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Marco Polo was just 17 when he left his home in Italy to travel to China with his merchant father - a man who had traveled so long and far that Marco had met him only two years before. It was another 24 years before Marco would return to Italy with a treasure of precious jewels sewn into his clothing and a lifetime's worth of discoveries and adventures. Marco Polo and his merchant family bridged Europe and Asia long before Christopher Columbus...

Pablo Picasso's relationships with both his children and his female companions were often tempestuous and destructive, but they provided the drama on which he fed as he created one groundbreaking work after another. From ceramics to print making to sculpture to photography to poetry, Picasso had a huge appetite for expressing himself through every kind of artistic medium, and he is now considered one of the greatest artists of the 20th century...

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Originally published in Spain by Grupo Santillana de Ediciones, S.A., 1994"--T.p. verso.

Louis Fuertes Bird Artist. pLouis loves to watch birds. He takes care of injured birds and studies how they look and how they move. His father wants him to become an engineer, but Louis dreams of being a bird artist. To achieve this dream, he must practice, practice, practice. He learns from the art of John James Audubon. But as Louis grows up, he begins to draw and paint living, flying birds in their natural habitats./ppLouis Agassiz Fuertes ...

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pMaddie does not want to go to sleep. First she needs something to drink, to read a storyor three, and to check for monsters under the bed. When her parents finally say good night, she hears a noise Quackers Quackers/ppLuckily, its just her toy duck, who needs some crackers. Maddie quickly tries to get him to go to sleep. But she soon discovers that may not be as easy as she thinks. And he isnt the only one of her toys who might not quite be r...

As the angels prepare to release an apocalyptic nightmare onto humans, both sides are set on a path toward war. As unlikely alliances form and strategies shift, who will emerge victorious? Forced to pick sides in the fight for control of the earthly realm, Raffe and Penryn must choose -- their own kind, or each other?

When the members of The Secret Knock Club learn that the spring fair will be without a dunk tank, they decide to raise money to rent a tank. Agnes, as usual, comes up with a Big Idea: a rock band concert. She'll be the vocalist, the other club members will provide the music. But can Agnes sing? Do the others know how to play instruments? And what if Principal Not-Such-a-Joy's dog "has an accident" in the tank as he did the year before?

Knock. Knock. Listen up! Agnes and The Secret Knock Club are doing a community service project at The Brookside Retirement Village. But will the dog show (and canine wedding) be a success? Or a dog-gone disaster? Especially after Principal Not-Such-a-Joy's dog goes missingThe author of The Dyno-Mite Dog Show has donated this book to the Worldreader program.

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A mouse leads a wild chase through a town as the minutes tick by