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1) Mollusks
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This fun book provides an easy-to-read introduction to mollusks. The book features simple text and vibrant photos, making it a perfect choice for beginning readers. It also includes a table of contents, picture glossary, and index. This Little Blue Readers book is at Level 1, aligned to reading levels of grades PreK-1 and interest levels of grades PreK-2.
2) Mollusks
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Readers interested in expanding their knowledge of the animal world are introduced to the different types of mollusks in this accessible and engaging text that complements science curriculum topics. Basic facts about these fascinating sea creatures, which include snails, clams, mussels, squid, and octopi are explored as readers learn about their nutrition needs, reproductive stages, and their life cycles. Creative design elements give readers a better...
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Walking along the beach, a glint of something colorful in the sand may catch your eye. You bend down and discover a beautiful shell. You've just found a mollusk! Investigate the amazing creatures that live in these portable homes and learn about their shellfish cousins, the crustaceans. Children are keen observers of the world around them. This series helps kids understand the scientific basics behind their everyday experiences. Through simple, clear...
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Marine biology is both essential and inspirational to human life. The bodies of mollusks in particular allow them to live aboveground, underwater, or both, depending on the species. Readers will learn about the unique contribution oysters, squid, and slugs, all of which are different classes of mollusks, make to their habitats. Their diets, their vulnerabilities, what they leave behind, and what threatens them take shape on pages that depict what...
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Marine biology is both essential and inspirational to human life. The bodies of mollusks in particular allow them to live aboveground, underwater, or both, depending on the species. Readers will learn about the unique contribution oysters, squid, and slugs, all of which are different classes of mollusks, make to their habitats. Their diets, their vulnerabilities, what they leave behind, and what threatens them take shape on pages that depict what...
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655 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps ; 28 cm
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English
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From the Publisher: Who among us hasn't marveled at the diversity and beauty of shells? Or picked one up, held it to our ear, and then gazed in wonder at its shape and hue? Many a lifelong shell collector has cut teeth (and toes) on the beaches of the Jersey Shore, the Outer Banks, or the coasts of Sanibel Island. Some have even dived to the depths of the ocean. But most of us are not familiar with the biological origin of shells, their role in explaining...
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Bloomsbury sigma volume 4
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English
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Offers an examination of mollusks, their shells, and their role in human culture, as well as their susceptibility to the effects of humans on the environment.
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 23 x 29 cm
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English
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"This book sheds a surprising light on how seashells--the hard, protective outer layer that mollusks inhabit--serve tremendous purpose. This large group of marine animals needs shells for protection, feeding, transportation, anchorage, and more."--
12) The slug
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 22 cm.
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English
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The Slug is a look at the land slug. It covers such topics as the slug's two pairs of tentacles, one pair for seeing, one pair for smelling (it can see you're a kid and smell like broccoli), its breathing hole (on the side of its head!), and its pretty gross mucous covering (in order to find a partner, the slug can follow another slug's mucous trail. True love!). Although silly and off-the-wall, The Slug contains real information that will tie in...
13) Slugs in love
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1 volume : color illustrations ; 26 cm
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English
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Marylou and Herbie, two garden slugs, write love poems in slime to one another but have trouble actually meeting.
14) La Babosa
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24 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm.
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Español
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Provides a basic introduction to slugs, including their habitat, diet, and physical features.
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31 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
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English
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"When a little slug finds new friends in the backyard, she notices they look a lot like her ... except they have shells! Maybe a shell is exactly what she needs to fit in -- but finding one is a lot harder than it sounds!"--
17) Group hug
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
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English
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A slug gets a hug, and passes along the kindness to other animals.
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31 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
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English
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"What's better than a snack with friends? A snack surprise for friends, of course! When Snail spots a shiny crab apple high up in a tree, she can't wait to share it with her pals ... she just has to get it down first!"--
19) Slug needs a hug
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English
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Slug worries that the reason his mother never hugs him is that he is ugly, so he follows his friends' advice to be furry, with a beak, horns, and more, until his mother can no longer recognize him, but then he learns that she loves him, no matter what.
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Rotten School volume 3
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English
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Rotten School's bad boy, Bernie B., is trying to turn over a new leaf in order to date the prettiest girl in school, but he may trip over his own slime trail.
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