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"In car racing, more is better--more speed, more races, and more wins. In 2019, Brittany Force smashed Tony Schumacher's record for the fastest speed in a dragster. And Hendrick Motorsports has more NASCAR wins than any other team. In this . . . book, young readers can track these exciting moments and other record-breaking achievements in car racing"--Provided by publisher.

"In soccer, fast footwork can lead to some fantastic feats--like Carli Lloyd's early hat trick during a 2015 Women's World Cup match and Miroslav Klose breaking Ronaldo's record for the most World Cup goals. In this . . . book, young readers can experience record-breaking plays in soccer"--Provided by publisher.

"In football, players pull off some fantastic feats to clinch a win, set a record-or both. In 2021, Justin Tucker kicked a 66-yard field goal to break the record and win the game for the Baltimore Ravens. And no one can top the Miami Dolphins' perfect season in 1972. In this . . . book, young readers can experience these exciting moments and other record-setting plays in football"--Provided by publisher.

"The Los Angeles Lakers are one of the NBA's most successful and famous basketball teams. Explore their history and star players, and relive some of the team's greatest victories"--Provided by publisher.

"This nonfiction illustrated book for middle grade readers explores why and how people have had fun over the course of human history"--Provided by publisher.

"Get ready to level-up your video game knowledge! In [this book], you'll unlock the secrets behind . . . video games, characters, and consoles. This fact-packed book will reveal . . . stories and history behind some . . . video games"--Provided by publisher.

"Unwraps how the chewing gum industry has grown through the last one hundred plus years, from ancient cultures to modern day, revealing the science of creating the perfect bubble and the environmental impact of gum's success"--Provided by publisher.

In 1901, the word 'Bondmaid' was discovered missing from the Oxford English Dictionary. This is the story of the girl who stole it. Esme is born into a world of words. Motherless and irrepressibly curious, she spends her childhood in the 'Scriptorium', a garden shed in Oxford where her father and a team of dedicated lexicographers are collecting words for the very first Oxford English Dictionary. Esme's place is beneath the sorting table, unseen and unheard. One day a slip of paper containing the word 'bondmaid' flutters to the floor. Esme rescues the slip and stashes it in an old wooden case that belongs to her friend, Lizzie, a young servant in the big house. Esme begins to collect other words from the Scriptorium that are misplaced, discarded or have been neglected by the dictionary men. They help her make sense of the world. Over time, Esme realises that some words are considered more important than others, and that words and meanings relating to women's experiences often go unrecorded. While she dedicates her life to the Oxford English Dictionary, secretly, she begins to collect words for another dictionary: The Dictionary of Lost Words"--Provided by publisher.

A picture book biography of children's book editor, Ursula Nordstrom"--Provided by publisher.

"This . . . picture book biography explores how Jerry Lawson, a Black engineer, revolutionized the video game industry. Before Xbox and Playstation and Nintendo Switch, there was a tinkerer named Jerry Lawson. As a boy, Jerry loved playing with springs, sprockets, and gadgety things. When he grew up, Jerry became an engineer--a professional tinkerer! In the 1970s, Jerry decided to tinker with video games. Back then, if players wanted a new video game, they had to buy an entire new console. This made gaming very expensive. Jerry was determined to fix this problem. He hit some roadblocks along the way and had to repeat a level or two, but it was never game over for Jerry. After working hard to find a solution, he finally leveled up and built a brand new kind of video game console--one that allowed players to switch out video game cartridges! Jerry's tinkering and inventions changed the video gaming world forever"--Provided by publisher.