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Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2013.
Physical Desc
40 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 32 cm
Language
English
Description
When Lord Cucuface, head of Madeline's school, takes a telescope from the attic during a surprise inspection, its ghostly owner convinces Madeline to help get it back, with help from neighbor Pepito and her fellow orphans.
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
[2018]
Lexile measure
620L
Physical Desc
302 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
No kids get coal in their stocking these days. Do you know why? It's thanks to The No-Good Nine! Pittsburgh, 1931. When Peter awakens on Christmas morning to find his stocking full of coal, he is outraged. After he finds the Naughty List, which contains the names of some other children who received no gifts, he decides they should band together and journey to Santa's workshop to plead their case, as well as play with the toys intended for the Nice...
Author
Publisher
Viking, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) Inc
Pub. Date
2013.
Lexile measure
890L
Physical Desc
135 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Alexander Baddenfield, the last in a long line of evil men who die young, has his cat's extra eight lives transplanted into his own body, while his caretaker, Winterbottom, strives to keep him safe.
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury
Pub. Date
2015.
Edition
Paperback edition.
Physical Desc
310 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
The American standard system of measurement is a unique and odd thing to behold with its esoteric, inconsistent standards: twelve inches in a foot, three feet in a yard, sixteen ounces in a pound, one hundred pennies in a dollar. For something as elemental as counting and estimating the world around us, it seems like a confusing tool to use. So how did we end up with it?