Cam Jansen and the Graduation Day Mystery #31

Cam Jansen and the Graduation Day Mystery #31

Author: David A. Adler

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2012-10-11

Total Pages: 66

ISBN-13: 0142422088

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The beloved elementary school sleuth Cam Jansen is back in her 31st mystery! Eric's father is finally graduating from college. But before the celebration can begin, a very special present from Grandpa Shelton disappears. Was it lost--or stolen? There's no way Cam will let a thief ruin the graduation celebration! She must use her photographic memory to track down the gift.


Cam Jansen: The First Day of School Mystery #22

Cam Jansen: The First Day of School Mystery #22

Author: David A. Adler

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2005-02-17

Total Pages: 65

ISBN-13: 1101175249

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It's Cam Jansen's first day of fifth grade and she and her friend Eric can't wait to meet their new teacher. Only their day turns out to be more exciting than they ever expected. First their school bus gets stuck in traffic and they have to walk to school. Then they see a car crashed into a tree. And then their new teacher is taken away by the police! "Click," says Cam, using her photographic memory, and her mind is off and running on how to solve this first day of school mystery.


What Are You Doing?

What Are You Doing?

Author: Elisa Amado

Publisher: Groundwood Books Ltd

Published: 2017-03-01

Total Pages: 28

ISBN-13: 155498288X

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A picture book that captures a child’s discovery of the power of reading. Before he leaves for his first day of school, Chepito runs outside to play. He comes across all kinds of people in his neighborhood who are reading. “Why, why, why?” he sings, and they each have a different answer for him, whether it’s a man reading a newspaper, a young girl enjoying a comic, a couple of tourists consulting a guidebook or an archeologist studying hieroglyphics. Later that day, Chepito discovers the fun of reading for himself, and he even brings home a book to share with his little sister. Elisa Amado has written a perfect introduction to the pleasures and uses of the written word. Set in a delightfully retro world by illustrator Manuel Monroy, this book is a true celebration of reading. Correlates to the Common Core State Standards in English Language Arts: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.K.4 Ask and answer questions about unknown words in a text. CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.1.2 Retell stories, including key details, and demonstrate understanding of their central message or lesson. CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.2.4 Describe how words and phrases (e.g., regular beats, alliteration, rhymes, repeated lines) supply rhythm and meaning in a story, poem, or song.


Cam Jansen and the Graduation Day Mystery

Cam Jansen and the Graduation Day Mystery

Author: David A. Adler

Publisher:

Published: 2012

Total Pages: 55

ISBN-13: 9780329947583

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Cam uses her photographic memory to track down a missing gift sent by Grandpa Shelton to Eric's father, who is finally graduating from college.


The Googlization of Everything

The Googlization of Everything

Author: Siva Vaidhyanathan

Publisher: Univ of California Press

Published: 2012-03-13

Total Pages: 281

ISBN-13: 0520952456

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In the beginning, the World Wide Web was exciting and open to the point of anarchy, a vast and intimidating repository of unindexed confusion. Into this creative chaos came Google with its dazzling mission—"To organize the world’s information and make it universally accessible"—and its much-quoted motto, "Don’t be evil." In this provocative book, Siva Vaidhyanathan examines the ways we have used and embraced Google—and the growing resistance to its expansion across the globe. He exposes the dark side of our Google fantasies, raising red flags about issues of intellectual property and the much-touted Google Book Search. He assesses Google’s global impact, particularly in China, and explains the insidious effect of Googlization on the way we think. Finally, Vaidhyanathan proposes the construction of an Internet ecosystem designed to benefit the whole world and keep one brilliant and powerful company from falling into the "evil" it pledged to avoid.


Cam Jansen and the Wedding Cake Mystery

Cam Jansen and the Wedding Cake Mystery

Author: David A. Adler

Publisher:

Published: 2010

Total Pages: 57

ISBN-13: 9781101551745

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When Cam and her father go to a talent show at the local senior center, Cam's help is needed to find out who stole a wedding cake from the delivery truck.


The Mystery of Meerkat Hill

The Mystery of Meerkat Hill

Author: Alexander McCall Smith

Publisher: Anchor

Published: 2013-10-22

Total Pages: 114

ISBN-13: 0345804473

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Precious wants to be a detective when she grows up. She is always practicing at being a detective by asking questions and finding out about other people’s lives. There are two new students in her class, a girl called Teb and a boy called Pontsho. She learns that they are brother and sister, and—even more exciting—that Pontsho has a clever pet meerkat named Kosi. One day, Teb and Pontsho’s family’s cow disappears. Precious helps them look for clues to find the cow. But getting the cow back home will require some quick thinking and help from an unexpected source.


The Hunting Ground

The Hunting Ground

Author: Kirby Dick

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2016-05-17

Total Pages: 180

ISBN-13: 1510705783

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The debate over sexual violence on campus is reaching fever pitch, from headlines about out–of-control fraternities, to the ”mattress protests” by female students at Columbia University and other colleges. The Hunting Ground, the new documentary by award-winning filmmakers Kirby Dick and Amy Ziering, has taken this debate to a new level, becoming a galvanizing catalyst for discussion at the hundreds of campuses where the documentary is being screened each month. The film has sparked calls for legislation by Governor Andrew M. Cuomo of New York and other prominent public figures and sparked a backlash from university administrators, fraternities, and conservative groups. Now, in a new companion volume to the film, all those concerned about the “rape culture” on campus will be offered an inside perspective on the controversy, as well as reactions to the film from a range of leading writers and guidance on how to learn more and get active. As in the film, it’s the gripping personal stories told by female students—and the obstinate refusal of college administrators and law enforcement authorities to recognize the severity of the problem—that will rivet readers.