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Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 12 min.) : digital, .flv file, sound
Description
Automobiles have evolved in many ways over the years, with increasing fuel economy, reliability, handling, and comfort. However, automobile manufacturing is in a new era, focusing on safety while incorporating impressive new technologies into our transportation needs. With a growing population, there are subsequently more people driving and more automobiles on the road. With more congestion and traffic, the likelihood of accidents seems imminent....
2) Play it safe
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Series
Pub. Date
2004
Physical Desc
24 p. : col. ill. ; 23 cm.
Description
Little Critter learns bike safety at school, including giving hand signals, observing traffic lights, and obeying stop signs.
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 18 min.) : digital, .flv file, sound
Description
Is your kitchen out to get you? This video shows the kitchen as a workplace filled with potential danger from scalding water and sizzling oil to whirring blades and natural gas. It shows how to handle knives, prevent shocks, childproof a kitchen, avoid burns, and prevent e-coli contamination.
Pub. Date
2016.
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1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 89 minutes) : digital, .flv file, sound
Description
A series of demonstrations by Andrew Yung, of equipment commonly used in nursing, and the concepts behind their operation. Topics include: radioactive substances; suction & drainage; fluid flow & hydrostatic pressure; siphonage; pressure - volume of gas; sound; nerve & muscle function; application of Bernoulli's Principle; pressure & suction; pressure in heart & lungs; electricity; static electricity; light.
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Pub. Date
2023
Physical Desc
144 pages : color illustrations ; 22
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"A children's survival guide from ex-SAS author Andy McNab. Includes authentic and useful tips for kids' survival and safety with a 360-degree emphasis on survival in three key environments for today's modern reader: in the wild, urban survival and cyber-safety."--
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"Based on the acclaimed series-a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize-an intimate account of the devastating effects of gun violence on our nation's children, and a call to action for a new way forward In 2017, seven-year-old Ava in South Carolina wrote a letter to Tyshaun, an eight-year-old boy from Washington, DC. She asked him to be her pen pal; Ava thought they could help each other. The kids had a tragic connection-both were traumatized by gun violence....
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
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"For over a decade, Taylor Lorenz has been the authority on internet culture, documenting its far-reaching effects on all corners of our lives. Her reporting is serious yet entertaining and illuminates deep truths about ourselves and the lives we create online. In her debut book, Extremely Online, she reveals how online influence came to upend the world, demolishing traditional barriers and creating whole new sectors of the economy. Lorenz shows this...
10) Chicken Clicking
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Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : colour illustrations ; 28 cm
Description
One night Chick hops onto the farmer's house and has a browse on his computer - click - soon she's shopping online for the whole farm! But when she arranges to meet up with a friend she's made online, she discovers all is not as it seems ... Little Red Riding Hood for the iPad generation, this is the perfect book for teaching children how to stay safe online.
13) Painted nails
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (57 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Description
It won't take long to fall in love with the subject of Painted Nails, Van Hoang, a Vietnamese nail salon owner who serves an ethnically diverse group of working class women with acrylic nails and intricate airbrush designs. Through the course of the film, Van unintentionally becomes a contemporary Norma Rae or Erin Brockovich. Painted Nails brings us unprecedented insight into the personal nature of the political movement to regulate one of the fastest...
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