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|  | Chicka Chicka Boom Boom by Bill Martin, John Archambault, Lois Ehlert
Description not available.An alphabet rhyme/chant relates what happens when the whole alphabet tries to climb a coconut tree. By the illustrator of the Caldecott Honor Book, Color Zoo. Reprint. AUTHOR: Bill Martin, John Archambault, Lois Ehlert
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Reference 
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 | Maps & Globes by Carmen Bredeson
Description not available.This introductory book describes maps and globes, including the map legend, map scale, directions, equator, and North and South Poles. AUTHOR: Carmen Bredeson
PUBLISHER: Scholastic Library Publishing
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Reference
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 | Body of Secrets by James Bamford
This investigative report into the operations of America's super-secret National Security Agency examines its charter and founding, its secret budget, and the degree of oversight, or lack thereof, by Congress. Bamford reveals the scope of its operations worldwide--including actual cases of cold war involvement--and the sophisticated technology that allows it to monitor global communications--a potentially Orwellian nightmare, some citizens fear. A New York Times Notable Book for 2001. AUTHOR: James Bamford
PUBLISHER: Random House Children's Books
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Reference
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 | Megaomnibus
This new series contains crosswords slightly less taxing than those in The New York Times. Originally published by United Feature Syndicate, these crosswords have appeared in many of America's highest-circulation newspapers.
PUBLISHER: Crown Publishing Group
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Reference
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 | The Facts on File Encyclopedia of Word & Phrase Origins by Robert Hendrickson
THE FACTS ON FILE WRITER'S LIBRARY is an exciting new series that highlights language reference books of particular interest to writers, readers, and word watchers. In this entertaining compendium, Robert Hendrickson, author of numerous popular works on language and literature, traces the origins and development of more than 9,000 words and phrases, including slang, proverbs, animal and plant names, place names, nicknames, historical expressions, foreign language expressions, and phrases from literature. The emphasis throughout is on words and expressions with origins that are not adequately explained or not addressed at all in standard dictionaries. AUTHOR: Robert Hendrickson
PUBLISHER: Facts on File Inc.
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Reference
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 | The Hullabaloo ABC by Beverly Cleary
This introduction to the alphabet features a farmyard setting. Color illustrations accompany the text. AUTHOR: Beverly Cleary
PUBLISHER: HarperCollins Children's Book Group
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Reference
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