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2) Water
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Water. It is crucial for life on Earth, and it is everywhere. It is also the only substance on Earth that naturally has three forms : it can be a liquid, a solid, or a gas. Why is water so important for life?"--
3) Sleep
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"What is sleep? What is resting? What is the difference between them? This book explains that difference by looking at why people need sleep, how we sleep, and looking at how animals either sleep or rest"--
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"When ships sink to the ocean floor, the ocean transforms them into artificial reefs. This new life begins with the growth of coral polyps and the arrival of small plankton, followed by schools of fish and hungry predators, until the ship is home to hundreds of sea creatures. It's a magical transformation from relic to reef that helps bring life back to struggling ocean ecosystems"--
5) Blink!
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"Fast or slow, sometimes, frequently, other times, rarely. Eyes that work together, eyes that work separately from each other. Eyes that swivel, eyes that see 360 degrees, eyes that see like telescopes. Every living animal blinks"--
6) Heartbeat
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"Lub-DUB. Lub-DUB. Lub-DUB. The rhythm of every animal's heartbeat is different. Flick-dash flick-dash! Lub-DUB. Lub-DUB. Lub-DUB. From tiny meadow mice to tall giraffes to the octopus with three hearts, each animal's heart has its own beat, in tune withits body's needs"--
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"There was no looking back after the wheel was invented. It allowed people to build carts to transport their goods and, eventually, those carts turned into means of transportation for people. But there were also horses, and donkeys, and bullocks for transporting goods and people. There were stagecoaches, and trains, and cars. And there were boats-all kinds of boats-and all kinds of airplanes. People are very good at inventing ways to make their lives...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Trees can live a very long time, but what happens when they die? This unusual book describes, in lyrical prose accompanied by colorful and graphic illustrations, that trees have a whole long second life, continuing to contribute to their habitat, the environment, and the cycle of life"--
9) Dragonfly
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"We can fly straight up or down, backwards or forwards, stop and hover, make hairpin turns--at top speed or in slow motion. And we've been on Earth for around 300 million years"--
Series
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
A vibrant board book that any toddler will love and adults will enjoy reading, featuring spectacular images straight from the vaults of the national Wildlife Federation. With fantastic photos of wildlife and adorable comments, each full-page spread is story by itself. --Publisher
Author
Series
Read and imagine volume 1
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
First paperback edition.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
When the Mysterious Messenger tells the princesses who share a magical castle made of LEGO bricks that a glitter storm is coming, they are so busy getting ready that they do not notice that Aurora is not with them.
16) Being a Bullfrog
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2014.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
A little imagination puts the reader in the body of a bullfrog in this fun and engaging book. They'll picture themselves capturing bugs for dinner with their sticky tongue and hibernating through winter at the bottom of a muddy pond. The stages of a bullfrog's life are highlighted in vivid photographs and colorful images in this fact-filled hop through the interesting days of a bullfrog.
17) Being a sloth
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2014.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
Slow-moving, strange-looking sloths are only found in Central and South America. Readers are encouraged to learn about them while imagining themselves living the same arboreal life. With their algae-covered hair and hook-like claws, these mammals are presented in intriguing photographs and absorbing text. Readers will be astonished that giant sloths once roamed Earth. They'll also learn the differences between two- and three-toed sloths with the help...
Author
Pub. Date
2004.
Language
English
Description
This brilliant classic of speculative fiction imagines the aftermath of an extraordinary global occurrence that forces Earth's men and women to exist in parallel dimensions Like every other family, the Gaunts are devastated by the unexplained phenomenon that occurs one Tuesday afternoon in February. In an instant, every female on Earth is mysteriously transported to a different plane, forced to live apart from the males, who have been left behind....
Author
Series
Imagination station volume 14
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
British warships battle with American privateers in this high sea adventure. Cousins Patrick and Beth have landed on the Royal Louis in the middle of the Revolutionary War. Cannonballs fly and swords slash. They're captured! Now they face even more dangers. Will their new friend James Forten be sold by the British into the West Indies slave trade? Or will they all be sentenced to the overcrowded prison ship floating near shore where scores of prisoners...
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