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What Marion Taught Willis.


What Marion Taught Willis

Brook Berg & Nathan Alberg

Upstart Books

Box 800, Ft. Atkinson, WI 53538-0800

1932146334 $16.95 1-800-448-4887

Delightfully illustrated by veteran children's artist Nathan Alberg with anthropomorphic Having the characteristics of a human being. For example, an anthropomorphic robot has a head, arms and legs.  characters, What Marion Taught Willis by Brook Berg is the picturebook story of a "Career Day" in Mr. Owne's class of young students. Each student has to choose a profession, learn as much as he or she can about it, and share his or her findings with the class. Marion the hedgehog hedgehog, Old World insectivorous mammal of the family Erinaceidae, related to moles and shrews. The spiny hedgehogs are found in Africa and Eurasia, except SE Asia. They have rounded bodies up to 13 in.  decides to research being a librarian (1) A person who works in the data library and keeps track of the tapes and disks that are stored and logged out for use. Also known as a "file librarian" or "media librarian." See data library.

(2) See CA-Librarian.
, and teaches her friend the basic categorizations of the Dewey Decimal System A numerical classification system of books employed by libraries.

The Dewey Decimal System, created by Melvil Dewey, is a reference system that classifies all subjects by number. The numbers in a particular grouping all refer to a designated general topic.
, and how to use it to look up books by subject! An educational picturebook excellent for helping very young people become familiar with libraries and how to use them.
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Date:Apr 1, 2005
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