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Author
Language
English
Description
"From Academy Award-nominated producer Brian Grazer and acclaimed business journalist Charles Fish man comes a brilliantly entertaining peek into the weekly "curiosity conversations" that have inspired Grazer to create some of America's favorite and iconic movies and television shows--from 24 to A Beautiful Mind. For decades, film and TV producer Brian Grazer has scheduled a weekly "curiosity conversation" with an accomplished stranger. From scientists...
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm
Language
English
Description
"Not all questions have answers. Some have more than one answer. And others have endless answers, unfolding out to the edges of the world. In this spare yet expansive narrative, acclaimed author Mac Barnett poses twenty questions both playful and profound. Some make us giggle. Others challenge our assumptions. The result is a quirky, wandering exploration of where the best questions lead--to stories. Intriguing, richly interactive, and brought to...
6) Windows
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 x 27 cm
Language
English
Description
Walking his dog at dusk, one boy catches glimpses of the lives around him in this lovely ode to autumn evenings, exploring your neighborhood, and coming home.
Author
Publisher
Price Stern Sloan
Pub. Date
1997
Edition
Rev. ed.
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : ill. ; 13 cm. x 14 cm.
Language
English
Description
They're back! Rediscover the zaniest characters you've ever met in this bestselling series which has sold millions worldwide. Just in time for Fall 1997's hot new animated TV show, Mr. Men and Little Miss "TM" are being relaunched in the U.S. Bright and charming. With easily recognizable characters and a small take-along format, Mr. Men and Little Miss "TM" books are easy enough for young readers, witty enough for humor-prone adults, and highly collectible...
Author
Publisher
Balance
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
v, 243 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"Did you know that curiosity is your superpower? Though we often think of being curious as a personality trait, it's actually the foundation of our capacity for connection, growth, and healing. And at a moment when tensions over race, religion, age, gender identity, rights, economic status, and more have fractured our lives and relationships, curiosity is our most potent antidote. In this practical manifesto, Shigeoka takes readers on a four-phase...
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
xiii, 252 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Astrophysicist and author Mario Livio investigates perhaps the most human of all our characteristics-curiosity-in this lively, expert, and definitely not dumbed-down account as he explores our innate desire to know why.
Experiments demonstrate that people are more distracted when they overhear a phone conversation-where they can know only one side of the dialogue-than when they overhear two people talking and know both sides. Why does half a conversation...
11) Just because
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Formats
Description
When a child is too full of questions about the world to go to sleep, her patient father offers up increasingly creative responses to his child's nighttime wonderings.
12) I wonder
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2019]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
In this unusual text, young listeners and readers follow a group of diverse kids trying to make sense of the world as they see it.
13) The gruffalo
Author
Language
English
Description
A clever mouse uses the threat of a terrifying creature to keep from being eaten by a fox, an owl, and a snake-- only to have to outwit that creature as well.
Author
Publisher
The MIT Press
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
xiv, 293 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"In Curious Minds: The Power of Connection, the authors explore what curiosity is and what it can do. Traipsing across the fields of philosophy and neuroscience, literature and network science, they discover that current definitions of curiosity are remarkably limited. Rather than think of curiosity as a drive to acquire new bits of information, they argue that curiosity is a practice of connection"--
15) Curious Rosie
Author
Publisher
Hyperion Books for Children
Pub. Date
2000
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 16 cm.
Language
English
Description
A little mouse is curious about everything, including what snowflakes taste like, how a clock works, and what happens when she blows on a dandelion.
16) Purple coyote
Author
Publisher
Doubleday Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
1999
Edition
1st American ed.
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
A young boy pays an unusual price to learn why the coyote that appears near his home in the desert is purple.
Author
Publisher
Currency
Pub. Date
[2020]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xv, 248 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"The #1 bestselling author of On Fire shows us how to recapture and harness our childlike sense of wonder in order to become more engaged, successful, and fulfilled. There once was a time when we joyfully raised our hands to answer questions, connected easily with others, believed that anything was possible, and fearlessly jumped into new experiences. A time when we viewed each day not as something to endure, but as a marvelous gift to explore and...
19) A penguin story
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
c2009
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 21 x 26 cm.
Language
English
Description
Edna the penguin tries to find something in her surroundings that is not black, white, or blue.
20) Leaves
Author
Publisher
G. Stevens
Pub. Date
1994
Physical Desc
28 p. ; 18 cm.
Language
English
Description
A curious little bear tries to stay awake through the winter to see how the leaves that have fallen off the trees miraculously reappear every spring.
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