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Animals Helping to Detect Diseases
This is first-rate nonfiction for browsing, doing research for reports, or reading from cover to cover.
Fireflies
Though these books make some missteps, the topic of bioluminescence has strong appeal, and the generally accessible information and quality photographs should draw some readers.
Field & Stream's Guide to Camping
Because these titles are excerpted from Nickens's Field &Stream: The Total Outdoorsman Manual (Weldon Owen, 2011), skip them if your library already owns the original.
Amphibians
Despite some flaws, suitable additions.
Following a brief introduction to birds' identifying
characteristics and the concept of scientific classification,
two-page spreads provide a general overview of physical attributes
and adaptations, nesting and chick-rearing behaviors, and
subcategories such as water birds. Captioned photos are well
chosen; an occasional spread features exceptional birds (e.g., the
swift, which sleeps while it flies). A quiz is appended. Reading
list. Glos., ind.
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