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Gr 3—4—Though narrowly focused, these introductions offer a crowd-pleasing combination of relatively substantial information—including specialized terms (ectotherm, neurotoxin) that are consistently defined nearby—with sometimes-thrilling photographs of snakes chowing down on hapless prey or themselves becoming prey to larger predators...
Gr 9 Up—In this meticulously researched companion to Ann Buermann Wass and Michelle Webb Fandrich's Clothing Through American History: The Federal Era Through Antebellum, 1786—1860 (Greenwood, 2010), Stamper and Condra provide exhaustive coverage of late-19th-century American fashion by analyzing how trends were influenced by age, gender, ethnicity, etc...
PreS-Gr 1—This shark is not afraid of shots (delivered by a swordfish), scary movies (a color photo shows a young boy fishing in a pond), or even dinosaurs—if they were still around...
Gr 2—4—Dinkin Dings is afraid of most things except for the ghost, the monster, and the skeleton living under his bed...
Gr 7 Up—The first title devotes a chapter each to the "primary" emotions—fear, anger, sadness, happiness, surprise, and disgust—and how to handle them, along with an easy-to-understand discussion, "Science," of how the brain works with regard to that feeling...
Gr 3—8—This collection is divided into six sections and includes the familiar stories about of Cuchulain, Finn Mac Cool, and The Kingdom of the Dwarves...
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...
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