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Elizabeth, Queen of the Seas

Lynne COX | FICTION, May 01, 2014

K-Gr 3—Cox opens this fact-based story on just the right note: "There was once a lovely elephant seal who lived in the city...

Women in Manufacturing

| MEDIA, May 01, 2014

Gr 9 Up—Women in Manufacturing starts off great with a lively tune and a focus on generating wealth...

Sea Slime: It's Eeuwy, Gooey, and Under the Sea

Ellen PRAGER | FICTION, May 01, 2014

Gr 1–5—Prager explores the variety of ways sea creatures use slime to survive, from mucus bubbles that are used to catch food to protective coverings, flotation devices, and defense techniques...

Outside In

Sarah ELLIS | FICTION, May 01, 2014

Gr 6–8—With the exception of her quirky, unmarried mother, Lynn is a typical 13-year-old Canadian, navigating through life filled with choir practice, projects, best friends, and school...

World Clothing and Fashion: An Encyclopedia of History, Culture, and Social Influence

Mary Ellen Snodgrass | REFERENCE, Apr 01, 2014

Gr 6 Up—This set not only examines clothing and fashion as a way to cover, or not cover, the body, but also how dress is a way to trace the history of groups through their costuming habits...

The Shark Whisperer

Ellen PRAGER | FICTION, Apr 01, 2014

Gr 5–8—The Sea Guardians are human teens with special abilities in the water...

Dust of Eden

Mariko NAGAI | FICTION, Apr 01, 2014

Gr 4–8—Mina is a typical Japanese American girl living in Seattle until December 1941, when her life is changed forever by the bombing of Pearl Harbor...