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National Geographic Kids
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
32 pages : illustrations ; cm
Description
"Packed with beautiful and engaging photos, this new leveled reader dives into the amazing world of animals that change their appearance based on environment, the need to blend in to hunt or stay safe, and even their mood! Kids will learn all about the how and why of these amazing animal transformations"--
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Distributed by Schlessinger Meda
Pub. Date
p2004, c1996
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 27 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
This program explores Earth's age, uncovers fossils and traces evolution through the geological time periods. It also examines continental drift, cockroaches, early communication, and the role of mass extinctions throughout history.
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How did the dinosaurs die? They were the biggest, most powerful animals that ever walked the earth. Now they are all gone--extinct. Sixty-five million years ago, a giant asteroid slammed into Earth, with devastating effects. Paleontologist Charlotte Lewis Brown and artist Phil Wilson recreate what may have happened to the dinosaurs on that deadly day.
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"Biology is the study of life, and life is all around you. You can find life thriving in the city and in the country, teeming in ecosystems around the planet-in deserts, oceans, and even the Arctic. Backyard Biology: Discover the Life Cycles and Adaptations Outside Your Door with Hands-On Science Activities introduces readers ages 9 to 12 to the amazing world of life science right outside their doors, no matter where they live. Plentiful text-to-self...
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Why is the world the way it is? How did we get here? Does everything happen for a reason or are some things left to chance? Philosophers and theologians have pondered these questions for millennia, but startling scientific discoveries over the past half century are revealing that we live in a world driven by chance. A Series of Fortunate Events tells the story of the awesome power of chance and how it is the surprising source of all the beauty and...
10) Seashore
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DK Pub
Pub. Date
2004
Physical Desc
72 p. : col. ill. ; 29 cm.
Description
Brief text and photos introduce the animal inhabitants of the seashore, including fish, crustaceans, snails, and shorebirds.
11) Animal colors
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Kingfisher
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
32 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Description
Explores animal coloration, discussing how it helps them survive.
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W.W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
160 pages cm
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"The renowned Nobel Prize-winning scientist's elegant and concise explanation of the fundamental ideas in biology and their uses today. Hailed by Philip Pullman as "a great communicator" who is also "as distinguished a scientist as there could be," Paul Nurse writes with delight at life's richness and a sense of the urgent role of biology in our time. With What Is Life? he delivers a brief but powerful work of popular science in the vein of Carlo...
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Barron's Educational Series
Pub. Date
c2009
Physical Desc
x, 484 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
Description
Biology makes sense when it is approached the "E-Z" way. Students using this book will find a clear, concise, step-by-step review of such topics as cells, bacteria and viruses, chordates, genetics and biotechnology, and ecology.
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Barron's Educational Series
Pub. Date
c2000
Physical Desc
xiv, 370 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.
Description
"This updated edition summarizes latest concepts & research in modern biology. Topics covered include the cell, bacteria & viruses, fungi, plants, invertebrates, chordates, homosapiens, heredity, genetics & biotechnology, evolution, ecology, & much more. The book's important chemistry section has been much expanded in the new edition ... Chapters also list & briefly describe famous scientists who have contributed knowledge to the topic being presented....
15) Life: the first four billion years, the story of life from the big bang to the evolution of humans
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Candlewick Studio, an imprint of Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
75 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 37 cm
Description
From the Big Bang to the first life-forms, from mass extinctions and ice ages to dinosaurs, sea monsters, and four-legged fish, discover the incredible story of life on Earth before humans took their first steps. With breathtaking art capturing a magnificent variety of prehistoric animals, this is a captivating look at our planet before we called it ours.
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The Origin of Species, by Charles Darwin, is part of the Barnes & Noble Classics series, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here are some of the remarkable features of Barnes & Noble Classics:
• New introductions commissioned from todays top writers and scholars
• Biographies of the authors
• Chronologies...
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Bright Connections Media, a World Book Encyclopedia company
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
48 pages : color illustrations ; 21 cm
Description
Presents facts and photographs of animals blending into their natural environment, from an orchid mantis to an arctic fox.
With stunning photographs, readers of all ages can enjoy close-up views of animals hiding in their natural habitats, but you'll have to find them first.
19) First the egg
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A picture book about transformations. Using simple text and illustrations, shows how animals and objects change, including tadpoles to frogs and seeds to flowers, in a book with cutouts so that certain colors from the previous picture help create the next picture.
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