or none--and learn why every family is special and important.
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AVp2s fiction readalong volume 86
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Eight-year-old Kevin is frustrated by his need to check things and repeat actions over and over until a counselor diagnoses obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and teaches him ways to manage this condition. Includes a note for parents and teachers explaining OCD.
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AVp2s fiction readalong volume 54
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Giant tortoises can live more than 150 years. To find the age of older things, like fossils and mountains, scientists use radiometric dating. The Hubble Space telescope has helped astronomers figure out the universe's approximate age.