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Works by Mara Rockliff

Chik Chak Shabbat (2014) 145 copies
My Heart Will Not Sit Down (2012) 96 copies
The Grudge Keeper (2014) 70 copies
Me and Momma and Big John (2012) 66 copies
The Busiest Street in Town (2009) 35 copies
Pieces Of Another World (2005) 21 copies
Weather Watchers (2012) 15 copies
Jefferson Measures a Moose (2020) 14 copies
Albert the Muffin-Maker (2014) 12 copies
Mice on Ice (2013) 11 copies
Albert's Amazing Snail (2012) 11 copies
Albert Adds Up! (2014) 11 copies
A Mousy Mess (Mouse Math) (2014) 8 copies
A Beach for Albert (2013) 7 copies
Animal Families (2010) 7 copies
The Mousier the Merrier! (2012) 6 copies
Old School, New School (2010) 6 copies
Albert is not scared (2013) 5 copies
Day Camp (2011) 5 copies
Our Nature Chart * (2010) 5 copies
Rain Forest Food (2010) 4 copies
The Midnight Kid (2007) 4 copies
Spork Out of Orbit (2016) 3 copies
Thanksgiving then and now (2011) 3 copies
Stacey's Winning Move (2009) 1 copy

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So this famous French dude called Buffon started badmouthing American flora and fauna in print, and Thomas Jefferson wasn't having it! He used his lifelong passion for numbers to disprove Buffon's assertions (although Buffon actually died before admitting he was wrong) in Notes on the State of Virginia.

Back matter includes a Jefferson quote and more information about his "mania for math" some of "Jefferson's numbers" (answering the questions raised in the book, e.g. How far was an hour's walk? How hot was it in Philadelphia in July 4, 1776?), primary sources, and selected secondary sources.… (more)
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JennyArch | 3 other reviews | Jan 24, 2024 |
"Addie never wanted to be ordinary." She danced onstage, rode an early bicycle ("the boneshaker"), sailed to America, married a magician and became part of the act onstage. When her husband Alexander died of a heart attack, Addie continued their magic show herself, even performing the dangerous bullet-catching trick.

Adelaide Hermann (1853-1932) wrote an unpublished manuscript, Sixty-Five Years of Magic, which she gave to a niece, and which was rediscovered by Margaret Steele, another stage magician, who published it in 2012.

The large trim size of the book and the pencil illustrations, digitally colored, combine to make a large, inviting "stage," with paper-doll-like figures framing or pointing readers' attention to the main action.

Exciting!

Secrets of the bullet-catching trick, revealed: https://mararockliff.com/bullet
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JennyArch | 10 other reviews | Jan 17, 2024 |
A simply-told exploration of relative sizes.
 
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sloth852 | Jan 10, 2024 |
A little bit scientific method, a little bit international diplomacy in the early days of the US. A story about how Franklin essentially proves the placebo effect, told in a lively fashion that I believe Franklin would approve of.
 
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