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"Rion Kwirk comes from a rather odd family. His mother named him and his sisters after her favorite constellations, and his father makes funky-flavored jellybeans for a living. One sister acts as if she's always on stage, and the other is a walking dictionary. But no one in the family is more odd than Rion's grandfather, Papa Kwirk. He's the kind of guy who shows up on his motorcycle only on holidays handing out crossbows and stuffed squirrels as...
3) Swamp Angel
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Along with other amazing feats, Angelica Longrider, also known as Swamp Angel, wrestles a huge bear, known as Thundering Tarnation, to save the winter supplies of the settlers in Tennessee.
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Who let the gods out? volume 1
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Twelve-year-old Elliot Hooper has many problems: his mother has been behaving strangely, they are in danger of losing their farm to a mean-spirited developer, and he is failing at school, so when he finds a girl in the cowshed, and she announces that she is Virgo, an immortal constellation, it just seems part of the normal chaos--but soon he is swept up in the Gods' hunt for prisoner 42, Thanatos, Daemon of Death, whom Elliot has set free from his...
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Groundwood Books
Pub. Date
2015.
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"Phoebe helps her dad set up telescopes on the sidewalk outside his store. It's a special night --Saturn and Mars are going to appear together in the sky. But will Phoebe be able to see them with all the city lights? Raindrops begin to fall, followed by lightning and thunder. Phoebe is filled with disappointment as she and her father hurry inside to wait out the storm. But suddenly the power fails and then, amazingly, the rain and clouds disappear....
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Bear House volume 1
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Holiday House
Pub. Date
2021.
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"In a medieval world where the ruling houses are based on the constellations, betrayal, intrigue, and a king's murder force the royal sisters of the Bear House on the run"--
8) Lost stars
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Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2019]
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The Super Wings travel with a young Italian girl to the stars to find a lost constellation.
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Tilbury House Publishers
Pub. Date
2023
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"What is the most important thing to remember about stargazing? When to do it, who to do it with, what to look for? It’s none of those! This picture book’s spare, lyrical text offers many possible ways to do stargazing: with a friend, with family, or alone; on a moonless night, or with a full moon, or even with some clouds; on the beach, lying in the grass, or standing on a snowy hill. There is only one rule of stargazing, which is saved for the...
10) Star seeker
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Barefoot Books
Pub. Date
2006
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Describes an imaginary journey through the night sky, from joining Orion on a hunt to hitching up the North Star for a ride. Includes facts about astronomy, the solar system, and constellations.
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Charlesbridge Publishing
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[2022]
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"Cuando Usha y Aarti levantan la mirada hacia las mismas siete estrellas, ven coasas diferentes. La hermana mayor Aarti ve el Cazo Mayor, pero la hermana menor Usha ve... ¡la Gran Exacadora! Las hermanas no pueden ponerse de acuerdo, así que le preguntan a su prima Gloria. Pero Gloria ve algo distinto: ¡la Gran Cometa! ¿Qué está sucediendo?" -- Jacket flap.
"Sisters Usha and Aarti, and cousin Gloria, see different things in the stars--a Big...
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Dorling Kindersley Limited
Pub. Date
2021.
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"Bob and Ginger the guinea pigs have always had a fascination with the night sky. Every night they watch the stars through their bedroom window with curiosity. Little ones will love to follow Bob and Ginger on their adventures to the library to learn all about stars and space, and then as they set off to go stargazing away from the bright city lights"--
14) Impossible moon
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Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
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[2022].
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Mable goes on an impossible quest to the moon hoping that will cure her beloved Grana, and is aided by constellations associated with African and African American history along the way. Includes brief descriptions of the constellations mentioned, and a note on the myth or history associated with each.
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Workman Publishing
Pub. Date
[2017]
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"Take an interactive journey through the night sky in an innovative, tactile board book, a special book that engages three senses--seeing, touching, and hearing... Babies can trace the imaginary lines that turn random stars into ancient constellations--and, in a special treat, create a crinkling sound by tracing the channel of shimmery material underneath the last illustration in the book" --
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Bear House volume 2
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Holiday House
Pub. Date
[2022]
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"Return to the gritty medieval world of the Bear Highen in this thrilling high fantasy follow-up to The Bear House. The war in the Bear Highen is over. Aster, at thirteen, has defeated her uncle and become the High Queen. Peace is good, but things are still difficult: political challenges confront her, personal challenges stymie her, and the massive Hemoth Bear, symbol of the House of the Bear, is beginning to resist her control. When, during a royal...
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