Eric Weiner
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Part foreign affairs discourse, part humor, and part twisted self-help guide, this book takes the reader from America to Iceland to India in search of happiness, or, in the crabby author's case, moments of "un-unhappiness." The book uses a mixture of travel, psychology, science and humor to investigate not what happiness is, but where it is. Are people in Switzerland happier because it is the most democratic country in the world? Do citizens of Singapore...
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Clue volume 5
Pub. Date
c1994
Description
Twelve mini-mysteries challenge readers to solve the crime and expose the criminal.
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[2022]
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Hello! Freddie Parrott III here with some exciting news. Too exciting, in fact. The stories I have to tell you are rather feather-raising. But don't worry. Somehow my butler and best friend, Peccary, always finds a way to save the day. Then he and I have a big chuckle--at my expense. They don't call me famously funny for nothing!
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Pub. Date
p2011
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When a health scare puts him in the hospital, Eric Weiner - and agnostic by default - finds himself tangling with an unexpected question, posed to him by a well-meaning nurse. "Have you found your God yet?" The thought of it nags him, and prods him and ultimately launches him on a far-flung journey to do just that.
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Pub. Date
2020.
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"We turn to philosophy for the same reasons we travel: to see the world from a different perspective, to unearth hidden beauty, and to find new ways of being. We want to learn how to embrace wonder. Face regrets. Sustain hope. Eric Weiner combines his twin passions for philosophy and global travel in a pilgrimage that uncovers surprising life lessons from great thinkers around the world, from Rousseau to Nietzsche, Confucius to Simone Weil. Traveling...
11) Little Star
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.1 - AR Pts: 1
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Dora and Boots try to get Little Star home after a comet knocks him out of the sky so everyone can make a good-night wish.
12) Dora's backpack
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2 - AR Pts: 1
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Dora and Boots find all sorts of items in Backpack that help them get eight books back to the library before it closes.
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Boo!: On Halloween night, Dora and Boots need your help to find their way through a pumpkin patch. The missing piece: The wizard in Dora's puzzle is missing his magic wand puzzle piece. To the monkey bars: Dora wants to climb the monkey bars at Play Park. The big storm: A big storm cloud is coming, so Dora and Boot have to get themselves and her friends home in time. Learning skills include: Spanish language skills; visual/spatial skills; kinesthetic...
15) Meet Diego!
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Series
Dora the explorer volume 4
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.1 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Dora's cousin Diego can talk to animals and rescues them when they're in danger. In this adventure, Dora, Boots and Diego race to the waterfall in an attempt to save Baby Jaguar before he plunges over. Includes Spanish words for common types of words.
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Series
Dora the explorer volume 9
Pub. Date
c2004
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
Description
When an evil witch casts a spell on Boots, he falls into a deep sleep. Can Dora turn herself into a princess and save him?
Pub. Date
[2010]
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Dora and Boots need to get home from Wizzle World! Join Dora and Boots on an epic quest to get past a mean witch and find the Wishing Wizzle so they can wish themselves back home in time for Dora's big birthday party! This is the final episode in the Magic Storybook trilogy.