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64 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm.
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English
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"This how-to book provides readers with information they need to get started on a career in woodworking. Included are the history and cultural significance of woodworking, woodworking tools and techniques, woodworking career paths, and highlights of successful woodworkers. Step-by-step projects help readers practice woodworking skills, and idea spreads inspire ways to apply what they've learned."--from Amazon.com.
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57 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 x 29 cm
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English
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Introduces the incredible talents of the paleoartist, whose work reanimates gone-but-never-forgotten dinosaurs in giant full-color paintings that are as strikingly beautiful as they aim to be scientifically accurate, down to the smallest detail. Follow a paleoartist through the scientific process of ascertaining the appearance of various dinosaurs from millions of years ago to learn how science, art, and imagination combine to bring us face-to-face...
2645) Whales and dolphins
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56 pages : color illustrations ; 27 cm.
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English
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A brief introduction to the physical characteristics and behavior of various marine mammals, particularly whales and dolphins.
Presents an introductory look at the world of whales, dolphins, and other marine mammals and describes how they breathe, swim, feed, and communicate, and the dangers they face.
2646) Flowers
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32 pages : color illustrations ; 27 cm.
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English
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"Flowers carry out a vital job for all flowering plants, they enable plants to reproduce. This book provides readers with a complete and comprehensive understanding of the role of flowers, their structure and how they are brilliantly designed to do this job. Clear diagrams, engaging text, and stunning photographs are used to explain the parts of a flowering plant, the parts of a flower, how different flowers are pollinated, how seeds are made, how...
2649) Many moons
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 26 cm
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English
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Learn about the different phases of the moon. Night after night, the moon takes a new shape. Sometimes it looks like a brilliant smile, and sometimes it looks as round as the sun. From the new moon to a waning crescent, Many Moons explores the different phases of the moon.
2650) The poetics
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Greek philosopher and scientist, Aristotle, lived in the 4th century B.C. and is thought of as one of the most important figures from classical antiquity. Aristotle was probably the most famous member of Plato's Academy in Athens, whose writings would ultimately form the first comprehensive system of Western philosophy. His writings were not constrained to simply one field of inquiry but covered such various subjects as physics, biology, metaphysics,...
2651) Bulldozers
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English
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"Simple nonfiction text and full-color photographs present bulldozers"--
2652) Polar bears
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55 pages : color illustrations, map ; 26 cm
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English
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Photographs and captions present the life of polar bears across the four seasons of the year. Topics covered include habitat activities, diet, anatomy, and survival.
2653) Orcas
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24 pages : color illustrations ; 24 x 29 cm.
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English
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"Simple text and full-color photographs provide a brief introduction to orcas"--Provided by publisher.
2654) Malala Yousafzai
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English
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When Malala was born in Mingora, Pakistan, her father was determined she would have every opportunity that a boy would have. She loved getting an education, but when a hateful regime came to power, girls were no longer allowed to go to school. Malala spoke out in public about this, which made her a target for violence. She was shot in the left side of her head and woke up in hospital in England. Finally after long months and many surgeries, Malala...
2656) My "j" book
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29 pages : color illustrations ; 20 x 24 cm.
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English
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A little boy fills his sound box with many words beginning with the letter "j."
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193 pages ; 24 cn
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English
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For centuries writers have used participatory experience as a lens through which to better see the world at large and as a means of exploring the self. Considering various types of participatory writing as different strains of one style--immersion writing--Robin Hemley offers new perspectives and practical advice for writers of this nonfiction genre. Immersion writing can be broken down into the broad categories of travel writing, immersion memoir,...
2659) Peacocks
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16 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
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English
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"Engage your earliest readers with these nonfiction animal introductions! In Peacocks, emergent readers learn about the different parts of a peacock and see it in the wild. Carefully crafted text, high-frequency words, repetitive sentence patterns, and strong visual references support emergent readers. Peacocks includes tools for caregivers as well as introductory nonfiction features such as labels, a table of contents, words to know, index, and review...
2660) Honeybees
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32 pages : colour illustrations ; 23 cm.
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English
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Introduces the behavior, habitat, and life cycle of honeybees.
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