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6101) THUNDERMAESTRO
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Rumble, grumble, groan, growl, whoosh, swoosh,
creak, squeak, tip tap, pitter-patter, splitter, splatter.
The crescendo builds.
With baton in hand, a little girl conducts a majestic symphony with the sounds of a summer rainstorm. The whoosh of wind and the toccata of raindrops make a grand concert. With gorgeous mixed-media illustrations that juxtapose the gathering storm outside with the music inside the girl's imagination, this celebration...
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2014
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The co-founder and longtime president of Pixar updates and expands his 2014 New York Times bestseller on creative leadership, reflecting on the management principles that built Pixar’s singularly successful culture, and on all he learned during the past nine years that allowed Pixar to retain its creative culture while continuing to evolve.
“Might be the most thoughtful management book ever.”—Fast Company
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“Might be the most thoughtful management book ever.”—Fast Company
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6103) Nice try, Jane Sinner
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 13
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English
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"Jane Sinner, a 17-year-old dropout, sets out to redefine herself through a series of schemes and stunts, including participating in a low-budget reality TV show at her local community college"--
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Johnny Cash is one of the most influential figures in music and American popular culture today. While he was an icon to people of all ages during his life, Cash's legacy continues after his death. His remarkable story is captured in this exclusive authorized biography, addressing the whole life of Johnny Cash-not just his unforgettable music but also his relationship with June Carter Cash and his faith in Christ. His authenticity, love for God and...
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Alison Green, desperate Valedictorian-wannabe, agrees to produce her school's production of A Midsummer Night's Dream. That's her first big mistake. The second is accidentally saying yes to a date with her oldest friend, Jack, even though she's crushing on Charlotte. Alison manages to stay positive, even when her best friend starts referring to the play as "Ye Olde Shakespearean Disaster." Alison must cope with the misadventures that befall the play...
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The Seagull is the first of Anton Checkov's four full-length plays. It explores the romantic and artistic tension in the relationships between a young woman, a fading older lady, her playwright son and a popular story writer. The play references Shakespeare's Hamlet both in text and content. It has a cast of eclectic characters whose principle dramas play themselves out off stage and in unvoiced subtext. As this opposed the melodramatic
...6107) Paul and His Ukulele
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*Audio Enhanced Read-Along EbookNot all who wander are lost, sometimes they' re just searching for a new song.Paul was given a present. " A guitar?" said Paul. " It' s a ukulele." said his parents.Paul loved his ukulele and spent all his time crafting his own song. As he got older, Paul knew it was time to head out in search of something new.When his travels took him to one...
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Español
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This five-act script with roles in Spanish allows students to perform roles at differentiated reading levels to accommodate all students. Students will learn the history of the Declaration of Independence as they perform roles to increase fluency, comprehension, and social studies content literacy. With a glossary, poem, and song, this resource will help students develop their vocabulary, create a stage presence, speak with meaning, and learn how...
6109) Stella Rising
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 2
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English
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Stella Connors has spent her whole life bouncing around from one town to the next, following the latest musician her mother has fallen in love with. She has always vowed she will never become a pathetic groupie like her mother, Viv. But then her best friend uploads a video of Stella singing a cover of her favorite band's biggest hit. It goes viral, and suddenly Stella's ideas about who she is and what she wants take a real hit. As a publicity stunt,...
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Act out this inspiring story about a family's journey to immigrate to America. Students will get a feel for what life was like for immigrants by acting out the various roles in this script. This script includes roles written at various reading levels, allowing teachers to implement differentiation and English language learner strategies. This feature allows teachers to assign each role based on their students' individual reading levels, encouraging...
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She puts salt in the pepper shaker and pepper in the salt shaker because then if she gets mixed up, she's right. She shortens the electric cords in the house to save electricity. That's the character Gracie Allen has played for years. And for all that time people have asked George Burns, "How do you stand it? Why do you put up with it?" And for twenty-eight years George has been answering, "I love her, that's why!" This story of the life George Burns...
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Clues to Acting Shakespeare has become a popular guide for actors, directors, teachers and Shakespeare enthusiasts, selling over 15,000 copies of previous editions. This third edition retains the second edition's unique solutions to challenges that face directors and actors at advanced levels and is expanded to include an entirely new section for amateur and community theatre groups. In this new edition, readers will be delighted to find:
New section...
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"Heartfelt, Inspiring, and Entertaining. A well-written book that painted vivid imagery of a life-changing experience. You will read this book and find confidence along with the courage to pursue your own dreams. Enter the author's heart and soul as he sheds a positive light in your life."
"Rambling Across America," was about manifesting your desires into reality. Loathing a desk job, looking for a way out. A vision, a sign from a higher power sent...
6116) The Swimming Hole
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Long ago, the monkeys of Japan loved to play all year long, except in winter. The winters were very cold, the trees were bare and everything was covered in snow and ice. One cold day they discovered something amazing that changed how they survived the winters. With the hot spring swimming hole they could play in winter too! This exciting Reader's Theater script gives everyone an opportunity to succeed as it offers differentiated roles with various...
6117) Showstopper
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 8
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English
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With the help of her sister and friend Austin, 12-year-old Anya puts together a kids' summer theater troupe, the Random Farms Kids' Theater, recruiting area kids as actors and crew members for a musical revue. Acting as director, Anya navigates the ups and downs of a showbiz life, including preparing scripts, finding a venue, and handling ticket sales, not to mention calming the actors' insecurities and settling conflicts. It's a lot of responsibility...
6119) True Blue
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Elle is on the road as an opening act for Johnny James, the biggest star in country music. Touring is everything she's ever dreamed of, but it has unexpected downsides: crazy fans, jealous backup singers, weird rules on the tour bus. But when something goes terribly wrong during a performance, Elle struggles to figure out how she can make things right with her fans, her father, her record company and with her friend Webb.
True Blue continues the...
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A history of transformations in moviemaking technology, from pigments to pixels, celluloid to CGI.
An era has ended. After one hundred and twenty-five years, a change has taken place in cinemas. The thousands of figures formed by silver and colored pigments can no longer be viewed through transparent film-instead, everything has become digital, compressed, virtual and built into the rapid alternation of millions (hopefully, for quality's sake) of...
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