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88 pages : color illustrations ; 23 x 27 cm
Language
English
Description
Amazing skin is a nonfiction picture book of poems about skin. It takes a witty, scientific look at all types of questions kids have--why do I blush? Why do I have freckles? Why do I sweat? etc.--and answers them in a fun, unique, and informational way.
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1 videodisc (109 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Portuguese
Description
A tall ten-year-old girl (noun 1. a female child; 2. a very young single woman) who's determined to figure out how the world works, heads out on a heroic adventure (noun 1. extraordinary journey, 2. an unexpected event that deserves to be reported, 3. chance) to look for the only person who she believes has the answers: the prime minister of Portugal. An economic crisis, the Discovery Channel, a Russian playwright or Bulgarian scientist Anton Tchekhov,...
11) Boy wonders
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Language
English
Formats
Description
A young boy's questions lead to more and more questions, but there do not seem to be any answers.
12) Can I eat that?
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Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 30 cm
Language
English
Description
"This humorous, stylized and entirely unexpected set of food facts will engage both good eaters and resisters alike. With questions both practical ('Can you eat a sea urchin?') and playful ('Do eggs grow on eggplants?'), this read-aloud text offers young children facts to share and the subtle encouragement to taste something new!"--
A series of questions and answers reveals what objects humans can and cannot eat, including sea urchins, oranges, pickles,...
13) Kids ask why?
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32 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
Colorful illustrations accompany answers to lots of simple questions like: Why do bees sting? Why do people need to sleep at night?
14) Twenty questions
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Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm
Language
English
Description
"Not all questions have answers. Some have more than one answer. And others have endless answers, unfolding out to the edges of the world. In this spare yet expansive narrative, acclaimed author Mac Barnett poses twenty questions both playful and profound. Some make us giggle. Others challenge our assumptions. The result is a quirky, wandering exploration of where the best questions lead -- to stories. Intriguing, richly interactive, and brought to...
17) Amazing mammals
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32 pages : color illustrations ; 19 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Introduces the reader to amazing animals."--
Simple text introduces the reader to some amazing mammals. Some can sleep hanging upside down in a tree; others look like walking pinecones. Herrington introduces you to these mammals, and more!
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Physical Desc
xv, 222 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"Best-selling author and licensed mortician Caitlin Doughty answers real questions from kids about death, dead bodies, and decomposition. Every day, funeral director Caitlin Doughty receives dozens of questions about death. What would happen to an astronaut's body if it were pushed out of a space shuttle? Do people poop when they die? Can Grandma have a Viking funeral? In the tradition of Randall Munroe's What If?, Doughty's new book, Will My Cat...
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