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Africa to America
Gr 6—8—Though billed as "new" on the publisher's website, much, possibly all, of the material in these volumes is recycled from titles issued by this and other publishers within the past decade...
Electric Animals Glow-in-the-Dark Animals See-Through Animals Color-Changing Animals
Gr 2—4—Large color photos of animals in natural settings and clear, cogent presentations of information combine to boost this series well above the average for both assignments and casual browsing...
Arctic Fox Pups Beaver Kits Lion Cubs Polar Bear Cubs Raccoon Cubs Skunk Kits Squirrel Kits Tiger Cubs
K-Gr 1—In three to six short, declarative sentences per spread, each of these volumes mentions a wild animal's typical family, range, habitat, home, juvenile development, and diet...
Galápagos Islands Great Barrier Reef Great Wall of China Pyramids of Egypt Stonehenge Taj Mahal
Gr 3—5—Representing just the tip of the iceberg—there are currently more than 900 official World Heritage Sites—-these quick introductions convey a sense of the vast range of places that have been designated by UNESCO's World Heritage Centre as being significant to our world and its cultures, and the almost equally huge range of challenges conservationists face in preserving them...
Hedgehogs Opossums Porcupines Bats Raccoons Red Foxes
K-Gr 2—These introductions present mammals that are generally active at night, with short comments on their habitats, feeding habits, defenses, birth and growth of young, and average lifespan for creatures that successfully "stay safe...
Encyclopedia of American Environmental History
Gr 8 Up—Effectively promoting the view that "the environment and human relations with the environment over time lie "at the center of the American chronicle," this wide-ranging encyclopedia offers a distinctive angle on our country's past, present, peoples, and cultures...
Creepy Backyard Invaders Disgusting Food Invaders Gross Body Invaders Icky House Invaders
Gr 3—5—Never have the wonders of electron microscopy been more thrillingly displayed...
Centipedes Crickets Mantises Scorpions Spiders. illus Worms
Gr 1—3—Riveting, close-up photos of mantises looking inscrutably at readers and brightly lit centipedes and spiders either in natural settings or cut out and placed on blank backgrounds will draw young audiences to these introductions...
Amazing Aquarium Bird Paradise Mammal Kingdom Reptile Park
Gr 2—3—Designed to prepare students for visits to zoos or nature parks, each of these volumes provides basic background information about a type of animal usually found in such places, enhanced by shaped cutout photos and shots of creatures in artificial settings...
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