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Take the Mummy and Run: The Riot Brothers Are on a Roll by Mary Amato

Orville and Wilbur Riot are back in this hilarious fourth book of the Riot Brothers adventures. Whether hunting for lost mummies or creating their own water park, there's never a dull moment.

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Jasper Dash and the Flame-Pits of Delaware by M.T. Anderson

Boy Technonaut, Jasper Dash, and his friends Lily Gefelty and Katie Mulligan travel into the mist-shrouded heart of the forbidden mountainous realm of Delaware to try and unravel a terrible mystery.

j ANDERSON 2009

Mermaid Queen: The Spectacular True Story of Annette Kellerman, Who Swam Her Way to Fame, Fortune, & Swimsuit History! by Shana Corey

With courage and determination, Annette confronted a crippling illness to become an internationally known record-setting athlete who revolutionized the sport of swimming for women.

j797.21092 K29c 2009 Beginning Facts

Flush by Carl Hiaasen

With their father jailed for sinking a river boat, Noah Underwood and his younger sister, Abbey, must gather evidence that the owner of this floating casino is emptying his bilge tanks into the protected waters around their Florida Keys home.

j HIAASEN

Our World of Water: Children and Water Around the World by Beatrice Hollyer

This book follows the daily lives of children in Peru, Mauritania, the United States, Bangladesh, Ethiopia, and Tajikistan, and explores what water means to them.

j363.61 H7460 2009

Bathtub Science by Shar Levine

Those who have been asked how to make a wave machine will find the answer here, along with myriad other water experiments ranging from a raucous Burping Bottle to a serene garden of paper posies that open their petals as they absorb water.

j507.8 L665ba 2000

Awesome Ocean Science by Cindy A. Littlefield

Children dive into ocean science as they blast black smoke out of a seafloor chimney, shrink-wrap their hand with water pressure; demonstrate bioluminescence; and recreate El Niño in the kitchen.

j551.46 L779a

Song of the Water Boatman and Other Pond Poems by Joyce Sidman

This collection of poems provides a look at some of the animals, insects, and plants that are found in ponds, with accompanying information about each.

j811.5 S568s 2005 Beginning Facts

Mysteries of Water Monsters by Kathryn Walker

For centuries, sailors have told tales of sea monsters and serpents that have attacked their ships. Many stories tell of giant squids with their tentacles wrapped around the trapped vessels but what is the truth behind these tales?

j001.944 W181mw 2009

Pharaoh’s Boat by David Weitzman

Weitzman tells the story of how one of the greatest boats of ancient Egypt came to be built—and built again.

j932.012 W436p 2009

Did a Dinosaur Drink This Water? by Robert E. Wells

It's hard to imagine--the molecules in the glass of water you just finished might have once been part of a water hole that dinosaurs drank from! In this fascinating new book about the water cycle, readers will find that while it might be hard to imagine, it's true.

j551.48 W455d 2006 Beginning Facts