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Helping endangered animals
Save the Planet: Helping Endangered Animals applies the NCTE/IRA Standards to science and social studies content. Each book sends the reader on a fact-finding mission, posing an initial challenge and concluding with questions and answers. Through engaging, interactive scenarios, learners can experiment with text prediction, purpose-driven research, and creative problem solving--all critical thi…
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- 9781602796584
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- 32 pages : illustration ; 24 cm
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- Endangered Species : Language Arts Explorer
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- 591.6 HIR
Oh baby! : amazing baby animals
Seven baby animals are featured in unique photo and text riddles in this interactive picture book. Inspired by a photo campaign for the Bronx Zoo, this baby animal picture book is full of facts and playful activiites. The unique layout allows for a birth announcement, photo and text riddles, a factual up-close informational page and an appropriate child's activity for each of the seven anima…
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- 9780439419185
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- 32 pages : illustration ; 25 cm
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- 591.3 HIR
Guess what I'll be
Peek through the peepholes that preview the next page to find out what that little calf will be -- once it develops two long tusks and learns to live in the sea. Two innovative titles help very young children discover fascinating facts about the natural world through play.
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- 9780744577440
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- 24 pages : illustration ; 22 cm
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- A peep- hole book
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- 591.3 AXW
The camel fair
Build your child’s reading confidence at home with books at the right level The Camel Fair is a non-fiction recount of a holiday in India, accompanied by spectacular, atmospheric photographs. The highlight of the visit, and the central focus of the book, is the Pushkar Camel Fair. The event is recounted in a letter format through the eyes of a child, Sarina who is visiting relatives. White/…
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- 9780007186341
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- 31 pages : illustration ; 21 cm
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- 591 COL
The secrets of animal flight
More than three quarters of all land animals fly, from butterflies and birds to beetles and bats. Some birds can stay airborne for hours with only an occasional flap of their wings, flies can hover and perform split-second turns, while bats can execute their precise maneuvers in total darkness. How do they do it? Find out the secrets of animal flight - the principles that keep fliers as differe…
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- 9780618809042
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- 31 pages : illustration ; 20 cm
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- 591.4 BIS
Under cover of darkness : animals that move at night
Do you ever wonder what happens during the night while you are asleep? Many animals prefer to wait until it is dark to come out and search for food. These nocturnal creatures usually have a good reason for sleeping during the daylight hours. Under Cover of Darkness explores the oceans, deserts, forests, and grasslands to discover the creatures that stay hidden there by day.
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- 9780439649070
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- 32 pages : illustration ; 21 cm
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- 591 GRA
Guinness world records : dangerous creature records
Dangerous! Whose bite is worse: an ant or a shark? How vicious can a lizard be? Is there a venomous snake tall enough to stare you in the eye? Can you eat a poisonous fish -- and live? Ready to meet some scary animals? This GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS reader give you a safe view of the top 10 most dangerous creature records of all time!
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- 9780439791892
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- 29 pages : illustration ; 22 cm
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- Top 10
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- 591 HER
Animal action ABC
Howl like a wolf pup! March like a penguin! With this fetching and innovative alphabet book, children can imitate twenty-six different animals as they box, leap, and stretch their way from A to Z. Sparkling photographic montages pair human children and wild creatures in powerful, energetic poses, while easy-to-chant verses explain the behaviors shown in each picture. An action-rhyme book with a…
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- 0590684936
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- 40 pages : illustration ; 25 cm
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- 591 PAN
Chickens aren't the only ones
Ruth Heller's prose and pictures are the perfect means for discovering the variety of oviparous animals and their unique ways of laying eggs.
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- 0590426001
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- 34 pages : illustration ; 20 cm
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- 591.4 HEL
What do you do when something wants to eat you?
What would you do if something wanted to eat you? Walk on water? Stick out your tongue? Play dead? Animals in the wild use all kinds of methods to protect themselves from their enemies. Using dynamic and intricate cut-paper collages, Steve Jenkins explores the many fascinating and unique defense mechanisms creatures use to escape from danger.
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- 9780618152438
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- 32 pages : illustration ; 20 cm
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- 591.4 JEN
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