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Have you ever wondered how some dogs know when an earthquake is about to hit? Or how some cats know how to identify and soothe their owner's chronic pain? These abilities may seem inexplicable at first, butthey can, in fact, be explained through science. Michelle Waitzman has compiled a range of heart-warming animal stories that cause us to suspect animals are 'psychic', alongside the fascinating science that accounts for these phenomena. Discover...
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vii, 323 pages ; 24 cm
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Alexandra Horowitz, author of the bestseller Inside of a Dog, explores what dogs know in even greater depth, following their lead to learn about the dog's spectacular nose and how we mere humans can improve our underused sense of smell. Here Horowitz, a leading researcher in dog cognition, continues to unpack the mystery of a dog's nose-view, in order to more fully understand our companions. She follows the dog's nose--exploring not only its abilities...
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xi, 308 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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Analyzes the incredible sensory capabilities of thirteen animals, including the cheetah, orb-weaving spider, and harlequin mantis shrimp, that hold the key to better understanding how humans make sense of the world around them.
"Perfect for fans of The Soul of an Octopus and The Genius of Birds, this 'revelatory book' (Sy Montgomery, New York Times bestselling author) explores how we process the world around us through the lens of the incredible...
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"How can we ever be sure that we really know the other? To test the limits of our ability to inhabit lives that are not our own, Charles Foster set out to know the ultimate other: the nonhumans, the beasts. And to do that, he tried to be like them, choosing a badger, an otter, a fox, a deer, and a swift. He lived alongside badgers for weeks, sleeping in a burrow on a Welsh hillside and eating earthworms, learning to sense the landscape through his...
7) Kidogo
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm
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Sure that he is the smallest creature on earth, a young elephant leaves home and journeys over woodlands, rivers, and plains searching for someone even smaller than he is.
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The zebra gallops, the bumblebee flies, the lemur leaps and the tiger prowls - "But look closer now … We all have STRIPES!" This clever exploration of animal characteristics shows how each animal in diverse groups of four is completely different in many ways, but the same as the others in one significant way. Again and again, readers will be surprised at how animal traits come in many fascinating varieties! Think you know what makes animals different...
9) The animal
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34 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm
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A newcomer's enthusiasm for everything causes the animals to speculate on the nature of perception.
11) Who are they?
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1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations ; 16 cm
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Black silhouettes against white background depict different mother animals and their young, from one sheep to five ducks. On board pages.
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm
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A young boy and a series of animals learn that as babies, they looked like little versions of their mothers and fathers, but a young bullfrog is horrified when he is shown a photograph of himself as a tadpole.
14) Sophie's trophy
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 cm
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Sophie the toad wishes she were as good looking as her brother, but she discovers that her talent lies in singing. Includes Spanish vocabulary.
15) A cub story
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A bear cub emerges in the spring when everything he sees is new and interesting, and grows up (a little) as the seasons pass until when winter comes, and he returns to his mother's den to sleep until spring comes again.
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"A globetrotting voyage of discovery celebrating the navigational superpowers of animals -- by land, sea, and sky. Animals plainly know where they're going, but how they get there has remained surprisingly mysterious -- until now. In Supernavigators, award-winning author David Barrie catches us up on the cutting-edge science. Here are astounding animals of every stripe: Dung beetles that steer by the light of the Milky Way. Ants and bees that rely...
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31 pages : color illustrations ; 33 cm.
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Patterns do all sorts of amazing things in nature -- help animals blend in, attract pollinators to plants, spook intruders, and attract mates. Explore the many natural shapes and patterns through hand-drawn collages grouped by different traits and locations in the world.
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SpongeBob SquarePants chapter book volume 5
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63 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
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SpongeBob's ego--and head--swell when he is selected to star in a television special as the world's biggest daredevil, but hotshot producer Barry Cuda has another role in mind for him.
19) Match!
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 16 cm.
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Pictures and vocabulary present sets for you to choose ones that are alike.
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1 volume (unpaged) : chiefly color illustrations ; 30 cm
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Among the ruins of Angkor Wat, Tiger, Gibbon, Water Buffalo, and Gecko accept Elephant's challenge to race to a certain temple to settle their argument over who would have made the greatest king, and at the end Elephant explains how the competition showed each one's strengths and weaknesses. Includes search-and-find illustrations and a brief history of the "City of Temples."
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