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Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (94 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A 2-hour special, delivers the 10 key tipping points in World War II as they've never been seen before. The key is an all-seeing CGI eye; a satellite, flying above Earth, bringing a new visual approach to the biggest conflict of all time. That view means WWII can be interpreted as never before; placing key events in perspective, flying around the world revealing the hidden ripple effects of crucial incidents, and re-creating ground-breaking moments...
Author
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
128 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm
Language
English
Description
wReference photographs, colour charts and preparatory sketches are shown alongside all the finished watercolor paintings in this book, with full details of the adaptations and creative processes involved.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Description
Is there really such thing as a lucky charm? The hero of Nicholas Sparks's new novel believes he's found one in the form of a photograph of a smiling woman he's never met, but who he comes to believe holds the key to his destiny. The chain of events that leads to him possessing the photograph and finding the woman pictured in it is the stuff of love stories.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Description
An ordinary snapshot causes a mother's world to unravel in an instant. After picking up her two young children from school, Grace Lawson looks through a newly developed set of photographs. She finds an odd one in the pack: a mysterious picture from perhaps twenty years ago, showing four strangers she can't identify. But there is one face she recognizes--that of her husband, from before she knew him.
Author
Pub. Date
[2010]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
64 pages : color illustrations ; 20 x 29 cm
Language
English
Description
Young readers are invited to climb aboard a helicopter with "National Geographic" photographer Haas and journey all over the world in search of wild animals and exotic places.
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (approximately 60 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Welcome to WordWorld, where words are the stars of the show! Join Duck as he wants to look totally terrific for his portrait! Frog and Sheep help him build a tie, top hat and tutu because if you want to look totally terrific you need the letter t. Now that's one totally terrific looking Duck! It s Picture Day!
11) Masked prey
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
"Lucas Davenport investigates a vitriolic blog that seems to be targeting the children of U.S. politicians. The daughter of a U.S. Senator is monitoring her social media presence when she finds a picture of herself on a strange blog. And there are other pictures , of the children of other influential Washington politicians, walking or standing outside their schools, each identified by name. Surrounding the photos are texts of vicious political rants...
12) The photograph
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (106 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
When famed photographer Christina Eames unexpectedly dies, she leaves her estranged daughter Mae Morton hurt, angry and full of questions. When a photograph tucked away in a safe-deposit box is found, Mae finds herself on a journey delving into her mother's early life and ignites a powerful, unexpected romance with a rising-star journalist, Michael Block.
Author
Series
Miss Peregrine volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
A mysterious island. An abandoned orphanage. And a strange collection of very curious photographs. It all waits to be discovered in Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children, an unforgettable novel that mixes fiction and photography in a thrilling reading experience. As our story opens, a horrific family tragedy sets sixteen-year-old Jacob journeying to a remote island off the coast of Wales, where he discovers the crumbling ruins of Miss Peregrine's...
Author
Series
Jitters volume 7
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm
Language
English
Description
"It is class picture day and Mrs. Hartwell is doing her best to keep her class looking their neat and well-dressed best, but as the hours pass the students become messier and messier. By picture time at the end of the day, they look like their normal selves--and that works out just fine"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Pub. Date
2024.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 volume (unnumbered pages), color illustrations ; 29 cm.
Language
English
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Description
"This visually stunning portrait of Black photographer Roy DeCarava, a child of the Harlem Renaissance and an artistic collaborator of Langston Hughes, takes readers through 1940s Harlem where beauty is everywhere as he immortalizes and documents the lives of ordinary Black people. Simultaneous eBook. Illustrations."-- Provided by publisher.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.4 - AR Pts: 22
Language
English
Description
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • This is the true story behind the immortal photograph that has come to symbolize the courage and indomitable will of America
In this unforgettable chronicle of perhaps the most famous moment in American military history, James Bradley has captured the glory, the triumph, the heartbreak, and the legacy of the six men who raised the flag at Iwo Jima. Here is the true story behind the...
In this unforgettable chronicle of perhaps the most famous moment in American military history, James Bradley has captured the glory, the triumph, the heartbreak, and the legacy of the six men who raised the flag at Iwo Jima. Here is the true story behind the...
Author
Series
Mysteries of trash and treasure volume 2
Pub. Date
[2023]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Colin and Nevaeh are great at finding things. After all, they found each other and became best friends--even though their parents are business rivals. But when they started Mystery Solvers Inc., they didn't expect to be asked to find a ghost. Ree recruits them to investigate a series of old, spooky photos left behind in her family's new house. The more clues they find, the more they realize this mystery goes back to a time called the Great Depression....
Author
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
742 pages ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
The bridesmaid: Twenty-seven-year-old Joanna Kurtz has made several trips to the altar, but never as a bride. The single young Amish woman is a closet writer with a longing to be published something practically unheard of in her Lancaster County, Pennsylvania community. Yet Joanna's stories aren't her only secret. She also has a beau who is courting her from afar, unbeknownst even to her sister, Cora, who, though younger, seems to have suitors to...
Author
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
590L
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
Earthrise tells the story of the first time the planet Earth was photographed in color from space. The photo, later called Earthrise, was taken in 1968 by the astronauts on Apollo 8, the first US space mission to break free of Earth's orbit and circle the Moon ... By making clear that Earth was, and is, at heart, a world without borders, a home to all peoples, the photo's mind-bending shift in perspective is credited for galvanizing the fledgling...
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